Episode 182

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30th Aug 2024

Why Your Wife Doesn't Trust Your Changes

Empowered AF 2.0 - Episode 115: "Why Your Wife Doesn't Trust Your Changes"


In this episode, Mark dives deep into the crucial elements of consistency and the necessary infrastructure for sustaining lasting change. He explores how identity shifts, accountability, and self-awareness are foundational to personal growth and relational success. Whether you're struggling with maintaining consistency or confronting deep-seated fears, this episode offers valuable insights and actionable steps.

Highlights

  • Consistency and Building Infrastructure -Mark opens the discussion by stressing the importance of consistency and the need for a strong infrastructure to support ongoing change. He uses the analogy of The Boring Company’s tunneling process to illustrate how a solid foundation is essential for progress.
  • Identity Shift and Accountability - The conversation shifts to the necessity of an identity shift to uphold new standards and maintain consistency. Mark explains how accountability and support systems prevent individuals from slipping back into old habits, using examples from high-performing sports teams.
  • Jeff's Struggle with Consistency - Jeff shares his challenges with staying consistent in his relationship, particularly under financial stress. Mark advises setting clear boundaries to manage emotional states and maintain open communication.
  • Bill's Struggle with Ego and Replacement Fears - Bill discusses his fears of being replaced as the primary caregiver for his daughter. Through guided self-reflection, Mark helps Bill connect these fears to his childhood experiences in the foster care system, reframing them as opportunities for growth and healing.


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Empowered AF
An Empowered man is one who communicates like a leader, sets boundaries that gets respect, knows who he is and what he wants...and owns his own sh*t. The Empowered AF podcast is designed to help men do just that in their marriage and life. Join...
An Empowered man is one who communicates like a leader, sets boundaries that gets respect, knows who he is and what he wants...and owns his own sh*t.

The Empowered AF podcast is designed to help men do just that in their marriage and life. Join entrepreneur, coach, and father Mark Santiago every week as he shares the secrets to stepping into your own empowerment as a man.

Each week you’ll hear about taboo issues that hold back the modern-day man from knowing who he is, what he wants, and how to become the man he wants to be as a father, husband, and leader.

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