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The best way for me to help her see the good person in me was to own the bad person in me.

That's the hardest thing I learned in recovery, and it's the whole point of this episode. If you've ever felt like you're walking on eggshells, managing his moods, or watching him be the nicest guy to every stranger while something completely different happens at home, this one's about what's actually going on and why your read on it is accurate, not unreasonable.

This episode also covers a real safety concern. If you don't feel safe, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is 1-800-799-7233.

Part of The Couple Cure. Companion episode on Storm Ready Men, for him.

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Timestamps:

0:00 "The best way to help her see the good person was to own the bad person"

0:05 You've done nothing wrong

0:23 It may not be overt, it may be very subtle

1:15 Keeping up the image of the good family

1:24 The nicest guy to every stranger he meets

1:51 What I saw in my own childhood

3:10 The shoes by the front door

3:41 She wasn't managing his image, she was living inside it

3:49 Life after D-Day, and why it gets worse

4:22 "If you do this, I may relapse"

4:53 When he just walks out of the room

5:21 Why he needed her to see him a certain way

6:04 Getting between her and the door

6:14 Anger, intimidation, withdrawing, and the threat of relapse

7:28 This has a name: gaslighting

8:01 Your confusion is an accurate read

8:55 Owning the bad guy

9:20 The full circle: own the bad to be seen as good

9:34 If this is a safety issue (800-799-7233)

10:14 Why he won't take ownership of it himself

11:36 The pressure of bracing for one more outburst

11:50 Where to find your own circle of support

12:17 If you need to feel safe right now

12:32 Next: the storm of holidays and family gatherings

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Next Steps & Resources:

• Explore the C.U.R.E. Method: https://thecouplecure.com

• Join Storm Ready Men: https://stormreadymen.com

• The Basics of Rebuilding Trust: https://jayandloripyatt.gumroad.com/l/LzMJm

• New to the Channel? Start with our 5 seasons of foundational content here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitabWxO9iDI1-ByymvBpwaiTB0sozSjL

We want to hear from you—how can we best support you in this new season? Let us know in the comments.

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-- Who is This Channel For? If your marriage has been impacted by addiction — whether you're the one struggling or the one carrying the pain — this channel is for you. Our marriage was nearly destroyed by Jay's compulsive pornography use. We found a way through it. Now, as Trauma-Trained Certified Mentors, we help couples find the peace, trust, and connection they're looking for.

#TheCoupleCure #MarriageHelp #MensMentalHealth #domesticabuseawareness #addictionrecovery

"Southern Gothic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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You have told him he is doing enough. That he has achieved enough. And somehow it does not land.

This one is personal for me. Lori had a name for what I used to do when I was stuck comparing myself to other men, and it was not flattering. I still catch myself doing it. This episode is about why your opinion of him does not seem to count when he is in that mindset, what it actually costs you while you wait for him to be satisfied, and the one thing about his value, and yours, that took me way too long to learn.

If you have ever felt like you are competing with a version of him that only exists on social media, or with men he has never even met, this one's for you.

Part of The Couple Cure's Storm series. Full companion episode on Storm Ready Men.

Timestamps:

0:00 He ignores you, even when you tell him he's enough

1:00 What that actually feels like from where you stand

1:23 "Lori called it one upsmanship"

2:54 The sentence underneath it: "I'm failing"

3:14 This was never about Lori

3:24 The richest man on earth, and "just a little bit more"

5:06 What you actually need from him

6:07 The pornography comparison, and why it's a conversation for you too

8:44 The moment I saw the damage I had done

10:28 We are like $20 bills

12:03 "The version of him you've been asking for this whole time"

12:47 What finally moved me

12:53 "You've been asking him to stop measuring himself against people who aren't in the room"

13:04 If you need support right now

13:29 Next: the storm of control

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Next Steps & Resources:

• Explore the C.U.R.E. Method: https://thecouplecure.com

• Join Storm Ready Men: https://stormreadymen.com

• The Basics of Rebuilding Trust: https://jayandloripyatt.gumroad.com/l/LzMJm

• New to the Channel? Start with our 5 seasons of foundational content here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitabWxO9iDI1-ByymvBpwaiTB0sozSjL

We want to hear from you—how can we best support you in this new season? Let us know in the comments.

