{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lion Counseling Podcast","title":"When Marriage Stops Feeling Like a Team","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c1e19667\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":206,"description":"🎙️ When Marriage Stops Feeling Like a Team | Leadership Under Pressure #89\nOne of the Echelon Front principles that translates powerfully into marriage is: Cover and move.\nIn leadership, teams cannot function as isolated units fighting for their own success. They have to support each other, protect each other, and move together toward the mission.\nThat principle applies to marriage too.\nBut many high-performing men stop functioning like teammates at home.\nIn this episode of Leadership Under Pressure, Mark Odland explores why successful men often shift from partnership into defensiveness during marriage conflict—and how unresolved internal reactions quietly turn spouses into opponents.\nMark breaks down:\n✅ How “cover and move” applies directly to marriage\n✅ Why many men become defensive instead of collaborative under pressure\n✅ The hidden role of shame, fear of failure, and criticism sensitivity in conflict\n✅ Why keeping score destroys emotional safety and trust\n✅ How unresolved internal patterns create distance in communication, parenting, and intimacy\n✅ The difference between protecting yourself and protecting the team\n✅ Why leadership at home requires emotional steadiness under pressure\nThis episode is not about making men passive or pretending they are always wrong.\nIt’s about helping men become strong enough to remain on the same team with their wives—even when the conversation becomes uncomfortable.\nBecause once the team breaks…\neverything gets harder.\nCommunication.\nTrust.\nParenting.\nConnection.\nIntimacy.\nAt Lion Counseling, Mark works with high-achieving men who want to lead well at home—not just succeed professionally. And sometimes the most important leadership battle is not at work.\nIt’s in the living room.\n🎙️ Book a Clarity Call with Mark:\nhttps://escapethecagenow.com/call/\n📘 Get Mark’s FREE book + join the newsletter:\nhttps://escapethecagenow.com/subscribe/\nAbout Leadership Under Pressure:\nLeadership Under Pressure is a series from Lion Counseling...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/b43DNkaaFA6NuvdfMHherbAf24V0_hZDPKaqPLVU2iE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZjAw/YTFhMTc4ZmZlOTZl/NWQxNDQ3OGIwZDlj/MjgwZC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}