Are you and your spouse fostering an emotionally safe environment in your marriage and in your home by extension? What does this actually mean? On today’s episode of The WinShape Marriage Podcast, Dr. Joshua Straub joins Marlee Arnold to unpack this conversation. Dr. Straub is an author, speaker, and podcaster, and he and his wife Christi founded Famous at Home. These two phrases—emotional safety and “being famous at home”—are the focal point of today’s discussion. In short, emotional safety is when you feel like you can be fully yourself without getting shut down or punished for it. So, do you feel that in your marriage you can express yourself without fear or judgement? And are you and your spouse creating space for your children to do the same? Learn how to take one or two practical steps forward in this space by listening to this detailed and enriching conversation.
Time Stamps:
(1:11) Dr. Joshua Straub’s background
(4:33) What is emotional safety?
(9:29) How do you foster an emotionally safe environment in your marriage, first?
(16:25) What is a first step to creating an emotionally safe environment in your home? Where do you start?
(23:01) Dr. Straub shares a personal example of how he has created an emotionally safe environment in his family
(36:09) Why is it important to be “famous at home?”
(39:13) What is a first step to making sure that you’re prioritizing your family above outside noise?
(43:48) What are some consequences of not fostering an emotionally safe environment in your home?
(48:19) One key takeaway from this conversation
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