To Say Thanks ("Tip Jar") - https://buy.stripe.com/28EfZh4vJ4yQbbwg6i57W02

-- Who is This Channel For? If your marriage has been impacted by addiction — whether you're the one struggling or the one carrying the pain — this channel is for you. Our marriage was nearly destroyed by Jay's compulsive pornography use. We found a way through it. Now, as Trauma-Trained Certified Mentors, we help couples find the peace, trust, and connection they're looking for.

#TheCoupleCure #MarriageHelp #MaleAnger #BetrayalRecovery #MarriageRestoration #RelationshipAdvice #ChristianMarriage #HealingTogether

"Southern Gothic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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ISRC: USUAN2300004

"Would you even recognize the man left standing in front of you?"

Most wives read his withdrawal after a lost job, a lost role, or a lost dream as rejection. It's usually something else entirely. This episode breaks down what's actually happening and what's yours to do about it.

NOT TO DESTROY HIS PAST — the Odyssey line that reframes what "letting go" is supposed to look like

TWO DIFFERENT RESPONSES — why grief and resentment need two completely different reactions from you

MORE THAN THE ROLE HE LOST — the one thing you can actually offer him that isn't fixing him

If you've ever wondered why he shut down instead of talking to you after something big changed, this one's for you.

Part of The Couple Cure's Storm series. Full companion episode on Storm Ready Men.

Timestamps:

0:00 "Would you even recognize the man left standing in front of you?"

1:06 My own 2006 story

3:47 ⭐ THE OFFERING: what the Odyssey says about identity

4:25 "You can't hand him a new identity"

5:24 The healthy shift: from the star to the coach

6:57 Grief vs. resentment, and why the difference matters

9:03 Two men in my own family

10:59 "More than the role that he lost"

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Next Steps & Resources:

• Explore the C.U.R.E. Method: https://thecouplecure.com

• Join Storm Ready Men: https://stormreadymen.com

• The Basics of Rebuilding Trust: https://jayandloripyatt.gumroad.com/l/LzMJm

• New to the Channel? Start with our 5 seasons of foundational content here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitabWxO9iDI1-ByymvBpwaiTB0sozSjL

We want to hear from you—how can we best support you in this new season? Let us know in the comments.

To Say Thanks ("Tip Jar") - https://buy.stripe.com/28EfZh4vJ4yQbbwg6i57W02

-- Who is This Channel For? If your marriage has been impacted by addiction — whether you're the one struggling or the one carrying the pain — this channel is for you. Our marriage was nearly destroyed by Jay's compulsive pornography use. We found a way through it. Now, as Trauma-Trained Certified Mentors, we help couples find the peace, trust, and connection they're looking for.

#TheCoupleCure #MarriageHelp #MaleAnger #BetrayalRecovery #MarriageRestoration #RelationshipAdvice #ChristianMarriage #HealingTogether

"Southern Gothic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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ISRC: USUAN2300004

His anger isn't the whole story. Underneath it is fear, shame, and expectations he's never said out loud. This video breaks down what's actually happening when he explodes, the difference between an angry man and an unsafe one, and what changes when he starts doing the work.

If this describes your husband, share it with him. It's for him.

Part of The Couple Cure's Storm series. Full companion episode on Storm Ready Men.

Timestamps:

0:00 Why his anger isn't what it looks like

0:28 Anger is a cover emotion

1:33 What I learned the hard way

3:15 The rule book he never gave you

4:01 Why it lands on you at home

5:01 Anger vs. abuse: know the difference

6:14 When it's not a storm, it's a safety issue

6:41 If you need help right now (988 or 800 799 SAFE)

6:57 What it takes for him to find calm

7:42 What changes when he does the work

9:16 What recovery actually feels like

10:12 The other side of this storm

11:23 You were never the problem

11:45 Next: The Storm of Identity

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Next Steps & Resources:

• Explore the C.U.R.E. Method: https://thecouplecure.com

• Join Storm Ready Men: https://stormreadymen.com

• The Basics of Rebuilding Trust: https://jayandloripyatt.gumroad.com/l/LzMJm

• New to the Channel? Start with our 5 seasons of foundational content here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitabWxO9iDI1-ByymvBpwaiTB0sozSjL

We want to hear from you—how can we best support you in this new season? Let us know in the comments.

