Create More Intimacy: A Podcast for Men

What Traction Actually Looks Like | Ep 64

Create More Intimacy: A Podcast for Men

Show Notes

You've been doing the work. Staying present instead of shutting down. Catching the old reaction before it takes over. And some part of you is still waiting for proof that it's actually working.

This episode closes out a series on the difference between performing change and actually becoming different. You'll hear:

Why real change rarely confirms itself the moment it happens

The difference between complying with what a marriage needs and actually participating in it

What she's genuinely watching for, and why it's rarely the big gestures

What it looks like when traction finally becomes visible

Why this isn't a finish line, and what the real test looks like once change starts to hold

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