Most of us are not married to a gym addict or a health fanatic. No, most of us are married to guys who feel poorly now and again and skip (or forgo) regular workouts.
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, “Dealing With Your Husband’s Health or Medical Issues: Part 1”, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband of 46 years, Dale, share their personal history of medical challenges and the proactive “remedies” couples can use to keep loving each other in sickness and in health.
The TWO questions answered in Part I of this two-part series:
THROW ME A WIFESAVER #1: “What are your tips for taking care of a sick dude? And actually, why do guys act so fragile, for lack of a kinder phrase, when they're sick?”
⇒ Listen and learn what to add to over-the-counter meds and kitchen nutrition to help your guy get better soon!
THROW ME A WIFESAVER #2: “My husband is overweight and getting more overweight by the day. How can I motivate him to get in shape?”
⇒ Listen and learn five alternatives to nagging (you might not have thought of!) when it comes to motivating him to get into shape.
“Ramona is my hero! I love your positivity and optimism. Whenever my husband and children are driving me nuts, and I want to run away, I go for a long walk and listen to your podcast and get some perspective and jump back in with renewed energy. Thank you! ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
COMING UP NEXT: Dealing with his long-term health issues.
Get all of your personal “Throw Me a WifeSaver” questions answered by Ramona as her private mentee: https://wifesavers.org/mentoring/
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And MANY more tutorials at WifeSavers by Ramona on YouTube
To contact Ramona or to learn more about personal mentoring with Ramona, go to wifesavers.org
We all battle anxiety, overwhelm, weariness, discouragement, and worry: a bundle of emotions that comes with being human, especially a female human.
In spite of our blessings and good fortune, it is our tendency as wives and mothers to wish for more, to strive for better, to push too hard, and to blame all the inner turmoil either on people and pressures outside of ourselves OR on our own deficits. The result is an oppressive cycle of stress.
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, So Tired and Going Crazy: 4 Steps to Less Stress and More Peace, multi-award-winning author and global marriage educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband of 40+ years, Dale, discuss their approach to reclaiming sanity: staying even-keeled, loving, and productive in spite of worldly or family demands, chaos, or troubles.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “I feel anxious and I see so much that needs to be done in every area: my physical health, my marriage, my family, my house and yard, myself… I have a vision of what life can be, not perfect but more peaceful, joyful, calm… I just feel like I need time to myself to think, work, pray, exercise, create order in our home. Instead, I feel like the on-call doctor in the ER (with a side job as a taxi driver). HELP! AUGHH!!!”
⇒ Listen and learn a step-by-step roadmap for achieving more peace in your life and relationship.
KEY TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:
“I rely heavily on everything they share and am so grateful for their deep wisdom and experience! Such a great example of a healthy, beautiful relationship and conversation. I feel like I’m in their living room just listening to them talk.” ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
RELATED EPISODES:
⇒ Use these resources to learn more from Ramona on this and other subjects related to your womanhood and relationships:
✅ Read Ramona’s new edition of the multi-award-winning book, WIFE FOR LIFE: THE POWER TO SUCCEED IN MARRIAGE | Amazon
✅ Sign up for Ramona’s FREE Weekly Mentor Letter full of loving support and helpful instruction
✅ Get Ramona’s FREE ebook: “5 Lies We Tell Brides and The 5 Truths That Save Wives“
✅ Join Ramona’s FREE live Masterclass “Understanding Your Husbands and Sons”
✅ Join Ramona’s FREE live Masterclass “True Desire, Real Romance”
✅ Ramona’s personal development and marriage success program: WifeSavers Course and Community
Lucky little girls are daddy’s darling, but when the teen years hit, that special relationship can take a hit, sometimes throwing the whole family off balance. Not only does the resulting dynamic have a definitive impact on a young woman’s sense of esteem and behavior in the present, but a father can also leave an indelible imprint on his daughter’s future including her self-worth, career success, earning potential, and relationships with men going forward: even for the rest of her life.