To Say Thanks ("Tip Jar") - https://buy.stripe.com/28EfZh4vJ4yQbbwg6i57W02

-- Who is This Channel For? If your marriage has been impacted by addiction — whether you're the one struggling or the one carrying the pain — this channel is for you. Our marriage was nearly destroyed by Jay's compulsive pornography use. We found a way through it. Now, as Trauma-Trained Certified Mentors, we help couples find the peace, trust, and connection they're looking for.

#TheCoupleCure #MarriageHelp #MaleAnger #BetrayalRecovery #MarriageRestoration #RelationshipAdvice #ChristianMarriage #HealingTogether

"Southern Gothic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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ISRC: USUAN2300004

If you feel like you're the only person your husband really opens up to, this video is about why that quietly became your burden, and how to hand it back without losing him.

Most men are never taught to be known by anyone, so the one place they learn to be real is with a romantic partner, often the only place. If that's you, you already know the weight of being someone's entire emotional world: the sense that you can't even leave the room without it costing something, that your normal needs for space, rest, or your own friendships somehow register to him as abandonment.

In this video I talk honestly about what this looked like in my own marriage, and what it cost Lori. During my last relapse I put everything on her, expected her to make me feel safe, to make my fears disappear, to be the only one holding me up. That wasn't her job. And it isn't yours.

I get into why his loneliness keeps becoming your responsibility, why being more available actually makes it worse instead of better, and why it is not your job to be the only person your husband can be real with. You can be one of his people. You were never meant to be all of them.

If there has been real harm or abuse in your marriage, please hear this clearly: your safety, and your children's safety, matter more than the marriage. Stepping out from under that weight isn't cruelty. It's health, and you deserve your own support for everything you've carried.

And I talk about what changes when he finally builds a circle of other men who know him: you get to be his wife again instead of his lifeline. You get your own life back.

Next time: the storm of anger, where it comes from, and how to face it in a healthy way.

If he's ready to build that circle, send him to StormReadyMen.com. Explore the C.U.R.E. Method at TheCoupleCure.com.

Timestamps

0:00 The weight you've been carrying

0:36 Why you became his only safe person

1:14 What this cost Lori

2:30 That was never your job

3:04 Leaned on until you can't move

3:41 One person was never meant to be enough

4:12 When you're the one who needs care

5:03 Why being more available makes it worse

6:07 It's not your job to be his everything

6:32 If there's been harm: your safety comes first

7:00 What you get back when he builds a circle

8:11 You get to be his wife, not his lifeline

8:47 This week: notice, don't manage

9:00 Next: the storm of anger

Hashtags

#betrayaltrauma #marriagerecovery #codependency #rebuildingtrust #christianmarriage

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Next Steps & Resources:

• Explore the C.U.R.E. Method: https://thecouplecure.com

• Join Storm Ready Men: https://stormreadymen.com

• The Basics of Rebuilding Trust: https://jayandloripyatt.gumroad.com/l/LzMJm

• New to the Channel? Start with our 5 seasons of foundational content here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitabWxO9iDI1-ByymvBpwaiTB0sozSjL

We want to hear from you—how can we best support you in this new season? Let us know in the comments.

To Say Thanks ("Tip Jar") - https://buy.stripe.com/28EfZh4vJ4yQbbwg6i57W02

-- Who is This Channel For? If your marriage has been impacted by addiction — whether you're the one struggling or the one carrying the pain — this channel is for you. Our marriage was nearly destroyed by Jay's compulsive pornography use. We found a way through it. Now, as Trauma-Trained Certified Mentors, we help couples find the peace, trust, and connection they're looking for.

#betrayaltrauma #marriagerecovery #rebuildingtrust #christianmarriage #mensmentalhealth

"Southern Gothic" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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ISRC: USUAN2300004

The storms your husband never dealt with didn't disappear. You're living inside some of them right now.

If you're carrying the weight of betrayal trauma, you already know what it's like to live with a man who is physically present but emotionally gone. This whole series has been about the seven things a man builds to prepare for the storms of life. This is where I tell you what all of it was actually for, and why it matters so much to you.

A man who never learned to face his losses doesn't escape them. He carries them. And what he carries lands on you, as emotional distance, numbness, resentment, a shorter temper than the moment deserves. I know, because for years I was that man. I lost a marriage, a career, people I loved, and I buried all of it. When Lori married me, she married a man who was checked out and didn't know why. That wasn't her fault. But she felt every bit of it.

