Communicating Love

Welcome back to Marriage Monday! In this episode, licensed clinician Rodney Limb and Marriage and Family intern Lauren West continue the discussion on forgiveness, walking through the six steps for granting forgiveness. For more information about Rodney or to schedule an appointment, visit https://communicatinglove.com. For more information about the Prepare/Enrich program visit prepare-enrich.com...

Welcome back to Marriage Monday! In this episode, licensed clinician Rodney Limb and Marriage and Family intern Lauren West discuss the topic of forgiveness, walking through six steps for seeking forgiveness. Stay tuned next week for the six steps for granting forgiveness! For more information about Rodney or to schedule an appointment, visit https://communicatinglove.com. For more information abo...

Welcome back to Marriage Monday! In this episode, licensed clinician Rodney Limb and Marriage and Family intern Lauren West discuss what it means and looks like to take a time out when emotions get too high. This is part of effective conflict resolution. For more information about Rodney or to schedule an appointment, visit https://communicatinglove.com. For more information about the Prepare/Enri...

Hi all! Welcome back to Marriage Monday! We are excited to continue our book club discussion on the Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. If you would like to join us for our next book club, follow us on Instagram and Facebook @communicatinglove to get all the updates on book choices and meeting times! For more information about Rodney or to schedule an appointment, visit https://communicatinglove....

Hi all! Welcome back to Marriage Monday! We are so excited for our first Communicating Love book club discussion! During the month of June, we read the Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman, and today, we will be discussing questions related to the book. If you would like to join us for our next book club, follow us on Instagram and Facebook @communicatinglove to get all the updates on book choices...

Welcome back to Marriage Monday! In this episode, licensed clinician Rodney Limb and Marriage and Family intern Lauren West guide you through and discuss the 10 steps to resolving conflict. For more information about Rodney or to schedule an appointment, visit https://communicatinglove.com. For more information about the Prepare/Enrich program visit prepare-enrich.com or to work with Rodney or Lau...

Welcome back to Marriage Monday!  In this episode, licensed clinician Rodney Limb and Marriage and Family intern Lauren West discuss the stresses of planning a wedding and 5 strategies to manage your way through it. For more information about Rodney or to schedule an appointment, visit https://communicatinglove.com. For more information about the Prepare/Enrich program visit prepare-enrich.com or...

Welcome back to Marriage Monday!  In this episode, licensed clinician Rodney Limb and Marriage and Family intern Lauren West discuss personal stress profiles in relationships from the big things like conflict resolution to the small things like the toilet paper roll and the toothpaste! For more information about Rodney or to schedule an appointment, visit https://communicatinglove.com. For more in...

Welcome back to Marriage Monday! In this episode, licensed clinician Rodney Limb and Marriage and Family intern Lauren West discuss 3 simple and concrete steps to enhance communication in your relationship.   For more information about Rodney or to schedule an appointment, visit https://communicatinglove.com. For more information about the Prepare/Enrich program visit prepare-enrich.com or to work...

Welcome back to Marriage Monday! In this episode, licensed clinician Rodney Limb interviews intern Lauren West about her insights from her first few years of marriage. They also introduce the Prepare/Enrich program that will be the guide for the topics discussed over the next several months. For more information about Rodney or to schedule an appointment, visit https://communicatinglove.com. For m...

Introducing Marriage Mondays! In this episode, licensed clinician Rodney Limb welcomes you to a new season of Communicating Love podcasts and discusses his background of experience working with hundreds of married couples for over 30 years as well as being married for over 30 years. For more information about Rodney or to schedule an appointment, visit https://communicatinglove.com

Good sleep every night can reduce stress and improve your marriage.  In this episode licensed clinician Rodney Limb talks about the importance of getting enough sleep. He goes over common sleep problems and give suggestions how how to get better rest every night.  He even tackles talking about naps--and for some they can be productive if done correctly.  Listen as Rod gives suggesti...

