What if the marriage advice you've been following your whole life is the exact reason you're stuck?

This week, Alicia and guest co-host Kishima Garcia sit down with Monica Tanner — certified relationship coach, host of Secrets of Happily Ever After, and author of Bad Marriage Advice — to bust open the myths that keep couples disconnected, resentful, and talking in circles.

Monica has spent years helping couples unlearn the clichés baked into how we think about love. Her approach, rooted in Relational Life Therapy, isn't about compromise and communication hacks — it's about telling the truth and building something real.

In this episode, we get into:

• Why "happy wife, happy life" is doing more damage than you think
• The problem with compromise — and what to do instead
• How to reframe sex and intimacy
• What actually breaks communication down in relationships
• The difference between conflict avoidance and real conflict resolution
• Negotiation and Renegotiating through life transitions
• Why most couples aren't broken — they're just exhausted and under-equipped

Whether you're a therapist, a partner who's tired of having the same fight on repeat, or someone who's wondered why the advice never quite works — this one's going to hit.

Monica doesn't do sugarcoating. Neither do we.

Connect with Monica: 🌐 monicatanner.com 🎙 Secrets of Happily Ever After (podcast) 📱 Instagram: @monitalksmarriage 📖 Bad Marriage Advice — badmarriageadvice.com