Relationship Dish

Listen in this week as the therapists talk with two single women about their lives and loves.

Learn how they thrive in a "couples' world" and understand where and how they find meaning in their lives. What relationships matter most to them? What fulfills them? What teaches them about themselves? Part 2 will continue next week. Don't miss it!

This week the therapists dish and dive about the low level forces that can compete with intimacy.

They look at their own relationship struggles and learn how things like pride, the search for objective truth and power struggling can arm wrestle with the intimacy you share with your partner.

Learn how to spot and conquer these forces before they damage your relationship.

This week the therapists dish and dive about Seasonal Affective Disorder aka SAD.

With the fall time change upon us, many of us struggle with having less daylight hours. Pam and Iona weigh in on the issue of seasonal depression and come up with some great preventative measures to keep you from feeling down during the darkest months of the year.

This week the therapists dish and dive about getting blindsided; when the universe throws you a curveball. Iona weighs in on her recent experience of being knocked off her feet with unexpected bad news and realizes how excessive worry does not protect her or control any further reverberations. Pam weighs in on some of the curveballs that life's thrown at her, and looks at how she's navigated through without actually dealing with her feelings. They dive into the literature about how to deal with the unexpected in a healthier and more productive manner. Life throws us curveballs, learn how to deal!

This week the therapists weigh in on their relationships with their mothers....cue scary music!

They wonder how they're like them, different from them and how they've been generally influenced by their mothers.

Listen in this week as the therapists answer a listener's question:

How do you know when to leave a relationship?

Pam and Iona discuss the reasons for having left or stayed in their own relationships through the years, then dive into some literature that can help guide the decision whether to stay or to go.

This week, as a special thanksgiving episode, the therapists dish and dive about loneliness.

Pam and Iona discuss the difference between being alone and being lonely and reminisce about times in their lives when they've felt lonely. They dive into the literature and learn that there's a difference between being alone and feeling lonely.

They're not the same! Listen in and learn.

This week Pam and Iona weigh in on dreams.

Listen in as they share some of the more exciting, reoccurring and cryptic dreams they've had over the years. Then they dive into the literature about dreams and share some of the most interesting psychological ways to interpret dreams.

Do dreams really come from the unconscious, bringing with them valuable insight into our psyches, or are they just random, meaningless movies we get to watch while we sleep? Listen in and learn!

This week the therapists dish and dive about couples counselling.

Both of them have attended and benefitted from couples counselling over the years but also understand that sadly, it can be quite stigmatized in our society. They dive into the literature and understand why it's been such a stigma, both socially and culturally, and offer some ideas to help you get over these obstacles so that you can have your best and most loving relationship.

This week the therapists dish and dive about some of the impulses they have and what they do with them.

It seems that both therapists have some pretty dark impulses in their relationships and aren't always sure how to proceed. As they dive into the literature, they learn why these impulses are both useful and informative.

Learn how to work with your impulses in a safe and productive way.