E26: Loving Without Losing Yourself: Empathy, Compassion & Boundaries in Partnership

Courageous Couples

What if love didn’t mean losing yourself in the emotional tides of your partner? In this heart-centered episode of Courageous Couples, Jon and Jen unpack one of the great balancing acts of real partnership: How to love deeply without drowning.

Too often, couples swing between two painful extremes, absorbing each other’s pain until burnout hits, or shutting down emotionally to protect themselves. But neither path leads to connection. So what's the better way?

Through soulful insights and playful banter, Jon and Jen guide us through seven practical, powerful tools for embodying empathy with boundaries, and offering compassion without co-dependence.

Here’s what you’ll walk away with:

• The difference between empathy and compassion (and why it matters)

• A game-changing question to ask before diving into your partner’s emotions

• Rituals and rhythms that protect your energy and deepen your intimacy

• The magic of shared emotional load-bearing (yes, you get to take turns!)

• Joy as emotional recovery, and why your love needs laughter too

This episode is a warm hug and a wise nudge, a reminder that boundaries aren’t barriers, they’re bridges. And when couples learn to navigate emotions with grace, they build not just closeness, but resilience.

Whether you're in a season of holding, healing, or rebuilding, this one’s for you.