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270: Surrounded By Others And Yet So Alone Oct 13, 2020

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How is it that we can have a partner, friends and family, and yet still feel alone? Loneliness is a real issue for many people whether or not they have others in their lives. Listen to today's show to learn how to deal with loneliness personally, or to help your partner with the issue.

In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

How we can feel lonely even if we have other people in our lives
Combating loneliness based on your personality type
The differences between loneliness and chronic loneliness
Dealing with relationships that are unfulfilling
The importance of connection in our lives and how to cultivate better connections
And much more!

J.W. Freiberg holds a PhD from UCLA and a JD from Harvard Law School. He is the author of the prize-winning book Four Seasons of Loneliness: A Lawyer’s Case Stories and its recently published sequel, Surrounded by Others and Yet So Alone. After a decade as Assistant Professor at Boston University, and his subsequent service as President of the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Freiberg held positions at several of Boston’s leading law firms, including serving for a decade as Chairman of Weston Patrick, Willard and Redding. For thirty years Freiberg’s law practice drew on his double training, enabling him to serve as Boston’s go-to attorney when interlinkage was needed between the law and psychiatric medicine, family law, victim services, and adoption / surrogacy practices.

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269: Combining Eastern And Western Medicine To Improve Your Relationship Oct 02, 2020

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Developing the best possible approach to improving your relationship and health is not always simple. Dr. Narveen Dosanjh uses a holistic approach combining both eastern and western philosophy to provide the best possible solutions to her patients. Listen to today's show to better understand the various approaches you can take to improving your well being.

In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

Understanding the biggest differences between eastern and western medicine
How to approach improving your relationship holistically
Working with a therapist who takes an intuitive healing approach
How and why you should integrate a spirituality practice into your relationship
And much more!

Dr. Narveen Dosanjh, a highly regarded holistic psychiatrist in Manhattan, NYC treats a wide variety of psychiatric conditions including various forms of depression and anxiety, bipolar, insomnia, ADHD, lifestyle and personal development issues aiming to improve patients overall health.

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268: Understanding And Sharing Our Truth Sep 23, 2020

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Relationships take work in the best of times, and COVID-19 has put an incredible amount of stress on relationships around the world. Listen to today's show to learn how to better understand our feelings, and how we're individually being affected by the pandemic. With this understanding, Linda shares tools to communicate our truths with our partner.

In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

How to identify exactly what we're feeling and the tools to share it with our partner
How to use journaling as a tool for introspection and growth
The best way to invite our partner for a discussion
Leading questions to engage your partner in check ins and why this can be extremely valuable
And much more!

Linda Bloom, L.C.S.W., is a psychotherapist and marriage counselors who teaches communication seminars and relationship workshops. She is the co-author of four books including 101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married and Simple Lessons to Make Love Last. Linda and her husband, Charlie, offer educational and counseling services to individuals, couples, and organizations. They are regular teachers at Esalen institute and Kriaplu, and have 600 blogs on Psychology Today. They live and practice in Santa Cruz, California.

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267: Think Critically...Because You Don't Know Everything! Sep 17, 2020

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Critical thinking is an important skill to develop both individually and with your partner. With our current social and political stage, learning to think critically is more important than ever before. Learn tools to think critically and to talk to your partner about developing the skill together.

In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

The practice of thinking critically and how it can be developed
Cultivating the idea that you don't know everything and can be wrong
Talking to your partner about cultivating critical thinking in your relationship
How to avoid reactivity and stay cool, calm and collected
And much more!

Dr. Christopher Dwyer is a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Health Sciences and Lecturer in the Center for Adult Learning and Professional Development at the National University of Ireland Galway. He is also the author of Critical Thinking: Conceptual Perspectives & Practical Guidelines, published by Cambridge University Press.

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266: Setting Relationship Goals and Making Intimacy a Priority Sep 14, 2020

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Relationship goals are not only a hashtag used on your friend Becky's page every other day with her "amazing" boyfriend. Relationship goals are something that can be an important tool to help really improve your life. Listen to today's show to learn how to make intimacy a priority in your relationship and set those very important relationship goals.

In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

How to get from knowing what you want to do in a relationship to actually doing it
Sharing your relationship goals with your partner
Why you should sometimes have sex before doing the dishes
Actionable tips to create more intimacy in your relationship
Understanding and communicating about your sexuality
And much more

Dr. Lyndsey Harper is an ob/gyn and the Founder and CEO of Rosy. She created Rosy out of frustration when she couldn’t find modern and accessible resources to help her many patients with common sexual health concerns and issues. Launched on Valentine's Day in 2019, Rosy is a platform dedicated to empowering women on their journey to sexual wellness. Dr. Harper has started important conversations about sexual health, partnering with over 2,700 doctors and therapists on Rosy, and launching the first telehealth platform specifically for women’s sexual health.

