Category: Her Space

This section contains blog articles to help men know how to respond when their wife needs space or want separation.

  • Why Your Wife Is Always Unhappy

    Why Your Wife Is Always Unhappy

    When your wife is always unhappy or chronically upset, it’s easy to feel like you’re failing as a husband or father. There are 5 things you can change right now to bring some joy back into your relationship. Just watch the video below or keep reading.

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    Unhappy Wife – 5 Necessities To Change

    Failed Expectations: A Source Of Unhappiness

    We like to imagine how life would be “in a perfect world”.

    “Perfect” includes a loving, sweet, affectionate, beautiful woman waiting for you at the door when you come home. 

    She’s wearing a sexy outfit and holding freshly baked cinnamon rolls. 

    Fun and laughter fill your evening with her!

    By night, things get steamy under the sheets.

    Sounds like a great fantasy! 

    Then there’s reality. 

    She…

    The girl you married has an imagined “perfect world, too”.

    Reality has dashed that dream.

    That’s why your wife is always unhappy.

    You’re a constant reminder that life isn’t the fairytale she hoped for.

    Men I coach learn a universal fact after a few sessions: Female energy is a flood without a strong masculine frame to direct it. 

    In other words, if her emotions are affecting how YOU feel, it means you’re driving in her lane, not your own lane of well-being and happiness.

    5 Things To Change If Your Wife Is Always Unhappy

    There are five necessities for happiness:

    1. Safety
    2. Variety
    3. Connection
    4. Contribution
    5. Growth  

    If both you and your wife are always unhappy, you’re in a stalemate.

    Somebody has to lead by example so the other can follow.

    Feminine is wired to be a responder.

    Masculine is wired to be an initiator.

    A conversation, date night, or new house can’t erase what it’s like to BE around you.

    When you start to BE different, your wife starts to respond differently.

    You cannot “give” your wife safety… but you can BE safe.

    You cannot “give” your wife connection… but you can BE connecting. 

    In other words, you provide these things by BEING them. 

    Explaining, demanding, and arguing about them is not BEING them.

    Your wife gets to enjoy the ride as you solidify an amazing, inspiring, deeply connecting life for yourself – one that changes your attitude.  

    And the cool part is, you get to enjoy this life regardless of how she responds.

    Even if your wife is always unhappy, it’s not your responsibility to make her happy… BUT, you can be a man who invites her to a better place. 

    Dr. Danielle Dowling drives this principle home in the article, “You Are Not Responsible for Other People’s Happiness“.

    If you need your wife to be happy so you can be happy, you are co-dependent on her.

    That’s a hard clash with what Hollywood shows us in movies.

    Happiness by example is the ONLY way to light the path forward for your wife to follow.

    Build an amazing life that makes you happy no matter what she does.

    Feeling unsure of how to be a confident, direct, emotional lighthouse if your wife is always unhappy?

    I got you.

  • Menopause: What Men Need To Know To Save Their Marriage

    Menopause: What Men Need To Know To Save Their Marriage

    Let’s talk about menopause: What men need to know can save a lot of frustration. This article is like receiving the puberty talk before your voice changes. It’s nice having a heads-up before everything in your life shifts. It’s also an uncomfortable topic that’s easy to put off. Further down is a video from a man who has successfully navigated menopause with his wife. Pay attention to his advice. Your marriage might depend on it. 

    Menopause: What Men Need To Know (But Nobody Is Saying)

    At 9 years old, I loved technology.

    I came across a Radio Shack ad for a control module.

    It could turn on any appliance with a cord!

    I wanted one. 

    I saved up that summer, went to Radio Shack, and bought the control module. 

    Feeling ecstatic was an understatement!

    After I opened the box, I quickly realized I had been misguided. 

    Every outlet in the house had to be equipped with a receiver for the system to work. 

    I was so bummed. 

    The full system was way out of budget for a 9-year-old. 

    Why hadn’t the salesmen at Radio Shack informed me? 

    Why wasn’t the ad clear that upcoming purchases were necessary to use the module?

    Men sat at your wedding who knew something shocking.

    They watched you pledge your love to a woman… and they stayed silent.

    You thought you were signing up for a lifetime of romantic intimacy with the exact woman who stood before you. 

