In episode 97 of The Couples Expert Podcast Stuart and Risa Ganel talk about physical and emotional health and how it relates to your relationship. Risa Ganel is a marriage and family therapist who practices in Columbia, MD. Listen as she and Stuart talk about physical and psychological health and the impact on love and relationships. 

What you’ll learn from today’s broadcast:

• Having a stable family background doesn’t necessarily mean you won’t have relationship problems at 6:00
• The Leukemia/Lymphoma Society trains people to run and cycle for fundraising with “Team in Training “ at 7:35
• Depression and anxiety can be directly linked to physical fitness 9:50
• Physical activity is a great anti-depressant at 10:41
• How physical fitness affects your relationship at 18:00
• How physical work figures into couples therapy 21:21
• Your partner may decide not to participate at 22:42

It’s amazing how physical fitness, physical health and feeling fit can affect you and your partner both. While it’s wonderful if you and your partner both can participate, it’s okay if only one partner is doing the work. It may or may not motivate your partner to get involved. What’s important is that you do it for you, so that you can be healthy and feel great. Of course you love your partner and want them to look and feel at their best so that you can have a long and healthy life together. Remember, working out isn’t about how you look, although that will change for the better as you make progress, it’s about feeling good and being healthy for a long and happy lifetime together.

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