Highly Sensitive, Happily Married

“Why Do I Have To Be The One To Work On Our Relationship?"


Listen Later

195 This may be one of the most important episodes you will hear to make your marriage the one you want it to be. 

Especially if, like so many women, you wonder “Why should I be the one to do the work on our relationship?” Or you feel burdened or resentful that you seem to be alone in working on your marriage. Or if it just seems unfair that a lot of relationship advice is directed at women, when men have so much to learn when it comes to having a great relationship. 

If you're feeling that way, I get it. I’ve been there. AND it is making it HARDER to have the loving, connected, mutually supportive marriage you want with your spouse. 

In this episode, you’ll hear why. And why this line of thinking is leading to an almost epidemic of women being unhappy in their marriages. 

What I want most is for you to feel deeply fulfilled in your relationship–and you want that too! So we’ve got to address this. Because trying to create deeper, better love from a sense of burden and resentment will never work. 

You didn’t get married to just tolerate your relationship. You signed up for something way better than that. You want to truly enjoy your marriage. And like it or not, that means you WILL have to work for it, no matter how much your partner is also working on it. 

But it can be fun, even joyful. In fact, in this episode, I share how I work on my marriage every single day---with joy, passion, and feeling like it’s a sacred honor that I GET to do–and how you can, too. 

Listen to this episode to move past the burden and resentment that comes from feeling like you have to do this work with no or very little help from your spouse, and so you can feel truly empowered to do what it takes to make your marriage what you want it to be.

SHOW NOTES:

  • Join Hannah for 4 months of private 1:1 Marriage Coaching, and get her deep, super individualized support to make your marriage more full of security, connection, love, and mutual support than ever. Get started by filling out this form. 
  • See her on-demand relationship courses for HSPs here.
  • FREE QUIZ: How Much is High Sensitivity Impacting Your Relationship (and are you even highly sensitive)? You want to know. Because, high sensitivity has a major impact on intimate relationships – for better or worse. Take this 3 minute quiz to discover if you're highly sensitive and how deeply it’s affecting you, and your happiness in your relationship. You will also get your next steps to making sure sensitivity works for your relationship, instead of against it.

ENJOYING THE SHOW?

  •  Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. Leave  a review in Apple Podcasts--we are SO grateful!
  • Get the Podcast Map by becoming a Podcast Supporter, so you can quickly identify the episodes most helpful for your unique relationship, by supporting the podcast (for as little as $3) 
...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Highly Sensitive, Happily MarriedBy Hannah Brooks

  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9
  • 4.9

4.9

68 ratings


More shows like Highly Sensitive, Happily Married

View all
This American Life by This American Life

This American Life

91,055 Listeners

Freakonomics Radio by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Freakonomics Radio

32,081 Listeners

The Mindset Mentor by Rob Dial

The Mindset Mentor

13,592 Listeners

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson by Rick Hanson, Ph.D., Forrest Hanson

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

2,504 Listeners

The Daily by The New York Times

The Daily

112,433 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,382 Listeners

Oprah's Super Soul by Oprah

Oprah's Super Soul

31,947 Listeners

Suze Orman's Women & Money (And Everyone Smart Enough To Listen) by Suze Orman Media

Suze Orman's Women & Money (And Everyone Smart Enough To Listen)

347 Listeners

Dear Gabby by Gabby Bernstein

Dear Gabby

6,086 Listeners

Not Too Sensitive - Empowering Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) To Own Their Sensitivity by Alissa Boyer

Not Too Sensitive - Empowering Highly Sensitive People (HSPs) To Own Their Sensitivity

144 Listeners

The Mel Robbins Podcast by Mel Robbins

The Mel Robbins Podcast

20,368 Listeners

First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show by The Jubal Show

First Date Follow Up - The Jubal Show

339 Listeners