A Better Love with Dr. Greg Matos

Join Dr. Greg Matos, a board-certified psychologist in LA, for this live morning show on TikTok @abetterloveproject. In this episode, you’ll learn how to set boundaries, strengthen your emotional connection, and the importance of being admired as well as having self-love.

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🎙 Vimeo currently streams our live show on YouTube, Facebook, and LinkedIn: https://vimeo.com/abetterloveproject

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🔗 To attend a free 30-minute relationship workshop with Dr. Greg Matos, subscribe to our email list: https://subscribe.abetterloveproject.org

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Join Dr. Greg Matos, a board-certified psychologist, for this live TikTok Morning Show that was recorded Sunday @ 10 AM (Azorean Time).

In the episode:
1. How to support your partner when they're exhausted.
2. Grief, Loss, and Gentleness
3. Emotional Connection in Marriage, Never Stop Dating Your Spouse

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❤️ Follow Dr. Greg Matos on Tiktok + YouTube: @abetterloveproject

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🎙 Check out our live show A Better Love with Dr. Greg on TikTok at 8 pm Sundays, it drops as a podcast on Apple Podcast and elsewhere

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🔗 To attend a free 30-minute relationship workshop with Dr. Greg Matos, subscribe to our email list: https://subscribe.abetterloveproject.org

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🙏🏼 To make a charitable contribution to this veteran-led 501c3 media company, visit: https://donorbox.org/abetterloveproject-annual-fund

❤️ To become a member of our ‘PBS of Love’ with exclusive benefits, visit: https://www.patreon.com/abetterloveproject

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Join Dr. Greg to answer a TikTok audience member's question about "breaking things in the home" and how we define violence in relationships. 

In this episode:
1. Defining Intimate Partner Violence
2. Deficiencies in communication and behavioral skills
3. Free resources: The National Domestic Violence Hotline+

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❤️ Follow Dr. Greg Matos on Tiktok + YouTube: @abetterloveproject

🎙 Check out our live show A Better Love with Dr. Greg on TikTok at 8 pm Sundays, it drops as a podcast on Apple Podcast and elsewhere

🔗 To attend a free 30-minute relationship workshop with Dr. Greg Matos, subscribe to our email list: https://subscribe.abetterloveproject.org.

🙏🏼 To make a charitable contribution to this veteran-led 501c3 media company, visit: https://donorbox.org/abetterloveproject-annual-fund

❤️ To become a member of our ‘PBS of Love’ with exclusive benefits, visit: https://www.patreon.com/abetterloveproject

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Join Dr. Greg to answer a TikTok audience member's question about sexual guilt, the idea of purity, and how to begin shifting toward a positive stance on sexual health. 

In the episode:
1. Religious/Cultural Values + Family Conversations about Sex
2. Normalizing sexual development and positive sexual experiences.
3. Redefining "purity" to include loving, positive, sexual pleasure.

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❤️ Follow Dr. Greg Matos on Tiktok + YouTube: @abetterloveproject

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🎙 Check out our live show A Better Love with Dr. Greg on TikTok at 8 pm Sundays, it drops as a podcast on Apple Podcast and elsewhere

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🔗 To attend a free 30-minute relationship workshop with Dr. Greg Matos, subscribe to our email list: https://subscribe.abetterloveproject.org

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🙏🏼 To make a charitable contribution to this veteran-led 501c3 media company, visit: https://donorbox.org/abetterloveproject-annual-fund

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Join Dr. Greg to discuss a few key questions to consider if you're getting back together with someone you've been separated from for a while. In this case, our listener is re-connecting with a co-parent with who she's still married and wants to make it work.

In this episode:
1. What was co-parenting like during the separation?
2. What is it you both want to actually commit to? 
3. What is going to be different this time?

