Three Steps Down the Rabbit Hole

Welcome to another bonus addition of wives Wednesday! I am so excited to be here and talk to guy guys today. Today I wanted to talk about how to create more compassion empathy and love for both you and your spouse. When a love one struggles with pornography it often creates very big emotions for both partners. . IF you follow us on Instagram you might have seen the post I wrote that said The more time we can spend creating compassion, empathy, and love for both ourselves and our partner the further along we get. I wanted to go into a bit more detail here on the podcast. Sometimes I find it hard to write things because it is hard to convey tone and intent through writing. The way to create more compassion for each other is realizing we are all just trying to feel better and that we each have behaviors we use to achieve that goal. What are some of the behaviors you find yourself doing when you are avoiding doing housework, meal planning, being present with your kids, stressed, overwhelmed, frustrated, angry, or defeated? I can tell you some of the things I do in case you need some ideas… Scroll Instagram, check our podcast numbers and reviews, go out for ice cream, over eat or just eat food that doesn’t make me feel good. Sometimes I yell at my kids or try to place blame outside of me why and am not feeling happy. The way we create more empathy is seeking to understand our spouse and trying to imagine what it would be like if we were in their shoes. . The way we create more love is by dropping the judgement we have of our partner and ourself. . When I began to truly empathize with Zach and his struggle with pornography and drop the idea that the way he “sinned” was worse than mine, the easier it was to create a relationship where there was room for us both to grow. . If you are trying to get to this place and feel stuck message me and let’s chat! . I love helping women move forward in their relationship themself and their partner.

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Overcoming pornography takes an understanding of what your brain is doing. The model is a great way to get a handle on it and start making changes.

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- Let’s talk about how we can move from fear, worried about how this is going to destroy marriages, - To love, letting this become a challenge that we face together, growing with, and strengthening each other - We are going to discuss ways to understand and recognize the fear based messages that we offer - As we discuss these we’ll talk about how we might discuss address these when others say them and how we can open conversations differently - And change those conversations to love, hope, and success - Let’s start with somethings that we often hear and see - “This will destroy your life?”/marriage - You can never forget those images You will always be addicted/this will be a problem

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When Marriage is hard. Seasons of marriage Imagine on the day you got married you knew that there would be a trial so difficult that it had the potential to tear apart your entire life. Your every belief structure would be questioned. everything you had worked for would be reduced to the decision of whether to stay or go. all of your hard work, love, and hope would be tested so thoroughly that either this would be the end of your marriage or your marriage will be strengthened immeasurably. Imagine, as you stand there, vowing to make your life and your eternity with the person you now adore, that this will happen not just once, but multiple times during your life together. Would you get married? Would you choose a different partner? how would you approach marriage differently?

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I just listened to your most recent podcast about the vulnerability partner vs the accountability partner and I’m left with one question. When you are the vulnerability partner and the pornography user is expressing feelings of having a bad day or not feeling well about themself, what does the vulnerability partner respond with? Aside from listening what should they do or say to help?

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Darcy shares her experiences.

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How to make yours real.

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