#6 - Understanding Your Wife’s Needs in Marriage

 

• Synopsis: This episode focuses on understanding the emotional and psychological needs of your wife. From feeling valued to being listened to, dive deep into what your wife really wants (and what she may not be saying directly).

Episode Guide:

Uncover what women need emotionally in a relationship.

• Security

• Safety

• Affection

• Acceptance

• Trust

• Connection

My List!

1. Love is in the small acts
2. Learn to communicate
3. Tune into her emotions and her words
4. Fight, but fight in a healthy way
5. Never let her feel invisible
6. Even effortlessness takes work
7. Renew yourself
8. To not always be a rescuer
9. To speak the truth
10. Respect her
11. Make her feel protected

 

Offer tips for active listening and responding to her unspoken needs.

• Episode #4

Discuss how to make her feel valued and understood.

• A wife who does not feel heard will never feel loved.

Every Conversation is an Opportunity to Make Her Feel Heard

 

Enter every conversation with your wife with the goal of hearing and understanding what she wants. 

• Assume That What She’s Telling You MATTERS To Her
• Be Willing to Admit She’s Right & You’re Wrong
• Let Your Wife Have the Last Word (sometimes)
• Maintain an Open Mind & Give Her the Benefit of the Doubt
• Just because you know what is right does not mean you have to make sure your wife knows she is wrong.
• Develop Your Listening Skills
• Reassure Her That You’re Willing to Make Sacrifices