Stay ConnectedOn It’s Complicated, Jenifer Golden, Lauren Leonelli, and Rob Evors dive into the oh-so-messy world of dating and relationships with hilarious anecdotes, strong opinions, and expert guests. From situationships and ghosting to commitment and compatibility, they share their own experiences while bringing in the pros to weigh in.
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Traumas come in all shapes and sizes, from break ups, to accidents and grieving the loss of a loved one, to toxic relationships. We've experience them all and are thankful Jessica Zimmerman, author of Sleeping with a Stranger and founder of Zimmerman Events and Education, joins us to discuss defying social and cultural norms, how to redefine relationships and why healing childhood and adult trauma can help you reclaim your true self, in and out of relationships.
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Feeling loved looks different for everyone but the common thread is that often it comes from another individual. With all this trendy self love talk, we tell ourselves we don’t need to seek love from others to feel loved and while that is true, it is healthy to seek love from others, as long as it is not all you depend on to feel love in general. So how can we tell if the love we look for is toxic or not? We have love and life coach and host of Love Life connection podcast, Veronica Grant, in to discuss emotional availability and why women should stop pointing the finger at men, how our patterns and lack of self-love affect relationships, and why we do what we do in our love life.
Heal with Veronica:
@veronicaegrant
https://veronicagrant.com/about/
Keep it Complicated with Jen and NotJen:
Host Socials - @jenifergolden, @laurenleonelli, @complicatedshow
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Failed relationships. We all have them but why? During a breakup or separation we spend soooo much time trying to figure out who is at fault when we need to focus on the real issues that cause the same patterns of failed relationships in the first place, so we can fix it in time for “the one.” Most people think problems with communication is the reason most relationships bite the dust but you’d be surprised to hear what our guest relationship maven, author, psychologist, and TEDx speaker, Dr. Abby Medcalf, has to say about what she thinks are the REAL reason relationships fail is! And trust us, you have never heard this one before but it makes SO. Much. Sense.
Don’t Fail, with Abby
Guest socials - @abbymedcalfthriving
Guest Website - https://abbymedcalf.com/
LISTEN - Relationships Made Easy | Podcast
READ - Be Happily Married Even If Your Partner Won't Do a Thing | Best-selling book
WATCH - Connection Quickies with Dr. Abby | Weekly YouTube Tips
Keep it Complicated with Jen and NotJen:
Host Socials - @jenifergolden, @laurenleonelli, @complicatedshow
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Ghosting, we have all been ghosted and we have all been the ghoster! When someone just disappears it can cause a ton of insecure thoughts and make it scary to jump back into the dating pool and when you are doing the ghosting it ends up making you feel guilty and like you’re going to have bad karma. If all this strife comes from merely NOT texting or calling someone back then why do we all keep doing it? Lucky for us we have licensed marriage and family therapist and dating coach at eHarmony, Melanie Hersch in to discuss, ghosting: why it happens and why it’s good, how can we fail proof our communication in dating, why our limiting beliefs impact our dating success and what we can do to build dating resilience.
Get Good, with Melanie
Guest socials - @melaniehersch
Guest Website - https://www.goodatyou.com/
Keep it Complicated with Jen and NotJen:
Host Socials - @jenifergolden, @laurenleonelli, @complicatedshow
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Have you seen red flags but painted them white? Spotting an issue in someone else is hard because you don’t want to write them off after one incident, but you also don't want to stick around too long and get caught in a toxic relationship. The longer you hold on, the harder it is to let go because feelings grow deeper, you become more attached and you are more apt to make excuses, otherwise known as painting red flags white! We are happy to havejournalist and host of “Should We Talk About It,” Gabriela Ulloa in to discuss how to love and forgive yourself by strengthening your mental health, how to avoid burnout and take care of yourself in your career when you are just starting out, and how to create healthy relationships and spot red flags in toxic ones.
