Training Your Partner To Meet Your Needs Is Healthy!

Subscribe if you learned something new! https://anchor.fm/drpsychmomshow/subscribe In this episode, I discuss how it's healthy and adaptive to train your partner to meet your needs, why you may think this is impossible or have biases against the idea of this, and even how to model this healthy dynamic for your kids!  I address the myth of it being somehow less genuine or meaningful to have to teach someone how to treat you; in fact, the earlier and more directly you can train your partner how to treat you, the better your marriage will be!  Links: It Isn’t Bad If Your Husband Needs To Learn The Words To Make You Feel Close People Pleasing Daughters Of Covertly Narcissistic Moms (often have trouble asserting their needs) Five Steps to Directly and Effectively Communicate in Relationships