Relationships Inside Out

The change of the seasons from summer to fall: a beautiful time of year but also the beginning of mental health challenges for many of us. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a common yet inhibiting mental health condition where our mood and energy dip with the change to darker or colder seasons. While this is common, it does not have to be debilitating. We are here to help!

Join us as we unpack SAD and tangible tools to overcome these shifts in mood, libido, and energy. The change of the seasons can be beautiful without all of the suffering that has come in years past. You are capable of taking control of these shifts in your body, and we cannot wait to help you get there!

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In two weeks, we give helpful guidance to help you date your partner and nourish your relationship for years to come! Later topics include: trauma, military families, gender roles, parenting, self-acceptance, domestic violence, and so much more!  

For more updates and helpful resources, follow us on Facebook at @RelationshipsInsideOutllc!

• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Seasonal Affective Disorder: An Overview of Assessment and Treatment Approaches
• 10 Ways to Beat the Winter Blues

Politics can be a taboo topic to discuss, with dissonance in views potentially creating stress, dissonance, relationship discord, and relationship cutoffs. But does it really have to be this way? We don’t think so! We are here to shine light on the topic and help you avoid getting swept up in political stress and toxicity.

Join us as we offer guidance to buffer your mental health, relationships, and overall well-being from the potential negative impacts of political stress. We all hold deeply seeded values, likely influencing how we vote and the political views we hold. But, we also hold the ability to choose how these things impact us and our relationships. You can overcome differences, and we are here to help!

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In two weeks, we give you tools to tackle the mood shifts and challenges that come with the changes in the seasons! Later topics include: trauma, military families, gender roles, parenting, self-acceptance, domestic violence, and so much more!  

 For more updates and helpful resources, follow us on Facebook at @RelationshipsInsideOutllc!

Some resources related to this episode

• Managing Conversations When You Disagree Politically
• 5 Principles for Talking Politics with Friends and Family
• How Not to Let Politics Ruin Your Family Dinner

Staying together for the kids. 

Breaking up or divorcing can be an excruciating process, made even more difficult when children are involved. As therapists, we often hear couples or partners say that they are staying in a relationship “for the kids.” While the intention behind the decision is based in love, this has the potential for risk to the children in the home, including impacts to their mental health long-term, negative influences on their future romantic partner preferences, daily stress, and more. 

Join us as we help dispel the myth that divorce is inherently bad for children. Through empirical research, we know that parental conflict before, during, and after divorce are what can harm children, not amicable parting of ways. Let us help you think through the decision to stay and go, weighing in the risks to your children!

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In two weeks, we guide you through how to reduce political stress at this intense political time. Later topics include: trauma, military families, gender roles, parenting, self-acceptance, domestic violence, and so much more!  

For more updates and helpful resources, follow us on Facebook at @RelationshipsInsideOutllc!

Some resources related to this episode:

• Don't Stay Together for the Kids
• 3 Problems with a Couple Staying Together for the Kids
• Should You Stay Together Only for the Kids?
• Parental Divorce or Separation and Children's Mental Health
• Children and Divorce

Anxiety. Anxiety attacks. Panic attacks. What are these? Do they all mean the same thing? What leads to panic attacks, and what do they feel like? How do you manage anxiety to prevent future panic attacks? How to you cope with a panic attack when it inevitably comes? We answer all of these questions and many more on this episode of Relationships Inside Out!

Join us as we differentiate between anxiety, anxiety attacks, and panic attacks. While each of these can be common and happen with any of us, they do not have to take over our lives, specifically panic attacks. We cannot wait for you to join in the conversation, filled with tools for prevention, management, and coping with panic attacks. It’s time for you to take back control of your mental health!

 If you find this episode, or any of our other episodes, helpful to you, please share with those that you love! Let us know what you think about what you want us to talk about next by emailing us at [email protected]! 

In two weeks, we unpack the risks of staying together for the kids! Later topics include: trauma, military families, gender roles, parenting, self-acceptance, domestic violence, and so much more!  

For more updates or helpful resources, follow us on @RelationshipsInsideOutllc!