In this episode, multi-award-winning author and global marriage educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband of 40+ years, Dale, answer a wife who can sense how important the father-daughter bond is, especially for her teen girls, and wonders (in the face of a lot of conflicts at home) what she can do as a wife and a mother to help her husband and girls tone it down and better connect.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “My husband and teen daughters are constantly at odds, and I’m constantly in the middle. What can I do to get him to understand their feelings, and get them to show him more respect? Help. This is wearing me out.”
KEY TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:
“Ramona and Dale share spot-on advice and cutting-edge scientific knowledge that will help smooth the rough bumps in relationships. Their years of experience and grand marriage shine thru in an unscripted way. This has been my favorite podcast for years! And now my husband will join in to listen. Thanks, Ramona and Dale for becoming part of our family!” ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
RELATED EPISODES:
Use these resources to learn more from Ramona on this and other subjects related to your womanhood and relationships:
✅ Read Ramona’s new edition of the multi-award-winning book, WIFE FOR LIFE: THE POWER TO SUCCEED IN MARRIAGE | Amazon
✅ Sign up for Ramona's FREE Weekly Mentor Letter full of loving support and helpful instruction
✅ Get Ramona’s FREE ebook: "5 Lies We Tell Brides and The 5 Truths That Save Wives"
✅ Join Ramona's FREE live Masterclass “Understanding Your Husbands and Sons”:
✅ Join Ramona’s FREE live Masterclass “True Desire, Real Romance”
✅ Ramona’s personal development and marriage success program: WifeSavers Course and Community
Are you one of those Hallmark movie junkies? I have friends who go whole-hog, plopping down on the couch, propping up their feet, showing off those fuzzy socks that say “Leave Me Alone, I’m watching Hallmark movies”! Catch that plural “Hallmark movie(s)”. You can never “eat” just one! Why are those darn things so addictive, and a little contagious even? You may have been wondering just that, even as you can't help rewatching your favorite storylines, romances, and characters.
In this lighthearted episode, multi-award-winning author and global marriage educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her daughter, Hannah, a member of Team WifeSavers, try to solve the riddle about what our penchant for predictable romances, reveal about us as women.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: "Help! Why can't I stop watching Hallmark movies, especially at Christmas?"
KEY TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:
”If you are looking for a podcast that is uplifting and will help you better understand, be more respectful of, and better utilize men's and women's wonderfully unique, complimentary, and essential roles -- then this podcast is for you! It's time happily and very well spent!" ✮✭✭✭✭ Apple Podcasts listener
RELATED EPISODES:
EP 50: How To Be a Better Husband (Four secrets your husband needs to know to make you happy)
EP 18: If You Want to Transform Your Marriage, Focus on This (the one attitude and action that will have the most effect)
EP 21: Romance and Desire That Last (the secrets to keeping the fire alive)
Come celebrate Ramona's birthday and the release of the new edition of her book, Wife for Life: The Power to Succeed in Marriage, at her RAMONA'S BIRTHDAY BOOK LAUNCH BASH on January 27th at 10am PT!
It's LIVE, it's FREE, and it's super INTERACTIVE; you'll have lots of opportunity to talk to Ramona and to ask her your relationship questions directly! Door prizes for everyone! PLUS, we'll be drawing a winner from our contest for 4-free months of WifeSavers Course and Community!
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mWN3PkfeRQeTz2YqILpOzw
Do you feel UN (or under!) appreciated? Does your husband seem impassive, unaware, or inconsistent in his notice of all you are and all you do? Disappointment, disconnect, or disrespect is often the direct result of feeling taken for granted.
In this episode, multi-award-winning author and global marriage educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband of 40+ years, Dale, answer a wife who knows her relationship and her family could be improved by more frequent expressions of thankfulness, but who doesn’t know how to motivate or inspire her husband to comprehend the obvious: she and the family need and deserve his appreciation. Listen and learn how to create a culture of gratitude in your marriage.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “My husband and I are having difficult times because our relationship is missing this important phrase: thank you. How can I help my husband practice this more? Thank you!”
