099: How Women Can Transform Their Marriages
Podcast Guest: Maggie Reyes
September 23rd, 2024
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In this Episode
In this episode of Stronger Marriage Connection, Dr. Dave Schramm and Dr. Liz Hale chat with Maggie Reyes, a master certified life coach and marriage mentor. Maggie shares five powerful questions that women can use to improve their marriages, without needing their partner to change. These questions help women shift their mindset, engage their emotional intelligence, and create positive change in their relationships. Maggie emphasizes the importance of understanding our emotions, managing expectations, and grieving unmet hopes while building strong, lasting connections. Learn how asking the right questions can transform your marriage and empower you as a partner.
"The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of the Utah Marriage Commission."
Time Markers
00:00 – Introduction to Maggie Reyes
02:18 – Why women can change marriages
04:14 – Maggie’s background and career shift
06:36 – Power of questions over statements
08:15 – What would courage do now?
09:42 –What would my best self do?
12:00 –Replace “why” with “how”
13:13 –What am I making this mean?
15:25 –What do I want instead?
16:50 – Conversations and questions we don’t have
18:16 – Grieving unmet expectations
21:28 – Feeling disappointment in relationships
23:45 – Surprising client success stories
27:10 – Managing vs. solving problems in marriage
28:32 – Key to a stronger marriage connection
29:25 – Where to find Maggie Reyes
30:16 – Takeaway of the day
Insights
Maggie’s
That you have choices, that you can think about what you want in your relationship and then take positive forward action towards that. I think that's the core of everything that I teach. And if someone is listening to us today and feeling frustrated or feeling sad, if I could just be that voice in your ear that says you have choices,
Dave’s
I'm going to actually combine both of your takeaways. I love that generosity Liz and the choices Maggie. I often call this, and it's been re iterated today. I think a challenge of lifetime. There are probably many challenges of lifetime. One of the those who stuck my mind lately, and it relates to what we're talking about today, is feeling disappointed, feeling feeling stressed, feeling worried, feeling irritated, even feeling angry, all those right, natural emotions we're going to feel those in our relationships. I believe this is difficult. That's why it's the challenge of a lifetime to feel all of that and still be kind, and still be generous.
Liz’s
That generosity is the highest form of love, being generous. And like you said, sometimes it doesn't, life doesn't call for that, right? But I think, especially in love and in marriage, generosity is often, I think, the call of the day. So I love that.
About Maggie Reyes:
Maggie Reyes is a Master Certified Life Coach and Modern Marriage Mentor who specializes in helping driven, ambitious women create their best marriages, without waiting for their partners to change or adding more work to their lives.
She is the creator of The Marriage MBA Program, a 6 month mentorship in creating a successful marriage using principles from positive psychology, cognitive science and simple coaching tools that you can learn today and apply tomorrow.
Maggie is the author of the best selling Questions for Couples Journal which has over 3,000 4 star ratings on Amazon. And she is the host of the The Marriage Life Coach Podcast which is consistently ranked among the top 2 percent podcasts out of over 2 million podcasts tracked by ListenNotes.
When she isn’t teaching or coaching she loves obsessing over Formula 1 Racing, Bridgerton, reading fan fiction, sexy romance novels and watching superhero movies and Mexican Rom Coms with her hubby.
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