Higher Love: the podcast with Reggie and Jodie Howard

💥And just like that… It’s our 50th episode of Higher Love: the podcast!!!! Can you believe it?! 💟 We started this venture as a passion project for our 30th wedding anniversary (in lieu of renewing our vows in Italy...remember? 🤣) And here we are almost 2 years later with 50 episodes under our proverbial podcasting belt. I can't help but think how Reggie starts every episode by saying “It’s abou...

⚠️ Warning ⚠️ I’m rolling in HOT on this week’s episode 😂 Listen- (it's all Reggie's fault) 🤣 Because, most times, when we sit down to record an episode of Higher Love... My Enneagram 9 (my cool, calm, and collected self) is most present But this week.. Thanks to that earlier (rather heated) discussion - the one that was all his fault 😂 (my spicy, punchy, aggressive) 8 Wing was still leading th...

How much access do you and your partner have in each others lives? 💸 Do you share access to all your money, credit cards and bank accounts 📞What about full access to each other’s phones and social media accounts ⏰And how about complete access to each other's personal space - their time and energy? 🤨When is access healthy and when can it become a detriment? 🤔Ultimately, is there such a thing a...

How much of YOU… of your persona, what you value, the way you move through the world, and even the way you see yourself must shift or change for the person you love? How often should you oblige them and their needs, even if it creates conflict within your own desires? Someone recently asked me this and personally, I find the answer to be super nuanced. Part of me wants to cry NEVER!! You should ne...

Ok friends😅I am not totally sure where to begin... During this week’s podcast episode, Reggie had me… disbelieving, speechless, incredulous, confused and ofc laughing… pretty much all at the same time 😝 Let me just start here... Have you watched Love is Blind? And do you have any particular thoughts or feelings about the show? 😳 Well friends, my husband sure does!😅 😂 He ((the man who, obtw, L...

Pet Peeves- we’ve all got them and can easily spot our partners’ - especially when you’ve been together for over 30 years 😜 Recently, Reggie and I hosted a Live round of “Ask Us Anything” on my Instagram Stories at the time, we were asked to share some of our Pet Peeves. Reggie immediately replied with the sweet, albeit unrealistic answer “.... none” and went on to say that he couldn’t think of a...

Many of us have searched -or are still searching- for “The ONE" You know, the ONE … that ONE person who, you find among billions, that’s your soulmate, your perfect match and sent by the universe to complete your life 🤣😜😝 Okayyyyy so it's not really like that!! 😂 I prefer to think of “the ONE” more like… that person who not only “gets” you but also likes and loves you- and I’m talking about th...

Have you ever started an argument with the person you love just because… well, you can?? 😂 Yeah, I’ve been known to do this from time to time What can I say??🤷🏽‍♀️ If you know anything about my personal archetypes or my natal chart you might reference the fact that …. While I’m *mostly* a peaceful enneagram 9, I also have a strong 8 wing 👊🏽 Enneagram 8’s, known as The Challenger, are self-con...

The Orange Peel Theory ...have any of you tried this one on your partner? It’s when, out of the blue, you say to your partner “I feel like an orange…” and their response warrants either a green flag or a red flag 😅 A version of it has been trending on TikTok and while at first I thought this trend was kinda silly, it turns out there is actual psychology behind it. The psychology is based on what...

Ever since Reggie left his corporate gig, he’s been reevaluating ALL the things 😆 Mostly, he’s been trying to figure out what he wants to do next - which hasn’t been easy. Much of his challenge has been around allowing himself to do what he actually FEELS like doing… rather than following the prescribed path for success. Up until now, his energies have always been focused on goal setting techniqu...

You’ve heard the adage… Love is all you need But is that true? In a relationship ...is Love really Enough? Reggie and I have been together and loved each other for over 30 years but Was it LOVE- and love alone- that got us through ALL the ups and downs, the disappointments and heartaches, the misunderstandings and misalignments? 😵Spoiler alert... Nope! 😆 We both agree that to say "love is all we...

Is there a happiness quotient in your relationship? Apparently there is one in mine 😂 Surely, you were also lucky enough to have a partner who created some arbitrary way to measure and predict how often you’d be happy with them versus the amount of times you weren’t?? No? I can’t imagine why not! 🤣 The best part might be that this metric was supposedly shared with me 30+ years ago… in hopes of m...

