{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Lion Counseling Podcast","title":"Why Your Wife Stopped Opening Up","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/f7a7c100\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":271,"description":"🎙️ Why Your Wife Stopped Opening Up | Leadership Under Pressure #91\nOne of the most overlooked leadership skills taught at Echelon Front Muster is listening.\nNot listening to respond.\nNot listening to correct.\nNot listening to fix.\nListening to understand.\nIn this episode of Leadership Under Pressure, Mark Odland explores why many high-achieving men unintentionally train the people around them to stop being fully honest—and how anxiety, defensiveness, and problem-solving instincts quietly interfere with connection.\nMark breaks down: \n✅ Why many successful men listen for flaws instead of understanding\n✅ How defensiveness slowly shuts down honesty in marriage and leadership\n✅ Why wives, kids, and teams stop opening up over time\n✅ The hidden role anxiety plays in poor listening\n✅ Why listening can feel threatening for high performers under pressure\n✅ The difference between solving problems and creating emotional safety\n✅ Why listening is actually a form of leadership strength\nThis episode is not about becoming passive or weak.\nIt’s about becoming steady enough to hear difficult things without immediately correcting, defending, explaining, or withdrawing.\nBecause if people close to you stop being honest with you…\nthat is not just a relationship issue.\nIt’s a leadership issue.\nAt Lion Counseling, Mark works with high-performing men who want to improve communication, leadership, and emotional connection—especially in marriage and family life.\nSometimes the strongest thing a man can do…\nis stop talking long enough to truly listen.\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 exploring the hidden psychological layer of leadership, discipline, relationships, and performance. Mark Odland combines trauma-informed therapy, EMDR expertise, leadership principles, faith, and...","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}