Your husband needs to know that you believe in him.
But where does he look when his work isn’t going fine? He looks squarely to you. Most of all, he wants and needs to see that you believe in him. And he’s going to be far more sensitive to your words and actions that seem to imply that maybe you don’t believe in him, or don’t think he can do it. I know it can seem crazy to us, but when he is vulnerable like this, he hears “Maybe you shouldn’t pursue that client” as “You stupid idiot, you should know better.” He may know that you would never really think that disrespectfully about him, but it truly does feel that way. So what do you do?
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