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Defensiveness, Getting Angry and Disrespect!

He snaps at your five-year-old over nothing. You bring it up gently, at the right moment, in private—and he still hears an attack and tells you you're disrespecting him. So you stop bringing it up, and the tension just moves in and lives with you.

In Ep465 of The 'NEW' Marriage, Cass and Kathryn answer a real listener question and hand back a reframe that changes what you're actually solving.

🔑 What we cover:
• Why the anger almost certainly isn't about your child
• Short fuses vs. long fuses, and what happens when mom starts shielding the kids
• What defensiveness actually is: the mouth opens and the ears close
• Why better timing won't rescue a conversation with someone who's already angry
• Where to look instead—the areas of your marriage you've quietly written off
• Why criticism lands soft when you're connected and lands like contempt when you're not
• Kathryn's one-line move that stops Cass mid-spiral without correcting him
• Kathryn's honest three weeks, and what Cass said instead of a lecture
• The close: you don't have to correct your spouse, you have to connect with your spouse

(Catch up on the Insecurity Series: Ep463: https://youtu.be/VFijE8WXuFc | Ep464: https://youtu.be/GZFvgVwKjDI)

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Cass and Kathryn came back from the depths of hell to save their marriage and keep their family together. Battling narcissism, abuse, reactive abuse, emotional, physical and sexual assault. Listen as they share their lessons, actionable steps and real life examples from even the worst of their story.

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