Help for Loving Relationships

Send us Fan Mail What helps? And can it even be saved? The answer is yes, with help for both partners. He needs to lean into her pain, acknowledge and validate it, and be fully transparent and accepting of boundaries. She needs a support network and to focus on self-care. Love is bigger than pain. References I mention in the podcast: Geoff Steurer's article His Recovery, Her Recovery, and Our...

Send us Fan Mail We are wired for human connection. What gets in our way? That's what counselor and best-selling author Troy L. Love discusses with Shane in this episode.  Relationship trauma and the different voices of shame all keep us from reaching out or meaningfully connecting with others. Learn how to let the love in! Check out his book Finding Peace on Amazon--a combination story and w...

Send us Fan Mail This episode has two parts:  1) Shane introduces the strengthen your marriage challenge, an assessment tool for evaluating 6 areas of intimacy, and numerous suggested activities for intimacy building.  A 12-month tracking system is provided for you to set goals & evaluate your progress.  Download the 5-page PDF of the Strengthen Your Marriage Challenge at https://cmfcdallas.co...

Send us Fan Mail Tony Bacigalupo experienced loneliness as an independent consultant in the IT industry.  He developed New Work Cities as way to bring together many who were working from home and struggling with feeling isolated.  Now as the community program manager at Smart Passive Income,  Tony seeks to eradicate the epidemic of loneliness by showing people how to foster belonging in themselves...

Send us Fan Mail As a stay-at-home mother of 5 with a degree in secondary education, Andrea has tested the ideas she presents within her own family as well as others in the Better Screen Time community.   She and husband Tyler created a structure for conversations with children and teens (including this TED talk by Adam Alter ) to help them develop the skill of discernment that will serve them thr...

Send us Fan Mail Geoff Steurer is a good friend who has counseled individuals and couples for over 20 years  in strengthening and healing after infidelity.   Geoff shares the best practices of rebuilding trust once it has been lost.  He talks about his online trust building course and shares what really helps rebuild bonds: Spouse who strays needs to make a crucial shift to focus on healing partne...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever met someone whose life journey sounded so hard it inspired you? How did they make it through the rough times? Meet Hermania Faith Ricks, whose childhood in Liberia during civil wars led her family to America, where her relationships with her mother and a mentor helped her pursue the American dream. ** Apology for a couple moments of poor sound qaulity.  This was my f...

Send us Fan Mail Why stay? Will I ever be able to trust him again? He did such a good job lying before.  How will I be able to tell if he is lying again? How can I tell if he is truly in recovery? These are questions that victims of betrayal trauma ask themselves. Listen in to hear Gina Kaye, coach with Partner Hope , talk with Shane about these and  the phases of recovery victims go through in th...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the show! Meet host Shane and his wife Wendy as they discuss why loving relationships are key to a long and happy life. (A Harvard study proved that--they didn't make it up.) They talk about connecting rituals couples can engage in to strengthen their bonds--physically, emotionally, spiritually, socially, intellectually, and sexually. Loving relationships need nurt...