Hey loves! If your marriage feels heavy, transactional, or nothing like what you imagined when you said “I do,” this conversation is going to feel like a deep exhale.

We’re talking about how so many of us accidentally sign up for a version of marriage we never consciously agreed to — one built on assumptions, roles, resentment, and unspoken expectations. And the good news? You don’t have to burn it all down to feel free again. You can renegotiate the contract.

We walk through three powerful tools that can completely change the emotional climate of your relationship: the 6-second kiss, the Power of One, and creating a brand-new marriage contract that actually fits who you are now, not who you were when you first got together.

This isn’t about fixing your partner. It’s about reclaiming your agency, your desire, and your sense of choice — inside your relationship and inside yourself.

In this episode, we cover:

- Why so many marriages drift into resentment without anyone “doing anything wrong”

- How the 6-second kiss rewires connection, safety, and intimacy (and why it works even when things feel awkward)

- The Power of One: how changing your energy shifts the entire dynamic

- What it really means to stop waiting for your partner to change

- How to consciously rewrite your marriage contract — expectations, roles, intimacy, and emotional labor

- Why freedom inside marriage comes from choice, not control

- How this work directly impacts your nervous system, emotional eating patterns, and overall well-being

If you’ve been feeling disconnected, stuck, or quietly wondering if this is “just how it is now,” let this be your permission slip to do marriage differently — without ultimatums, threats, or self-abandonment.

And if this conversation lights something up in you and you’re ready to take this work deeper — with your relationship, your body, and your life — come hang out with me inside my programs. All the details are at lauraconley.com. You don’t have to keep living in a contract you never meant to sign.

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