Empowered Relationship Podcast: Your Relationship Resource And Guide: ERP 301: How an Entrepreneur Couple Can Negotiate Love and Business Successfully

ERP 301: How an Entrepreneur Couple Can Negotiate Love and Business Successfully — An Interview with Dr. Ellyn Bader

Jan 4, 2022

How do couples draw the line between business and romantic relationships?

Managing a business is a powerful force that can take over the family in so many ways and have a significant impact on the marriage. It's a lot to take in and simply unavoidable.

Unlike couples who are not negotiating business, it is critical to provide additional support to couples who are doing business and building a relationship under the same roof.

In this episode, we'll talk about entrepreneur couples and what they're up against. Dr. Ellyn Bader shares some real-life examples as well as some tools to help navigate these challenges.

Dr. Ellyn Bader is a psychotherapist and one of the early founders of couples therapy, as well as a recognized thought leader and trailblazer in relationship therapy worldwide.

Through her informal research and thousands of sessions, Ellyn co-created the Developmental Model, a revolutionary approach to couples therapy that is highly adaptable to the complex needs of two people growing, changing, and staying connected in a relationship.

Check out the transcript of this episode on Dr. Jessica Higgin's website.

In this episode

5:37 Ellyn talks about the first-hand experiences that inspired her to help couples negotiate business and couplehood.

8:09 How to manage couple-time that is off-limits for business talk.

13:14 Six skills for living, loving, and working together:

14:46 Commitment.

19:38 Appreciation.

25:17 Negotiation.

32:34 Decision Making.

44:06 Where to find more information on Ownership and Roles with authority.