Making It Work

Making It Work

By Jamie Cote and Lauren PenfoundSociety & CultureRelationships
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Making It Work episodes

  • Episode 23: Where We Go From Here
    We’re back from vacation! It was fabulous and it brought up some feelings that I (Lauren) wasn’t expecting. These feelings were certainly amplified by a magical book I found called Design the Life You Love. So now, where do we go from here?
    30 min
  • Episode 22: Vacay!
    Jamie and Lauren are touring Vancouver Island in the Van for a week while the kids are at their dad’s. Check out what they’ve learned about Van life, what they’ve done on their vacation.
    30 min
  • Episode 20: The Broken Cup

    This week, Lauren and Jamie dissect an incident where someone broke a cup. It leads to a deeper discussion about how they each parent, how the view their roles and what the expectations are of one another and the children. That's right, it all stems from a broken cup. 

    30 min
  • Episode 19: What's Going On?

    In this episode, Jamie asks Lauren to dig in to his personalities and describe what's been going on in their relationship in the last six months. While not a Psychologist or Psychiatrist, Lauren is pretty sure that Jamie doesn't suffer from MPD. 

    30 min
  • Episode 18: Guess who's back?

    Back again! After a six week hiatus, we are, once again, back. In this episode we do a quick recap of what's been happening in the last six weeks; Jamie sold his house and moved out, Lauren ditched her storage habit and the growing pains of cohabitation get a little TLC. 

    30 min
  • Episode 17: We're BAAACK!

    we're back! We've been MIA for the last two weeks and we're sorry! It's been a hard go lately and we have actually recorded a few episodes but didn't feel they were appropriate to post. Why not? Listen to this week's episode to find out! Today we talked about where we are at, why LoveLanguages kinda suck and how the Gottman Institute is helping us figure our stuff out. Check out "Small Things Often" on Spotify to hear what The Gottman Institute has to offer to couples trying to make it work! 

    29 min
  • Episode 16: Image

    In this episode we talk image.  Is it okay to tell your partner that their image sucks?  Find out what we came up with.  

    35 min
  • Episode 15: Social Conditioning and the Van

    This week, Jamie and Lauren start the conversation with "the van" and open up to the broader discussion about the individual social conditioning that men and women face. It's a great conversation that delves into how children are taught their place in society and how that bleeds into how people behave in relationships. It even has some bearing on how Jamie tradies Cryptocurrency, and how Lauren feels about his Day Trading.

    31 min
  • Episode 14: The eBike

    Join Jamie and Lauren on a meandering conversation that starts with an eBike and wends its way through the ins and outs of mindset, teaching kids about money, and the different ways that they view the relative importance of the things they own.

    41 min

About Making It Work

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Join Jamie and Lauren behind normally closed doors as each week they discuss what's working (and what isn't) as they grow towards their life and relationship goals. This is an unedited, honest preview…