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In episode 40 of the Better Relationships Podcast, Dr. Dar Hawks, the relationship healer, delves into the intricacies of how to talk to your husband about your feelings. Dr. Dar begins by sharing her personal struggles with expressing emotions, highlighting the physical and mental challenges that often accompany such conversations. She introduces the crucial distinction between emotions and feelings, explaining how emotions originate in the body and are short-lived, while feelings are shaped by mental thoughts.
Dr. Dar emphasizes the importance of recognizing and understanding your body's reactions to emotions before they manifest as prolonged feelings. She introduces the EQ wheel, a tool available on her blog, that helps identify and articulate emotions and feelings effectively. By using this tool, you can gain clarity and communicate with your partner without conflict.
The episode also explores the five sovereign relationship needs: love and belonging, freedom, fun, power, and safety and survival. Dr. Dar provides insights on how these needs influence emotional and feeling responses in relationships, offering tailored advice for each need. She encourages listeners to take her free sovereign relationship needs assessment to better understand their own and their partner's needs.
Dr. Dar outlines practical steps for planning and executing a conversation about your feelings with your husband. These include scheduling distraction-free time, choosing an appropriate location, using the EQ wheel for clarity, and creating a conversation script. She provides a detailed example script to guide you through expressing your emotions and feelings concisely and effectively.
Finally, Dr. Dar stresses the importance of formulating questions that aim for mutually accepted solutions and closure, ensuring a balanced and respectful dialogue. This episode equips you with the tools and techniques to foster healthier, more understanding communication in your relationship.
Tune in to The Better Relationships Podcast for an episode that promises to transform the way you communicate with your husband about your feelings, leading to a happier, healthier relationship.
Free Relationship Quizzes for you to better understand yourself, your partner, and your relationship
Discover your own primary and secondary Sovereign Relationship Needs? https://needs.drdarhawks.com
Are you ready for a healthy relationship? https://ready.drdarhawks.com
Knowing how to make your relationship the best it can be - https://couplesquiz.drdarhawks.com
Book a coaching session: https://huddle.drdarhawks.com
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Take my free Primary Relationship Needs Quiz to discover your dominant, secondary, and shadow Primary Relationship Needs by visiting https://needs.drdarhawks.com. This one thing will help you better understand yourself, your partner, and your relationship, and even improve communication and connection between you and your partner.
Note: The quiz name has changed from Sovereign Relationship Needs to Primary Relationship Needs as of July 2024. Please keep that in mind for podcasts dated before July 2024.
Book a coaching session: https://huddle.drdarhawks.com
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Please share your thoughts, feedback, and questions. I would love to hear from you.
In episode 40 of the Better Relationships Podcast, Dr. Dar Hawks, the relationship healer, delves into the intricacies of how to talk to your husband about your feelings. Dr. Dar begins by sharing her personal struggles with expressing emotions, highlighting the physical and mental challenges that often accompany such conversations. She introduces the crucial distinction between emotions and feelings, explaining how emotions originate in the body and are short-lived, while feelings are shaped by mental thoughts.
Dr. Dar emphasizes the importance of recognizing and understanding your body's reactions to emotions before they manifest as prolonged feelings. She introduces the EQ wheel, a tool available on her blog, that helps identify and articulate emotions and feelings effectively. By using this tool, you can gain clarity and communicate with your partner without conflict.
The episode also explores the five sovereign relationship needs: love and belonging, freedom, fun, power, and safety and survival. Dr. Dar provides insights on how these needs influence emotional and feeling responses in relationships, offering tailored advice for each need. She encourages listeners to take her free sovereign relationship needs assessment to better understand their own and their partner's needs.
Dr. Dar outlines practical steps for planning and executing a conversation about your feelings with your husband. These include scheduling distraction-free time, choosing an appropriate location, using the EQ wheel for clarity, and creating a conversation script. She provides a detailed example script to guide you through expressing your emotions and feelings concisely and effectively.
Finally, Dr. Dar stresses the importance of formulating questions that aim for mutually accepted solutions and closure, ensuring a balanced and respectful dialogue. This episode equips you with the tools and techniques to foster healthier, more understanding communication in your relationship.
Tune in to The Better Relationships Podcast for an episode that promises to transform the way you communicate with your husband about your feelings, leading to a happier, healthier relationship.
Free Relationship Quizzes for you to better understand yourself, your partner, and your relationship
Discover your own primary and secondary Sovereign Relationship Needs? https://needs.drdarhawks.com
Are you ready for a healthy relationship? https://ready.drdarhawks.com
Knowing how to make your relationship the best it can be - https://couplesquiz.drdarhawks.com
Book a coaching session: https://huddle.drdarhawks.com
Follow me:
LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/drdarhawks
Facebook https://facebook.com/drdarhawks1
Pinte
Take my free Primary Relationship Needs Quiz to discover your dominant, secondary, and shadow Primary Relationship Needs by visiting https://needs.drdarhawks.com. This one thing will help you better understand yourself, your partner, and your relationship, and even improve communication and connection between you and your partner.
Note: The quiz name has changed from Sovereign Relationship Needs to Primary Relationship Needs as of July 2024. Please keep that in mind for podcasts dated before July 2024.
Book a coaching session: https://huddle.drdarhawks.com
Follow me:
LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/drdarhawks
Facebook https://facebook.com/drdarhawks1
Instagram https://instagram.com/dr.dar.hawks
Pinterest https://pinterest.com/drdarhawks