The Podcast

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...

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....

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Creating a partnership in our marriages was the goal when we got married, and yet many of us over the years, end up retreating into a paper marriage, a place where we live in the same space, but we do...

When Christ informed his disciples that one of them would betray them, their response was, ‘Is it I, Lord?’ When I’m confronted with something that I did wrong or an accusation, most often my immediat...

In this episode, Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife and I explored the intersection of spirituality and sexuality, particularly focusing on how societal and religious expectations impact LDS women's understa...

All of us are familiar with the feeling a resentment, the angst that comes from feeling anger, frustration, or envy about how someone else is showing up and we think we’re being taken advantage of or ...