Say YES! How to Increase Optimism in Your Marriage - Natasha Dansie

In this webinar Natasha will be teaching practical ways to say yes more in your marriage and develop a more positive outlook on yourself, your partner, and your marriage. Natasha will give three simple suggestions in creating optimism in your marriage and how to navigate through those choices.



Time Markers

0:00 – Introduction: Who is Natasha Dansie?  

2:25 – Relationships truly are what matter most 

4:20 – Poll results  

5:30 – What increases optimism in your marriage 

9:38 – Changing our default – three simple suggestions  

11:11 – YOU – Make time for the things that make you feel like you  

13:30 – If we lose our identity, it’s easy to lose who we are 

16:25 – Do something that is just for you  

18:17 – Expectations – no mind reading allowed  

21:10 – Set clear expectations in your marriage  

26:53 – Spouse – how would this affect my spouse? 

31:28 – Just say yes!  

34:20 – Default to yes, even if it just a conversation  

36:32 – Q&A 

About Natasha Dansie 

Natasha Dansie is a family life coach and a certified family life educator. She has taught relationship education classes through Utah State University for the past 9 years. She particularly enjoys her work with incarcerated fathers in prisons and jails. In addition to relationship education, Natasha is passionate about religion, traveling, learning and Disney.  

Natasha Dansie Links: 

https://www.instagram.com/natashadansie/?hl=en  

https://extension.usu.edu/directory/dansie-natasha  

https://www.ariseworkshops.com/about  

Insights 

Natasha believes there are three important things that come up when increasing optimism in your marriage. Those three things are you, expectations, and spouse.  

Invites:  

  • Identify what is just for you, something to take care of you so you don’t slip into losing yourself in your marriage. 
  • Discuss with your partner about expectations, talk about some healthy expectations you have for each other that way you can work on those expectations each day.  
  • Before you make any decision you should ask yourself, “How will this decision affect my spouse?”  

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