KEY TOPICS IN THIS EPISODE:
“I LOVE that the podcasts are a discussion with Ramona’s husband because it provides such a great example of a healthy, beautiful relationship and conversation. Plus they are so fun to listen to!” ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
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We talk a lot on the WifeSavers Podcast about the influential power a woman has in her marriage, which is true. However, it is also true what researchers have found about the man in a relationship: husbands have the power to make or break that union.
In this 50th episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, How to Be a Better Husband: Four Secrets Your Husband Needs to Know to Make You Happy, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie and her husband of 40+ years, Dale, share with a middle-aged but newly-wed husband and wife what they have learned about his role in the success of their marriage.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “I want to know if you and your hubby will just share with my hubby your good advice for marriage. We are not young but we still don’t know everything.”
Listen and learn how husbands can choose to view and respond to a wife's womanhood and individuality in such a way that it satisfies her heart: motivating her to do her very best by him.
Key Topics:
“This has been my favorite podcast for years! And now my husband will join in to listen. Thanks, Ramona and Dale for becoming a part of our family and all the help you've given us!" ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
Related episodes:
Ep 35: The Seven Secrets to a Successful Marriage (attitudes that both spouses would do well to cultivate)
Ep 31: Romance and Desire That Last (how to reignite the flame and keep it hot)
Ep 18: To Transform Your Marriage, Focus on This (the key to taking your marriage to a new level of closeness)
✅ You’ll want to combine this episode with Ramona and Dale's acclaimed 6 part audio course: "Conversations on Physical Intimacy for Wives and Their Husbands" at wifesavers.org/conversations
We all talk on occasion about how unfair or unkind our spouse is to us, but how often do we consider our own slip-ups that way? It’s worth a few minutes of honest introspection (say the length of this podcast) because the reality is...IF your spouse not seeing things your way, or acquiescing to your point of view, or not changing their behavior out of love and concern for you and you’re getting emotional about it, you can bet that the way you are communicating with them is having the opposite effect. Certain approaches, disrespectful approaches, only dampen or damage your spouse’s desire to love you or to be loved BY you.
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, How to Avoid Disrespect When You’re Displeased (and Why You Want To Try), multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie and her husband of 40+ years, Dale, show a demoralized wife how easily and how often she may be slipping into disrespect and how she can use alternative wording and attitudes to more effectively communicate with her husband.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “My husband says I’m too critical but I don’t see it. What is he seeing that I’m not?”
Listen and learn how the things we say and how we say them, though they may seem logical and fair to us, may actually qualify as toxic, blame-oriented, or manipulative to some degree, and how it's possible to inspire openness, connection, and genuine change, instead of shame, defensiveness, and anger.
Key Topics:
“This is my favorite podcast. So much truth and wisdom shared in every episode! I feel like I’m sitting with them in their living room and we’re old friends! ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
Related episodes:
Ep 25: He Doesn’t Really Listen: How To Communicate So He’ll Care (soliciting his engagement in an effective way)
Ep 11: Turning Negative Communication to the Positive (pleasant persuasion vs forcefulness in everyday exchanges)
Ep 16: Seeing Eye to Eye: What To Do When You Don’t (getting to a solution on a matter you disagree on)
Ep 12: His Criticism Hurts: What To Do When Your Husband is Unfair or Unkind (differentiating b/t the different types of criticism and optimal responses to each type)
✅ You’ll want to combine this episode with Ramona’s FREE live Masterclass: “Understanding Your Husbands and Sons”: https://wifesavers.org/masterclass
With a teen boy in the house, family life can feel like a roller coaster ride. Unaware of the real causes and optimal responses, it’s easy for mom and dad to lose their cool and their perspective. The husband-wife relationship can be negatively affected at that point, which won’t help anyone--especially your teen.
In this episode, the second of two on the subject, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie, discusses with her husband, Dale, what parents and other adults can do to help adolescent boys successfully navigate the rocky (or rocking) bridge into adulthood without compromising other primary relationships, especially your marriage.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “A few weeks ago my son and husband had it out. I mean they were yelling in each other's faces and pushing each other and I was so scared. It really upset me and my husband told me, at a later time in confidence, that it was the worst day in his life.”
