133: Emotional Baggage, Unmet Expectations, Untrue Perceptions, and How to Keep Showing-Up in Relationships (feat. Karen Ehman)

We’re jumping back on the relationships train today to talk all about how to keep showing-up, especially when it seems nearly impossible. I really believe that we need a supernatural measure of strength and love to weather hard times in any relationship. A lot of times, when in turmoil, it’s easy to self-protect or self-promote. I’ll put myself on blast and say that I recluse and self-protect. Enough is enough. But that doesn’t solve anything long-term. In fact, I know how frustrated you feel when it seems like you’re communicating to a brick wall. Someone just raised their hand.

Well listen, today, we’re diving into the topic of showing-up, even when it’s nearly impossible, and also how to deal with emotional baggage, unmet expectations, and untrue perceptions about our significant other. And today’s guest knows this subject really well. Her name? Karen Ehman.

Karen Ehman is a Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and New York Times bestselling author. Described as profoundly practical, engagingly funny and downright real, her passion is to help people to live their priorities and love their lives as they serve God and others. But behind that passion, she’s an everyday wife and mom, who, early-on in her marriage, said, “I can’t do this anymore.” Today, we’re going to get down to practicality with Karen and tackle issues a lot of couples—dating or married—face on a regular basis, and give you strategies to apply to your relationship today.

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It is true that opposites attract–for a while. But often as the years go by in our marriages, opposites may also begin to attack. The habits and characteristics we once found endearing about our significant other are the exact things that drive us crazy years later! Whether you and your spouse disagree about finances, parenting, or how to load the dishwasher, your differences don’t need to divide you. They can actually bring you closer together–and closer to God. Throughout Keep Showing Up: How to Stay Crazy in Love When Your Love Drives You Crazy, Karen includes ideas to implement in your marriage right now, such as powerful statements to speak to your spouse, date-night-on-a-shoestring suggestions, and discussion starters. Discover how your “incompatibility” can become the strength of your marital team in this real-life guide to both living with and loving your spouse–differences and all. Buy Keep Showing Up: How to Stay Crazy in Love When Your Love Drives You Crazy now.

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