Hi listeners, we're still on our break between season 3 and 4 but in the meantime we're going to leave you with a quick appetizer today.

Try treating your partner as you would treat your client, and see your relationship as something alive and ongoing.

We will be back next week to launch season 4 on July 24th with new exciting episodes that are sure to give you the dish you are looking for in your relationship. Iona & Pam, Relationship Dish

Here is a quick little 1 minute Appetizer for you about The balance and courage to stand alone.

We're taking a 2 week break while preparing to launch season 4 and will return July 24th with new exciting episodes that are sure to give you the dish you are looking for in your relationship. Iona & Pam, Relationship Dish

This week the therapists weigh in on the issue of addiction, in its many forms.

Listen in as they discuss their own addictions and the addictions of their family members and friends. Dive into the literature with them as they navigate through the various diagnostic and treatment models to find the right one for you.

This week the therapists dish and dive about affairs and infidelity.

Listen in as they dish about their own experiences with infidelity and affairs (spoiler alert, it's not pretty) and the impact they've had on their lives.

Learn from the literature how to deal with it, get past it or get out of it if it happens to you!

This week the therapists dish and dive about that critical voice in their heads, their inner critics.

They look at where they come from and how we can learn to manage them so they don't take over our lives. Listen in and learn how to beat those negative voices!

It's Fathers Day and This week the therapists dish and dive about fathers!

They look at the fathers of their own children and compare them to their own fathers, they dive about the importance of fathers and how a good relationship with father actually helps kids thrive all throughout life.

This week the therapists dish and dive about enmeshment.

They wonder if they are at times, enmeshed with their partners. Listen in as they dish about their own issues and explain what enmeshment is and how to deal with it so it doesn't run your life!

Listen in this week as the therapists dish and dive about seeing themselves in their partners. They realize that many things that trigger them about their partners are the very things that trigger them about themselves. Being in a relationship is like standing in front of a mirror 24/7 and when that mirror feels like one of those "fun house" mirrors, well, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

Listen in this week as the therapists conclude their interview with two women who are pros at making their marriage work.

Learn about what's challenged them over the years and how they've learned to overcome these challenges and continue to grow together. They are inspirational to us. Learn from the masters!

Listen in this week as the therapists offer yet another side dish!

This time, they interview two women who, despite big obstacles, have managed to create and maintain an incredibly happy and healthy relationship. Listen in to part 1 and find out which obstacles they faced and how they navigated them together. They are truly masters at their relationship and have much to teach us all. Next week we will conclude the interview with part 2.