Love or Work

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Season 5: Book Club Feb 01, 2022

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It has been two years since we released our book “Love or Work”. A lot of life has happened in between those two years. We have experienced hard things, learned important lessons and have grown not only together but also as individuals. So, we decided it’s time to read our book again and we would love for you to join us. We have some incredibile friends that are gonna join us this season to share their thoughts and sometimes disagreements with what they read. So grab your book, join a book club and let’s get to it!

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About Season 5: We are so excited to announce that for Season 5 we are hosting a Love or Work Book Club. This week is the announcement! Next week, we will launch with an intro episode. We want to give you enough time to get your book, find another couple or two, and plan your book club! We will release a new episode every Tuesday that you can use to help deepen your book club discussion. These episodes will provide a fresh perspective outside of what's in the book.

Here's the schedule:
2/1 - The Set up
2/8 - CH 1 + 2
2/15 - CH 3 + 4
2/22 - CH 5 + 6
3/1 - CH 7 + 8
3/8 - CH 9
3/15 - CH 10 + 11
3/22 - CH 12
3/29 - Wrap up

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Order the Love or Work Book!
Website: www.loveorwork.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/loveorwork
Love or Work is a project of Plywood People.
Plywood is a non-profit in Atlanta leading a community of start-ups doing good. www.plywoodpeople.com

Announcing the Love or Work Book Club! | Andre + Jeff Shinabarger Jan 26, 2022

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We are so excited to announce that for Season 5 we are hosting a Love or Work Book Club. This week is the announcement! Next week, we will launch with an intro episode setting the whole thing up. We want to give you enough time to get your book, find another couple or two, and plan your book club! We will release a new episode every Tuesday that you can use to help deepen your Book Club discussion. These episodes will provide a fresh perspective outside of what's in the book. Each week we will also have some questions to talk through available through Instagram (@loveorwork)!

Here's the schedule:
2/1 - The Set up
2/8 - CH 1 + 2
2/15 - CH 3 + 4
2/22 - CH 5 + 6
3/1 - CH 7 + 8
3/8 - CH 9
3/15 - CH 10 + 11
3/22 - CH 12
3/29 - Wrap up

Real Talk with André & Jeff Oct 26, 2021

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On this episode of the Love or Work Podcast we wrap up Season 4 with a vulnerable conversation with André & Jeff. On this episode André & Jeff get real about their ongoing journeys with wellness and their current struggles with their mental health. We get a front row seat as they interview each other about the weight of both of their work and how that has affected their wellness. They get vulnerable in discussing grief, therapy and anxiety. This conversation opens a new door for all of us to understand and draw closer to our partners instead of pushing each other away. We hope this episode inspires you to ask yourself and your partner, “ What is the weight you are carrying around?” Let’s get to it!

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Order the Love or Work Book!

Website:

www.loveorwork.com

Instagram:

www.instagram.com/loveorwork

Love or Work is a project of Plywood People.

Plywood is a non-profit in Atlanta leading a community of start-ups doing good.

www.plywoodpeople.com

Date Night Q & A I Laurie Watson Oct 19, 2021

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We are coming in REAL HOT with this week's episode with our Q & A from our Love or Work Date Night. Jeff and Andre sit down with Sex Therapist, Laurie Watson. Laurie Watson is a certified sex therapist and host of the popular podcast Foreplay - Radio Sex Therapy, covering intimacy and healthy sexual relationships. She is also the author of Wanting Sex Again - How to Rediscover Your Desire and Heal a Sexless Marriage.

We all have questions about sex and this epsidoe answers ALOT of them. Some of them to look out for are: How much sex is enough? How do I talk to my partner about sex? How can I initiate sex with my partner?

Getting help for sex is something that we dont do culturally. We hope this conversation changes that. Let’s get to it!

Date Night I Laurie Watson Oct 12, 2021

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This week on the Love or Work Podcast we have a special episode for you. We recently had the pleasure of having Laurie Watson as a guest speaker at our Date Night for Love or Work. Laurie Watson is a certified sex therapist and host of the popular podcast Foreplay - Radio Sex Therapy, covering intimacy and healthy sexual relationships. She is also the author of Wanting Sex Again - How to Rediscover Your Desire and Heal a Sexless Marriage. Here are three things you can listen out for in today's episode : Emotional Pursuer & Withdrawler, the push and pull, and the 40 minute rule. Laurie shared this important message with a room full of couples and now we are bringing it to you. We hope this conversation will encourage you to draw closer with your partner and lead to deeper intimacy. Here we go!

Next Steps:

We have put together some next steps for you and your partner to continue the conversation.