Listen and learn how parenting or working with a young man can be much less puzzling or frustrating and far more rewarding when you understand how best to live with and love him through adolescence.
Key Topics:
“Thank you Ramona and Dale for another packed-with-golden tips podcast! One of the delights of my day for sure!” ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
Related episodes:
Tech and Relationships Part 2: Husband and Sons
Helping Your Husband Bond With the Kids
When He’s Overwhelmed By Family Life
✅ You’ll want to combine this episode with Ramona’s FREE live Masterclass: “Understanding Your Husbands and Sons": https://wifesavers.org/masterclass
Are you in the middle of a “boy crisis”? You are, actually, whether you know it or not. The “boy crisis” may be up-close and personal to the parent of a teen or young adult male, but the rest of us are being affected as well. We all have a vested interest in the challenges our boys are experiencing today, and in helping them launch confidently and responsibly into a complex world.
In this episode, the first of two on the subject, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie, discusses with her husband, Dale, what adolescent boys are up against during a stage of development that is ripe with change and tension and who, exactly, holds the key to their success.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “I am worried about my son and my husband's dynamic at times. My son is very intelligent and is so much an independent person, even at 14, that there seems to be much conflict between the two most important males in my life. This bothers me. What is happening and what can I do?”
Listen and learn what is going on inside that head, heart, and body of his, and what you can do to help the males in your life successfully navigate the turbulence kicked up during the teen and young adult years.
NOTE: You’ll want to combine listening to this episode with attending Ramona Zabriskie’s LIVE masterclass, Understanding Your Husband and Sons: wifesavers.org/masterclass.
Key Topics:
“I rely heavily on everything they share and am grateful for their deep wisdom and experience!” ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
Related episodes:
Episode 24: Tech and Relationships Part 2: Husband and Sons
Working excessively for a brief or limited period of time may occasionally be necessary, but if it’s one spouse’s defacto year after year, divorce, infidelity, or a health crisis is practically inevitable.
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, What To Do When He Works Too Much, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband of 43+ years, Dale, discuss what to do when one spouse is spending so much time on work, the other feels undesirable, neglected, or resentful.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “Basically, my husband works too hard. We’ve talked about it many times, but whenever he agrees to try and make things better, it doesn’t last more than a week or two and then he’s right back to work. I can’t help feeling sad and a little insecure, honestly. Help!”
Key points in the podcast:
“They are so so fun to listen to! I feel like I’m in their living room just listening to them talk. I love the male perspective from Dale. Thank you for a life-giving podcast! ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcast listener
Related episodes:
Episode 32: Not Enough Time for Quality Couple Time
Episode 26: When He’s Traveling for Business
Episode 24: Tech and Relationships: Husband and Kids
Episode 2: Getting Your Husband To Prioritize Your Needs Too
It’s no secret that 2020 has changed almost everything, including the way we’re approaching the holidays. Wives and mothers are feeling apprehensive about what’s ahead this month. Is it even possible to follow through on your traditions and to orchestrate a season of memories for the family this year? On top of all that, what if your husband’s attitude is turning out to be more “Grinch” than “Santa” after all the stress?
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, Creating Happy Holidays in Spite of 2020 (or a Grinchy Husband), multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie and her team of expert wives offer some concrete strategies to an overwhelmed mom looking for a little support.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: I feel creating family memories falls on me: Christmas prep, fun outings. He doesn't participate or only grumpily. What can I do?
Listen and learn how to recruit the engagement you need from him to make this holiday season one that will fill your heart--without overwhelming his.
Key Topics:
“With WifeSavers advice, I save my sanity and make time and energy to fill my own happy bucket being creative and learning!” ✭✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
Related episodes:
When He’s Overwhelmed By Family Life
Dealing with Extended Family Over the Holidays
How To Help Your Husband With His Emotions During the Crisis
Who hasn’t had a sleepless night or two lately? The world is getting more and more frantic, more and more frenetic, and yet and somehow, in the midst of so much we cannot control, wives and mothers are supposed to take care of business as usual.
