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Here is a little teaser for our first episode that we will be dropping on Thursday, January 5 at 8 am MT. 

Mads and I continue the conversation about working on ourselves. We are proud of ourselves and that is pretty exciting! We have been abstaining from alcohol, working out, and focusing on positive self talk. National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditionsby NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 31,079 people in USA HKU Hong Kong University, published in canadian...

We meet Sara and Travis, who are in their second marriage. We discuss what is helping make this marriage work including honesty, boundaries, healing from past relationships, and prioritizing the current relationship. Their interview is segmented into two episodes. 

When a couple decides that one member or both want to leave the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, there is a high probability that the relationship will not survive. I saw my own marriage dissolve after leaving the LDS faith. Meet Parley and Erica and their relationship that was actually strengthened by leaving the faith. We discuss their leaving of the religion, the impacts on their re...

In this episode, we discuss our trip to Spain, what we saw, and what we learned about each other. We learned how to be a better team by becoming very aware of our strengths and weaknesses. This trip invigorated us as a couple. We attended a family wedding and it gave us some ideas for our own ;) Mark your calendars because Tony has his first show on September 23 at the Bout Time in West Valley at...

On today's episode, I introduce you to Madilynn. We discuss what it has taken for her to be in a healthy relationship. We also discuss Rituals of Connection, a Gottman Institute principle for successful relationships. Rituals of Connection are ways that you formally and informally connect with your significant other to deepen your connection on a regular basis. Implementing these builds intima...

There are many stories of people leaving the LDS church and how this faith impacted their lives in a negative way. Here is part of our story and the impacts that leaving this religion has on our our relationship today. We both grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints AKA Mormon religion. Sarah has been out of the LDS faith for 10 years and Tony has been out for 8 years. Despite b...

We have a cycle that is degrading the quality of our relationship. Sarah has anger and resentment that feeds Tony's avoidance and secrecy, which then feeds the cycle over again. We are very vulnerable with you in this episode about how we are struggling, where it comes from, and what we are going to be doing about it. Thanks for listening.

In this episode, we talk through a conflict, get into a little more conflict, and then resolve the conflict. Relationships are work! But we are willing to show up and do it. Listen to us work through by listening, acknowledging, and apologizing. We get through our conflict by talking and texting as appropriate. We discuss about Gottman's four horsemen of relationships and our differing conflict st...

On today's episode, we explain Family Night, a special night of the week that we set aside to reconnect, spend some time focused on each other and our needs, and a "romantic reset button" to make the rest of the week go by a little easier. We had a lot of fun making this episode and we hope you enjoy it too! 

We are constantly working on being a healthier and happier couple. We do this by being equal partners. We share cleaning. Sarah Ruth does more of the cooking but Tony pays for more of the groceries. We regularly negotiate and communicate to make sure both of our needs are met. We are in therapy so that we can work to improve our relationship. 

In this episode, we discuss how we met, where we are now, and why we want to make this podcast. We met in the summer of COVID 2020 through the Bumble app. We both didn't expect this relationship to become what it did, but here we are thriving. We are figuring out how to be a couple in a modern relationship. 

Mads and I are working on ourselves and we are seeing the impacts in our relationships. We aren't drinking this year, we have been working out, and we are happier. Tune in.

We get to know Sara and Travis better. Sara and Travis actively work to create their family. Sara had children from her previous marriage. Although Travis is not their biological father, he is their dad. They work hard to make their family a family. They also touch on the importance of physical intimacy in their relationship. 

Mads and I discuss the Gender Unicorn, which is a helpful graphic that details out gender identity, gender expression, sex assigned at birth, and emotional and physical attraction. We tell you how we relate to each. Stay tuned until the end of the episode for an announcement from me. I pulled information from my own experience and from the research detailed below. If you feel that I have made a mi...

This is Tony and Sarah Ruth. We will be coming to your ears every other Thursday starting on January 5, 2023. We are going to be discussing our modern relationship and how we work to figure it out together. Subscribe now to stay current with us. Catch you next year!  Music by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/lemonmusicstudio-14942887/?utm_source=link-attribution&utm_medium=referr...