{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Secure Husband","title":"Dude, I'm Not A Failure As A Husband (Shame Podcast Series)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":833,"description":"I recently received a comment on my podcast about shame.\n\"Dude, I'm not a failure as a Husband.  It's her avoidance.\"\nWhat if you know you are a good husband? What if you know you deserve affection, intimacy, and emotional connection? Can shame still be affecting your marriage?\nYes, because shame does not always sound like “I am a failure.” Sometimes it shows up through self-abandonment.\nIn this episode of The Secure Husband Podcast, Bruce Abbott looks at a common pattern in anxious attachment. You may know your wife's avoidant behavior is not your fault, yet still spend huge amounts of energy trying to convince her that your needs matter.\nYou explain more. You try harder. You become more careful. You give more space. You initiate more connection. You keep searching for the right words that will finally make your wife understand.\nEventually, you get angry.\nThat anger may be valid. Your marriage may have real problems. But there is another question worth asking:\nIf I truly know my worth, why am I working this hard to convince somebody else that my needs matter?\nThis episode explores anxious attachment, dismissive avoidant relationships, hidden contracts, boundaries, anger, chasing, protest behavior, and self-abandonment.\nBecoming secure does not mean ignoring your wife's behavior or accepting an unhappy marriage. It means learning to separate what belongs to her from what belongs to you.\nHer avoidance belongs to her. Your chasing belongs to you.\nHer lack of affection belongs to her. Trying endlessly to earn that affection belongs to you.\nYou do not need your spouse to agree with your feelings before you can trust yourself. You can understand her wounds while still saying, “This does not work for me.”\nBecoming secure is more than knowing you have value.\nIt means learning to behave like you believe it.\nTAKE THE NEXT STEP\n📚 FREE & LOW-COST SELF-GUIDED COURSES\nhttps://securehusband.com/resources\n🤝 LEARN ABOUT BRUCE ABBOTT & ONE-ON-ONE COACHING...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YJmHpXqr3wfrhL5fsdmtlNEm6ml1FboHb1lRAj0byEY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xM2Vj/NGY4MTMxZDhhNmE5/ZGI4YzVmMjNmZjRh/YWU4MC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}