Welcome to Episode 33!

Today’s show is part one of a two part interview with two extraordinary artists: Joshua Hagler, and Maja Ruznic.  I’m a huge fan of these two professionally, so it was a real privilege to get a look inside their personal lives. This was a very long interview, so I’ve clipped out several sections that we’ll be releasing as bonus clips for patreon subscribers (you can find more about our patreon campaign at patreon at patreon.com/together).

What we left in was, frankly, the segments about their challenges. These two are a very successful and very happy couple, but they do have one consistent challenge, and that’s money. It will come as no surprise to you that being a successful artist doesn’t always mean financial security. And that fact has a serious impact on artists all over the world - and their personal lives.  These two have been courageous enough to drop the veil for a time, and to be honest with us about how money impacts their lives and careers.  

You can find more about Josh and Maja at their websites.  Josh’s website is: http://joshuahagler.com, and Maja’s website is http://www.ontheedgeofreason.com/.

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Welcome to Episode 32! 

Today’s episode is part two of an in interview with KT Nelson and Doug Winter. If you haven’t listened to part 1, you might want to go back and do that, because it will give you some more context for what’s going on today.  That said, today’s show really does by itself.

Today we explore questions of infidelity and sexual power dynamics.

If you would like to learn more about KT Nelson, you can find her at the ODC Dance Website.

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Today’s episode is part 1 of a two-part interview about a couple that’s still flirting with each other after more than 40 years.  This isn’t to say that they or everything they have done has done been perfect. In fact, these two have been through more life - the ups and downs - than anyone has a right to expect! It’s more that by choosing to break the mold of certain social conventions, they were able to craft a relationship they actually wanted to be in - and whether they were entirely aware of what they were doing at the time or not, what they created is still working today.

Part one of this interview is about of breaking a social mold, and how to build a life together afterwards.  And in Part two, which we release on Thursday, we explore the question of what infidelity really is, anyway, and the ins and outs of a sexual power dynamic.

You can learn more about KT Nelson at the ODC Dance Website.

If you would like to support what we’re doing at Together, please don’t be shy about leaving us a review on iTunes - reviews help us to reach more listeners on iTunes, so we very much appreciate it.  If you would like to support us financiall, you can find our crowdfunding campaign at www.patreon.com/together.

Welcome to Episode 30!

Today’s episode is part 2 of an interview about the struggles inherent to trust and communication, and which are made more challenging by non-monogamy.  If you haven’t heard Tuesday’s episode, you should probably go back and listen to that, because it will give you some more context for what’s going on today.

To recap, on Tuesday, Esther and Chris shared how and why they became non-monogamous in the first place, and some of their concerns about how it’s going so far.

In today’s episode they share with us the details about a challenge they’re currently facing, and that remains unresolved.  It takes a lot of courage for these two to be as open with us as they are, so thank you Esther and Chris, thank you.

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Welcome to Episode 29! 

This week we’re presenting a twopart interview about challenges that are inherent to all romanticrelationships, but which in this case are made more apparent bynon-monogamy.

There is no tidy resolution tothis story. These two are very much in the midst of a dispute, andwe’re going to a first hand view of what it’s like to be in themiddle of a potentially critical challenge, without all the rightsanswers that come from hindsight.

But these two are committed tosomething that they think is important, and as a result they’rewilling both to share their challenges with us, and to continueworking it out with each other.

As a listener, you willinevitably have your judgments about the couple in this interview,but as I have said before on these shows, I invite you to suspendyour judgment for the time. Rather allow what these two areexperiencing to represent for you the challenges that we all facewith our partners.  Relationships are hard, no matter theconfiguration. Intimacy and honesty are intimidating, no matteryour partner. We all fall down despite our best intentions, and yetwe carry on.  

Enjoy the show!

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Welcome to Episode 28!

Today’s episode is about about love at first sight, and then the inevitable realities of life together for the long term.

The story of how these two met and then got to know one another is straight out of a romance novel.  But to hear the details you’ve got to listen to the show!

You can find out more about John and Odette at their blog: amormorado.tumblr.com. Odette is also on Instagram at: @theharmonytribe

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Welcome to Episode 27!

Today’s episode is a story about taking control

Bryan and Jennifer are leading a couple’s

We have posted two bonus clips from today’s

Welcome to Episode 26!

Today’s episode is part two of our interview with Andy and Jennifer.  If you haven’t heard part 1, you should probably go back and listen to that, because it will give you some more context for what we’re talking about today.  

Today, we get to hear about how adding children into the mix has changed everything for this couple.  It will come as no surprise to you that parenting is hard, but these two share with us just how exhausting the process really can be. The good news is that with the help of therapy and a healthy dose of love and determination, these two have developed some really fantastic tools for parenting on empty, and well and we’ll get to hear all about those.

As I mentioned in the show, Andy is in the solar business, so if you’d like to learn more about solar energy, feel free to contact him directly at 510-740-2714.  You can also check out his company at www.sungevity.com.

In other news. we launched a crowdfunding campaign on Patreon.  If you like what we’re doing here at Together, please take a look at the the campaign page, and consider donating anything you can easily afford.  It makes a huge difference, so thank you!

Welcome to Episode 25! 

Andy and Jen are the kind of couple that gives everyone else hope for their own relationship. They’re fun and energized, yet they somehow manage to stay grounded–they’re the kind of couple you can rely on.

And their honeymoon phase seemed to go on forever. How could they be so happy for so long.

How can they hold down two careers and yet show up at every major party in the city? It defied logic. And so this first episode is all about the secret they applied to maintain that combination of stability and adventurous fun for so very long.

On Thursday’s episode, we’ll hear how adding children into the mix changed everything. More on that in due course.

So with that, let’s go to Andy and Jen.

Welcome to Episode 24! 

Today’s episode is part two of the Jen and Harmony interview.  If you haven’t listened to Tuesday’s show, you should probably go back and do that first, because it will give you some more context for what’s going on today.

To recap, in the last episode, Jen and Harmony shared with us how they met and came together, and then how breaking up ultimately saved their relationship.

Today, we turn to the question of marriage.  Now these two aren’t engaged - but they are committed, and they both plan to be together indefinitely.  So that always raises the question: why not marry?  And before we can answer that, we have to ask what marriage is, actually?  What is the commitment we’re making when we take those vows?  And why do we bother?  These two are in the midst of answering that question, and I think you’ll enjoy listening to their process.

Enjoy the show!

In related news, as you may know, we recently launched a crowdfunding campaign, and we’re getting ready to release some exclusive content their from this very episode!  If you like what we’re doing here at Together, please take a look at the the page.  Any support you can give is extremely valuable!