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Relationship Doctor episodes

August 15 How your bedtime routine impacts your relationship
On a road trip, tackling a summer cleanup, or just catching up on podcasts? QDT has you covered with Summer Saturday encores from your favorite shows. See the full Summer Saturday lineup on Spotify and enjoy this episode, which first aired in January 2022.

Episode 45: What does your bedtime routine say about your relationship? More than you might think. In this episode, Dr. Rachel Vanderbilt, the Relationship Doctor, breaks down the science behind bedtime.
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9 min
August 08 There's no such thing as a perfect person
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Summer Saturdays: Best of QDT | Episode 34: Does online dating feel more like a game and less like a process of finding your right person? Dr. Rachel Vanderbilt, the Relationship Doctor, explains why having too many choices in your dating apps may actually lead you to be less satisfied in your resulting relationships.

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8 min
August 03 Stop comparing you and your partner to "perfect" online relationships
On a road trip, tackling a summer cleanup, or just catching up on podcasts? QDT has you covered with Summer Saturday encores from your favorite shows. See the full Summer Saturday lineup on Spotify and enjoy this episode, which first aired in October 2021!

Episode 32: Perfect relationships don't exist. So why do we pretend they do when we look at other couples on social media? In this episode, Dr. Rachel Vanderbilt, the Relationship Doctor, explains how social comparisons can negatively affect your relationship!

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8 min
July 25 The truth behind 4 common relationship myths
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47. Do you believe that all disagreement is destructive? Or that your partner has to be able to read your mind? This week, the Relationship Doctor breaks down 4 common myths that can damage our relationships.

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9 min
July 18 What kind of flirt are you?
On a road trip, tackling a summer cleanup, or just catching up on podcasts? QDT has you covered with Summer Saturday encores from your favorite shows. See the full Summer Saturday lineup on Spotify and enjoy this episode, which first aired in August 2020.

Did you know that there are actually five different flirting styles? In this episode, Dr. Rachel Vanderbilt, the Relationship Doctor, explains why flirting is an important part of starting new relationships and maintaining established ones.

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9 min
June 20How to Thrive in a Relationship Even If You Have Anxious Attachment Style
If you often find yourself worrying that your partner is going to leave you, you aren't irrational—you might just have an anxious attachment style. And if you're among the one in five adults with anxious attachment style, you're probably extra sensitive to signs of emotional danger in a relationship.

In this episode, Dr. Stephen Snyder explains how relationship anxiety operates and why a natural sensitivity to emotional danger can accidentally trigger self-sabotaging "protest behaviors" (like spam-texting or freezing your partner out). Shifting the focus away from trying to "fix" yourself, Dr. Snyder shares four practical strategies to help you accept your needs, look for a partner who can provide genuine security, and learn to co-manage your anxiety for a stronger, healthier bond.

Key Takeaways:
Understand Anxious Attachment: Why your intense need for reassurance is a biological trait, not a flaw.
Identify Protest Behaviors: Spot the hidden ways anxiety causes us to test our partners.
Look for the "Three Rs": Why you need a partner who is Reliable, Reassuring, and Real.
Speak Up Early: How to communicate your security needs upfront without shame.

Encore Episode: This episode originally aired December 22nd, 2019.

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11 min
June 13 Understanding Your Love Language
It's really not that hard to identify someone's "love language." Just notice what they most complain about!

Encore Episode: This episode originally aired August 5th, 2019

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10 min
October 27, 2022 An Excerpt From Elsewhere
This week we are sharing an excerpt from a new audiobook, Elsewhere. Richly emotive and darkly captivating, with elements of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and the imaginative depth of Margaret Atwood, Elsewhere by Alexis Schaitkin conjures a community in which girls become wives, wives become mothers and some of them, quite simply, disappear.
13 min
October 20, 2022 An Unconventional Love Story
Opening in the early nineties and charting almost two decades of shared history and missed connections, Notes on Your Sudden Disappearance is both a breathtaking love story about two broken people who are unexplainably, inconveniently drawn to each other and a wryly astute coming-of-age tale brimming with unexpected moments of joy. Enjoy this excerpt from the audiobook.
11 min
September 13, 2022 What Happens At Yerba Buena
This week we are sharing an excerpt from a devastating new romance audiobook: Yerba Buena, by Nina LaCour.
14 min

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In a world filled with swipes and empty calories of connection, we need someone to help us navigate what it means to be in a present-day committed relationship. The Relationship Doctor is filled with…