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The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.
Jason Frishman, PsyD, shares his insights into creating adventure and meaningful connection in the everyday activities of life.
We’re often taught the adventure story of the hero’s journey. We think we have to do grand, extraordinary things.
It’s important for us to have a new perspective and create adventure in the smaller, daily activities needed to sustain a family.
What do men experience in seeking adventure in real life vs. the hero’s journey?
What is the relationship between routines and rhythms?
Turning routines into rhythms:
Using your imps to help you grow:
How do you create and maintain sustainable rhythms?
You are in the middle of your story. You’re constantly creating your story.
Action steps to nourish connection and create adventure in your relationship:
Connect with Jason:
Dr. Jason S. Frishman has been working for over 20 years to support individuals, groups, families, organizations and businesses. Whether as a psychologist, workshop facilitator, speaker, or narrative consultant, Jason's message rings consistently clear: our lives are adventurous and interconnected. We can author our life's adventure stories!
Jason sees the power of transformation that comes from authoring one's own story and the strength of the Adventure-Journey metaphor. His work and play have become an expression of his love, experience and training in the practices of Narrative Therapy, Adventure Therapy and food education, activism and entrepreneurship.
You can reach out to Jason here:
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NourishedConnections
Website: https://drjasonsfrishman.com/welcome
Special thanks to:
Will Gladden of LEVEL Digital Music Entertainment for making the music for the podcast.
http://www.leveldme.com/
Connect with me:
My mission with the Marriaging podcast is to help you create a more authentic and connected relationship. I’m always working to provide you with the best help for improving communication and intimacy in your marriage. Please subscribe and leave a rating and a review to support the podcast.
Connect with me at marriagingpodcast.com
Facebook: @marriagingpodcast
Instagram: @marriagingpodcast
Twitter: @marriagingpod
Jessica Cline, a Clinical Sexologist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker, discusses sexual desire differences in relationships. Many couples experiences desire differences and need help navigating their sexual life.
What couples experience with sexual desire differences
What are the different roles each partner may take on?
What defines sexless relationship?
What are some early signals couples can recognize to know it’s important to get help and talk through desire differences before hurt builds?
What steps can couples take to work through desire differences together?
(And remember, these steps can be done in working with a sex therapist who is skilled in helping you and your partner navigate these issues)
What about medical and mental health-related factors and sexual desire differences?
What else can couples do to maintain growth in their intimacy?
Resources:
Gary Chapman’s Book: The 5 Love Languages
John Gottman’s Book: Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love
AASECT, a credentialing board for sex therapy providers, has a provider directory here:
https://www.aasect.org/referral-directory
Psychology Today is another directory of therapists: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us
Connect with Jessica
Jessica Cline is a board-certified sexologist and sex therapist. She works with couples and individuals with sexual dysfunction but specializes in working with desire differences. Jessica has been a featured expert on Bravo, Insider, Cosmopolitan, Bustle, Romper, and Elite Daily. Jessica provides services in person and online in several states. Feel free to check out her websites at www.jesscline.com and www.clinecounseling.com or reach out to her at [email protected]
Special thanks to:
Will Gladden of LEVEL Digital Music Entertainment for making the music for the podcast.
http://www.leveldme.com/
Connect with me:
My mission with the Marriaging podcast is to help you create a more authentic and connected relationship. I’m always working to provide you with the best help for improving communication and intimacy in your marriage. Please subscribe and leave a rating and a review to support the podcast.
Connect with me at marriagingpodcast.com
Facebook: @marriagingpodcast
Instagram: @marriagingpodcast
Twitter: @marriagingpod
Bridget discusses love languages and how we can all have relational care through understanding the basic work needed to create a healthy foundation.
We often speak to our partner in the love language we want to receive instead of understanding how they receive love.
5 Love Languages (Developed by Gary Chapman)
Applying love languages and building connection in your relationship
Gottman’s 4 Horsemen- Predictors of Divorce
If you’re noticing these in your relationship, it doesn’t mean you’ll get divorced. You can use it to build awareness and work through issues together.
Remember, it takes time to implement these changes, rebuild trust, and build connection. Give yourself and your relationship some kindness.
