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Ep 144: Betrayal and Forgiveness with Bruce Chalmer

Ep 144: Betrayal and Forgiveness with Bruce Chalmer

by Zach Beach | Sep 1, 2024 | Cheating and Betrayal, Forgiveness, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Skills for Love

Unfortunately, betrayal is going to happen in every relationship. No matter how many rules you come up with, you can’t come up with a perfect set of rules that will work for every situation that will come up. Life is unpredictable, including our own reactions to...

Ep 143: Loving Without Losing Your Mind with Todd Baratz

by Zach Beach | Aug 18, 2024 | Mental Health, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Self-Love, Skills for Love

We would be better served to think of finding a patner who is a team player, someone we can share a life with. Not someone who is going to solve our existential problems of what it means to be alive, not someone who is going to bring perfection and bliss into our...
Ep 142: How Stress Is Destroying Your Relationship with Elizabeth Earnshaw, MFT

Ep 142: How Stress Is Destroying Your Relationship with Elizabeth Earnshaw, MFT

by Zach Beach | Aug 4, 2024 | Mental Health, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Self-Love, Skills for Love

Our job is to figure out how to lessen our reactions to things. And the first step is to notice our reactions, so that we can reflect on what happened and learn to regulate ourselves better. We can all improve our self-regulation toolbox. We can figure out what works...
Ep 141: Make your relationship STRONG with Kristal DeSantis

Ep 141: Make your relationship STRONG with Kristal DeSantis

by Zach Beach | Jul 21, 2024 | Conscious Relationships, Men, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Skills for Love

Studies have shown that the quality of your relatioships determines the quality of your life. So being able ot be strong as a human being includes being able to be strong in your relationships. –  Kristal DeSantis What are the foundations for a STRONG...
Ep 140: The Wound of Love: Mysticism & Eroticism with David Odorisio, PhD

Ep 140: The Wound of Love: Mysticism & Eroticism with David Odorisio, PhD

by Zach Beach | Jul 7, 2024 | Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Spirituality, Trauma, Unconditional Love

The wound of love is the love that inflicts the wound and departs. It’s very interesting and very psychological connection between a God who loves and leaves. St. John of the Cross treats this as something to be desired, because it inflicts a wound that then...
Ep 139: Improving Mother-Daughter Relationships with Debra Mandel, Ph.D.

Ep 139: Improving Mother-Daughter Relationships with Debra Mandel, Ph.D.

by Zach Beach | Jun 23, 2024 | Conscious Relationships, Female Empowerment, Parenting, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone

A lack of responsibility in general is a problem in relationships. Because at those moments, I can say, that person isn’t really in a relationship. Because to be in a relationship means to understand that you are relating, so that your behavior influences your...
Ep 138: Becoming Better Men with Eric FitzMedrud, PhD

Ep 138: Becoming Better Men with Eric FitzMedrud, PhD

by Zach Beach | Jun 9, 2024 | Men, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Skills for Love

We can create a value shift in our society where it’s more important to us that you are a good human being, than you create good art. It’s more important that you are a good parent to your kids, than a successful person in your career. And men that feel...
Ep 137: Overcoming Anxious Attachment with Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD

Ep 137: Overcoming Anxious Attachment with Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD

by Zach Beach | May 26, 2024 | Attachment Theory, Mental Health, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Psychology, Relationships, Skills for Love

People who have insecure attachment styles are more vulnerable to feeling disrupted in their lives, they on average are more prone to distress, negavity, anxiety, and depression. So what happens when people have more insecure attachment styles is that they are more...
Ep 136: All About Limerence with Thais Gibson, PhD

Ep 136: All About Limerence with Thais Gibson, PhD

by Zach Beach | May 12, 2024 | Attachment Theory, Mental Health, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Psychology, Relationships, Skills for Love

Limerence is basically this state of mind where someone is obsessively infatuated with another person, and constantly thinks about them to the point where it affects their daily life in a negative way. The biggest difference between limerence and infatuation is the...
Ep 135: Speaking From the Heart with Dr. Heather Browne, PsyD, LMFT

Ep 135: Speaking From the Heart with Dr. Heather Browne, PsyD, LMFT

by Zach Beach | Apr 28, 2024 | Communication, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Relationships, Therapy

When people say they are ‘looking for their other half,’ it sounds nice, but as a therapist, I think ‘Oh no!’ Because going into a relationship expecting the other person to complete you is not a good intention.  Realize you already are complete, you are...
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