#25 - REAL COUPLES REAL STORIES, PART 2 w/Roger & Nina

Weekly Wins and Losses with James Heppner

HEAD OVER HEELS
Although Nina and Roger had quite different upbringings, they both feared for their lives on more than one occasion.
Nina was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq, where she lived through the Iran War, Gulf War, and some of the Iraqi Desert storm Wars until her family fled to safety in Turkey.
Her family lived in a military tent at a refugee camp for three years until arriving in Canada.
As a 15-year-old, Nina struggled to stay safe while trying to help her family stay alive. Nina grew up quickly both mentally & physically from those experiences. When she arrived in Canada, she was 18 and didn’t speak any English but as Roger can attest, she learned fast! The couple met three years after Nina arrived in Ottawa.
Roger was born and raised in Ottawa. But his life growing up wasn’t that much different than Nina’s. His war was living in an unsafe neighborhood, drugs and alcohol were the norm on his streets he says. He needed to grow up fast to be able to protect himself from that environment. As a teenager, he struggled because he didn’t want to follow in the footsteps of those around him. Luckily he had a good head on his shoulders and the mental toughness to move out of that lifestyle and make a name for himself.
Although they come from totally different backgrounds, they quickly found out that they both had the same goals and dreams for their future. As Nina would say “I knew he was the one from the first moment I laid eyes on him.”
They both agree, “We hit it off that night and became so inseparable, to the point that for the first 2 years, we didn’t miss a day without seeing each other, but that wasn’t hard to do as we worked across the street from each other”. Nina was a server at Swiss Chalet and Roger was working at a dealership selling cars across the street.
Nina & Roger have been happily together for 23 years, they fight, they cry, they laugh, they drive each other crazy and they work together.
Most importantly, they wouldn’t trade any of it for the world!
The Head Over Heels show aims to help couples through the thick and thin of their relationships. Nobody said it would be easy but with determination, hard work, and a common goal, any two can make a life worth living, together. They aren’t doctors or therapists, and they don’t have all the answers but are out to get them and learn along with you. They are “head over heels” for each other and they take what they get in life and turn it into something magical.
ON THIS PODCAST WE'LL DISCUSS

1. How do you consistently better your primary relationship through both the ups and down?
2. Why do relationships fail?
3. How to fight clean?
4. How to make your relationship sexy?

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