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261. What You Need to Know About Defense Mechanisms
Season 6 Episode 261
Defense mechanisms are your brain’s (mostly unconscious) way of avoiding conflict, anxiety or upset. Although they get a bad rap, defense mechanisms …
2 years, 9 months ago
260. What to Do When You Can’t Get Through to Them
Season 6 Episode 260
Do you have that person in your life who, no matter what you do, you can’t seem to get through to them or get them to listen or engage in a healthy c…
2 years, 10 months ago
259. The Five Keys to Positive Communication
Season 5 Episode 259
Positive communication is communication that’s based on respect and builds trust and collaboration. Although it’s something that’s mostly been applie…
2 years, 10 months ago
258. Getting the Sizzle and that Loving Feeling Back in Your Relationship
Season 6 Episode 258
If you’re listening to me right now, you’ve felt some kind of decline in your relationship or, as the song goes, “you’ve lost that loving feeling.” O…
2 years, 10 months ago
257. What Patience Really is and How to Have More of It
Season 5 Episode 257
Did you know that the opposite of patience isn’t impatience? I’ve got to tell you that I didn’t know that until I started researching this episode. P…
2 years, 10 months ago
256. The Four Ways to Solve Any Problem
Season 6 Episode 256
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy created by psychologist Marsha Linehan in the early 1980s. It’s an ev…
2 years, 11 months ago
255. Focus on Self-Love Not Just Self-Compassion
Season 255 Episode 6
OK, when I hear the words self-love, I want to throw up in my mouth a little because I’m thinking of some Brené Brown quote needlepointed onto a pill…
2 years, 11 months ago
254. The Seven Habits of Intimate Relationships (backed by research)
Season 6 Episode 254
We know from the research that having intimate relationships is the key to mental and physical health. But what exactly qualifies as intimacy? Today …
2 years, 11 months ago
253. Focus on These Five Things to Make All Your Relationships Great
Season 6 Episode 253
We know from the research that the biggest predictor of a happy (and long!) life comes down to the quality of your relationships. And, as much as we …
2 years, 11 months ago
252. Instead of Date Nights, Work on Micro-Connections
Season 6 Episode 252
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Great relationships aren’t built in a day. Great relationships are built daily. While date nights and vac…
2 years, 11 months ago