Some resources related to this episode:

• Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder
• Is It a Panic Attack or Anxiety?
• The Science Behind Panic Attacks and What You Can Do to Manage Them
• 3 Reasons Why You Have Panic Attacks
• 5 Proven Techniques to Deal With Panic Attacks
• Panic Disorder: When Fear Overwhelms

Burnout of any type has the ability to impact us physically, mentally, and emotionally. It isn’t just our minds that wear out, but also our energy supply, patience, body, and capacity. Parenting has the ability to run us dry with its high level of demands and responsibility. We are hopeful we can help you tackle the stress as it comes so you can avoid parenting burnout! 

Join us as we unpack parenting burnout. Parenting is exhausting and HARD! Without the proper supportive tools, parenting has the ability to send our stress through the roof, bringing us to the point of burnout. It does not have to be this way! Join us to gain some tools to prevent parent burnout and enjoy your parenting journey! 

If you find this episode, or any of our other episodes, helpful to you, please share with those that you love! Let us know what you think about what you want us to talk about next by emailing us at [email protected]! 

In two weeks, we breakdown panic attacks and tools to help! Later topics include: trauma, military families, gender roles, parenting, self-acceptance, domestic violence, and so much more!  

For more updates and helpful resources, follow us on Facebook at @RelationshipsInsideOutllc!

Resources related to this episode:

• What to Know About Parental Burnout
• The Impact of Parental Burnout
• Examining the Epidemic of Working Parental Burnout and Strategies to Help
• Single Parenting Stress: How to Beat Burnout
• Differences in Parental Burnout: Influence of Demographic Factors and Personality of Parents and Children

Having a baby has the ability to turn a couple’s world upside down. Who we were before having babe, including our routines, sense of connection, priorities, intimate preferences, and so much more, changes in that moment. We are often not prepared for the changes we face, especially within our romantic partnership. We are here to help you and your partner face those challenges head on and remain connected and intimate after baby! 

Join us as we welcome back Angela Das, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and new parent educator, for the second part of our two-part series with her! For part two, Angela dives into how to keep the relationship connection and intimacy alive after baby is born. Angela offers her expertise in tools to help couples keep expectations realistic and the connection alive. Physical touch, emotional vulnerability, and sex do not need to move to the back-burner with our new little one. Join us to learn more! 

If you find this episode, or any of our other episodes, helpful to you, please share with those that you love! Let us know what you think about what you want us to talk about next by emailing us at [email protected]! 

In two weeks, we dive into parent burnout! Later topics include: trauma, military families, gender roles, parenting, self-acceptance, domestic violence, and so much more!  

For more update and helpful resources, follow us on Facebook at @RelationshipsInsideOut!

Resources related to this episode:

• Sex After Pregnancy: Set Your Own Timeline
• When Couples Become Parents: The Impact on Your Relationship
• How Women Recover Their Sexuality After Childbirth
• Getting Real With Sex After Pregnancy
• 5 Ways to Keep Your Relationship Strong After Having a Baby
• Angela Das, IBCLC - Motherhood Untamed Lactation & Education

It’s that exciting moment when a couple announces that they are soon having a baby. As a couple, the focus immediately goes to baby showers, picking the baby’s name, choosing their birthing plan and space, and selecting those cute first outfits for baby and mom. Rarely do we think about how to prepare our marriage for postpartum or prepare our mental health for the challenges that lie ahead after birth, including breastfeeding barriers, exhaustion, navigating parental roles, shifts in our marriage, and much more. 

Join us as we welcome a very special guest for a two-part series, Angela Das, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and new parent educator. For part one, Angela shares her in-depth knowledge of challenges and potential tools for feeding baby and creating a team mentality in couples in postpartum. Angela also dives into maternal gatekeeping and how to avoid this common, yet potentially maritally devasting, pattern post-birth. You do not want to miss this one! 

If you find this episode, or any of our other episodes, helpful to you, please share with those that you love! Let us know what you think about what you want us to talk about next by emailing us at [email protected]! 

In two weeks, we are ecstatic to welcome Angela Das, IBCLC back for part 2 in our series with her, this time focusing on intimacy and sexuality in postpartum! Later topics include: trauma, military families, gender roles, parenting, self-acceptance, domestic violence, and so much more!  

For more updates and helpful resources, follow us on Facebook at @RelationshipsInsideOutllc!