In this video I talk about how a husband in recovery who's still playing the victim will try to hand you the blame, for his mood, his distance, his losses, and why his storms are not your fault and not yours to fix. I talk about how to tell the difference between a man who is grieving and a man who is running, so you can trust what your intuition is already telling you. And I talk about why, even when every instinct says protect him, you actually want him to go through the storm instead of around it. A man who has grieved his losses can finally be present with you. A man who's still running never can.

If you or someone you love is in crisis, call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US).

Next: we start naming the specific storms one by one, beginning with loneliness.

If he's ready, send him to StormReadyMen.com to take the assessment.

Explore the C.U.R.E. Method at TheCoupleCure.com.

Timestamps

0:00 The storms he never faced

0:32 What the seven stones were for

1:10 My worst run of losses

2:33 If he's not facing his pain

3:09 How unfaced storms show up in him

3:35 What it looked like at home

5:26 What he does with the blame

6:33 The lie: it was all your fault

7:19 A victim hands you the blame

7:40 Not your fault, not yours to fix

8:11 Why you want him in the storm

8:45 Resilience: transformed, not spared

9:57 He stops making you carry it

9:58 This week: notice, don't manage

10:20 Next: the storm of loneliness

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Next Steps & Resources:

• Explore the C.U.R.E. Method: https://thecouplecure.com

• Join Storm Ready Men: https://stormreadymen.com

• The Basics of Rebuilding Trust: https://jayandloripyatt.gumroad.com/l/LzMJm

• New to the Channel? Start with our 5 seasons of foundational content here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitabWxO9iDI1-ByymvBpwaiTB0sozSjL

We want to hear from you—how can we best support you in this new season? Let us know in the comments.

To Say Thanks ("Tip Jar") - https://buy.stripe.com/28EfZh4vJ4yQbbwg6i57W02

-- Who is This Channel For? If your marriage has been impacted by addiction — whether you're the one struggling or the one carrying the pain — this channel is for you. Our marriage was nearly destroyed by Jay's compulsive pornography use. We found a way through it. Now, as Trauma-Trained Certified Mentors, we help couples find the peace, trust, and connection they're looking for.

#betrayaltrauma #marriagerecovery #rebuildingtrust #christianmarriage #mensmentalhealth

When he refuses to deal with his own health, it isn't just his problem. It lands on you too, and you already carry enough.

Maybe you're the one tracking his appointments, noticing whether he's taking his meds, wondering if you have to manage his health on top of everything else. There's a difference between a man taking care of himself and a man numbing himself, and you can see it from the outside.

Jay shares the story of a car his mom couldn't afford to fix, and the rule that shaped how he lived for years: if something rattles, turn up the radio. What that cost his health, his marriage, and Lori.

Real health isn't about the gym. It's whether he sees a doctor, takes his medication, and stops assuming everything's fine. A rule that protects you: you can care about his health without becoming his nurse, and definitely not his mother.

We also cover mental health, why men are more isolated and more at risk, and why talking to someone is not weakness.

If you or someone you love is in crisis, call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US).

This is the last Foundation Stone. Next: the storms themselves.

If he's ready, send him to StormReadyMen.com to take the assessment. Explore the C.U.R.E. Method at TheCoupleCure.com.

Timestamps

0:00 His health becomes your load

0:44 There's a difference: taking care vs numbing

0:51 The radio story

2:05 What real health looks like

2:54 It's not your job to manage him

3:31 Mental health counts too

3:49 988 Crisis Lifeline

4:13 Stop treating his refusal as normal

5:17 Last foundation stone

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Next Steps & Resources:

• Explore the C.U.R.E. Method: https://thecouplecure.com

• Join Storm Ready Men: https://stormreadymen.com

• The Basics of Rebuilding Trust: https://jayandloripyatt.gumroad.com/l/LzMJm

• New to the Channel? Start with our 5 seasons of foundational content here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitabWxO9iDI1-ByymvBpwaiTB0sozSjL

We want to hear from you—how can we best support you in this new season? Let us know in the comments.

To Say Thanks ("Tip Jar") - https://buy.stripe.com/28EfZh4vJ4yQbbwg6i57W02

-- Who is This Channel For? If your marriage has been impacted by addiction — whether you're the one struggling or the one carrying the pain — this channel is for you. Our marriage was nearly destroyed by Jay's compulsive pornography use. We found a way through it. Now, as Trauma-Trained Certified Mentors, we help couples find the peace, trust, and connection they're looking for.

