My guests on this week's Best You Podcast episode are Mali Apple and Joe Dunn. Mali Apple and Joe Dunn are authors, relationship coaches, lovers, and best friends. In their award-winning book The Soulmate Experience: A Practical Guide to Creating Extraordinary Relationships, and their new book Wild Monogamy: Cultivating Erotic Intimacy to Keep Passion and Desire Alive, Mali and Joe share revolutionary ideas for keeping long-term committed relationships connected, fulfilling, sexy, and fun.
Check out the episode to learn more about how to initiate a tough conversation with your significant other, how to drop expectations when in a relationship, the importance of treating your partner as a guest in your life, the most important conversations couples should have before getting married, how to work through jealousy, and so much more.
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In this episode:
03:30 What was your first dating experience like for you two?
04:16 What was so powerful about communicating with letters first and what did you guys talk about in those letters?
06:41 What are some of the most important things you need to agree with each other about in a relationship?
09:04 How much do you think it is important to have visual attraction early on in a relationship?
11:02 What does it mean to view your significant other as a guest in your life?
12:58 What do you guys do to develop your own identity while also developing together as a couple?
14:59 Where do you think insecurities in relationships come from?
20:48 What kinds of conversations are important to have with a significant other before you make a lifelong commitment with them?
23:02 What is your opinion on the prevalence of arguments in relationships and how to deal with them?
30:48 How do you guys define love and what are some of the key ingredients that you need for lasting love?
32:07 What was it like entering a new relationship after you already had kids and why did it work so well for you guys?
37:09 What are your most important relationship habits?
43:05 Mali and Joe's 3 keys to getting closer to their best relationship
46:59 What advice do you have about initiating difficult conversations with a significant other?
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Mali and Joe’s 3 Keys to Getting Closer to Their Best Relationship:
1. Age well both physically and mentally
2. Laugh a lot
3. Have fun in discomfort
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Follow Mali and Joe on Social Media:
Website: www.maliandjoe.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/maliandjoe
Instagram: @maliandjoe
YouTube: @maliandjoe
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