    Maybe these men didn’t want to douse the spark in your eye. 

    Maybe they thought they were alone in their experience.

    Here’s the shocking thing these men knew: Your wife would go through an unavoidable metamorphosis and become a totally different person… Menopause!

    I’m calling in an expert to give us the facts straight.

    In the video below, men’s coach Charlie McKeever shares how he saved his marriage from menopause. 

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    Menopause – What Men Need To Know (But Nobody Is Saying)

    Menopause: What Men Need To Know When She Acts Different

    The stages leading up to menopause can be a 10-year span called perimenopause. 

    For most women, perimenopause starts in their mid-40s. 

    You might be thinking, “So what, her period gets irregular or something?” 

    Think again.

    Remember how much your body changes going through puberty?

    Imagine going through puberty again to have everything reversed.

    That’s what it’s like for her. 

    Every man is well aware of how sensitive and changing a woman’s moods are when she’s on her period…

    Underlying issues in your relationship she’s been sweeping under the rug boil over during this time. 

    Perimenopause challenges your standards, boundaries, and self-reliance to your own happiness in ways you’ve never been tested before. 

    She’ll need you to be confident and emotionally present, not for the weekend…FOR THE LONG HAUL!

    Can Hormone Therapy Help Menopause Symptoms?

    Hormone therapy can absolutely help your wife through her life transition.

    So can supplements and being supportive.

    If you feel like your marriage is in the throes of menopause, I encourage you to reach out to Charlie by clicking HERE. He can mentor you through the stages every man must learn while your wife goes through menopause.

    Telling your wife she needs hormone therapy isn’t the magic pill.

    She needs you to be the rock during this time of change.

    Being a confident man who doesn’t seek his wife’s approval and leads the relationship is the type of man you should be, regardless. 

    Masculine finds purpose in momentum. 

    We like to see progress, goals reached, and checklists completed. 

    When you stop reacting to your wife, she feels huge relief.

    As her moods change, you need to be steady.

    You need a frame.

    You need personal standards for yourself.

    Menopause: What men need to know is that it’s not a matter of IF but WHEN.

    Guys who have already become the rock in their relationships (before menopause strikes) won’t take her moods personally.

    He won’t beg, argue, complain, or sulk when she’s having a bad day.

    He’s understanding when she’s not down for sex.

    He’s the lighthouse that leads her home.

    That’s what a great man does for his wife. 

  • Walkaway Wife: Why You Need To STOP Chasing Her

    Walkaway Wife: Why You Need To STOP Chasing Her

    If you’ve been trying to get your walkaway wife back, I have news for you. The test results are in (and it’s stamped with a big “F”). Seventy percent of divorces are initiated by women. You know what that means? It means 70% of men were unable to stop the divorce. But you? You’re going to do the opposite of those 70%. Welcome to the 5% club, where marriages are saved. Not because you tricked your wife into staying, but because you used the laws of attraction and stopped chasing her.

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    Walkaway Wife: Why You Need To STOP Chasing Her

    Men Everywhere Are Being Blindsided By Divorce

    Most men never dreamed the girl they married would turn into a walkaway wife.

    Disbelief. Horror. Panic. 

    Those juices surge through his veins like acid when he hears, “I’m going to leave you”.

    Why is she leaving?

    Why didn’t she bring this up sooner?

    Can’t we go to marriage counseling and fix this?

    A walkaway wife is as emotionally damaging as a gunshot wound.

    But running around like a headless chicken never helps… And that’s EXACTLY what most men do.

    They pull out all the stops.

    They flood her with everything she loved while dating.

    He cries, begs, pleads, argues, withdraws, and then writes the most passionate love letter of his life.

    Do all those things, and you’ll join the 70% of men who never got their walkaway wife back.

    You need to understand why she’s pulling away.

    Then, how you should respond makes more sense.

    Why Your Bride Has Turned Into A Walkaway Wife

    24 months ago. 

    That’s how long ago she gave up and started imagining life without you. 

    Giving up felt like relief.

    Like a huge weight lifted off her shoulders.

    She opened herself up to get her needs met outside the marriage.

    Not sexually, emotionally.  

