Do you have an over-bearing mother-in-law? A demanding father-in-law? How do you work it out? We are talking all about how to gracefully work through problems with in-laws on today's episode as we offer some therapy to the song, "Rude" by Magic, who has some pretty serious father-in-law issues. Rich's re-written lyrics include a mother-in-law showing up to clean the house and is not to be missed!

The song, "Every Breath You Take" by The Police was a classic romantic song to dance to at every middle school and high school dance I attended, but when you actually listen to the lyrics, you realize, it's kind of creepy. This guy has some serious trust issues, which is why the topic of this week's episode is trust! We are getting a lesson on Trust 101 from marriage therapist Aimee Heffernan - how to build it and how to re-build it when it's been broken. Rich's karaoke version greatly improves the lyrics!

Being a jerkface in your marriage is a clear no-no, but how about being overly accommodating? Slightly less so, however, if done with regularity, consistent over accommodation becomes a problem. This week, we give therapy to the song "Back for Good" by Take That as we discuss the "I'll do anything for you" mentality. As always, Rich sings his version of this song into more healthy waters.

Not all love songs give bad love advice! In this week's episode, Rich and Celeste both bring love songs with excellent love advice to the couch. Celeste hails "Stand by You" by Rachel Platten as she discusses the importance of empathy and how to have more of it in your marriage. While Rich applauds "You're My Best Friend" by Queen as he discusses friendship.

How do you bring up hard conversations with your spouse? Rich and Celeste are going to gently (maybe not so gently) persuade you to schedule a regular time and safe space to hold these conversations by holding a weekly marriage check in as they give therapy to the song "Say Something" by A Great Big World. Big thanks to our guests, Shelly and Jershon Lopez, who share their experience with holding their own weekly marriage check in.

What to do when your partner has a bad day? Take it personally? Take responsibility for it? Cry in the fetal position? We're discussing dos and don'ts of handling your partner's bad days in this episode as we give some therapy to Daniel Powter's hit song "Bad Day." As always, Rich is going to sing our re-written emotionally healthy version of the song at the end!

Relationships always involve disagreement, but does love always have to be a fight? Today we discuss Pat Benatar's hit "Love is a Battlefield." We give some therapy to the song and discuss tips on how to prepare to have hard conversations with your partner. We also interview and get conflict resolution tips from Nate Bagely, the creator of the long-running podcast Loveumentary. And, as always, Rich sings a more emotionally healthy version of the song. Don't miss it!

Do you love somebody? Great! Unfortunately sometimes our love is "transactional love": you give me something and THEN I'll love you. Celeste ("closet boy band fan") and Rich ("the bad boy of the group") give some therapy to the Backstreet Boy's "As Long As You Love Me," AND have a special guest interview with The Marriage Foundation founder Paul Friedman about transactional love. Don't miss it!

Is a relationship possible if you have nothing in common? That's the problem in the song "Breakfast at Tiffany's." In this pilot episode of Marriage Theraoke, Celeste and Rich discuss research by John Gottman, the importance of focusing on what you have in common, and never get around to discussing if we both kinda liked the movie.