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265: Addressing Our Shame Sep 08, 2020

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Shame can be an emotion that takes a toll on us personally and in a relationship. Listen to today's show to learn how to address our shame or the shame our partner has toward themselves.

In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

Understand the important distinction between guilt and shame
How shame is formed and negatively affects our view of self
Accepting our vulnerabilities to release shame and improve our lives
Helping our partner navigate shame
Communicating with our partner about shame
And much more!

Dr. Margaret Rutherford has been a psychologist in private practice for over twenty-five years and is the author of Perfectly Hidden Depression: How to Break Free from the Perfectionism That Masks Your Depression which was published in November 2019.

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264: Relationship Magic, Awareness And Self Discovery Aug 31, 2020

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Relationships can be a beautiful vehicle to discover who we are and the possibilities of our lives. Our guest, Guy Finley, has a wealth of knowledge from his own 40-year marriage and shares amazing relationship insights and advice.

In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

How we can discover who we are through our relationship
How Guy and his wife have never raised their voices at each other in their 40 year marriage
The importance of recognizing the pain within ourselves before lashing out at our partner
Communicating with our partner and how to handle constructive criticism
Renewing your relationship through the years
The importance of learning from our partner
And much more!

Guy Finley is the bestselling author of more than 45 books and audio albums on self-realization, including "The Secret of Letting Go," "The Essential Laws of Fearless Living," and his newest book "Relationship Magic: Waking Up Together." He is the founder and director of Life of Learning Foundation, a nonprofit Center for Spiritual Discovery located in southern Oregon. Guy is a faculty member at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York and at 1440 Multiversity.

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263: Using Attachment Theory to Understand Ourselves and Our Partner Aug 19, 2020

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How we relate with our partner can be largely influenced by how we were attached to our parents as children. Listen to today's episode to better understand attachment theory, and how it can improve your relationship.

In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

How attachment theory can help us understand our deepest feelings, needs, triggers and fears
What the different attachment styles mean for you and your partner
Healing how we attach with our partner
How our wounds can cause us to not see each other and the reality of a situation
Breaking negative cycles and exploring the underlying issues
And much more!

Jennifer Lehr is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the founder of WeConcile, an online program for committed couples seeking help, as well as an educator on the process of living, self-acceptance and stepping into your magic life.

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262: Parent Like A Pro and Keep Your Relationship Strong Aug 12, 2020

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Parenting can create a lot of relationship stress even in the best of times. During a global pandemic, parenting can take on a whole other level of stress! Listen to today's episode to learn how to maintain your relationship, and parent like a pro during challenging times.

In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

How to communicate with your partner about parenting
The important practice of family check-ins
Managing screen time for your kids
How to talk with your kids about the pandemic
Helping your kids talk about their feelings
Why we don't always have to fix everything for our kids or partner
And much more!

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Dr. Rebecca Hershberg is a clinical psychologist and the founder of Little House Calls, which specializes in helping kids and parents confronting a range of common early childhood challenges. She has held leadership positions at a national nonprofit organization serving children and a hospital-based infant and toddler preventive mental health program, as well as taught in the Department of Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Her first book, The Tantrum Survival Guide: Tune In to Your Toddler’s Mind (and Your Own) to Calm the Craziness and Make Family Fun Again was published in October, 2018. Dr. Hershberg currently lives in lower Westchester with her husband and two young sons.

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261: Tools For Spiritual Growth Aug 05, 2020

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Become A Love Tribe Member Today — When you become a Love Tribe Member, you'll gain access to exclusive, ad-free content not available on our regular, free feed. The membership provides you even more amazing and actionable relationship advice from the world's leading experts. Sign Up Here! Spirituality can be a valuable practice both individually, and in your relationship. Listen to today's show to understand how to cultivate a spiritual practice, and share it with your partner. In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

How to use your relationship as a path to spiritual growth
How to start a spiritual path
The importance of not focusing on what's wrong in your relationship
Sacred sexuality and how to practice it in your relationship
Presence as a spiritual and sexual practice
And much more!

Catherine Auman, LMFT is a spiritual psychotherapist and the Director of The Transpersonal Counseling Center in Los Angeles, California. She has advanced training in traditional psychology, as well as the wisdom traditions. Catherine lived for a year at the Osho ashram in India, a full-time immersion in tantra and meditation, and studied and practiced tantra, love, sex, intimacy, and seduction with numerous teachers.

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