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#120: Breaking the Cycle of Chasing and Running: Emotional Safety in Relationships Overview: Are you struggling with a push-pull dynamic in your relationship? Do you find yourself running from or chasing your partner emotionally, mentally, and physically?   This week in the Love Shack, we’re exploring the importance of emotional safety in your relationship and…

#119: The Invisible Burden: How the Mental Load Affects Relationships and What to Do About It Overview: This week in the Love Shack, we’re exploring a common issue that many couples face – when one partner is shouldering the majority of the mental load in the relationship.   Often, this burden falls on women due…

#118: 10 Tips to Overcome Defensiveness in Your Relationship (Part Two) Overview: Welcome to episode 118 of Love Shack Live, this is part two of a series on defensiveness in relationships.   In this episode, we will dive into the remaining five strategies to help you better manage defensiveness and overcome its effects on your…

#117: 10 Tips to Overcome Defensiveness in Your Relationship (Part One) Overview: Welcome to the Love Shack, in this episode we’re going to dive into the root of what destroys our relationships and makes them so challenging – defensiveness.   Join us as we explore 10 things you can do today to improve your ability…

#116: Communication Makeover: The Damaging Effects of Defensiveness on Relationships Overview: We all feel defensive at times, yet in relationships, it can be especially damaging. This week in the Love Shack, we’re discussing how defensiveness can hurt even the best of relationships and how to overcome it.   Join us as we unpack this dangerous…

#115: Dreading Valentine’s Day? A Conversation to Improve Your Relationship Overview: This week in the Love Shack, we’re discussing Valentine’s Day from a different point of view, encouraging couples to think about it as an opportunity instead of dreading it.   We shared our own experience of a Valentine’s Day filled with emotional pain and…

#114: How To Rebuild Trust After Betrayal In Your Relationship Overview: Betrayal in a relationship can be incredibly damaging and hard to recover from. It can lead to feelings of violation, mistrust, and confusion.   We often think of affairs when betrayal is mentioned but there are other ways that relationships can be undermined by…

#113: Why Your Partner Doesn’t Want to Work on Your Relationship Overview: You and your partner are in a difficult place, and it seems like no matter how hard you try to make things better, they don’t want to work on the relationship.   It’s incredibly frustrating when one partner is willing to put in…

#112: Helping Families Prioritize Human Connections Over Screens: An Interview With Daniel Sih Overview: Are you a parent looking for ways to help your children create sensible rules around tech usage?   With the rise of technology, it can be challenging for parents to set healthy boundaries around tech usage for their children.   We…

#110: Apologies 101: Clean Up Emotional Messes in Relationships and Get Back to the Good Stuff Overview: Wondering what the number one reason is that relationships fall apart? Manipulation.   Most of us know that manipulation isn’t a healthy part of any relationship, but did you know that it’s also at the heart of all…