Curious to learn what it takes to become a power couple?
The reality is it may not be exactly what you think. This rundown on power couples details the perks, and touches on some of the challenges power couples face as well.
What is the Definition of a Power couple?
Barak and Michelle Obama, anyone? Beyoncé and Jay-Z?
These public figures are common examples of power couples, but you don’t have to be a public figure in order to be a power couple… thank goodness.
Examine the notorious power couples, and you’ll see one commonality: mutual success. Both have made a name for themself in their respective field, and together, their success is amplified.
How Do You Become a Power Couple?
A key element towards becoming a power couple is ambition. Both people must have something they strive to change, become, or affect in some way.
It could be anything. Your path to becoming a power couple doesn’t need to center around becoming rich and famous. Creating a nonprofit addressing the housing crisis is just as worthy of an endeavor as scaling the corporate ladder.
Additionally, you and your partner’s ambition doesn’t need to center around the same thing. You can each pursue something in totally different fields.
As well as ambition, power couples support each other. To embody the power couple dynamic, it’s critical you’re supportive of them and their efforts, and they are of yours.
One last element to being a power couple is teamwork. Even though you and your other half may be working on separate projects, together, you’re a team. You offer each other advice when asked. You share responsibilities within the home. You prioritize the relationship. You make time for one another. You’re fiercely protective of your union, knowing how easy it is to get so wrapped up in ambition you slowly drift apart.
Power couples also understand that help is available, if needed. Marriage counseling is always an option, and most power couples are proactive about getting help if needed.
What Are the Benefits of Becoming a Power Couple?
Having a partner who understands your ambition and has a healthy dose their own is, quite frankly, a turn on. Respect is easily bestowed on those who strive to make an impact in a positive way.
The power couple dynamic leads to an intentional life, an exciting life. Those who are willing to take risks and reach for more are seldom bored or stuck.
You get to delve into your goals and outline how you plan to achieve them, and support each other along the way. This erases some of the monotony many people experience in life.
No one needs to validate you as a power couple either. You don’t need to become famous. Rather, you get to be yourself, embracing what life has to offer while wholeheartedly rising to meet the challenge.
What Are Some Challenges Power Couples Face?
Prior to their divorce, Bill and Melinda Gates were once heralded as an aspirational power couple. From the outside, their dynamic seemed ideal.
Yet obviously things weren’t what they seemed. As trust issues and infidelity surfaced it’s likely the support waned. Their divorce highlighted the reality that there is a lot of behind the scenes work that goes into becoming a power couple. In order to retain the position, you have to do the work to keep your relationship alive.
There are multiple factors that topple a power couple. Challenges may arise if one person finds success and the other struggles. If the relationship is not prioritized, it is all too easy for life to get in the way.
Most relationships, even relationships involving power couples, experience highs and lows. The trick to coming out the other side is to stay aware. Be present and proactive. Get help if you need it and above all, don’t go through your relationship (or life!) on autopilot.
Nancy Ryan, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist & Certified Gottman Method Therapist has over 12 years of experience working with couples. She now is CEO of The Relationship Therapy Center in the Sacramento, California area including Roseville, CA and Fair Oaks, CA. and online in the state of California. She mentors all of the therapists here at RTC. We have a couples specialist to help you today.
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If you are ready to learn how to deal with the problems in your relationship, the therapists at The Relationship Therapy Center in Fair Oaks, CA and Roseville, CA can help! Our therapists are ready to support you and your partner in your journey towards creating a healthy and happy relationship. To begin marriage counseling in Roseville, CA area, or marriage counseling in Fair Oaks, please follow these three simple steps:
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