Talk it Out with Gaby
Guest socials - @gabyulloa_
Watch her IGTV - @thoughtsmayvarypod
Guest Website - https://gabrielaulloa.com
Domestic Hotline - 800.799.SAFE (7233)
Keep it Complicated with Jen and NotJen:
Host Socials - @jenifergolden, @laurenleonelli, @complicatedshow
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Tell me what you want, what you really, really want! We all know we need to ask for what we want but when it comes to actually doing it we clam up. Are people going to think we are rude? Are we going to make someone feel bad? And when someone tells you what they want, do we actually want to hear it? I mean, when Tom told you he didn’t want to continue dating did you blame him and make up a bunch of reasons in your head about why he was being an ass or did you just respect that he told you what he really, really wanted? All this honesty talk is hard and we need some direction so we brought self-advocacy expert, on-air legal analyst, and award-winning trial attorney Heather Hansen in to discuss her book Advocate to Win: 10 Tools to Ask for What You Want and Get It, and how you can use the tools of a trial attorney to ask for what you want — and get it.
Advocate to Win, with Heather
Instagram - @imheatherhansen
Website - https://heatherhansenpresents.com/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2ecu4d4mKYZuh9QE9ZWhmA
Pre-Order the Book - https://www.amazon.com/Advocate-Win-Tools-What-Want/
Keep it Complicated with Jen and NotJen:
Host Socials - @jenifergolden, @laurenleonelli, @complicatedshow
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Boundaries! You don’t realize how difficult they are to make until you have lost track of what they are. We have all been in relationships where our boundary lines disappeared because we wanted to be the “cool girl.” If you’ve let your significant-o text their ex and acted unaffected, pretended you didn’t want a commitment more than you really did or played it off like you were fine with the fact that the person you are casually dating is still casually dating other people then you are guilty of blurred boundaries. We've all been there but thankfully after you listen to this show you’ll be able to draw a clear line in the sand and say goodbye to the old “cool girl” who is crying inside because we have our guest, Terri Cole, licensed psychotherapist, global leading relationship expert and author, in to discuss how to speak your truth with ease, her tried and true strategy to uncover when the past is negatively impacting the present, how to navigate conflict with the Recognize-Release-Respond strategy and how to create a boundary blueprint so you can become a Boundary Boss!
Get Bossy, with Terri
Guest socials - @terricole
Guest Website - https://www.terricole.com/
Guide - https://boundaryboss.me/itscomplicated
Keep it Complicated with Jen and NotJen:
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Let’s face it, we can all be doing a little better right now and if you’re listening to this pod, you are probably trying to refine, enhance, mix it up or get real about some aspects of your love life. There are a trillion things to discuss when it comes to dating, relationships and love and we’re here to make that inner dialogue a little less complicated with an episode that focuses on one of the most important romantic topics, SEX and ORGASMS! Listen along as author Dr. Stephanie Estima joins us to discuss her new book, The Betty Body, and how we can use intimacy, sex, and orgasms as a way to heal our hormones, and use it as a tool for self-actualization!
Do Better, with Dr. Stephanie Estima
Listen to her pod - Better! With Dr. Stephanie
Buy the international #1 best selling book The Betty Body: A Geeky Goddess' Guide to Intuitive Eating, Balanced Hormones and Transformative Sex
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Breakups are the worst, are they not? What other time in your life are you expected to completely stop contact with the person that you have the deepest connection with? There is so much conflicting advice on how to handle break ups, it’s hard to know which the best actions are to take in order to help yourself move on and get back to finding love. That’s why we are not all broken up about having author and dating coach Connell Barrett in to discuss breakups and how to go from rock bottom to rock star, how to restore your self-esteem and sell yourself in your dating profile, and Connell is going to crack the code of a romantic connection!
Don’t Suck with Connell:
@datingtransformation
Buy the Book - Dating Sucks But You Don’t
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Dating is sooo different now, are we right? Coming off the heels of the #metoo era and currently slapped in the middle of a global pandemic (that makes seeing and coming in contact with people impossible), meeting “the one” has legit NEVER been more complicated than it is now. We have author and former guest Jon Birger back again to discuss his latest book Make Your Move, why hetero women who make the first move with men have an advantage (especially in the #metoo era), why online dating has proved so disappointing and sometimes dangerous for many women, especially during COVID times and how to make your move offline!
Make A Move with Jon:
Buy the Book - https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Move-Science-Dating/dp/1948836904/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
Keep it Complicated with Jen and NotJen:
Host Socials - @jenifergolden, @laurenleonelli, @complicatedshow
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