Following on from our introduction two weeks ago, today we get stuck into the theme of ‘Dealing with Differences & Triggers’.  From the best to the most difficult relationship – no two people can always agree on absolutely everything – so how do we manage our differences and what can we do to minimise triggers? […]

There’s a whole lot of relationship news since our last podcast including, stuff about divorce day post the Christmas period as well as positive headlines about the UK’s fastest falling divorce rates across Europe, not to mention Meghan and Harry big statement!  So we introduce our theme and get stuck into topics like the forever […]

This close to the end of 2019, today’s podcast had to have a new year focus!  However, what this episode isn’t about is setting ourselves up to fail with unrealistic New Year Resolutions – that list of things that that we think we ought to do rather than realistic plans for real change!  What we […]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Stressmas! Will it be a ‘Merry Little Christmas’, will it be a ‘White Christmas’ or the ‘Nightmare before Christmas’?  According to the movies and songs, this should be the most wonderful time of the year, but it can in fact be one of the most stressful times of […]

Following Michaela’s interviews on several BBC Regional Radio stations, we thought we’d reflect on the tricky subject of infidelity and the findings of a morality survey conducted by the BBC which found that 3 in 5 adults (60%) who say they have been unfaithful to their partner also say it’s never acceptable to cheat.  So […]

Last time, we looked at this fairy tale phrase ‘Happily Ever After’ to understand what comes to mind when we think about the word marriage and if it is a Disney-like experience.  Today we delve into the specifics of happiness in the ‘happily ever after’ of real life.  Is constant happiness actually possible, can we […]

In popular Disney stories and fairy tales, ‘Happily Ever After’ always comes at the end of the story, when the villains have been defeated and every time, it seems that the couple are finally married and enjoy a very ‘Instagrammable’ style of wedding!  So, what are the perceptions’ of modern culture regarding the ‘happily ever […]

Following on from an email we received from a listener, we are speaking very specifically today about the actual ‘M’ word (rather than referring to the name of our podcast).  The title of today’s podcast is a quote from her email – do you also share this view, that if you’ve moved in with your […]

Don’t panic, if you’re not a fan of Strictly, this isn’t actually an episode dedicated to the show!  It is however about hobbies, interests and how important is it for a couple to share them together.  Following our own personal experience of sharing an interest that just one of us has (this is the dancing […]

Since our last podcast, there’s been quite a lot of media attention given to ‘marriage’ following some new statistics and research that has been released.  So much so, that Michaela’s had two radio interviews and she was invited to join a debating panel on BBC Ones’ show, BBC Sunday Morning Live!  There’s never enough time […]