"Your Marriage Needs An Operating System (And It's Costing You Everything)"

Your marriage isn't failing because you love each other less. It's failing because you're running three companies with no operating system.Most entrepreneurial couples treat their business, their marriage, and themselves as one tangled system — and wonder why everything feels like it's burning. In this episode, Adam and Marie break down the Three Circles Model (adapted from a 1978 Harvard framework for family businesses) and show you exactly how to separate your operating systems so each one can actually perform.What you'll learn:Why enmeshment is silently destroying both your relationship AND your business performanceHow to build three distinct operating systems: Business, Marriage, and SelfThe direct link between intimacy and business output (yes, they're connected — and the data proves it)Why your individual identity is the foundation everything else runs onIf you're an entrepreneur who's ever felt like you can't fully show up at work or at home — this episode is your diagnostic.🎙️ Startup Spouses is hosted by Adam and Marie — married 20 years, business partners, and brutally honest about what it actually takes to make both work.📩 Subscribe for weekly conversations at the intersection of entrepreneurship and marriage.