Resources:
Gary Chapman developed the idea of the 5 love languages. You can learn more here:
https://www.5lovelanguages.com/
John Gottman has researched relationships and developed insights into what makes relationships successful and lasting. You can learn more here: https://www.gottman.com/
You can also find more information about the books Bridget mentioned here: https://marriagingpodcast.com/book-recommendations/
Connect with Bridget
Bridget is a Licensed and Independent Clinical Social Worker in Massachusetts with over 12 years in the field. With specialties in relationship issues, life transitions, and anxiety, Bridget has worked with a wide range of clients. Her skills include tailored treatment approaches to work with those who may be experiencing depression, self-esteem concerns, life threatening illness, stress, parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, loss, and infertility and pregnancy. She has coached many individuals and couples through their processes of growth and has helped them to create a better life space for themselves. Her experience has allowed her to work across the United States as well as internationally and with a wide range of ages, backgrounds, diagnoses, socioeconomic classes and the barriers that come with each. Her counseling style is kind, interactive, and down to earth. At her core, she believes in treating everyone with empathy, kindness, and compassion. Change your worry into hope and fears into strength while cultivating healthy connection and communication. Bridget provides therapy and coaching for individuals and couples who find themselves in a challenging time and are looking for a Bridge to healthyself.
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.Bridgetohealthyself.com
Psychology today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/434412
Special thanks to:
Will Gladden of LEVEL Digital Music Entertainment for making the music for the podcast.
http://www.leveldme.com/
Connect with me:
My mission with the Marriaging podcast is to help you create a more authentic and connected relationship. I’m always working to provide you with the best help for improving communication and intimacy in your marriage. Please subscribe and leave a rating and a review to support the podcast.
Connect with me at marriagingpodcast.com
Facebook: @marriagingpodcast
Instagram: @marriagingpodcast
Twitter: @marriagingpod
Worry is exhausting and stressful. So many of us are experiencing worry right now. It can overwhelm your mind, your body, and your relationship.
We’ve all been battling COVID-19, and there’s a lot to be worried about.
I’ll be transparent with you: I’m not an expert on global pandemics and I don’t have the medical knowledge to share facts about this virus. But I do know about connection. I know that we all need connection and support. Friendship is important. Your larger support system is important. And your marriage, your significant relationship, can be one of the most encouraging, relieving, and peaceful supports for you right now.
So, if you’re feeling worried, I encourage you to think about how this is affecting your relationship.
So, take some time to reflect on your worry. Explore how it’s affecting you and your relationship.
This is an incredibly stressful season, and people are hurting and afraid in different ways. Whether you’re dealing with worry of job loss, sickness and death, or any other effects of this virus, you may feel very afraid or hopeless.
I just want to help bring you peace.
Know that you aren’t alone. We’re all in this. Our worries may be different, but at the end of the day, we all need the same things. Connection. Love. Security. Hope.
As you reflect on how your worry is impacting your relationship, I encourage you to explore what you each need, how you can be there for each other.
None of us really know how to deal with what the world is facing right now. And when we’re filled with worry, we tend to lose sight of ourselves and those we love. Our vision and our thought processing becomes clouded by all of the what-ifs.
So today, I hope you find peace.
As you feel the worry building within you, I encourage you to take deep, full breaths.
Fill your body with calm energy.
Let peace flow into all of your inner places that hold worry.
Sit and allow yourself to feel nurtured in this space.
Allow yourself to provide that same feeling of peace and nurturing to your partner.
Simply recognize the worry and invite peace.
In your relationship with your partner, invite patience.
As uncertainty fills the air, let the connection and love you share keep you both grounded and secure.
Let your relationship nurture you.
I hope and pray that you can find some bit of peace and comfort in this anxious world.
Sending love your way.
Special thanks to:
Will Gladden of LEVEL Digital Music Entertainment for making the music for the podcast.
http://www.leveldme.com/
Connect:
My mission with the Marriaging podcast is to help you create a more authentic and connected relationship. I’m always working to provide you with the best help for improving communication and intimacy in your marriage. Please subscribe and leave a rating and a review to support the podcast.
Connect with me at marriagingpodcast.com
Facebook: @marriagingpodcast
Instagram: @marriagingpodcast
Twitter: @marriagingpod
In this episode, Kelly Lynch, owner and coach at The Unapology Project, talks about dating after divorce and the keys to building trust in yourself.
We don’t talk about dating after divorce enough to help people prepare for it. The culture of dating has changed, and dating after a significant relationship has ended brings more challenges and more opportunities for growth.
How do you filter out what’s unhealthy vs. what’s healthy with dating after divorce?
