Love Shack Live: Helping Couples Rescue Their Relationships

Send us Fan Mail If you're struggling in your relationship, you might be wondering what to do and how to find the best person to help you. We've got you covered. In this episode, we dive deep into a common challenge that we all face in our relationships: how to get the help and support we need to save them. We believe that seeking guidance and professional advice is not a sign of weaknes...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're diving into a topic that's all too common in relationships: how seemingly benign small issues can eventually escalate into big problems. Join us as we explore the question of why avoiding fights, forgetting important dates, talking your way out of chores, or not wanting to have sex can create such significant problems in relationships. At first glance, th...

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever feel like you're in the shadows of your relationship? Do you find yourself frustrated and lonely because your partner isn't listening to you? You're not alone, and we're here to help. This week in the Love Shack, we're diving deep into the frustrating experience of feeling ignored and lonely in a relationship. Do you consider yourself a good li...

Send us Fan Mail Are you struggling to ask your partner for what you truly want and need in your relationship? You're not alone.  In this episode of the Love Shack, we dive deep into the question: What do you wish you could ask your partner for? Staci has seen this issue arise frequently in her private practice and discusses the importance of knowing how to ask for what you want and why it&ap...

Send us Fan Mail Are you tired of feeling frustrated with your partner's behavior? Do you find yourself asking the question, "Can I fix them?" If so, this episode of Love Shack Live is a must-listen. Tom & Staci dig deep into this common relationship myth and offer invaluable insights and advice.  Drawing from her experience working with clients, Staci reveals how attempts to ch...

Send us Fan Mail Are you struggling with a push-pull dynamic in your relationship? Do you find yourself running from or chasing your partner emotionally, mentally, and physically? This week in the Love Shack, we're exploring the importance of emotional safety in your relationship and how to reestablish it. We'll discuss simple yet effective strategies for both the chaser and the runner,...

Send us Fan Mail This week in the Love Shack, we're exploring a common issue that many couples face - when one partner is shouldering the majority of the mental load in the relationship.  Often, this burden falls on women due to societal expectations, but it can happen to anyone who takes on the role of caretaker in the household. We discuss the frustration and emotional toll that can come wi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to episode 118 of Love Shack Live, this is part two of a series on defensiveness in relationships. In this episode, we will dive into the remaining five strategies to help you better manage defensiveness and overcome its effects on your relationships. We'll talk about how to identify when you're in a defensive mindset, understand why it happens and what leads up...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the Love Shack, in this episode we're going to dive into the root of what destroys our relationships and makes them so challenging - defensiveness. Join us as we explore 10 things you can do today to improve your ability to resolve conflict and stay out of defensiveness. As human beings, we're really good at going into defensiveness and manipulation, but it&ap...

Send us Fan Mail We all feel defensive at times, yet in relationships, it can be especially damaging. This week in the Love Shack, we're discussing how defensiveness can hurt even the best of relationships and how to overcome it. Join us as we unpack this dangerous habit, including why we feel defensive in the first place, how it affects our communication with one another, and how couples can...

Send us Fan Mail This week in the Love Shack, we're discussing Valentine's Day from a different point of view, encouraging couples to think about it as an opportunity instead of dreading it. We shared our own experience of a Valentine's Day filled with emotional pain and overwhelm. And how even though things might feel overwhelming or heavy at first, what we really wanted was just t...

Send us Fan Mail Betrayal in a relationship can be incredibly damaging and hard to recover from. It can lead to feelings of violation, mistrust, and confusion. We often think of affairs when betrayal is mentioned but there are other ways that relationships can be undermined by smaller acts of betrayal. In this episode, we discuss how to rebuild trust after a breach and how the process looks differ...

Send us Fan Mail You and your partner are in a difficult place, and it seems like no matter how hard you try to make things better, they don't want to work on the relationship.  It's incredibly frustrating when one partner is willing to put in the effort while the other continues to drag their feet with excuses about why nothing needs to change. This can go on for days, weeks, months—eve...

Send us Fan Mail Are you a parent looking for ways to help your children create sensible rules around tech usage? With the rise of technology, it can be challenging for parents to set healthy boundaries around tech usage for their children.  We all want our kids to have access to the latest technology and tools, but we also don't want them to spend too much time on screens at the expense of h...

Send us Fan Mail Wondering what the number one reason is that relationships fall apart? Manipulation. Most of us know that manipulation isn't a healthy part of any relationship, but did you know that it's also at the heart of all relationship breakdowns? We'll be exploring this topic in depth today so you can understand why it is so destructive and what can be done about it. We can...

Send us Fan Mail Are you in a messy emotional place? Have you made a mistake and don't know how to apologize? This week in the Love Shack, we’re talking about how to clean up our emotional messes and really apologize. So often we mess up and don't know how to make amends with our person - that's why we're here to help! Our discussion will cover what an effective apology looks l...

Send us Fan Mail Alcoholism and addiction can have a devastating impact on our relationships.  The Sinclair Method offers a real solution to break the stigma of addiction and get help for alcoholism.  This episode is a must-listen for anyone affected by alcoholism or addiction. It provides hope and real solutions that can make a difference in your life. In this episode, we have special guest Brian...

Send us Fan Mail The holiday season can be a wonderful time filled with family and loved ones, but it can also be a source of tension. This week in the Love Shack podcast, Staci and Tom take on the challenge of discussing the difficult topics that often arise during the holidays - managing conflict, dealing with disagreements, and navigating difficult relationships with family members. We start of...

Send us Fan Mail This week in the Love Shack is actually part two of a series where we share the six pillars you need to know to become masterful at love and relationships. We discussed foundations, emotional weightlifting, and communication in the first part. In this episode, we'll discuss the last three pillars: agreements, play and novelty, and intimacy.   Agreements are simple and clear c...

Send us Fan Mail Relationships are hard. They take work, time, and energy. And sometimes, no matter how hard you try, things just don't seem to work out. When it comes to relationships, most people think that the only way to fix things is through traditional counseling. This process can be expensive, time-consuming, and often doesn't produce the results you're hoping for. Today on t...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, we're going to be discussing the six pillars you need in order to save your relationship. These are the exact things you need to become masterful in relationships. Our relationships are not driven by one single dynamic but by the constant ebb and flow of many different forces: our biology, our psychology, our sociology, our history... all of those thi...

Send us Fan Mail On today's show, we're discussing a topic that is near and dear to our hearts...the Lease Option Contract for Love®! This framework has actually saved our relationship at a critical point in time, and we want to share it with all of the listeners out there who might be struggling in their own relationships. I mean, why does it seem like all of a sudden your relationship...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we had a great conversation with Danielle Sullivan. Danielle mostly works with autistic and ADHD adults and young adults on developing life skills, communication skills, and emotional intelligence, and with parents who are having trouble relating to their neurodivergent children.  We spoke all about neurodivergent individuals. What exactly does the term mean? Dani...

Send us Fan Mail This is part two of a two-part series. If you haven't listened to part one, check out episode #100. Are you feeling lost in your relationship? Do you feel like you're constantly fighting and don't know how to make it stop? You're not alone. Relationship trouble is something that a lot of people go through, but it can be hard to know what to do about it. In this...

Send us Fan Mail You may have noticed that there have been a lot of cheating scandals in the news lately. From high-profile celebrities like Adam Levine to YouTube stars like Ned Fulmer from The Try Guys, it seems like everyone is talking about infidelity. But why do people cheat? And how can you recover if it happens to you? There are a lot of myths out there about what drives people to be unfait...