Doing Relationships Right

I’m chatting with Stacey Freeman this week. Stacey is a New York City-based writer, lifestyle editor at Worthy.com, and the founder and managing director of Write On Track, LLC. A respected voice for career reinvention and parenting issues affecting both women and men, Stacey has been published or syndicated in The Washington Post, Entrepreneur, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Woman’s Day, Town & Country, Yahoo!, HuffPost, Popsugar, YourTango, xoJane, Scary Mommy, Maria Shriver, The Good Men Project and other well-known platforms worldwide. Stacey is frequently called upon for her expertise and insights and has been quoted in The New York Times, HuffPost, and SheKnows, to name a few.

During our interview, Stacey and I are discussing:

• Why you should never compare your divorce to someone else’s
• How divorce isn’t really a catastrophic thing--it’s a lifestyle we have to live
• Leaving a bad relationship because you need to (instead of waiting for the other person to mess up)
• The importance of finding time to have a balanced life (which includes time for you!)
• Not believing what you see on Facebook
• The jobs we have to do when there’s no man in the house

Connect with Stacey:

Website: www.WriteOnTrackLLC.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/StaceyFreemanJD

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceybfreeman

Connect with Jennifer:

Website: www.jenniferhurvitz.com

Instagram: @jenniferhurvitzbiz

Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/keepingdivorcereal

Funny guy Jim Healey is back in the studio to talk about what the 11 signs that he’s a keeper. We’re getting real about:

• Letting yourself go in a relationship (and why that’s a good thing)
• The difference between what guys actually think about our criteria
• Learning how to fight fair with your partner
• Staying away from social media when you’re fighting or “on a break”
• Putting each other at the top of your priority list
• Plus we’re laughing...a lot

Dr. Rhoberta Shaler is back today! I’ve had so many people ask me when Dr. Shaler is coming back to the podcast...so here she is! As a relationship consultant, mediator, speaker, and author, Dr. Shaler provides urgent and ongoing care for relationships in crisis. Her mission is to help people stop tolerating abuse. She focuses on helping the partners, exes, and adult children of the relentlessly difficult people she calls “Hijackals®.” Dr. Shaler offers strategies for dealing with the constant uncertainty and jaw-dropping behaviors of toxic people.

Today we’re chatting about:

• Why Google is NOT a mental health professional
• How children become hijackals
• Red flags for identifying a hijackal in your life
• The importance of working through our relationships with a professional
• How to respond to a hijackal

Recommended Resources:

Support Dr. Shaler’s work at: www.patreon.com/rhobertashaler

Find Dr. Shaler at: www.forrelationshiphelp.com

Today I’m so excited to be talking to Dr. Jane Guyn. She’s is a nationally known sex expert with a PhD in Human Sexuality. She's the author of the Amazon #1 Bestseller "Too Busy to Get Busy" and the creator of the transformational BEDROOM model.

Because Dr. Jane's been married to her best friend Jim for over 30 years, she understands the challenges of creating a satisfying erotic life in the middle of all the distractions. Although things haven't always been perfect, they have better sex now than they did when they almost got caught making out in a conference room at the County Hospital where they first met.

In this episode, we’re discussing:

• The difference between a sex coach and a sex therapist
• Communicating what you want to your partner
• Why women are the worst when it comes to sex
• Fearing rejection when sharing your fantasies
• Being engaged with your partner

Key Takeaways:

Show up for yourself as an erotic being. If you don’t know where that is inside of you...find out! She needs you. She is ready. And she’s been waiting.

Connect with Dr. Jane:

Dr. Jane will also be offering a complimentary "Feel Empowered Now" session with her for the first 10 listeners who contact her by phone at 612-564-9920 (text or call). This is a $397 value so hop on this people!

This week’s episode kicks off a new segment on the podcast called “Keeping Divorce Real”. We’re chatting with my friend Leigh about what we wish we would have known when we were first divorced.

We’re getting real about:

• Being ghosted
• Judging a guy by his relationship with his mom
• Treating people with kindness and respect
• Why we're afraid to speak up with we're all going through the same things 
• Where we hang out on the internet to get support

Key Takeaways:

“Take a step back if you’re not enjoying dating right now. Be kind.”