Stonewalling: when someone completely withdraws from a conflict discussion and they no longer respond to their partner. They're really shut down. They're not listening to you anymore and they're just shutting you out. In this episode, licensed clinician Rodney Limb talks a bit more in depth about stonewalling and why it can happen. Rod explains that stonewalling usually happens when one (or both)...

In this podcast with licensed clinician Rodney Limb, Rod shares some of his favorite marriage quotes and jokes.  We can learn a lot from others and often find truth in simple sayings and quotes. Many successful marriage tips can be found in the quotes Rod shares, the stories and the practical examples. One of the quotes he shares is, "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times,...

Are you constantly having negative thoughts and emotions running through your head? Listen as licensed therapist Rodney Limb talks about how positive affirmations and repetition can help clear those negative emotions out of your mind and heart. Learn how to transition your thought process from negative to positive and release subconscious emotions and negative thoughts about yourself. As you learn...

Even sometimes seemingly small incidents can incur trauma in our lives and affect us physically. In this episode, clinician Rodney Limb gives some practical suggestions on ways to recover from trauma. He introduces the ACT method: Acknowledge and name the trauma, Communicate with competence and compassion, and Transition to a future focus.  Listen as Rod also talks about ways you can help you...

In this episode, clinician Rodney Limb reviews and expounds on the "7 Principles to Make Your Relationship Stronger" that were first introduced by the Gottmans.  These principles include enhancing your love map, nurturing fondness and admiration, turning toward each other, letting your partner influence you, solving your solvable problems, overcoming gridlock and creating shared meaning. &nbs...

In this mini-podcast, licensed clinician Rodney Limb reflects on life and how you want to be remembered. He asks you to think about your relationships with others and how you spend your time. Rod reminds listeners that your relationship builds in three areas when you grow together, work together, and share feelings together.  Listen as Rod helps you reflect on the things that are most importa...

There's a saying that says, "Flexibility is a sign of good mental health."  There's another saying that says, "He or she who is not flexible will be bent out of shape." In this short podcast episode, licensed clinician Rodney Limb explores times when being flexible can be a good thing, and other times when being rigid (especially when it comes to your integrity and values) is good. He introdu...

As couples come in for marriage counseling, clinician Rodney Limb is often asked the question, "When is it time to divorce?" In this discussion with fellow clinician Lisa Kerr, Rod talks about things to consider before divorcing. He asks couples about their commitment level, their "marriage IQ",  and their definition of marriage. He talks about a marriages that include God and how to make tho...

Has your child or someone you know ever asked you for advice, and then when you give it, they don't want to hear it or they just ignore you? In this episode, clinician Rodney Limb talks about the art of giving advice, especially to our children. You may be surprised to hear that the best way to give advice to a teenager is to just listen and let them do the talking! Rod talks about W.I.S.E. advice...

In this episode, clinician Rodney Limb is joined by therapist intern Natalie Millett and clinician Lisa Kerr. To begin, Rod asks couples to think about this question, "Why did you get married?"  Often marriage is not exactly what we expect as couples bring different backgrounds into a marriage. One question that was asked was, "What do you do when you and your spouse are not at the same matur...

Why are you fighting? And why don't you just give up? This is one of 6 main questions you can ask yourself each day to help in reaching a goal or overcoming an addition. In this episode, therapist Rodney Limb talks about some of the main questions you can ask yourself to help retrain the brain when working to overcome an addiction. He talks about recognizing your successes and what helped you make...

In this insightful podcast, clinician Rodney Limb talks about truth and lies. He teaches that as the New Testament scripture teaches, truth will set you free, but its the lies that will bind us. Often, those are lies that we tell ourselves or lies that we believed as a child. Once we discover the lies that we believe about ourselves and learn the truth, we can begin to heal.  Rod also teaches...

Sometimes after the "honeymoon phase" of marriage is over and things get a little tough, we wonder, "Did I marry the right person? Was it really the right choice to get married?" Join clinician Rodney Limb as he talks about how real happiness is possible if we make some adjustments and deal with reality. He gives us a formula for success and the four main ingredients to a happy marriage.