Wake Up Your Relationship!

In today's episode I would like to pose a thought to you, my audience. What would it mean for us as society to bring back asking our fathers for the consent on who we marry? Today I want to make a case of how this could be a positive step in having all parties involved support one another and give perspectives on life long decisions. If you would like to learn more about me and my practice fee...

The focus on today's episode is mainly to caution/warn anyone who would consider getting into a relationship with anyone that they do not trust with money. Money is the leading cause for divorce and separations on a whole. Why would you willingly get into a deeply emotional and complicated situation with someone who could leave lasting scars on you life and well being? In todays episode we wil...

Short episode today on Criticism. See if you can learn about yourself by simply holding your criticism back for 24 hr or a whole week. If you would like to learn more about me and my practice feel free to stop by my website, sunrisetherapies.org. If you live outside of Massachusetts, USA but would like to get a question answered please do check out my Patreon subscription options! I offer email or...

In the time you will be with your partner there will come a time that change, progress or learning will need to happen. It helps just past a lot of disagreements if both of you already know what motivates either of you to do what needs to be done. You both are trying to win at life but if one of you isn't achieving the agreed upon goals its time to look at what motivates one another. If you wo...

I hope at this point, if you have listened to a few episodes on this podcast, you know that men and women are very different people. Our needs may see the same but how they manifest or are addressed are not always the same. Today let's address how women need to fundamentally look at men, their growth and what it even means to love your man, in a different way. Men needs some fundamental love a...

Here is another Book Review for any listeners that would like to continue expanding their knowledge. I found this book very helpful and supportive for anyone struggling with our cultures focus on forgiveness without responsibility from the person who inflicted the pain to begin with. All couples will go through needing forgiveness from one another, either by being the one hurt and needing to forgi...

This is a refresher episode on the qualities it takes for a person to successfully make it through Couples Therapy. Every year I grow more experienced and it becomes easier to spot people ready for this work and who are not. If you are struggling in your relationship and after listening to this episode you feel you have all the opposites of the qualities listed, then you just might be ready for Co...

In today's life, the internet and all the social media outlets that connects us to others and the greater world has really changed the way we inject and think about partnership. In today's episode I want to challenge you to take a break and see who you really are without it. The internet has so many benefit to our lives but socially the downsides are devastating and few people have control over th...

The team is always at the forefront of the work we do in couples therapy. However! Every individual that is a part of that team is important. Today, let's talk about you individually to make sure you remember who you are and are growing within your relationship in a way that support who you are and who you aspire to be. If you would like to learn more about me and my practice feel free to stop by...

Awhile back, I did an episode on Modern Divorce. I discussed how that, unlike in our more recent history, this can happen with two people who genuinely can still like one another but through subtle or intense neglect fall out of love. This is truly one of the most unfortunate things I see in my line of work. Abuse is more easily validating to end a relationship than the slow creep of neglect. In t...

Connection is a key piece to relationships. It's why we even want or have relationships. We wan't to feel connected to another person. But there is a key piece to connection not everyone understands, and that is that men and women have very different needs and expectations of what counts as "connecting". In this episode let's talk about what this looks like and what can be do...

It is very important to learn how to teach one another about yourself and the intricacies of you inner world. However it is equally as important to learn how to be a good student. It isn't easy but being a good student is almost more challenging because you need to maintain your composure and compassion for your partner all while they may be saying some pretty intense (if not hurtful) things....

Is it really possible to ever start over a relationship that has seen damage from one another? In this episode we are going to talk about the Blank Slate and what is a more realistic expectation. If you would like to learn more about me and my practice feel free to stop by my website, sunrisetherapies.org. If you live outside of Massachusetts, USA but would like to get a question answered please d...

Experiences and life are great indicators of the health of your romantic relationship. In today's episode lets talk about how traveling solo from your partner is another great way to see how you both are doing and reflect on what could be added or missing. If you would like to learn more about me and my practice feel free to stop by my website, sunrisetherapies.org. If you live outside of Massachu...

You can never be reminded enough that being in a healthy, supportive relationship is something to be grateful for. In this recap episode let's spend sometime coming up with ways we can check in this year about all the positives that our partnership brings to us and our life. If you would like to learn more about me and my practice feel free to stop by my website, sunrisetherapies.org. If you live...

In this episode like open the topic of how relationships can just supposedly end. Keep in mind this topic is laced with judgement and self reflection. If you aren't prepared to how some judgment on yourself and look critically over your relationship this might not be the episode for you. But if you are interested to know the warning signs and to possibly to better (if this situation is something y...

When getting into a relationship things are always so exciting and new. But once things settle and you both need to get back to real life, responsibilities become a focus of your day to day lives. Many partnerships forget to have the conversation of who is taking acre of what. Realistically, when you think about what you are in charge of in comparison to your partner do you think it is fair? do yo...

The new year is typically a time when we are thinking about how we want to change ourselves for the better and do things differently. In today's episode I want to make a case for not changing and making sure we keep some of the core pieces that made us, us throughout the entirety of our relationships. If you would like to learn more about me and my practice feel free to stop by my website, sunrise...

In the final episode of Season 3, I want us to revisit the age old saying “treat others the way you want to be treated”. I don’t think I can ever remind people enough that this is such a key part of being in partnership but also possible just being a good human being. If you would like to learn more about me and my practice feel free to stop by my website, sunrisetherapies.org. If you live outside...

Outside of a very transactional relationship the concept of a “Gold Digger” might be just another one of societies systems to degrade people (women mostly) from not being able to express their needs or desires. In the last episode we talked about being spoiled and we cant possible finish that topic without mentioned the issue of the “Gold Digger” trope that keeps most of us away from actually sayi...

Especially because of the time of year we are in right now, its important that you and your partner have talked about how you want to feel spoiled and cared for when it comes to special occasions like Xmas or New Years. There are so many holidays every year and having these pass us by without getting our needs met is a recipe for future deep seeded problems in your relationship. Everyone wants to...

Because we live in this digital era, I didn’t think it’s possible for any of us to not see what’s talked about online about couples. One thing I’m seeing pervasively is this concept that women like to bother men when they’re resting. Let’s talk today about how this can be a misguided statement, used as humor, that in fact holds a deeper problem that any healthy, happy couple would need to address...

Leadership is instrumental in any relationship let alone a romantic one. However, being a good leader means that you know how to protect your followers or in this case your romantic partner. Let’s talk today about what that means to protect them as well as how both men and women can be a leader that successfully protects their partner. If you would like to learn more about me and my practice feel...

Relationships deal with topics that are honest to the nature of men and women. Obedience is one of those topics. It may not sound pretty and if this bothers you as a topic this might not be the episode for you. But if you are curious and want to understand men, specifically, more. Then this is an episode for you. We will start discussing how obedience and men are linked as well as what this can me...

I am a big proponent of being honest and addressing issues as soon and as calmly as possible. But, like all things its not always necessary to pick every battle that your relationship faces. In todays episode I want to talk about you creating critical skills to assess if the current issue you are facing is educational, meaningful and will create a lasting positive effect on the relationship. If yo...