Trust
Ownership and Accountability
How do you navigate taking accountability and taking that into your new dating world?
How can you know if someone is being transparent with you or not?
Prioritize yourself
Important points to remember when you consider dating after divorce:
About Kelly:
Kelly Lynch is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, former EMT, certified life coach, certified Fitness Trainer, and certified nutrition coach. Kelly owns two businesses, a private psychotherapy practice, Turning Point Wellness, and a private life coaching practice, The Unapology Project. She has ten years experience as an EMT, and over eleven years experience as a psychotherapist. Kelly's clinical experience is diverse, including working with children, families, and people with severe and persistent mental health disorders and substance addictions. She has contributed to the development of multiple emergency services programs, clinical programs, and education curriculums for emergency services personnel and clinical therapists, as well as having taught these programs. Kelly specializes in PTSD, along with anxiety and other trauma related disorders. Her superpower exists in the realm of language and story-telling, and she uses this to teach her clients how to define what it means to live life on their terms by being in control of themselves, the choices they make, and taking the best possible care of themselves.
https://www.theunapologyproject.com/
https://www.facebook.com/theunapologyproject
https://www.instagram.com/unapologetically.authentic/
Kelly also referenced Kristin Neff and her work with self-compassion. You can learn more at https://self-compassion.org/
Special thanks to:
Will Gladden of LEVEL Digital Music Entertainment for making the music for the podcast.
http://www.leveldme.com/
Connect:
My mission with the Marriaging podcast is to help you create a more authentic and connected relationship. I’m always working to provide you with the best help for improving communication and intimacy in your marriage. Please subscribe and leave a rating and a review to support the podcast.
Connect with me at marriagingpodcast.com
Facebook: @marriagingpodcast
Instagram: @marriagingpodcast
Twitter: @marriagingpod
Having a newborn can be exciting and sweet, and also stressful and challenging. You and your partner will experience many changes. It’s important to be able to accept those changes, and work to keep your relationship strong and close.
Changes you and your partner may experience when you bring your baby home:
All of these potential changes can sound overwhelming, but know that you aren’t alone. And as you are on this journey, remember that it’s important to have a strong relationship with your partner, to be able to care for yourselves and each other.
What you both can do to care for yourselves and your relationship:
Resources about bringing your baby home:
John Gottman and the Gottman Institute have studied couples and have great information about the effects of parenthood on marriage. https://www.gottman.com/blog/bringing-baby-home-the-research/
There are also workshops all across the country and internationally for parents. https://www.gottman.com/parents/new-parents-workshop/
Special thanks to:
Will Gladden of LEVEL Digital Music Entertainment for making the music for the podcast.
http://www.leveldme.com/
Connect:
My mission with the Marriaging podcast is to help you create a more authentic and connected relationship. I’m always working to provide you with the best help for improving communication and intimacy in your marriage. Please subscribe and leave a rating and a review to support the podcast.
Connect with me at marriagingpodcast.com
Facebook: @marriagingpodcast
Instagram: @marriagingpodcast
Twitter: @marriagingpod
In this episode, I talked with two women, Hannah and Andrea, about their pregnancies and their relationships- finding a balance, letting go of control, and everything else they’re learning along the way.
What was it like for you and your relationship when you began to discuss trying to get pregnant?
What is pregnancy like? How does it affect your relationship with your partner?
How do you find a balance between work and life and your relationship while experiencing the symptoms of pregnancy?
How have things changed more as you get later into your pregnancy?
What advice and action steps would you give to couples who are getting ready to give birth?
Connect with Andrea and Hannah:
You can find Andrea on LinkedIn as Andrea Atkinson Cotter https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaatkinson2/
You can find Hannah on Psychology Today at https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/hannah-tate-smith-greenville-sc/450679
Special thanks to:
Will Gladden of LEVEL Digital Music Entertainment for making the music for the podcast.
http://www.leveldme.com/
Connect:
My mission with the Marriaging podcast is to help you create a more authentic and connected relationship. I’m always working to provide you with the best help for improving communication and intimacy in your marriage. Please subscribe and leave a rating and a review to support the podcast.
Connect with me at marriagingpodcast.com
Facebook: @marriagingpodcast
Instagram: @marriagingpodcast
Twitter: @marriagingpod
If you and your partner are trying to conceive, it it’s important to keep your relationship strong and focus on supporting each other. The process of trying to conceive can be filled with stress and unexpected changes, so instead of getting stuck in worry, focus on what you can control.