If you’re feeling rudderless or disconnected these days, hounded by a constant sense of anxiety and distress, you’re not alone. Women everywhere are dealing with record-high levels of stress as they worry over their family’s health, finances, and future. And you know that a nervous undercurrent like that hurts not only your own heart but disrupts (and even damages) the relationships you count on most, including your marriage.
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, How to Keep Calm and Carry On, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband, Dale, help a wife who is feeling especially anxious and fearful over current events in the world.
Listen and learn how to replace stress with a steady calm that restores creativity and productivity in your life. Feel empowered and prepared for whatever comes next!
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “I feel like I’m wasting my life right now. My anxiety over what’s going to happen the rest of this year is overwhelming and I’m spinning my wheels. Going crazy. Help.”
Key Topics:
“A gift to all marriages. So grateful for these people and wisdom!!!” ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
Related episodes:
Don’t Let a Crisis Sink Your Marriage
Feeling Burnt Out After Too Much Stress
How To Help Your Husband With His Emotions During the Crisis
Struggling to convince your loved one that your political perspective is the right one? Or is he expecting you to come around to his way of seeing things? Do your discussions turn into debates that leave you feeling frustrated, even alienated from one another? Maybe you’ve decided to stuff your opinion just to avoid the conflict.
In a world where countries and communities are being torn apart by the political divide, how do you keep your own relationship tight and intact? Will your marriage withstand the pressure? Is it possible to live and work together from opposite sides of the fence?
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, Talking Politics in Marriage, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband, Dale, help a wife who is worried that political divisiveness is affecting her marriage.
Listen and learn how to keep political issues from turning into marriage issues.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: My husband and I have different political views. How should I handle this?
Key Topics:
“How I love this podcast!! The principles, examples, and how-to information that Ramona and Dale share help me every day as a wife and in all my relationships!” ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
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When Faith is an Issue in Your Marriage
Is your husband uninterested (or less interested than you are) in spiritual matters? Are you wishing he’d step up and lead your family in religious practice? Perhaps he’s even expressing (or exhibiting) antagonism toward God or religion in general.
If you are a woman of faith, whatever your religion or personal practice, feeling disconnected from your husband on a spiritual plane is difficult. What do you do with your disappointment and loneliness? How can you reach or motivate him when you’re feeling frustrated and resentful?
Throw Me a WifeSaver: “We don't hold up on our spiritual traditions as much as we used to unless I lead the way. I feel like I carry most of the family unity and spiritual engagement. Why can’t he?”
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, When Faith is an Issue, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie and her husband, Dale, answer four different wives who are each despairing of their husband’s level of spiritual enthusiasm and commitment.
Listen and learn how to turn spiritual disparity to the positive and feel more peace in your home.
Key Topics:
“I am loving the overall philosophy Ramona and Dale have on marriage. They are so consistent in their message and everything feels digestible and succinct, something I like in a podcast. I am already seeing improvements in my relationship with my husband! ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
Related episodes:
When He’s Overwhelmed by Family Life
Are too many conversations with your husband leaving both of you feeling frustrated? It may be that what you are saying is being heard very differently than you intend.
Ramona and her husband, Dale, answer a wife who doesn’t mean to come across as negative and unloving but is afraid that’s exactly how she’s being received. Listen and learn how with a few tweaks in approach and wording a wife can completely alter the outcome of almost any conversation with her husband to the positive.
Throw Me a WifeSaver: “Sometimes when I respond negatively to things with my husband, I know right away that I've gone about it all wrong. I definitely don't want to handle things in an unloving way it just seems to come out in a burst of emotions sometimes before I even know how to package it in a more positive way. Any suggestions?”
The most listened to WifeSavers Podcast episode ever!
Key Topics:
"Love the practical applications Dale and Ramona describe and actually MODEL so well in their podcasts! I find it especially valuable hearing what a conversation SHOULD sound like -- much different than I hear in my life otherwise. I think of it like learning a foreign language! ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
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Is “there’s no place like home” getting tested in your home like never before? During current shelter-in orders—and with the days and weeks ahead still a big question mark—how will your family manage the strain on your relationships over the long haul? Bringing everything down to just four simple but powerful practices will make all the difference.
