I'll be blunt.
Most of the "Save My Marriage" stuff out there will be
useless to you.
Why?
Because most of it tells you only WHAT you can do to reconcile your marriage (usually in JUST 3 WEEKS!!).
Like this article title. It's the first one to pop up when I Google "How to Save My Marriage".
How to Save Your Marriage: 20 Tips For Healthy Reconciliation
The 20 tips on what to do are not bad tips...it's just that 99% of the couples reading that article can't imagine doing even ONE of
them.
Why?
Because both people in the relationship are a hot mess of anger, resentment, anxiety, fear and
insecurity.
There is no number of TIPS that can help a couple in that condition.
They don't need to know what do to right now.
They need to
learn how to not be hot messes.
If you're a hot mess when trying any of those 20 tips you'll look and feel ridiculous. Nobody trusts a hot mess when they're "trying to be nice" or "trying to communicate better".
It's the loss of "connection".
And the #1 cause of the loss of connection is good old, everyday, garden variety INSECURITY.
Pransky refers to insecurity as the #1 Human Emotional Disease which kills most marriages.
This is why I say, "Brother, I'm not interested in saving your marriage...I first want to help you save yourself."
- Don't try to "fix her" with tips.
- Don't try to make her "love you" with tips.
- Don't try to "save your marriage with tips.
When you save yourself from all of the insecure
thoughts, feelings and stories which haunt you on a daily basis, you'll feel emotionally stronger and more confident.
You'll feel a little lighter, less anxious and more compassionate.
When you
finally get a grip on the hot mess of thinking induced bullshit in your head, she can finally move toward you...just a little bit.
And THAT is when a few good tips can help you.
First things
first. Stop being a hot mess.
And THAT is fully in your wheelhouse, brother.
It had better be...because if it's not...you're in real trouble.
More about that in this video.