In this episode of Caitlin's Couch, Caitlin is joined by Suzanne Shepard, a pilates instructor with a passion for inspiring women to strengthen their connection with their partner and become less defensive overall.
Suzanne has been married to her wife for upwards of seven years and has perfected the art of taking responsibility for her defensiveness and how damaging it can be and how to have better fights.
She shares how she went from feeling vulnerable and uncomfortable from defensiveness in her relationship to a state of relief, realizing that her partner is on her side.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT
- How to strengthen your connection in your relationship
- How to become less defensive overall
- What defensiveness in your relationship looks like
SOCIAL MEDIA + QUOTES
- “I wouldn't say that realizing it has cured me, but i would like to think that realizing it has given me some tools to break that cycle.”
- “It finally clicked for me when I tried something else”
- “I felt tremendous relief when I stopped defending myself.”
- “It feels really good not to need to be right.”
- “I was too busy mounting my defense to really hear her.”
- “When we are defensive, what could be easily solvable becomes so much bigger.”
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