When your husband says he needs rest, it can sound like one more excuse to check out. Here's how to tell real rest from another escape, without becoming the person who has to police him.

If he's disappeared into screens, the game, or his phone before and called it rest, your guard goes up. That's fair. This video is about the difference between rest that actually restores him and avoidance dressed up as rest, and why the difference shows up in how he comes back to you, not in what he did while he was gone.

A man who never rests stays agitated, reactive, and on edge, and all of that lands on you and the family. Real rest brings him back more present and easier to be around. Numbing-out sends him back more anxious and quicker to snap at something small. That return is your signal. You don't have to inspect him or quiz him about what he did. You watch how he shows up afterward.

This one runs against instinct. Everything in you may say he should be doing more recovery work, more repair, more effort. But a man who never stops, who feels like he's always earning his place, stays stuck in busyness and gets harder to live with. Sometimes the recovery work itself becomes the new escape. Rest is how he refills the tank. A man with nothing left to give you needs it. Letting him take fifteen minutes outside isn't letting him off the hook.

We also cover boundaries: rest with a time limit you both agree on, not one more way for him to disappear. And how, over time, rest stops being an activity and becomes a calmer way he carries himself, in traffic, under stress, at home, and when you ask him hard questions.

If you're married to a man in recovery and you want him to have this, send him to StormReadyMen.com to take the assessment. It's built for him.

Next: the final piece of the framework, physical health.

Chapters

00:00 When his "rest" feels like checking out

00:11 Why this one is scary: him doing less

00:36 Real rest vs another escape

00:51 A man who never rests, and how it lands on you

01:06 What rest actually is

02:08 The box Lori asked me to build

02:51 The real sign: how he comes back

03:18 It only takes 15 to 20 minutes

03:50 Why you want him to rest (against instinct)

04:35 When recovery itself becomes the escape

05:07 Rest as conscious contact with God

05:38 Rest as refilling the tank

06:02 How short real rest can be

06:50 Rest as a frame of mind: the vacation story

07:56 What's not rest

08:16 Boundaries without policing him

09:04 Next: physical health

Next steps and resources

Next Steps & Resources:

Explore the C.U.R.E. Method: https://thecouplecure.com

Join Storm Ready Men: https://stormreadymen.com

The Basics of Rebuilding Trust: https://jayandloripyatt.gumroad.com/l/LzMJm

New to the Channel? Start with our 5 seasons of foundational content here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitabWxO9iDI1-ByymvBpwaiTB0sozSjL

We want to hear from you, how can we best support you in this new season? Let us know in the comments.

To Say Thanks ("Tip Jar"): https://buy.stripe.com/28EfZh4vJ4yQbbwg6i57W02

Who is This Channel For?

If your marriage has been impacted by addiction, whether you're the one struggling or the one carrying the pain, this channel is for you. Our marriage was nearly destroyed by Jay's compulsive pornography use. We found a way through it. Now, as Trauma-Trained Certified Mentors, we help couples find the peace, trust, and connection they're looking for.

#betrayaltrauma #marriagerecovery #rebuildingtrust #christianmarriage #addictionrecovery

A mentor can help your husband's recovery grow faster than you can on your own, and that's a relief, not a knock on you. If you've been carrying his accountability, this is the weight you can finally set down.

For a long time you've likely been the one holding him accountable, pointing out his blind spots, and managing his progress. It's exhausting, and it doesn't have to be your job. A mentor takes some of that weight off so you can focus on your own healing.

A mentor reaches your husband in a way you can't, and that's a good thing. He's a man further down the road who has already taken off his own mask. When your husband watches someone he respects live it out week after week, he starts showing up differently, not because you asked, but because he's absorbing a new way of relating to people. With the right mentor, that growth speeds up.

In this video:

Why a mentor reaches him in a way you can't, and why that helps

How watching someone live it out moves him past box-checking

"Terminal uniqueness" and how a mentor breaks that lie

The character traits that make someone the right fit

How you get healthy input on who that person is

How to help your husband find a mentor

A mentor isn't a therapist or a replacement for professional help. He's someone a little further down the road who walks with your husband and lightens the load you've been carrying.

Next: self-care and rest, and what real restoration looks like.

