There is an art to finding agreement in a relationship of whatever kind.  How can you persuade someone without resorting to argument or manipulation?  In this week's episode Alvean and Doug take a hard look at the nearly lost art of persuasion.  For a full transcript, click here;

When couples disagree there is often a tendency to stand one's ground or flee the argument.  Neither is a successful approach.  How can couples avoid this dilemma and learn to disagree without the need to fight or fly?  A complete transcript can be found here: LL42-Fight or Flight

Does love have the power to heal a broken heart, or perhaps an illness much greater?  Find out in this episode as Doug & Alvean talk about their experience with the healing powers of love.  For a full transcript of this episode, click here: LL28-Can Love Heal?

Why is that the people we are attracted to so often are different from us.  Is there any truth to the idea that opposites attract?  Doug & Alvean dissect this long standing belief to see if there is any truth to it.  For a full transcript of the episode, click here: LL23-Do Opposites Attract

As the song goes, sometimes we feel love for more than one person but we must choose.  How do you know which person is for you?  Alvean and Doug talk about this most difficult of all decisions in this episode, a transcript of which can be found here: LL27-Can you love two people equally?

Alvean and Doug talk about the anatomy of a fight.  How do they begin, what is it we fight about in relationships and how can they end without a lasting scar.  For a full transcript of this episode click here: LL29-Why Do Couples Quarrel?

Alvean & Doug talk about everyone's favorite hobby, flirting.  Almost everyone does--sometimes.  It may be casual and innocent or something more.  Find out how to know the difference and what motivates this behavior.  For a full transcript click here: LL31-Why Men and Women Flirt

Sometimes we wonder if we are just being too picky in our choice of a companion.  Doug & Alvean discuss the ways in which we can sort out that question and find out whether our desire to find Mr or Miss Right is appropriate or we are in fact destined to be alone because we can never find someone who measures up.  See a transcript of the episode here: LL07

Alvean and Doug talk about ways in which people make themselves the center of their own universe and how this can become a stumbling block to finding true love, much less intimacy.  For a full transcript of this episode click here: LL26-It is all about me

Alvean and Doug talk about the ways in which allowing yourself to be vulnerable opens you to unexpected and often wonderful relationship experiences. For a full transcript of the episode, click here: LL18-Vulnerability