Why Your Relationships Suck?

By Robert Conlin

A podcast about creating strong relationships with courage and heart. Here we explore what gets in the way of the relationships we yearn for. The relationships to ourselves, those we love, and as full... more

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Why Your Relationships Suck? episodes:

June 18, 2020…Episode Eight with Jennifer Lovely
Episode Summary
Jennifer Lovely is a Mom of two Men, an Ontological Coach, curious about life, curious about humans and has the desire to see all of humanity living inside their integrity. She believes that is done by reclaiming our grace. She shares about parenting through her children’s heroin addiction and how their affliction gave her access to her own transformation.

Guests:

Jennifer Lovely

Show Notes
Jennifer dives into her understanding of integrity and grace
The ancient Hawaiian practice of forgiveness
What she learned when she dropped her son off at rehab
Acquiring the resilience and stamina in being the mom to two meth and heroin addicts
On understanding her part in her relationships
Becoming a grandma and celebrating both of her son’s sobriety.
The need to be more interested in your self-transformation before others
Allowing every part of you to have a voice
Reclaiming grace through it all
Saying Yes to find out what your No’s are. Receiving feedback.
Links Mentioned:
https://upliftconnect.com/hawaiian-practice-of-forgiveness/www.wemeetagaincoaching.com
https://www.findtreatment.gov/
Follow Us:
https://www.jenniferlovelycoaching.com/
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.l.pilates
Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com
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May 10, 2020…Episode Seven with Shona Moeller
Episode Summary

I have my wife, Shona, on the show today to talk all things relationship while we navigate the unknown of our pregnancy. At 20 weeks Shona’s water broke and we were told all hope was lost for our first child. Now at 26 weeks and 2 days Shona is admitted in the hospital fighting for our baby’s life during the COVID-19 Pandemic. We talk about what we are learning about the relationships to ourselves, becoming and being parents, our marriage, spirituality, and our little Forest. We cried.

Guests:
Shona Moeller

Show Notes
We share what we learned about ourselves experiencing pPROM at 20 weeks
Having conversations with Forest and what he is teaching us
All is well that ends well, right?
I am love and am loved
Double dose of spirituality and divinity in the time of the unknown
Synchronicity and feeling the same things at the same time while apart
Relationship to becoming a mother and father
The pain of needing help, the courage to ask for it, and the audacity to receive it.
What we are learning about our marriage
The Cosmic Soulfulness of our baby
Links Mentioned:
https://www.accomplishmentcoaching.com/
www.wemeetagaincoaching.com
www.shonamoeller.com
https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/261137-overview
https://www.gofundme.com/f/grow-forest-grow
Follow Us:
www.wemeetagaincoaching.com
www.shonamoeller.com
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/shona.moeller
Instagram
@wemeetagaincoaching

Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com

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51min
April 08, 2020...Episode Six with Jess Hopp
Episode Summary
Jess and Bob share what it’s like when there is not much to do. We discuss our experience of being business owners during the pandemic, what we are noticing about ourselves, and the opportunity we see in the problems we are all facing. Jess then digs into her intimate and vulnerable experience in consciously divorcing her husband. The importance of getting supported and also noticing when the feelings come back up.
Guests:
Jess Hopp
Show Notes
We talk about our experience of the COVID-19 Pandemic
How an event planner plan events in the time of social isolation
Practicing self care like a ten year old
Transformation and self care
Defining ourselves from the doing to the being
How not knowing who we are impacts our relationships
Living together when you know it's over
Moving back home as adult
Is this the walking Dead?
The importance of having tools in the time of unknown
How working with professionals is critical in moving through with love
Links Mentioned:
●    https://www.amc.com/shows/the-walking-dead
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov
Follow Us:
●    Our Website
  www.theplannercollective.com
●    Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/theplannercollective

●    Instagram
@theplannercollectiveco
Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com

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April 03, 2020 …Episode Five with Me- Bob Conlin
Episode Summary
Trigger Warning: Bob share’s about the possibility of losing his child.
Bob shares his experience is receiving tragic news when his wife’s water broke at 20 weeks pregnant. One day they were building the nursery, getting ready for their little one. On the next day, they were faced coming to terms with losing their baby. They have come so far to end up here. Bob shares what’s he’s learned about himself in the weeks since getting the news, what he’s learned about his relationship with his wife, and the relationship with the unknown
Guests:
Bob Conlin
Show Notes (10+ bullet points)
●   Bob shares updates on where they are in their pregnancy and process
●   What we are learning about ourselves in our marriage.
●   The relationship to the unknown
●   How hope is heartbreaking, hope vs dread, what do you pick?
●   The wisdom of our baby’s soul, what it teaches us about
●   Panic attacks and reaching out for help
●   Hearning the name Emma, a name meaning whole and universal
●   Thanks to family and our mothers for supporting us
●   What you can learn about yourself in your own unknowns in the uncertain time
●   Gratitude for the outpouring of love and support
Links Mentioned:

●    https://www.marchforbabies.org/
●    https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/p659.html
●    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/laugh-cry-live/201610/9-compassionate-tips-surviving-the-death-your-baby

Follow Us:

●    www.conlincoching.com
●   www.wemeetagaincoaching.com
●    https://www.facebook.com/bob.conlin.779
●   @relationshipwisdumb

Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com
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March 27, 2020 …Episode Four with Me- Bob Conlin and My Broken Heart
Episode Summary
Trigger Warning: Bob share’s about the possibility of losing his child.
Bob shares his experience in receiving tragic news when his wife’s water broke at 20 weeks pregnant. On Sunday they were building the nursery, getting ready for their little one. On Monday, they were faced coming to terms with losing their baby. They have come so far to end up here. Bob shares his experience of what it was like becoming a father, what happened, and what he and his wife are going through now.
Guests:
Bob Conlin's Breaking Heart
Show Notes
●   What is was like learning how to want to become a father
●   Sharing about the morning we found out we were pregnant
●   The fear of becoming a father
●   When I realized I was going to be taking second place to the baby
●   What happened when my wife’s water broke at 20 weeks while building the nursery
●   Pandemic and testing for loss
●   How helpless we feel in all of this
●   There is so much of this pain and grief in the world that we don’t talk about
●   Wanting to help, being helped, and helpless
●   Everyday it gets more sad
Links Mentioned:

●    https://www.marchforbabies.org/
●    https://www.aafp.org/afp/2006/0215/p659.html
●    https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/laugh-cry-live/201610/9-compassionate-tips-surviving-the-death-your-baby

Follow Us:

●    www.conlincoching.com
●   www.wemeetagaincoaching.com
●    https://www.facebook.com/bob.conlin.779
●   @relationshipwisdumb

Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com
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50min
March 20, 2020...Episode Three with Steph and Bennett Williamson
Episode Summary
Steph and Bennett share their experience in going from we do to we give up. A very vulnerable episode where we go deep to understand what it’s like to not be heard in marriage. The frustrations and fear of having one unsatisfied partner come to terms with her oblivious partner. Steph and Bennett open up what to it’s like to reinvent themselves in their marriage and lean into both the masculine and feminine energies of who they are in support of the love they were both craving. It all works out fine in the end but the journey there is incredible.
Guests:
Steph Williamson
Bennett Williamson
Show Notes
What’s it like to bring a hard conversation to your partner?
The frustrations when they can’t hear what’s so hard to speak.
Maybe we aren’t;t meant to be, how do we know?
Steph talks about her Accomplishment Coaching Team supporting her with a special acknowledgment to Rodney Mueller
Getting bad advice from family and friends and how the impacts our process
We Dive into Masculine and Feminine Practices To support Conscious Coupling
How the answers to what we want in our relationships are within
Turning inward and discovering intuitive gifts
How we don’t give ourselves credit for the capacity of what we can be with
The importance of professionals in reinventing relationships;
Links Mentioned:
●    www.accomplishmentcoaching.com

●    https://www.rodneymueller.com/
https://chopra.com/articles/find-the-balance-between-your-feminine-and-masculine-energy
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists?search=
Follow Us:
●    Our Website
www.StephWill.com
https://calendly.com/bennett-williamson-coaching/60min

●    Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/stephanieewilliamson

●    Instagram @stephwillinspire

Linked IN

https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephwillinspire/

http://linkedin.com/in/bennett-williamson-p-e-aa917080

Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com

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42min
March 19, 2020...Episode Two with Christina Stathopoulos
Episode Summary

Christina Stathopoulos of Hear Her Roar, international speaker, leadership coach & trainer for millennial women brings her courage and heart to the DADDY ISSUE EPISODE!

Bouncing off of Bob’s idea of the neglect of a parent who is no longer living versus the neglect of a parent who is not responsible for his dysfunction and the impact it has.

Speaking of impact, my desire is to lead the world in having more conversations that are expressions of our joy and feel as connected as family.

Guests:

Christina Stathopoulos

Show Notes (10+ bullet points)
Quick note and apology to our parents for going out loud and authentic
Living with a father diagnosed with Bi-Polar
Living with a father who died
Processing what’s actually happening in parental relationships
Becoming aware as children and as adult children
Chasing approval and causing trouble
How healing isn’t linear
Getting woken up at 2 am to create a business plan
Making your way towards peace and joy
Give yourself permission to heal, over and over again, and be patient with it.
Links Mentioned:
About Bi-Polar https://www.nami.org/learn-more/mental-health-conditions/bipolar-disorder
About Grief https://www.helpguide.org/articles/grief/coping-with-grief-and-loss.htm
About Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families https://adultchildren.org/
Follow Us:
Our Website www.hearherroar.net
https://www.facebook.com/hearherroarcoach/
Instagram @hearxtinaroar

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/cstat/

Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com

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March 18, 2020...Episode One with Leighann Amanda
Episode Summary

Ontological Relationship Coach Leighann Amanda shares about her experience in discovering what was in the way of her relationships. Her commitment to supporting men in being fully expressed in love and relationship and how critical it is to get to know all of yourself in the quest to find love.

Guests:
Leighann Amanda

Show Notes
What the heck is an Ontological Relationship Coach?
The importance of growing our own awareness
How we can get righteous in our transformation inside of a relationship
We talk about powerful questions to ask in discovering what you want.
The importance of building a solid loving relationship with yourself
Bob shares when he knew what was in the way of his next relationship
Yep, we talk about self-love and what the heck that means
We share our stories of working on our own issues in therapy
Exploring Internal Family Systems (inner children and others)
Relationship patterns
Why working with a coach helps
Links Mentioned:
Internal Family Systems https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapy-types/internal-family-systems-therapy
Follow Us:
Our Website https://www.leighannamanda.com/
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/leighann.amanda1
Linked in https://www.linkedin.com/in/leighannamanda/
Instagram @leighann.amanda

Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com
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March 17, 2020 Teaser
Why Your Relationships Suck? A podcast about creating strong relationships with courage and heart. Here we explore what gets in the way of the relationships we yearn for. The relationships to ourselves, those we love, and as fully expressed leaders in the world. We look for the gold in our most tragic relationship experiences, share our intimate stories, and the steps we took to overcome some of the most common relationship challenges many of us face. Learn more about Bob Conlin here: www.conlincoaching.com

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The podcast currently has 9 episodes available.