At the age of 83, Dr. Laurie has been married for 62 years, business partners with her husband for the last 50 plus years. She shared some details about that journey along with us in this week's episode.

Along with many other things, she shares a few simple steps on how and when Partners should communicate when there is a conflict which arises.

Some of the other topics we discuss

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In our conversation with relationships coaches and experts, Dr. Ray and Jean Kadkhodaian, share their personal stories and many frameworks to help people build healthier relationships, listed below

👩‍❤️‍👨 Time for Hearts - Relationship Check Ins

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In this episode, of "Skip the Beat", our discussion revolves around themes like

Takeaways

The moment of celebration should be special. We should make our partners feel like they are loved. Celebrating every day does not and should not detract from celebrating the special events and milestones. Instead, it is about adding to the celebration we do every day. The craving for giving love and receiving love can be fulfilled every day, we don’t need to wait for the big moments to express it.

Two things to consider here are

Traditionally, the norm has been about High Intensity and Low Frequency, celebrating love every day is about Low intensity and High frequency.

Planned spontaneity can help ease some of the anxiety that might revolve around planning surprises too often or not, based on how your partner defines what that frequency is.

If you are requesting a form of love, be willing to show that form of love. Starting with self-love, if showing love that you would like to get from someone else, seems challenging as well.

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In this episode, we bring to you a quick and easy free at home date night idea called creating a Shared Relationship Vision.

It doesn't matter if you're just starting your relationship or you've been together for several years, it's never too early or too late to sit down with your partner and talk about what you aspire from your relationship. This is why we came up with a list of deal breaker questions. By taking the time to go through these questions, you can create a Relationship Vision that you and your partner are willing to invest in.

List of deal breaker questions: https://tinyurl.com/lovita1

Takeaways

1️⃣ We believe that a discussion around a Shared Relationship Vision should be a recurring exercise, perhaps even a Tradition. People and their priorities change over time. This exercise can keep partners in alignment.

2️⃣ Just because you and your partner share different perspectives doesn't mean that you are not on the same page. This activity is all about helping you understand your similarities and differences, and if and whether you want to invest your time in addressing those gaps and remember. Remember - It's okay to disagree.

Our inspiration for the activity was from our previous conversations with Brendan Kumarasamy, a communication expert and Victoria Raider, a possibility coach on their take on the value of working towards a Relationship Visions. Links below 🔗

https://lovita.blog/2022/11/11/unleash-prosperity-in-your-relationship-with-victoria-rader-a-possibility-coach/

https://lovita.blog/2022/08/29/communicating-relationship-boundaries-with-brenden-kumarasamy/

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A quick and easy, free, at home date night idea.

Here’s how the activity works - Each person takes turns to click photos from your phone or camera to make a story in 2 minutes. So, if you are the storyteller first, your partner will have to leave the room and set a timer for 2 minutes. In that time, you'll use your phone or something to click photos. These photos can be of yourself, or any objects as props around you. After 2 minutes your partner will come back into the room and look at your photos as a slideshow and try to narrate the story. Once they're done, you'll share what you had in mind. Then take some time to discuss the differences and similarities. When done, switch roles. Do this in parallel if you have different rooms available.

Things you need

🤳 A phone or camera to click photos with

Rules

1️⃣ You have 2 minutes

Takeaways

1️⃣ This was a great activity to see your partner's perspective. It's very unlikely that both of you are going to have the exact same story or even something close to it. So this gives you an opportunity to see how your partner sees the world and how they interpret it versus how you do and then talk about it and get to know each other.

2️⃣ Introducing or reintroducing the idea of play. As we grow up and become adults, quote unquote, with responsibilities, it's very easy to stop prioritizing the concept of play, but the role that it plays in our relationship is bringing back lightheartedness and re-introducing opportunities for you and your partner to connect with that same childlike enthusiasm. Curiosity and playfulness that you used to when you were a child.

Everyone likes to take pictures or see pictures that others have taken. Communicating with photos has two layers - the first: what the photographer perceives, and the second what the viewer conceived. This date night activity combines both of these ideas to play with your partner, get creative - and learn what kind of stories we tell ourselves.

The point of this is to enforce that your partner is not the same person as you. Even though they might see the same things as you do, they interpret it differently. This is an exercise to appreciate each other's creativity, and get to know their thought process a bit better. Depending on how much time you have to spend, you can deep dive on the “whys” and “hows”.

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In this episode, listen to Charlene Byers talk about masculine and feminine polarity, feminine embodiment and romantic relationships. She is an expert on male/female relationships. She shares her stories and learnings from her 25 years as a relationship coach. She talks about her struggles as a woman that she faced early on and how she was able to overcome them and build a healthy relationship with her husband.

We explore the answer to the very important question of “How do Women Want to Feel in a Relationship?”

Learn about the RAM (Relationship Attachment Model) Model and how it can help you in your relationships.

In the full episode we go over the below topics

1️⃣ Impact of men around Charlene in her youth

And much more…

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In this episode, we chat with Victoria Rader, a possibility coach on how to unleash prosperity in your Relationships with Victoria Rader, a Possibility Coach.

Amongst other things, we learnt about a 4 step Ass Principle

1️⃣ Validation      "What an ass."

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We discussed other topics like

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In this episode, we talk about a fun and gamified way to share among partners more about each other's day. Here's how the activity works

🙋‍♀️ One of the partner is the Storyteller. Your role is to start by sharing more about how you spent the day. When you hear EXPAND, stay on the event you just mentioned and give details. Continue giving details until you hear ADVANCE, after which you move on to the next event of the day. Continue for 2 minutes.

🧟‍♀️ The other partner is the Listener. With the power to use only two keywords "Advance" and "Expand". Say EXPAND to have the Storyteller share more details about what they just mentioned. Say ADVANCE to move ahead to the next event of the day.

🔀 Switch roles. Play daily or when needed. Increase time as you see fit.

Takeaways

Our inspiration for the activity was from an Improv exercise called Advance and Expand, used to explore environments in more detail.

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A quick and easy date night idea to build a healthy relationship. Here’s what you need

1️⃣ 2 pieces of paper

All you have to do is look into your partners eyes and draw them. There are 2 simple rules

✍️ Draw a single continuous line without lifting the pen from the paper

Our inspiration for the activity was from a Ted Talk given by Wendy MacNaughton - The art of paying attention. In an invitation to slow down and look at the world around you, the graphic journalist illustrates how drawing can spark deeply human, authentic connections. Ready to try? Grab a pencil and join MacNaughton for her delightful talk. "Drawing is looking, and looking is loving," she says. Link below 🔗

https://www.ted.com/talks/wendy_macnaughton_the_art_of_paying_attention

LoVita - Love Vitamins for a healthier is a community by Partners for Partners. We share stories about how Partners are working intentionally toward building a healthier relationship. To learn more check out the links below 🔗