Everyone knows that a successful marriage depends in large part on how well a couple communicates with each other. What should be natural, easy conversation can become discouraging or frustrating though when a wife feels that her husband isn’t really paying attention to what she has to say. If this becomes a pattern of interrelating, she may assume the worst about him and the relationship.  

In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, “He Doesn’t Listen”, multi-award winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie and her husband, Dale, answer a wife who is frustrated with her husband’s lack of engagement when she’s trying to talk with him.  

THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “I would say one of the biggest struggles we have is communication. Sometimes I feel like it’s difficult for us to talk about the simplest things. It gets very tiresome to me because I don’t even feel like I can make a suggestion or offer my opinion because, he doesn’t really listen. Or he starts to listen and then after a while he’ll check out or tune out. I’m definitely looking for better communication skills.”

Listen and learn the potential real reasons behind a husband’s distant demeanor, and how to improve your communication style so that he’s more likely to listen up!

Key Points in this podcast:

- The difference between casual and active listening

- Her POV: Five possible reasons you may think he’s not listening

- His POV: Eight explanations that are closer to the truth of it

- How your expectations and his attempts to listen get out of alignment

- Six strategies for optimizing his willingness to listen and engage

- How his listening skills can improve and mature as yours do

Related episodes:

- Episode 18: To Transform Your Marriage in 2019: Focus on This

- Episode 16: Seeing Eye to Eye: What To Do When You Don’t

- Episode 11: Turning Negative Communication With Your Husband to the Positive

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