Some resources related to this episode:

• Maternal Gatekeeping: What It Is, Examples, & How to Stop
• 3 Reasons Behind ' Maternal Gatekeeping,' According To A Psychologist
• Who are the Gatekeepers? Predictors of Maternal Gatekeeping
• Angela Das, IBCLC - Motherhood Untamed
• Motherhood Untamed Virtual Class (Breastfeeding + Baby Care Basics + Preparing for Parenthood)

Imagine running into a wall made of thick steel. It is likely that the wall would not budge and you might feel pain and helpless at breaking it down. Rigid boundaries are akin to that steel wall: firm, immoveable, and unforgiving. While rigid boundaries are often born out of self-protection, people with these boundaries may reinforce the very things they fear: rejection, isolation, loneliness, and emotional pain. 

Join us as we explore the second part of our boundaries series, rigidity. In opposition to last week’s episode focusing on enmeshment, this week we unpack rigid boundaries, boundaries that are firm, inflexible, and often inconsiderate of other’s desires. If you or someone you know leads with these impenetrable boundaries, you don’t want to miss this episode! 

If you find this episode, or any of our other episodes, helpful to you, please share with those that you love! Let us know what you think about what you want us to talk about next by emailing us at [email protected]! 

In two weeks, we welcome another guest, Angele Das, IBCLC, for part one of our two-part series with her. This episode discuss all things breastfeeding and maternal gate keeping after birth! Part two will focus on intimacy and sexuality in postpartum. We are honored to share her expertise! Later topics include: trauma, military families, gender roles, parenting, self-acceptance, domestic violence, and so much more! 

For more updates and helpful resources, follow us on Facebook at @RelationshipsInsideOutllc

Some resources related to this episode:

• What are Personal Boundaries? (PDF)
• Are Your Boundaries Too Weak or Too Rigid?
• Families and Groups with Rigid Boundaries

Boundaries are at the core of any healthy relationship. Boundaries dictate how close or distant we are from another person, including physically, mentally, and emotionally. When those boundaries become weak and permeable, we have now entered into the territory of enmeshment. Enmeshment is born out of a desire for love and closeness, but potentially breeds the risk of loss of self, diminished confidence, and volatile relationship patterns.

Join us as we define enmeshment, identify the risks of this boundary level, and ways to strengthen boundaries for your own health, as well as others. Boundaries can be very difficult to navigate, especially when there has been a consistent pattern of a lack of boundaries before. Let us help you identify if this is something you may be facing and ways to hold loving yet confident boundaries!

If you find this episode, or any of our other episodes, helpful to you, please share with those that you love! Let us know what you think about what you want us to talk about next by emailing us at [email protected]! 

In two weeks, we dive into part two of our two-part series on boundaries, rigidity! Later topics include: trauma, military families, gender roles, parenting, self-acceptance, domestic violence, and so much more! 

For more updates and helpful resources, follow us on Facebook at @RelationshipsInsideOutllc!

Some resources related to this episode:

• The Enmeshed Family System: What It Is and How to Break Free
• How to Set Healthy Boundaries With Anyone
• How to Set Boundaries with Toxic People

Sex and intimacy, both holding the potential for so much pleasure but also so much pain. Sex therapy, a specialized type of therapy that focuses on strengthening our intimate and sexual selves, helps with understand any barriers or fears that inhibit our most intimate experiences, as well as provide tools to live a fully satisfying sexual life. We are eager for you to tune into this episode and hear from a certified sex therapist about how sex therapy could be in incredible resource for you or someone you love! 

Join us as we welcome our next guest, Abby Neuberg, MA, LMFT, LPC, Certified Sex Therapist, to talk about sex therapy! Abby explains what to expect in sex therapy, common concerns that sex therapists can help individuals and couple address, and some tools to improve intimacy and sex. We are all prone facing challenges with our intimate and sexual selves at various points in our lives, but we don’t have to struggle alone! Que: sex therapy! 

If you find this episode, or any of our other episodes, helpful to you, please share with those that you love! Let us know what you think about what you want us to talk about next by emailing us at [email protected]! 

In two weeks, we go into part one of our part series on boundaries, starting with enmeshment! Later topics include: trauma, military families, gender roles, parenting, self-acceptance, domestic violence, and so much more!

For more updates and helpful resources, follow us on Facebook at @RelationshipsInsideOutllc!

Some resources related to this topic:

• What Is Sex Therapy? 
• Sex Therapist: What They Do and When to See One
• How to Pick the Right Sex Therapist
• American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (Referral Directory)