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In this episode of Building Happier Marriages, we’re diving into how misreading your husband’s actions can unknowingly create emotional distance in your marriage. 

It’s easy to feel like your husband is distant, especially when he’s focused on his business. 

But what if you’re interpreting his behavior all wrong? Today, I’ll be sharing practical ways to stop misreading him and instead, rebuild your connection.

Key Takeaways:

• Misreading Your Husband: Learn how misinterpreting your husband's actions, especially when he's focused on work, can harm your marriage.
• Understanding His Love Language: Discover how your entrepreneurial husband may be showing love through his actions, even if it doesn’t feel that way to you.
• Creating Connection: Practical steps to reconnect emotionally, including recognizing his efforts and communicating in a way that opens the door to a deeper relationship.
• Biblical Foundation: Learn why integrating respect and understanding, as taught in scripture, is crucial for a happy marriage.

Common Misreading Mistakes:

1. Viewing his work focus as neglect.
2. Feeling unsupported when he’s trying to provide for the family.
3. Assuming emotional distance when he’s actually showing love through service.

Practical Tools to Rebuild Connection:

• Regular check-ins to discuss your emotional needs.
• Small moments of intentional connection, like date nights.
• Using prayer to strengthen your marriage.

Scriptures Mentioned:

• Proverbs 14:23: “All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.”
• Ephesians 5:33: “Each one of you must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.”
• Psalm 127:1: “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.”
• Philippians 4:6: Encouraging us to bring all our requests to God, including those in our marriage.

Resources Mentioned:

• FREE Self-Care Checklist for Spouses: Strengthen your marriage while taking care of yourself. Download it at buildyourhappiermarriage.com/selfcare.

Call to Action:

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