Listen to Laurie's Podcast “Foreplay Radio” for a deeper understanding of what it means to be an Emotional Pursuer or Withdrawer and how to break the cycle.

Visit omgyes.com, as mentioned in Laurie’s talk, for more tips and guides to understanding female pleasure.

Spiritual Wellness I Brandi Miller Oct 05, 2021

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On episode 6 of Season 4 we are talking to Brandi Miller about Spiritual Wellness. Brandi is the host of the “ Reclaiming my Theology” podcast and is a staff member and justice program director with InterVarsity. Formally penning an op-ed for the HuffPost at the intersection of faith, justice, and politics, she seeks to curate content that moves the Church forward in living out the holistic gospel. Her current focuses are deconstructing white supremacy in the church, ethnic identity development, and creating more just faith organizations. Three things to listen out for in today's podcast are the 4 part quadrant, spiritual numbness, and the feelings wheel. As we are talking about wellness in this podcast series: mind, body, and now soul; Brandi talks us through why she believes the spirit and the soul is so important in our wellness journey. Wherever you land on the spiritual spectrum, we believe this conversation is important, and we can’t wait for you to listen.

More Than a Body I Dr. Lexie Kite Sep 28, 2021

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On episode 5 of Season 4 on the Podcast we are talking to Dr. Lexie Kite. Dr. Lexie Kite is a co-author with her identical twin Dr. Lindsay Kite of the book More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament and co-director of the nonprofit Beauty Redefined. She received a PhD from the University of Utah in the study of female body image and has become a leading expert in body image resilience and media literacy. Lindsay and Lexie help girls and women recognize and reject the harmful effects of objectification in their lives through their significant social media reach, online Body Image Resilience course and facilitator program for dieticians and therapists, their popular book (More Than a Body), and regular speaking engagements for thousands of people of all ages. We hit on alot of new topics today around body image, a couple to look out for are body image resilience and body neutrality. Lexie teaches us how to get back into our bodies and view them as so much more than an ornament and reshape our thinking to view our bodies as an instrument. Can’t wait to hear what you learn!

Welcome to the Love or Work Podcast, hosted by Andre Shinabarger (Physician Assistant, Grady Hospital) and Jeff Shinabarger (Social Entrepreneur and Founder of Plywood People). They are asking the question: Is it possible to change the world, stay in love, and raise a healthy family? 100 interviews where Jeff and Andre learn from other working families in the journey of marriage, purpose, and parenting.
Order the Love or Work Book!
Website: www.loveorwork.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/loveorwork

Supporting Your Partner I Monica DiCristina Sep 21, 2021

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Today on the Love or Work podcast we have Monica DiCristina. Monica DiCristina is a Licensed Professional Counselor with more than a decade of experience in individuals and couples therapy. She walks with people as they process difficult experiences, helping to bring healing to their relationship with themselves and others. Through her podcast, writing, speaking, and counseling work, Monica carries out her heartfelt mission to guide and collaborate with others in their process of becoming who they were made to be. Monica runs a private practice in Atlanta, GA, where she lives with her husband and three children.

Here are the three things to listen out for in this episode, anxiety, rituals and being married to an anxious partner. This episode is for the partners who are in need of a guide on how to approach and engage with your partner that is struggling with mental health. Don’t miss this important message.

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Finding Your Purpose I Chanel Dokun Sep 14, 2021

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Today we are hearing from Chanel Dokun. Chanel is an Author, Life Planner, and a Relationship Expert, trained in marriage and family therapy. In addition to launching the Women of Consequence organization to help women get clarity on their life purpose, she is also the Co-Founder of Healthy Minds NYC.

Here are three things to listen up for in today’s episode: what does it mean to have a thriving family, reclaim the morning, drowning in shallow water. In this episode Chanel talks alot about how to find your purpose in life by naming your unhappiness and stepping into the next right thing. Let’s get to it!

You can connect with Chanel at http://chaneldokun.com and on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/chanel.dokun/

Are You Really Ok? l Debra Fileta Sep 07, 2021

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This week we are hearing from Debra Fileta, Debra is a Licensed Professional Counselor, national speaker, relationship expert, and author of Choosing Marriage and True Love Dates, and Love In Every Season and Are You Really OK?. She’s also the host of the hotline-style Love + Relationships Podcast. Her popular relationship advice blog, TrueLoveDates.com, reaches millions of people with the message of healthy relationships.

Here are three things to listen up for in today's episode: emotional black and blue buttons, burnout, and Sunday night check-ins. This episode reminds us to check in with ourselves and ask ourselves and those around us “Are you really okay?” and what to do when the answer is no. Let’s dive in.
Register for the Love or Work Date Night on October 2nd!

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