In this episode of Love Always, Jo, Joanna interviews Jennifer Greer, a certified professional marriage coach and love leader at Your Kickass Marriage. Jennifer has been fascinated by relationships since she was a child, so it’s no surprise that she’s studied familial, platonic, and romantic relationships throughout her academic and professional careers. As a marriage coach, she helps her clients create a highly conscious relationship with themselves and their spouse. Jennifer says:
“Soul work and global healing is what I do. Marriage is simply the vehicle through which it’s performed. Just as my husband and I healed our wounds and our own broken marriage, I get the opportunity to experience this same miracle happening in the lives of my clients and community every day. Because of this, I’m one #blessed woman.”
In this episode Jennifer and I discuss…
- Knowing what your needs are
- Learning how to set boundaries
- Owning your own crap and letting your spouse own theirs
- Being an empath
- How to get out of the hole you’re in and prevent it from happening again
- How to communicate your needs to your spouse
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Recommended Book:
- The Highly Sensitive Person in Love by Dr. Elaine Aron
Journal Prompts:
- What do you need right now?
- What are you gaining by being a fixer?
- What is it costing you to be a fixer?
- Do you want to get out of the hole you’re in?
- What does self-care look like for you?
Quotes:
- Own your own crap — Jennifer
- It’s not always on you to fix everything — Jennifer
- Your problem is that you think you need to fix everyone else’s problem — Jennifer
- Check in with yourself to see what you need right now — Jennifer
- People go through seasons of challenge — Joanna
- It’s okay to feel the lows with the ones you love without needing to feel responsible to fix it — Jennifer
- Feel your feelings without letting them own you — Jennifer
- Take responsibility for your own actions, feelings, and thoughts — Jennifer
- No one can make you feel this way unless you allow them to — Jennifer
- Don’t judge yourself for being in the hole you’re in — Jennifer
- Acknowledge the pattern — Jennifer
- You don’t always have to be in control; Trust the process — Jennifer
- The path out of the hole will be unique to the one in it — Jennifer
- You’re on the path you’re on because you led yourself there — Jennifer
- Practice communication and what your needs are — Jennifer
- Your partner doesn’t know what they don’t know — Jennifer
- You’re not responsible for anyone else’s boundaries — Jennifer
- Prioritize your relationship with yourself — Jennifer
- You’re responsible for your own well-being — Jennifer
- Self-care looks different to everyone — Jennifer
- Marriage and relationships should be spacious — Jennifer
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