Sammi Jaeger is a creator, entrepreneur, and freelance integrator. She is the founder of Fuel Collective, which empowers couples to create thriving relationships, and co-host of the Date Forever podcast. She is borderline obsessed with the way the quality of our relationships impacts the quality of our lives, and she uses her unique blend of knowledge about business, relationships, and contribution to work, towards creating a better world. Sammy is a huge advocate of the UN Global Goals, and knows that the key to making true global progress starts with the quality of our relationships.
Today Sammi joins Christine to discuss her passion for giving couples the proactive tools and resources they need to keep their relationships fueled and prevent them from breaking down, rather than taking a reactive approach once your relationship is already experiencing difficulties. She talks about the stigma of seeking relationship guidance for married couples, the pressure to uphold the illusion of a perfect union on social media, and the marketing challenge of appealing to an audience who may not realize they have a problem yet. She details the experience of launching Fuel Collective with her husband, Nathan, starting their podcast to learn as much as possible from relationship experts and psychologists, and what it’s been like to live in lockdown and run a business together through the pandemic. Sammi encourages entrepreneurs who are working with their spouses to define their roles from the start. She also tells Christine about giving 20% of their profits to pre-vetted education projects through the B1G1 (Buy One, Give One) organization, as well as their involvement with The Global Goals initiative. Finally, Sammi reflects on how building better relationships can build a better world, and tells listeners about Fuel Collective’s exciting courses and products to come. To learn more about Fuel Collective’s movement toward better relationships, visit FuelCollective.com.au or listen to the Date Forever podcast.
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Episode Highlights:
- ● Sammi flips the model of Relationship Coaching from reactive to proactive
- ● Sammi and her husband noticed many of their close friends were already going through
- breakups and divorces by their mid- to late-20s
- ● They noticed that these couples did not have models or tools for how to have a healthy
- relationship
- ● They found plenty of resources for how to find a partner and mend your relationship
- after it’s already hit a rough patch, but they noticed a lack of information for couples who wanted to keep their relationship fueled and prevent it from breaking down in the first place
- ● There is still a stigma around seeking relationship guidance for married couples
- ● People still believe that you meet ‘the one’ and love is all you need
- ● Couples try to uphold the illusion that they have a perfect relationship and do not admit to hardship or seek support
- ● Sammi’s metaphor about calling the fire brigade - you call them as soon as the fire starts, not after it’s already engulfed half your house in flames
- ● Marketing challenge of appealing to an audience who may not realize there is an issue in their relationship yet
- ● The Date Forever podcast is all about making time to date yourself and your chosen person forever, through all of life’s big events and commitments
- ● John and Julie Gottman of...
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