EP 360: A Midlife Marriage Crisis with Marc

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is about standing up for yourself in a relationship. Today’s caller, Marc, feels a shift in his 20-year marriage. He is willing to work on the relationship but his wife is avoiding it. This episode is relatable to many people because we discuss why he doesn’t take a stand for himself and how it takes two people to make a relationship work.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[For show notes, go here:</span> <a href="http://christinehassler.com/episode360"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Christinehassler.com/episode360</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">]</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Many midlife crises happen because people find themselves in a place where they can’t suppress anymore. Often, their kids are older, they are set in their careers, and their life is a bit more predictable, then all of a sudden they find it difficult to suppress what they feel they have missed out on.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">When an individual feels they’ve sacrificed a lot of their life in parenthood or the like, a sense of selfishness or entitlement bubbles up and they go in the opposite direction of where they have been. And, a person who is more reactive and triggered shouldn’t be leading a relationship because they will lead the relationship to a dead end.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sometimes our less obvious wounds are more impactful. A lot of time the person who holds the more feminine pole in a relationship often wants the masculine pole to lead, to come to us and let us know when things are off.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m happy to announce that my next Women’s Retreat will be held in Austin from October 7‒9, 2022. Go to</span></em> <a href= "https://christinehassler.com/signatureretreat"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ChristineHassler.com/signatureretreat</span></em></a> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">to get more informatio