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❤️ Follow Dr. Greg Matos on Tiktok + YouTube: @abetterloveproject

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🎙 Check out our live show A Better Love with Dr. Greg on TikTok at 8 pm Sundays, it drops as a podcast on Apple Podcast and elsewhere

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🔗 To attend a free 30-minute relationship workshop with Dr. Greg Matos, subscribe to our email list: https://subscribe.abetterloveproject.org

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🙏🏼 To make a charitable contribution to this veteran-led 501c3 media company, visit: https://donorbox.org/abetterloveproject-annual-fund

❤️ To become a member of our ‘PBS of Love’ with exclusive benefits, visit: https://www.patreon.com/abetterloveproject

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Join Dr. Greg to discuss emotional labor, sharing functional and emotional tasks, and being clear about what we need.

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Tonight we’re talking about compromise and I’ll teach you a specific strategy. Get your spouse on TikTok right now, the person you love the most, whoever that is… join me together every Sunday to talk about getting through hard stuff and fostering a healthier relationship.

You’re listening to episode 77 with a live TikTok audience. 

Tonight’s episode is made possible by Mona, our third official sponsor who honors her late father Mohammed Sanjakdar. She hopes you will join her in supporting this show as a way to honor those who helped you learn about love.  

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I want to take a moment to celebrate. I started this show almost a year ago and after tonight, I will have shared all of the core relationship skills I think you need. You can watch and listen to 76+ episodes on YouTube and wherever you get your podcasts.

Shout out to our moderators for fostering a supportive environment. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments and I’ll get to them later.

Let’s dive into how to love more fiercely. Let’s start with when we need compromise the most: during gridlocked perpetual issues.

What is that?

Example: gridlock around their dinner-time routine: one person wants to sit down at the table each night to share a meal while the other person prefers to eat on the go, especially if they’re getting home late, which is a common occurrence.

1. Defining your core needs, values, and dreams, areas of inflexibility.
2. Defining your areas of flexibility.
3. Experiment with a temporary compromise that recognizes both your core needs and dreams.

We need to feel safe in order for a compromise to work, for this dialogue and process to be maximally effective.

RIFF:

To remember:

Compromise never feels perfect.

Everyone gains something and everyone loses something in a compromise.

The important this is feeling understood, respected, and honored in your dream.

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Ladies and gentlemen, that’s all for our show tonight! Sponsor this public media project, don’t wait, do it right now to get exclusive member benefits at: patreon.com/abetterloveproject. 

As always, ask for what you need in your relationship and start couple’s therapy sooner rather than later.

I’m Dr. Greg Matos, from Hollywood, California, until next time, love each other fiercely.

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Join Dr. Greg Matos, a licensed couple and family psychologist in Los Angeles to address relationships on the brink and what you need to consider:

1. Why do you want to save this relationship? (Motivation/Importance)
2. What have you already done to save it? (Readiness for Change/Effort)
3. What are you willing to commit to? (New Rituals of Emotional Connection)

I've worked with many couples through very hard things and believe in Gottman-Method Couples Therapy and evidence-based couples therapy broadly. Reach out to a qualified, licensed professional in your local community for support.

Come to a free 30-minute workshop on healthy relationship fundamentals: https://subscribe.abetterloveproject.org

Donate to this veteran-led 501c3 mission: https://www.patreon.com/abetterloveproject

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It is normal to experience heightened levels of emotion in conflict with a family member, whether they're your child or your spouse. The key is leveling up your capacity to regulate and self-soothe.

The masters are great self-soothers. The good news is that this is a skill that can be learned.

In this episode:

Nervous System + Flooding
Rituals of Emotional Connection in your family: Support a healthy mind and body (cardio, walking, yoga, tai chi, meditation, painting)

Share this episode as a free mental health resource! 

Become a member to support our 501c3 mission: https://www.patreon.com/abetterloveproject and get exclusive benefits.

Greg Matos, Psy.D., ABPP
Educator/Host
abetterloveproject.org

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Join Dr. Greg and a live TikTok audience to discuss adult child-parent relationships. In this episode:

1. Emotional connection across the lifespan with a primary caregiver.
2. Communicating wants and desires in all relationships, including child-adult ones.
3. End of life and caretaking.

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Thank you for your generosity and kindness.

Dr. Greg Matos
Creative Director
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