Relationship Advice

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84: Raise Your Low Self-Esteem To Improve Your Relationship Feb 15, 2017

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In today's episode we cover relationship topics that include:

How to deal with our own, or our partner's, insecure attachment style.
What to do if you or your partner has a low self-esteem.
How to work on changing your attachment style to a secure attachment.
Creating habits as a couple that will help the an insecure partner feel secure.
How to improve your self-esteem to make your relationship better.
And much more!

Amanda Carver is a psychotherapist who lives and works in Ottawa, Ontario. She has worked many years with adolescents and families struggling with trauma and mental health challenges. She works heavily from an attachment perspective, understanding how early relationships with our parents and other important people in our lives affects how we connect with people later in our lives. Amanda is a mother of two young children and a partner in a 13 year relationship. She now runs her own private practice.

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83: Stop Picking The Wrong Partner Feb 08, 2017

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In today's episode we cover relationship topics that include:

How to get out of the cycle of habitually picking the wrong partner.
Where insecure attachment is formed and how to deal with it.
Why learning about yourself can help you find the right partner.
What to do if you or the person you are with has a low self esteem.
Why it's important to think of yourself as a 'gift' to whoever you are in a relationship with.
And much more!

Kristen Craren lives and works as a relationship therapist in Saint Louis, Missouri. Her life's work has been devoted to learning about relationships and helping clients improve theirs. Kristen's clients consistently say they love coming to see her because she goes above and beyond to help them reach their goals.

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82: Invest In Your Relationship Feb 01, 2017

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In today’s episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

Why it’s important to know your value and that you are deserving of love.
The importance of trust and respect in relationships.
How the Myers Briggs assessment can help you if you are single or in a relationship.
Challenging what we are socialized to believe about relationships.
The importance of investing in yourself and your relationship and how to do it.
And much more!

Sandra Fischer is the creator of Relationship Reveal™: 64 Cards for discovery, skill-building, and growth, a new card game that gets to the heart of what matters in happy, healthy relationships. Using Relationship Reveal is an active, engaging way to explore fears and provides a language to allow for greater vulnerability. Sandra writes for businesses, creates fiction and consults specializing in communications, people development and optimizing organizational effectiveness.

With 25 years of experience working for companies including Microsoft, Amazon and AT&T, her experiences have been as unique and broad as managing the homepage for Amazon to developing an online marketing campaign for a literary novel launch.

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81: Communicating About Sex And Affection Jan 26, 2017

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In today’s episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

Why you should not assume your partner wants affection.
The value of asking this about your relationship, "What would I ask for if I had no fear or judgement?".
How to communicate about sex in a relationship.
Changing the culture of sex negativity.
Treating your sexuality as a gift.
And much more!

Mike Domitrz is one of the leading experts for transforming our sexual culture to one being built on consent and respect. For over two decades, educators, military, families, colleges and individuals of all have sought out Mike and his impactful programs and speaking engagements. You may have seen him as the featured expert on Dateline NBC's "My Kid Would Never Do That." He is also the founder of the globally recognized "The DATE SAFE Project."

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80: Online Dating And Attracting The Right Partner Jan 19, 2017

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In today’s episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

How to set up an online dating profile that will attract the right kind of partner.
Why it's important to just 'observe' online profiles of potential matches and not 'create a story' of who that person is.
Why you cannot draw to you what you don't already have within.
Dating right after a breakup.
How to recognize the patterns of your failed relationships and fix them to create a successful relationship.
Exercises to discover the qualities that you truly want and need from a relationship partner.
And much more!

Lisa Copeland is a leading internationally recognized expert and dating coach for women over 50. She is also the author of The Winning Dating Formula For Women Over 50 on Amazon and is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and The Huffington Post Women. Her website, FindAQualityMan.com was named One of the Top 5 Online Dating Service by The Examiner and One of the 10 Best Senior Dating Blogs by DatingAdvice.com. She hosts the weekly, You Can Find Love After 50 Show on Going Solo Network Radio.

