Part 2! Talking with Your Unsupportive Spouse

“Why do you spend so much time writing?”

“You’re never going to get published.”

“You want to spend HOW MUCH on a writer’s conference?!”

If these complaints sound familiar, then you might be facing an unsupportive spouse (or parent, loved one, etc). Last week, we covered the different kinds of unsupportive spouses—some are afraid of change, some don’t have all the info they need to become supportive, and some are controlling.

One of the best things you can do is to have a heart-to-heart conversation with your spouse. This discussion should help to clarify information that is fuzzy (to them) while also alleviating any fears they may have that their day-to-day will drastically change. From this conversation, they should be able to slowly move from unsupportive to supportive.

But how do you prepare for such a conversation? We discuss that and more on this week’s episode of The Gatecrashers Podcast.