Scott EmpringhamAI Marketing Strategist | Helping CEOs Scale with AI

WAITED TOO LONG TO ASK FOR HELP.

31 Mar 2025 · 0 min

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A short monologue by Scott Empringham (YouTube) reflecting on how to respond to someone on the verge of divorce: offer support (love, a "life raft"), accept limited ability to change their immediate choice, and help them afterward. The speaker also comments on men delaying help-seeking (metaphor: asking for directions only when "totally freaking lost").

I don't have any advice for someone who's on the verge of divorce. You're on the verge of the divorce. It's like somebody going down the rapids and they're just about to go over the falls. There's nothing you can really do other than give them a life raft, tell them you love them, you support them, and when they get to the other side, whatever they're going to do, they're going to do. And then try to help them keep afloat on the other side and help them navigate this new set of waters. When do men usually ask for directions? Yeah. Never. Or they're totally freaking lost. Then maybe they'll ask for directions, and usually then they won't. But that's really when the best time to ask for directions before you get into deep water.