That is awesome that you took that initiative. Your wife is very lucky woman if you can apply teaching methods to build a stronger foundation with her. Love it.
I was watching a tarot reading yesterday, and let me sum up the lesson of the reading as best I can...
If you meet someone that is elevated spiritually and you haven't done the work to elevate yourself, the relationship will not be successful. You need to meet the person on their level. A spiritually evolved person will not tolerate your bullshit. Do the work on yourself.