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, When There’s No Place Other THAN Home, You Need More of THIS, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband of 40+ years, Dale, discuss how you and your family can feel happy with each other day after day, for as long as it takes, inside your own four walls.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “I’m the kind of person that will obey all the rules and not mind not going out. I’ve REALLY enjoyed being home for the past few weeks. But the truth is all the worry over the virus and groceries and toilet paper is starting to wear on me, and the kids are getting cabin fever and my husband is getting edgy. What can I do?”
Key points in this podcast:
“... a wonderful blend of insights and wisdom...perfect blend of fun and information. ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcasts listener
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Couples everywhere are having to deal with financial strains, upended routines, extra parenting responsibilities, new expectations of one another, and worrisome health scares. Whether a husband is sheltering-in, or on the front lines, employed, or suddenly unemployed, there’s a good chance that his wife’s most tangible and immediate source of stress is her concern about how the global crisis is impacting her man directly.
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, How to Help Your Husband With His Emotions During the Crisis, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband of 40+ years, Dale, delve into brain science and biology to understand how today’s atmosphere of intense anxiety may be affecting men, what a concerned partner can do alleviate her man’s tension, and the ways intelligent, proactive engagement between husband and wife mitigates negative repercussions on the family.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “How do I help my husband right now? He seems full of anxiety with the COVID crisis. I worry about what he is feeling inside as he tries to be strong for others, and I worry that the balance of positive to negative in our interactions is tipping in the wrong direction.”
Key points in this podcast:
Related episodes:
Don’t Let a Crisis Sink Your Marriage
Dealing With Your Spouse’s Depression Positively
Times of crisis are inevitable. Unexpected circumstances can feel like a sudden attack on your family’s status quo, interrupting plans and draining everyone’s energy. Whether your relationships with each other end up battered and crippled by the storm or deeper and stronger for the voyage depends in large part on how you organize your response.
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, Don’t Let a Crisis Sink Your Marriage, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband of 40+ years, Dale, discuss how a couple can avoid breaking on the shoals of a crisis by proactively navigating their family through fear and uncertainty.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “What are some helps for smoothing our relationship in times of crisis? Do you have a trauma kit/advice?!”
Key points in the podcast:
“Ramona and Dale share such a unique, wonderful, refreshing, and definitely relevant blend of insights and wisdom gained from their experiences together. It’s a perfect blend of fun and information.” ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcast listener
Related episodes:
Episode 37: Dealing With Your Spouse’s Depression Positively
Episode 11: Turning Negative Communication With Your Husband to the Positive
Episode 10: How Do I Find Balance? A Woman’s Greatest Challenge
When your partner is at their best, they are a positive energy source for you and the whole family: dreaming big, working hard, playing hard. But what happens if they lose that zest for life? What are you supposed to do with their ongoing detachment, despondency, anxiety, anger, or pessimism? Depression is an isolating illness that can negatively impact relationships and leave loved ones feeling helpless and afraid.
In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, How to Deal With Your Spouse’s Depression Positively, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband of 42+ years, Dale, discuss how spouses can come together when that “intangible-something” called depression or anxiety interferes with their ability to work, play, and even love.
THROW ME A WIFESAVER: “My spouse suffers from negativity/depression. I love him, but how do I enjoy time with him & feel connected? How do I even bring up to him that I think he’s depressed? Help!”
Key points in the podcast:
“I love, love, LOVE listening to this podcast! This is truly a gift to better understand myself and help him better understand me! If you are looking for a podcast that is uplifting and that will help you better understand--then this podcast is for you! It’s time happily and very well spent! ✮✭✭✭✭” Apple Podcast listener
Related episodes:
Episode 28: When He’s Overwhelmed by Family Life
Episode 11: Turning Negative Communication With Your Husband to the Positive
Episode 7: Feeling Burned Out After Too Much Stress
Episode 10: How Do I Find Balance? A Woman’s Greatest Challenge