DiscoverDurable Dad with Tommy Geary098: Positivity Isn’t Helping Your Marriage
098: Positivity Isn’t Helping Your Marriage

098: Positivity Isn’t Helping Your Marriage

Update: 2025-06-10
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Most high-performing men pride themselves on staying calm, staying positive, and getting through hard stuff fast. But when your wife is upset, that instinct to cheer her up or look on the bright side is doing more harm than good.

In this episode, we talk about why emotional reflexes—though well-intended—can actually push your partner away.

We’ll cover:

  • Why men shut down or push past emotions—and how that breaks connection
  • How the habit of fixing or reframing keeps you from being present
  • What emotional strength actually looks like in a relationship

Your version of “being strong” cannot involve skipping over sadness, worry, or fear. 

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098: Positivity Isn’t Helping Your Marriage

098: Positivity Isn’t Helping Your Marriage

Tommy Geary