The John Howard Show

In this episode, you'll hear about how to cultivate a healthy relationship lifestyle that will benefit you and all of your relationships.

"None of us are ready for the relationships that we're in, even if we have relationship skills as individuals." – John Howard

Learn more about this episode of Ready Set Love at www.readysetlove.com/episode-24

Tune in to listen to how this powerful and often-overlooked quality of healthy relationships can make a big difference in your connection!

"People, when they are fully received feel valued and they feel respected and they feel understood. And at least with the couples I work with, those are all common complaints!" – John Howard

Learn more about this episode of Ready Set Love at www.readysetlove.com/episode-23

Tune in for a quick-start guide to understanding your emotions, labeling them, and then communicating them with the people in your life.

"Many of us keep up our guard too much, even with people that we designate as our key go-to people. And that's a problem, because relationships really benefit from sharing of emotion and sharing of vulnerability." – John Howard

Learn more about this episode of Ready Set Love at www.readysetlove.com/episode-22

Tune in to learn about one of the most common relationship dynamics so you can have more thoughtful and compassionate relationships!

"Both partners in this dynamic have a reasonable claim to frustration, and when they each talk about why the relationship is frustrating, they both make sense, because they're frustrated for good reason." – John Howard

Learn more about this episode of Ready Set Love at www.readysetlove.com/episode-21

My guest Dylan Davies and I discuss how partners can improve their communication about sex, paving the way to increased desire and deeper intimacy.

"You cannot perform an eroticectomy; you cannot excise the thing that turns you on the most." – Doug Braun-Harvey

Learn more about this episode of Ready Set Love at www.readysetlove.com/episode-20

In this episode, you'll learn about how you can get your needs met effectively as well as the 4 myths that prevent many people from doing so.

"Those things that we feel a need for and a desire for are the very things that can amplify our relationship." – John Howard

Learn more about this episode of Ready Set Love at www.readysetlove.com/episode-19

In this episode, Jungian analyst, world-renowned speaker, author and Episcopal priest J. Pittman Mcgehee discusses what it means to be truly married. It's deep, and reflects many decades of wisdom from a truly wise soul who has been on the front lines of psychotherapy and education for a long time.

"Realize that problems are natural, difficulty is not a choice, and that you become married through your problem solving." – J. Pittman McGehee

Learn more about this episode of Ready Set Love at www.readysetlove.com/episode-18

These days, dating can often be confusing and frustrating, but it doesn't have to! Tune in to hear my top-10 tips for navigating dating in the 21st century. You will learn what type of work you need to do on yourself before dating, how to develop a coherent dating strategy, and how to not burn out in the process.

"If you date in a very random and haphazard way, then the relationships you end up in are more likely to be random and haphazard, as well." – John Howard

Learn more about this episode of Ready Set Love at www.readysetlove.com/episode-17

In this episode, I bust 3 myths that exist in popular culture about what causes people to be attracted to one another. Whether you are single or in a committed relationship, the information in this episode will help you learn to be attractive!

"To the extent that we can generate more self-love and more self-compassion, we naturally become a more confident person." – John Howard

Learn more about this episode of Ready Set Love at www.readysetlove.com/episode-16

Love is complicated and often mysterious, but you have more control over it than you may think. The ideas in this episode will help you create deeper emotional bonds with the people around you, whether by strengthening your existing relationship, or helping you form a new connection.

"Love is what is left when everything else goes." – Rumi

Learn more about this episode of Ready Set Love at www.readysetlove.com/episode-15