    Work, friends, activities, weekend getaways, counseling… those became her new sources of emotional intimacy. 

    You, on the other hand, were oblivious while focused on surviving the daily grind. 

    >>>Fast forward to now. 

    She has already grieved the loss of the marriage.

    An emotional bond has formed with others besides you.

    She’s already cried until there were no more tears, and it was probably two summers ago.

    That’s why she seems so cold and indifferent now.

    Leaving you? That’s old news to her.

    You feel like an ex-boyfriend or old business partner.   

    You, however, are NOWHERE near the same point as her.

    This is fresh and raw.

    You have a right to feel how you feel!

    Any man would feel the same.

    But acting on those feelings makes your walkaway wife want to rip the band-aid off.

    Why You Need To STOP Chasing Her

    I’ve worked with hundreds of men whose wives had one foot out the door.

    I’ve never seen a walkaway wife return because he smothered her with his unbound love.

    She’s not leaving because you don’t love her, so stop trying to prove it!

    She’s leaving because she no longer feels attracted to you.

    That’s what she means when she says, “I love you, but I’m not in love with you.”

    It doesn’t matter if you still feel attracted to her.

    In this critical moment of marriage collapse, nearly all primal instincts of the male brain push her away (if acted on). 

    You see, all her reasons for wanting to leave you are tied to a common female experience. 

    An experience that has less to do with you than she’ll adimit. 

    Michele Weiner-Davis explains it perfectly in her article “The Walkaway Wife Syndrom”

    Right now, your wife genuinely thinks she has tried everything in her power to help you “wake up” and give her the deep emotional connection and sense of belonging she craves. 

    She did this by following her immature female instincts of arguing, complaining, giving obligation sex, and taking on more responsibilities than she could handle.

    She thought being this way was an obvious cry for help.

    But those behaviours don’t create a deep emotional connection with a man.

    Any wonder she burned out?

    It’s why she’s “done”.

    If you try to chase her, it only makes her run away faster.

    The Attractiveness Of Letting Go

    Have you ever tried to catch a dog by chasing it? 

    I have. 

    Good luck! 

    When you BACK AWAY, the dog gets very curious about what you’re up to. 

    Run away from a dog, and it will be hot on your heels.

    I know what you’re thinking.

    “My wife is complaining that I haven’t been there for her. I need to close the gap, not back away!”

    Man-to-man lesson 101: Never take a woman’s words as a factual repair manual. She is saying what she feels like, not what you should do about it.

    Over the years, your wife has conceived a version of you in her head.

    This version has hardened like concrete. 

    Only one thing melts that version of you from her brain: time. 

    In time, experiencing a new version of you will give her new feelings about you.

    You need to give time and space for the old version to fade from her memory.

    But if you try to become someone she wants, you’ll lose your attractive edge.

    It’s time to go balls-to-the-wall and be the man you’ve always wanted to be.

    Your #1 goal right now is to stop chasing her and start making bold, scary movements towards creating an amazing life YOU love.

    Women act on their own internal pressure

    Just hearing your voice and seeing your face right now is external pressure.

    That’s why space helps a walkaway wife forget what she grew to dislike about you.

    ONLY NON-REACTIVE, PRESENT, SAFE ENERGY COMING FROM YOU CAN INFLUENCE HER INTERNAL PRESSURE IN A POSITIVE WAY. 

    Stop doing anything that feels like external pressure to her.

    Hanging around her, inviting her to events, trying to guilt her into spending Christmas with you and the kids – that is all external pressure.

    It shows you care when you step aside from blocking what she thinks she needs.

    And what she needs right now is to have you fling the door wide open for her to walk out.

    Only a man who is very secure in himself can do this.

    The irony is that traits like security and confidence can only be built in the total absence of feminine support. 

    That’s what I teach men to develop when faced with a walkaway wife.

    Your value and sense of well-being must no longer be attached to your wife’s validation. 

    Have A Walkaway Wife? Do This Now

    Nothing is more effective in creating lasting change than man-to-man mentorship. 

    I challenge your thinking.

    I give you new mindsets.

    An open, deeper, authentic, confident version of yourself emerges.

    You’ll stop chasing your walkaway wife and start being a man women walk towards.

    Are you ready?