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#401 Judgment and Grace

Judging others seems to be as easy for us as breathing air, and yet, when we judge we create an inner turmoil that exacts energy from us and leaves us feeling drained and exhausted. When we can learn ...

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#400 Honest, Equal, Intimate: Keys to a Stronger Marriage

A decades-long research project has learned that the quality of our lives depends on the quality of our relationships. And what a tragedy that so many of us do not have the tools to create deep, intim...

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#399 Adam and Eve and the Partnership of Marriage, part 2

How the world views Mother Eve is how the world views women. Doctrine from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that Eve was intelligent and courageous, that she understood that par...

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#398 Adam and Eve and the Partnership of Marriage, part 1

How the world views Mother Eve is how the world views women. Doctrine from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints teaches that Eve was intelligent and courageous, that she understood that par...

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#397 The Relationship Bucket

What does it take to create a beautiful and safe relationship? In this episode I am revisiting combining two analogies I’ve used before, the bucket analogy and the relationship circle, and I’m calling...

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#396 How to Have an Easy Relationship

Many of us were taught the idea that relationships are hard. But I have a secret for you. Relationships aren’t hard. Keeping your ego in check and behaving kindly rather than harshly is the hard part....

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#395 You Can’t Make Them Love You

Whether it’s a spouse, our children, our parents, siblings, friends, or coworkers, we don’t have a say in whether or not they choose to love us. And whether they love us or not, it says nothing about ...

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#394 How to Complain Better

For many of us complaining is just second-nature. It’s what we do when we want things to be different or when we want someone to see our struggle. And yet, complaining has a natural byproduct of shutt...

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#393 The Paralyzing Pursuit of Perfectionism

Perfectionism can seem like a worthy thing to work towards, but the truth is, it actually keeps us from creating and becoming our true selves. It holds us back from true connection and intimacy and du...

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#392 Vulnerability and Validation

Vulnerability and validation work together in our relationships to create intimacy and connection. When both people in a partnership are willing to step into both, we can create something magical. Whe...

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#391 The Christmas Adventure starring Calm and Chaos

Sometimes we get these expectations around the holidays, and we think that this should be such a magical time that no one should get grumpy or annoyed, and that we should feel the joy and peace of Chr...

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#390 You Can’t Fill Their Bucket

Many of us grew up hearing about the bucket analogy, an we were taught to believe that we could fill other people’s buckets by complimenting them or telling them great things about themselves. In this...

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