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In this episode, Jackie and Rachel discuss the drama triangle.  A lot of conflict happens in the drama triangle, although most people don't recognize that and they don't know how to get out of it.  

In this episode, Jackie talks to Dion Harris about his thoughts on the masculinity crisis with emerging adult males. 

In this episode, Jackie and Rachel discuss The 5 Love Languages. They cover the oversimplified messages, the problems with this approach, and the complexity of working with couples. 

In this episode, Jackie talks about the difficulty for new clients to find therapists with availability and even harder finding a therapist who accepts their insurance.  Why do so many therapists refuse to work with insurance? This episode outlines the problems with insurance and therapy.  

Bridget joins Jackie in this episode to talk about Emotional Availability.

In this episode, Jackie breaks down the differences between healthy and unhealthy expressions of anger and the importance of healthy anger.   

In this episode, Jackie talks about the damage of emotional affairs on relationships.  

In this episode, Jackie and Rachel continue discussing the shift from ownership to partnership in marriage and long-term relationships.  

In this episode, Jackie talks about emotional labor, mental labor, and the importance of this work and its impact on our culture, relationships, and our mental health.                                                                    

In this episode, Jackie talks about the often hidden and unknown condition of childhood emotional neglect.  Our parents may understand the importance of providing for our physical needs as children, but when our emotional needs are neglected and not attuned to, we grow up feeling off.  We may question our feelings and our needs, we might struggle with self-esteem, and are unable to take appropriat...

In this episode Jackie talks about Family Reunions....for good or bad.  

In this episode, Jackie talks about the work of Dr. Jennifer Freyd on betrayal trauma and its relationship to betrayal blindness. 

In this episode, Jackie introduces Bridget to listeners as they talk about two documentaries covering the Ashley Madison hack.  

In this episode, Jackie and Rachel set the stage for discussing ownership vs. partnership relationship models.  

In this episode, Jackie talks attachment styles, healing insecure attachment and learning the language of attachment.  

In this episode, Jackie talks about wants and needs and the patterns that are created and continue into adulthood.  Patterns that can and should be addressed in order to have a different storyline.  

In this episode, Jackie and Rachel wrap up their series on intimacy, discussing the myths that make intimacy difficult.

In this episode Jackie talks about the impact of family dysfunction.  We like to think that what happened in our past doesn't affect our adult lives.  However, One of the most significant triggers for childhood relationship trauma are adult relationships.  Understanding how childhood trauma impacts us is key to being able to heal the wounds and become emotionally literate. 

In this episode, Jackie and Rachel continue their series on intimacy. 

In this episode, Jackie talks about what has been occupying her attention lately and the lyrics of the George Michael song Freedom.    

In this episode Jackie talks about compartmentalization and how it can be both an effective coping mechanism and can also become problematic.

In this episode, Jackie and Rachel continue their series of episodes focused on intimacy.  In this episode, we talk about how certainty and predictability are barriers to intimacy.  

In this episode, Jackie and Rachel discuss disordered intimacy. 

In this episode, Jackie talks about triggers.  She talks about what triggers are and how they get talked about incorrectly.    

In this episode, Jackie talks about the importance of facing our pain and allowing the sadness to guide our healing.