Any other Hamilton fans out there?? It’s my personal fave!!! You know that part, where, after Phillip’s deadly duel and Alexander and Eliza and their life basically fall apart? It’s one of the MOST intense parts of the musical…the tension is so palpable, the grief and sadness are too real- the audience is holding its collective breath and it’s all getting to be too much?? That’s when James Madison...

In relationship, there is often one partner who feels called to explore things like personal development, inner healing and mindset work MUCH more than the other 😂 Inevitably, that partner, the one who tackles the deep dives and clears out excess baggage, begins to shift and grow and expand in new ways ✨ That same partner also creates a shift, a new dynamic, within the relationship itself and th...

This episode😅 TBH, part of me debated whether or not to even share it😐 Part of me thought... I could just keep it in the vault- just for us...who would ever know?? But then Reggie and I talked about it and decided to go ahead and put it out there 🫣 And still, I’m not totally sure where to begin. I could write about all that we were processing in the wake of Reggie walking away from his job- and...

A Tower Moment is often described as the crumbling of the status quo where -"The Tower" whatever it represents (relationship, health, money, job, business) - comes crashing to the ground. I also see the Tower Moment as a period of sudden change, chaos, and upheaval where our sense of self, of safety and stability is not only called into question but gets completely torn down by outside forces. It’...

Many of you have been traveling Rosie’s journey with us. In case you haven’t…our daughter Rosie, who is now an adult, was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy when she was a toddler And while those early years were nothing short of nightmarish… navigating specialists, therapists, diagnosises and hospitals What we couldn’t have been prepared for is that there will be a time when this entire support system...

1967- January 23…Reggie Howard was born in Macon Georgia 1967- June 12…the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Mildred and Richard Loving This is the ruling that effectively legalized interracial marriage in the United States finally overturning all so-called anti-miscegenation laws. 1967!! Y’all this happened in OUR lifetime… well, at least it was Reggie’s lifetime🤣 Seriously tho… Every June 12th, I...

“Phubbing” ever heard of it? I surely hadn’t But no worries - Reggie explains it to us and he even goes so far as to give us a first hand demo of phubbing while we’re on air Personally, this wasn’t my favorite part of the episode But it *might* offer some insights as to why phubbing has been cited as a leading cause of divorce? Take a listen and let us know… How do you feel about Phubbing? Do you...

🎙BREAKING NEWS 🎙 Your FAVORITE Podcast 💗HIGHER LOVE💗 starring me and Reggie is BACK!! Better than ever- if I do say so myself 😂 While I know you’ve missed our meandering relationship chats and all the insights into our 30+ years of marriage and parenting 😳I do have to warn you… Life has thrown some SUPER unexpected curves at us as of late andddd we will be taking them on… in real time, right h...

Years ago when we were struggling, trying to figure how to best support our young daughter with cerebral palsy, someone mentioned horseback riding I had never heard of horses being used for physical therapy and at first I thought they were a little crazy. The idea of putting my baby girl who could barely sit and hold her head up,much less stand on - a horse seemed like the worst idea ever -lol!  H...

“What would you tell your younger self about being married to me for 31 years?” This is the question I posed to Reggie as we began this, our anniversary edition of Higher Love: the podcast, and while his answer doesn’t totally surprise me 😆 this enneagram 3 and double aquarius hubby of mine does LOVE to be “right” 🤣... It does lead to a much deeper conversation ✨ One where we explore the import...

👀Does your partner like to recite poetry? Mine does🤭 And while there is plenty to say about this particular episode I feel that THE highlight of this episode is when I get Reggie to recite a poem for us 😳😂 Yep! and this isn’t just any poem it’s one he learned wayyyy back in the 8th grade, we’re talking back in 1984 people😳🤣 According to him, this particular poem helped mold his mindset, his...

Reggie told me he had a topic for this week's podcast episode 🙌🏽 He lied 🤥 😂 Or rather,from the time he told me he had a topic till the time we sat down to record... he TOTALLY forgot what it was🙄 Needless to say, some banter ensued because basically, this episode, the one we were in the midst of recording, had no topic 🤷🏽‍♀️ Soooo we started chatting, in hopes that maybe  he'd remember 😂...

Legacy is often portrayed as some grandiose effect something experienced only in a distant future, reserved only for others, that happens when you’re no longer around to actively experience it. 👉🏽However, I feel that legacy is NOW Legacy is always happening in the present 🤯 It is created each moment, along every step of the journey. I feel that we are each a living legacy✌🏽 one that we are con...