Everyone’s experience with pregnancy and having children is different. However, there are some common issues that relationships may experience in the process of trying to conceive.
Problems in your relationship when beginning the process of trying to conceive:
Trying to conceive: tips for your relationship
I know this might be a difficult season of life as you and your partner are trying to get pregnant. Whatever your story is, know that I’m thinking of you and holding hope for you, friend. You aren’t alone. And your relationship with your partner can be the most supportive and loving space to help you cope with the stress of this season. So keep your relationship strong, and you’ll be able to get through everything else life brings.
Special thanks to:
Will Gladden of LEVEL Digital Music Entertainment for making the music for the podcast.
http://www.leveldme.com/
Connect:
My mission with the Marriaging podcast is to help you create a more authentic and connected relationship. I’m always working to provide you with the best help for improving communication and intimacy in your marriage. Please subscribe and leave a rating and a review to support the podcast.
Connect with me at marriagingpodcast.com
Facebook: @marriagingpodcast
Instagram: @marriagingpodcast
Twitter: @marriagingpod
You and your partner may be going through a challenging season of fertility issues right now. You feel alone, scared, isolated, and anxious. You shouldn’t go through infertility and trying to conceive alone.
Miscarriages, infertility, and other fertility issues bring hurt, grief, sadness, and loss. It can be painful, overwhelming, and shocking when you learn you may have difficulty getting pregnant, or that you might not be able to at all.
It’s important to know how infertility affects you and your relationship.
Here’s what you can do to care for your relationship when you and your partner are dealing with fertility issues:
Let me leave you with some words of love and support. I don’t know how your journey through infertility ends and I don’t know what’s at the other side of this for you. But I hope that you and your partner remember the gift you have in each other, that your relationship grows stronger through this, that your friendships become more authentic and supportive, and that your heart heals.
Special thanks to:
Will Gladden of LEVEL Digital Music Entertainment for making the music for the podcast.
http://www.leveldme.com/
Connect:
My mission with the Marriaging podcast is to help you create a more authentic and connected relationship. I’m always working to provide you with the best help for improving communication and intimacy in your marriage. Please subscribe and leave a rating and a review to support the podcast.
Connect with me at marriagingpodcast.com
Facebook: @marriagingpodcast
Instagram: @marriagingpodcast
Twitter: @marriagingpod
Addiction impacts your relationship with your partner. Whether alcohol, drug, or another addiction, it doesn’t live in isolation. Your relationship is affected. In this episode, Ross Hill, MMFT, LMFT, CAC-P, shares his knowledge of addiction from years of working with substance use issues. He gives helpful advice and encouragement for both partners, whether you’re not using and trying to establish boundaries and support for your partner, or whether you’re the one struggling with addiction and unsure of how to get help.
What are the signs that may tell someone if their partner is experiencing a substance use issue?
What do you do if you think your partner might have a problem with addiction?
What do you do if you think you might have a problem with addiction?
What you and your partner can do today to be open about addiction and gain support in healing:
Resources:
Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong: Johann Hari, Ted Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY9DcIMGxMs
Alcoholics Anonymous: https://www.aa.org/
Narcotics Anonymous: https://www.na.org/
Al-Anon Family Groups: https://al-anon.org/
Co-Dependents Anonymous: http://coda.org/
Favor: https://facesandvoicesofrecovery.org/
Celebrate Recovery (Christian faith perspective): https://www.celebraterecovery.com/
Connect with Ross:
Ross is a Marriage and Family Therapist and addictions counselor. He enjoys working with couples & individuals and looks for opportunities to spread awareness about mental health. He believes that everyone has the strength to overcome the obstacles they face, with the proper tools. Ross sees clients at his private practice in Spartanburg, SC.
[email protected]
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/ross-hill-spartanburg-sc/421557
Special thanks to:
Will Gladden of LEVEL Digital Music Entertainment for making the music for the podcast.
http://www.leveldme.com/
Connect with me:
My mission with the Marriaging podcast is to help you create a more authentic and connected relationship. I’m always working to provide you with the best help for improving communication and intimacy in your marriage. Please subscribe and leave a rating and a review to support the podcast.
Connect with me at marriagingpodcast.com
Facebook: @marriagingpodcast
Instagram: @marriagingpodcast
Twitter: @marriagingpod
The podcast currently has 37 episodes available.