Summary: <p>Couples everywhere are having to deal with financial strains, upended routines, extra parenting responsibilities, new expectations of one another, and worrisome health scares. Whether a husband is sheltering-in, or on the front lines, employed, or suddenly unemployed, there’s a good chance that his wife’s most tangible and immediate source of stress is her concern about how the global crisis is impacting <em>her man</em> directly.</p> <p>In this episode of the WifeSavers Podcast, <strong>How to Help Your Husband With His Emotions During the Crisis</strong>, multi-award-winning marriage author and educator, Ramona Zabriskie, and her husband of 40+ years, Dale, delve into brain science and biology to understand how today’s atmosphere of intense anxiety may be affecting men, what a concerned partner can do alleviate her man’s tension, and the ways intelligent, proactive engagement between husband and wife mitigates negative repercussions on the family.</p> <p><strong>THROW ME A WIFESAVER</strong>: “How do I help my husband right now? He seems full of anxiety with the COVID crisis. I worry about what he is feeling inside as he tries to be strong for others, and I worry that the balance of positive to negative in our interactions is tipping in the wrong direction.”</p> <p>Key points in this podcast:</p> <ul> <li>What a wife may be feeling as a result of a husband’s behaviors under stress</li> <li>Why the fallout from the global pandemic is hitting him so hard</li> <li>How to interpret the “male mask”</li> <li>Specific ways in which men deal with emotion differently than women</li> <li>Why his emotional and problem-solving style can be as valid and as valued as hers</li> <li>Seven approaches to gently drawing out her man’s inner thoughts and feelings</li> <li>How to optimally treat his feelings once revealed so as to encourage future sharing</li> <li>Why a woman’s self-care is key to her partner’s mental health and stability<br> </li> </ul> <p>Related episodes:</p> <p><a href="https://wifesavers.org/wsp-38-dont-let-a-crisis-sink-your-marriage/"><u>Don’t Let a Crisis Sink Your Marriage</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://wifesavers.org/dealing-with-spouses-depression-positively/"><u>Dealing With Your Spouse’s Depression Positively</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://wifesavers.org/wsp-28-when-hes-overwhelmed-by-family-life/"><u>When He’s Overwhelmed With Family Life</u></a></p> <p><a href="https://wifesavers.org/wsp-ep-16-seeing-eye-to-eye-what-to-do-when-you-dont/"><u>Seeing Eye to Eye: What To Do When You Don’t</u></a></p>