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79: Save It For The Morning Jan 17, 2017

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In today’s episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

The power dynamics involved in relationships.
Some of the most interesting findings Dr. Gordon has uncovered in her relationship research and how they can help you.
Why we stop seeing the good in a relationship and how to prevent this.
How sleep deprivation affects relationships and how to deal with a lack of sleep besides simply sleeping more.
How to focus on what you can do for your partner.
And much more!

Amie M. Gordon, PhD, is a social psychologist who researches romantic relationships. For over a decade, Dr. Gordon's work has helped shed light on the factors that help and harm romantic relationships. Currently she is working at the University of California, San Francisco where she is tackling questions about the role of sleep in relationships.

Dr. Gordon's work has been published in over a dozen research articles focused on relationship topics such as perspective-taking, gratitude, conflict, sacrifice, depression and sleep. She also writes the blog, Between You and Me, for Psychology Today and provides relationship advice via short podcasts for Mindsail, a personal growth app.

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78: Evolved To Love Jan 12, 2017

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In today’s episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

The evolutionary processes that make us have empathy and love for others.
Social brain theory and what it means for relationships.
Tuning into your body to become more connected and improve your relationship.
Recognizing the nature of your experience to improve yourself and your relationship.
And much more!

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., is a psychologist, Senior Fellow of the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley and New York Times best-selling author. His books are available in 26 languages and include Hardwiring Happiness, Buddhas Brain, Just One Thing and Mother Nurture.

He edits the Wise Brain Bulletin and has numerous audio programs. A summa cum laude graduate of UCLA and founder of the Wellspring Institute for Neuroscience and Contemplative Wisdom, hes been an invited speaker at Oxford, Stanford, Harvard and other major universities, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. His work has been featured on the BBC, CBS and NPR, and he offers the free Just One Thing newsletter with over 120,000 subscribers, plus the online Foundations of Well-Being program in positive neuroplasticity that anyone with financial need can do for free.

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77: Balancing Work, Kids And A Relationship Jan 10, 2017

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In today’s episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

The importance of creating ground rules for a working relationship.
Tools for couples who work together.
Separating areas of responsibility with your spouse.
Balancing work, kids and a relationship.
Managing your energy to help create a strong marriage or relationship.
And much more!

Malini Bhatia is Founder & CEO of Marriage.com, a community of experts that acts as your advisors by providing information and support for healthy, happy marriages.

Her passion for supporting people through the journey of building and sustaining positive, healthy relationships, combined with her business acumen, inspired the creation of Marriage.com.

She has past experience in the PR and communications industries and has worked with companies in the tech, healthcare and non-profit sectors. Malini is a postgraduate in international business management and holds a bachelor's degree in Economics. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two daughters.

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76: Tools For A Happy Relationship Jan 05, 2017

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In today’s episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

The top actionable tools for a happy relationship.
Understanding the unique ways to connect with your partner.
Valuable communication breakdown tools.
Getting on the same relationship team.
Dealing with when your expectations don't meet reality.
Taking responsibility for yourself in the relationship.
And much more!

Tripp and Alyson Lanier have both made it their mission to help individuals improve their relationships and lives. Tripp is the host of The New Man Podcast: Beyond the Macho Jerk and the New Age Wimp which has been listened to millions of times by men all around the world and is an iTunes top 10 podcast in the Self Help category.

Alyson has spent the last 20 years training and educating herself in the psychology of attachment and relationships. She is a counselor, mentor, teacher, coach, old world midwife and mother. Her training and perspective helps men and women get out of their own way and create the amazing relationships, families and sex lives they truly want.

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75: Improve Yourself To Improve Your Relationship Jan 03, 2017

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In today’s episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

How to improve yourself individually to benefit your relationship.
Correcting a lack of balance in your life.
How to have trust in your relationship.
Tools to help find meaning in your life.
Why you can only be as healthy as the most unhealthy person in your relationship.
The value of talking in front of a therapist as a couple.
And much more!

Daryl Cioffi and Jennifer Weaver-Breitenbecher are licensed psychotherapists who own a private practice (Polaris Counseling & Consulting) in Rhode Island. They specialize in general mental health, relationships, life adjustments, and overall wellness.

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