The Empowered Wife Podcast: Marriage Help with Laura Doyle

Everyone told Michelle to leave: her mother, her grandfather, even her rabbi. Her husband had shut down while she carried eight pregnancies, worked full time, and managed a house full of chaos largely on her own. When things got hard, he would go silent for days or disappear at night. Her children were watching everything unfold. She was exhausted and had reached the end of w...

Emily and her husband had the kind of beginning most couples dream of: adventure, purpose and a love that felt effortless. But life brought pressures she wasn't prepared for, and she found herself reaching for control in ways that left her weeping in despair and feeling like a complete failure as a wife. Between the pandemic and a painful trust issue, a massive wedge grew bet...

I almost made the biggest mistake of my life, and I had no idea.

This is the embarrassing story of how I tried to bulldoze my husband out of making the best decision of our lives. I was a brand-new author, the media was calling, and I was absolutely certain I knew what needed to happen next. My husband disagreed. And I wanted to steamroll him so badly I could taste it...

Rachel's marriage was either the most magical place in the world or completely falling apart. With five kids in seven years and a growing business, she felt like she had to hold everything together. And the weight she carried slowly began affecting the marriage she treasured.

One night her husband told her he couldn't live with her anymore, and he walked out. Rachel r...

Frankie felt like nothing she said was worth hearing. Her partner often disagreed with her, corrected her, and over time she felt increasingly unseen and alone. As he struggled with depression and drank more heavily, the connection between them faded. Intimacy disappeared, and Frankie felt too ashamed to let anyone know how bad things had become. She was convinced that nothin...