Join my amazing Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/KeepingDivorceReal/

Today, I’m chatting with the amazing Brenda Adelman. Adelman is an award-winning actor, speaker, coach, recipient of a Hero of Forgiveness award & has been interviewed on NPR and on Fox TV News. She’s performed her critically acclaimed one-woman show, My Brooklyn Hamlet, (based on her life story) about the power of forgiving the unforgivable for over 12,000 people worldwide, including for The LA Women’s Theatre Festival, for the Coalition against Domestic Violence in Arizona and New Mexico, for the Peace and Reconciliation Center in Hawaii, for high school and university students, women prisoners, spiritual communities and the US Air Force. She is the author of the Kindle book, My Father Killed My Mother and Married My Aunt: Forgiving the Unforgivable.

In this conversation, we’re talking about:

• Forgiving the unforgivable
• Healing so you can tell your story
• Recognizing you chose the person you married and taking responsibility for that
• How to have healthy boundaries with people you’ll never change
• The power of following our intuition
• Being comfortable with telling our stories to others

Key Takeaways:

Taking responsibility for everything in our life is what frees us. It’s a call for self-love. You take responsibility but you don’t beat the shit out of yourself.

Connect with Brenda:

To learn more about Brenda’s course, Your Story Made Simple, for small business owners you can click here: http://brenda-adelman.thinkific.com/courses/your-story-made-simple

To learn more about her Freedom in Forgiveness course, click here: https://brenda-adelman.thinkific.com/courses/the-freedom-of-forgiveness

To learn more where you can see Brenda’s upcoming show, Divas in Danger - Escape, Betrayal, and Budget Plastic Surgery, go to the website: http://www.forgiveenessandfreedom.com

I wondered if I really did divorce right so I asked my two favorite people--my sons Jonah + Zac. In this episode, we’re talking about co-parenting, nesting, and the social stigma surrounding divorce.

I’m back talking at you all by myself today! (I’m kind of liking getting little more raw and authentic with you. What do you think?) In this episode, we’re talking about the six stages of intimacy you find in every relationship.

We’re getting real about:

• Lust at first sight
• The honeymoon phase of your relationship
• That moment the shit starts to hit the fan (and you realize the man has flaws)
• The definition of true intimacy
• Why creeping your ex on Facebook is a BAD idea

Recommended Resources:

Find my guide to the 6 Steps For Dating After Divorce here: http://bit.ly/6stepsfordating

Jim Healey is back in the studio to talk to Jen about the five reasons you may need a time out from online dating. We’re chatting about:

• Stepping away when dating stops being fun or makes us crazy
• Checking Tinder on a date
• Scheduling multiple dates at a time
• Don’t forget you non-negotiables when swiping right
• Dating horror stories

Key Takeaways:

Dating should be fun. If it’s not, put that shit away.

Recommended Resources:

Find Jennifer’s guide to the 6 Steps For Dating After Divorce here: http://bit.ly/6stepsfordating

Jennifer is chatting with Morgana Rae in this week! Morgana is a bestselling author, teacher, speaker, and pioneer in the field of personal development. She has been featured on ABC, NBC, PBS, NPR, and the Wall Street Journal. Morgana has also been a featured expert on programs with Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, Marianne Williamson, and many others. As a coach, Morgana guides entrepreneurs, artists, healers, and humanitarians to thrive in their purpose, attract more than they chase, and make things happen with ease, flow, and synchronicity.

In today’s conversation, we’re talking about:

• Getting better at not lying to ourselves
• Feeling like we’re worthy enough to deserve money
• Using money as an excuse
• Overcoming the money issues we have from the past
• Breaking up with money like we break up with guys
• Treating our relationship with money like we treat our relationship with a significant other
• Finding out who your “money honey” is

Key Takeaways:

Guys will let you know who they are if you shut up and believe them.

Laughter is the fastest way to pussy.

Connect with Morgana:

Website: https://www.morganarae.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/morganapage

Twitter: https://twitter.com/morganarae/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/alchemybabe1