Send him to take the free Storm Ready Assessment: https://stormreadymen.com

CHAPTERS:

0:00 - Let his wife meet his mentor

0:05 - You've been carrying this for years

0:27 - That's exhausting

0:31 - A mentor takes the weight off

0:59 - He hears things differently from another man

1:21 - You get a say in who the mentor is

1:41 - The character you wish he already had

2:06 - Privacy vs secrecy

2:25 - Trust your instincts

2:42 - How does he treat people he disagrees with

3:10 - If he won't let you meet the mentor

3:28 - A mentor sits in the mess without flinching

3:49 - Terminal uniqueness

4:08 - Nobody could be as messed up as I am

4:18 - Permission to stop hiding

4:39 - A mentor pushes him deeper

4:52 - What my mentor taught me about journaling

5:14 - Compassion from someone who's been there

5:26 - Watching somebody live it out

5:49 - He starts changing because he's watching

6:09 - Respect without worship

6:30 - He starts applying things without being asked

6:53 - His language changes

7:16 - The trajectory changes

7:29 - He didn't learn it from you

7:39 - He's not a therapist

8:09 - You don't manage it, but you get input

8:35 - Help him find a mentor

8:57 - How I found mine

9:32 - Start with coffee

9:40 - Next episode: self-care and rest

10:00 - Send him to take the assessment

#thecouplecure #betrayaltrauma #marriagerecovery #mentoring #partnerrecovery #addictionrecovery #healingafterbetrayal #terminaluniqueness

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Next Steps & Resources:

• Explore the C.U.R.E. Method: https://thecouplecure.com

• Join Storm Ready Men: https://stormreadymen.com

• The Basics of Rebuilding Trust: https://jayandloripyatt.gumroad.com/l/LzMJm

• To Say Thanks ("Tip Jar") - https://buy.stripe.com/28EfZh4vJ4yQbbwg6i57W02

• New to the Channel? Start with our 5 seasons of foundational content here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitabWxO9iDI1-ByymvBpwaiTB0sozSjL

We want to hear from you—how can we best support you in this new season? Let us know in the comments.

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Who is This Channel For?

If your marriage has been impacted by addiction — whether you're the one struggling or the one carrying the pain — this channel is for you.

Our marriage was nearly destroyed by Jay's compulsive pornography use. We found a way through it. Now, as Trauma-Trained Certified Mentors, we help couples find the peace, trust, and connection they're looking for.

He can memorize sports stats, master new software, and name every bird in the sky. But he never learned how to treat the person standing next to him.

It's not that he can't learn. He just hasn't aimed that ability where your relationship needs it most. Not yet.

In this video I share a moment from my own marriage where Lori called me out for learning the name of a bird but never learning how to treat people better. I break down what emotional vocabulary actually is, why he misreads your pain as anger, and what it looks like when the learning starts pointing in the right direction.

Send him to take the free Storm Ready Assessment: https://stormreadymen.com

Book referenced: Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown

CHAPTERS:

0:00 - He can learn anything except this

0:05 - He's not incapable of learning

0:27 - Where his effort isn't going

0:45 - Redirecting that capacity

0:54 - The turkey vulture story

1:10 - Learning how to treat people

1:23 - Nobody taught him where to aim

1:36 - Emotional vocabulary

1:57 - What "fine" actually means

2:08 - When the vocabulary starts expanding

2:48 - A book that helps

3:00 - How you'll know it's happening

3:16 - Empathy: his ability to read you

3:35 - He sees anger when you're scared

3:56 - Empathy can be learned

4:20 - He'll ask instead of assuming

4:25 - Without empathy he stays isolated

4:45 - You're not asking too much

5:00 - What to watch for

5:52 - Is his language changing

6:19 - His learning is his responsibility

6:23 - You do get a say

6:39 - Next episode: mentoring

7:20 - Send him to take the assessment

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• Explore the C.U.R.E. Method: https://thecouplecure.com

• Join Storm Ready Men: https://stormreadymen.com

• The Basics of Rebuilding Trust: https://jayandloripyatt.gumroad.com/l/LzMJm

• New to the Channel? Start with our 5 seasons of foundational content here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLitabWxO9iDI1-ByymvBpwaiTB0sozSjL

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Our marriage was nearly destroyed by Jay's compulsive pornography use. We found a way through it. Now, as Trauma-Trained Certified Mentors, we help couples find the peace, trust, and connection they're looking for.