Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

THIS COMMUNICATION SKILL CAN SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE

9 Jul 2025 · 1 min

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This is a short transcript excerpt from a YouTube video titled "THIS COMMUNICATION SKILL CAN SAVE YOUR MARRIAGE" (creator: Josh Trent). The speakers argue that allowing partners to finish speaking—active listening without interruption—is a powerful relationship tool. The excerpt contrasts typical gendered communication styles: women seek safety via connection and may interrupt to express agreement, while men orient toward problem-solving/productivity and may interrupt to ask “what’s the point?” or “what’s the problem?” The segment ends with a recommended repair phrase: “I’m so sorry I interrupted you. Please finish what you were talking about.”

I think if there was one tool that could revolutionize everyone's marriage, everyone's relationship, it would be to let each other finish what we're saying.
What people normally think of as listening. You can tell.
The question.
That people have in their head by what they.
Interrupt.
With women will be like, is.
That true for me?
And we get so excited when it.
Is true for me. Oh, me too. We're having a connection.
When man's expressing a strong opinion and.
We disagree with.
It, we just get more and more scared. For men, if someone's fine, the default question is usually, what's the point? Because what does it have to do with productivity? If the person's upset, the default question.
Is, what's the problem?
Because most women.
Seek safety.
Feeling safe through connectivity. Men are pursuing.
Security through productivity. What do you do instead? Let's say this instead. I'm so sorry I interrupted you. Please finish what you were talking about.
But without the awareness, we don't have the choice. We're just pinball machines going off at each other.