LOVEBONDS

You and your spouse or partner are in a romantic relationship — so where’s the romance? Whether it comes easily, or needs a bit of effort, this episode is for you! Learn ways to go beyond superficial niceties or simply giving your partner a compliment. In this episode you will discover ways to go deeper— to emotionally move your partner so that they not only feel loved and desired but are more likely to respond to you lovingly and with desire!

Infidelity is so detrimental to a relationship because it strikes at the fundamental need for trust and safety within a romantic bond and places the future of the relationship in jeopardy.

Even in the best of circumstances with a lot of agreement between partners, divorce is never easy. It is regarded as one of life’s most stressful and painful experiences. So what can ease the pain and see you through? Relationship and couple counselor Terri DiMatteo shares a few ideas that can help.

While some are getting engaged this holiday season and others are exchanging holiday presents with their new sweeties - a large percentage are planning to divorce in the New Year. Why is January known as “Divorce Month”? Why do divorce attorneys know that the first Monday in January their phones will be ringing off the hook? Discover the broad stages of divorce common to divorcing couples and a few ideas that can help.

Are you and your partner going around and around in circles talking something to death but with nothing ever changing? Sometimes powerful changes can occur without talking. Experience is often the best tool for change. Can you craft an experience that helps your partner to ‘get it’? Listen to a little story about how one woman moved a situation to her liking!

A New Jersey relationship and couple counselor shares relationship insights and observations based on the show ‘Married at First Sight’ — where brides and grooms meet each other for the first time at the altar!

A marriage counselor shares insights on the show ‘Married at First Sight’ — where strangers meet for the first time at the altar!

Romantic partners depend upon one another for emotional responses. To create and maintain a secure bond, it is vital that when one reaches for the other, the response communicates, 'Yes, I am here for you."  But what happens when the partner doesn't respond, is unavailable, or truly disinterested? Then what? It’s time to pull out  ‘The Reassurance Card’! Listen to find out more about the importance of reassurance and learn how to convey it effectively.

When a relationship is on the brink of divorce, can a couple come to the table and renegotiate their relationship? Can couples hammer out new terms, titles, roles, and priorities? Can a couple keep their parenting roles while putting an end to the intimate aspects of their union? Have a listen to find out more about this relationship trend.

One aspect of a romantic relationship that makes it unique is the sexual component. The sexual expression serves to help bond romantic-pairs and keep partners attached, committed, and invested in one another. It is precisely the romantic relationship that sexual intimacy belongs and attraction serves as the driving force.