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Chapter 1: Why does the wife feel stuck in her marriage?
Our marriage is great, honestly. It's healthy, it's strong, we set goals. But I need emotional connection to feel safe, and so I feel like I need that a little bit more consistently.
So let's take away the word need for a second. What do you want from your husband? Hey, what's going on? This is John with the Dr. John Deloney Show. spent the last 20 plus years sitting with hurting people and the wheels have fallen off. Got two PhDs. I spent my whole life studying and sitting with people who are trying to figure out what's the next right move to do in their life.
When it comes to tough things that have happened, their mental, emotional health, their, um, Gosh, their marriages, their dating relationships, their kids, whatever you got going on in your life. I'm a real guy taking real calls from real people who are struggling and trying to figure out what's the next right move. Let's go out to Phoenix, Arizona and talk to Nicole.
Hey, Nicole, what's up, lady?
Chapter 2: How can I communicate my emotional needs to my husband?
Hi. Hi, Dr. John Delaney.
How we doing?
Awesome talking to you.
You too.
What's up? So I guess I'll just get right into it. I'm a little nervous, so bear with me.
No, you're good.
So my question is, how do I communicate my desire to grow in my relationship and stay emotionally connected without it sounding like criticism?
What does growth mean?
I think... It's more like intentionality in our marriage. Our marriage is great, honestly. It's healthy.
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Chapter 3: What role does emotional connection play in a healthy marriage?
It's strong. We set goals. But I have come to know of myself just from past relationships that I need emotional connection to feel safe. And so I feel like I need that a little bit more consistently.
So let's take away the word need for a second. Okay. And I want to use the word want. I'm hearing a lot of the word need thrown around all, and I slip into it and use it too sometimes. But when we tell somebody, especially our spouse, that's inside of a great marriage, that y'all are working hard, y'all are doing things, y'all are being intentional, all that stuff.
I need you to X, Y, and Z to make me feel a certain way. What we're doing is we're taking a cinder block out of our chest and we're handing it to them and saying, you have to do this, otherwise I drown. And I think that that sets up sometimes a false reality. So I wanted to use what is scarier, more vulnerable language. Because like, let me say it this way.
If somebody on the street needed you, one time I was walking into the College of Education building at Texas Tech, and this woman had been, these two women were on a run, and this woman was going into a diabetic coma.
Chapter 4: How do I set boundaries with my extended family?
And she's like, she needs candy now. I didn't know them, but I got up and went to work, right? I went inside, got one of the vending machines, got a candy bar out, and ran outside, right? We would do anything for somebody who needs something, even strangers. Scarier question. What do you want from your husband?
Um... Gosh, that's a good question. That's probably a question I should have asked myself. I think like maybe just a moment where we connect on a daily basis.
Keep going. Because I think you want more than a moment. Maybe not. Maybe I'm wrong. But most people want more than a moment.
Chapter 5: What challenges arise from family expectations during the holidays?
I think, yeah, probably more than a moment. I think that we're just so busy in our lives and everybody's busy.
Nope. Now you're starting to like, now you're starting to feel the weight of want and you're like, I mean, but it's okay. And everyone like, just, just hold it with me. Okay. Want is a scary thing. What do you want?
I want to take time for just ourselves.
Okay. Okay. What else do you want? Or let me ask you this. What will more time for yourselves get you?
I think the closeness that I'm wanting, not just the partnership that we have, but building that friendship.
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Chapter 6: How can I honor my values while dealing with family dynamics?
I mean, we have friendships, but a closer friendship.
I heard a little baby in the background. Do you have little ones?
Yeah, I have three kids.
Three kids. How old are they?
Seven, five, and one.
Holy smokes. So you're in it right now, right?
Oh, yeah.
Okay. Take this husband off the table for a second. Tell me about the feeling that you're losing you.
Yeah. Sorry, I didn't think I'd get emotional.
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Chapter 7: What should I do if my beliefs differ from my family's?
No, you're good. You're good.
I think that oftentimes I just give and give and give. I work in healthcare, so that's kind of just my go-to. And sometimes, yeah, I just feel like I need time to be me or time to be us without having to give.
You want somebody to take care of you like you take care of everybody else?
Yeah. But I feel guilty for saying that because my husband already does so much. Now we're there. He's amazing.
The American guilt factory for the young mom. You feel guilty for asking anything. Is that why you're in healthcare? Because you've been taking care of everybody your whole life?
Yeah, pretty much.
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Chapter 8: How can I navigate difficult conversations about faith with my father?
Okay.
So the reason I'm asking these questions is I wanna get to the bottom of it. And I've said this on other shows, but growth is a word I hear. I just wanna keep growing. I just wanna keep growing. Unrestrained growth is cancer. Those are cells that won't stop dividing. So growing just to try to grow your way out of a problem is not always the solution. Growing towards a thing.
I want to get in better shape. I want to have more sex. I want to be the wild, fun girl, wife, woman that I used to be. Those are all great. But just indefinitely growing is like running a marathon. And right when you get to mile 26, you move the finish line another 20 miles. And that's a recipe for burnout.
Or it's a recipe for some doctor comes by and looks at you in the hospital and says, I think you're beautiful. Or your jokes are hilarious. And you find yourself doing things that you would never do.
Yeah, I think I, to me, growing or striving for something has always been... Yeah, I guess I just never sit and rest.
Okay. What does peace feel like?
Calm. Lack of chaos.
Yeah, which is really hard to come by with a 7, 5, and a 1-year-old. There is no calm, right?
Right. It's... It's...
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