Stop Sabotaging Your Relationship: A Man's Guide
Relationships can be challenging for many of us men, some of us are never really taught how to maintain a healthy one, let alone understand how sometimes our subtle actions can negatively impact the dynamic and attraction.
I’ve sabotaged relationships in the past and I’ve worked with men who’ve done the same. At the same time, I have learned the vital lessons that’s helped me in my relationship today and the many men who are now thriving in theirs. I’ve also heard the many perspectives of women about what they wish men and their partners knew.
In the next episode of the Heart-led Man Podcast, I’ve narrowed it down to the 5 subtle ways men sabotage our relationships, why we do it and how we can overcome them.
One of the major, yet subtle ways us as men sabotage our relationship is by treating our partner like our mother.
A big complaint I hear from women, is they feel their partner is like their child.
In a relationship, when a man outsources his decisions to his partner, constantly seeks approval from her, complains to her, doesn't take lead in the relationship, dumps all his problems onto her, expects her to make him feel better and gives him guidance.
When a man does this, his partner out of love supports him, but after a while she loses trust in his leadership and she takes on the role of leader in the relationship and his life.
She becomes frustrated, and this creates a lack of sexual attraction, from both parties,
He remains the little boy, and she steps into the mother figure.
This is an unconscious dynamic that occurs in a relationship, if us as men do not step into our own personal leadership and lead the relationship.
To learn more about how to stop sabotaging your relationship as a man, check out the latest episode of the Heart-led Man Podcast in the link below: