The Marriage Savvy Podcast

Hear Kim as she gives you a glimpse at what it's really like being a therapist - the tough moments and a few funny ones. She tackles the perception a therapist must be 'perfect', the personal work a therapist must do, and what most influence's a clients success in therapy.

Part 2 of our series on ADHD and neurodivergent relationships. Go behind the curtain and learn what it feels like to be ADHD/neurdivergent in a neurotypical world - the experience of being misunderstood, and the impact of shame and rejection as one navigates relationships with others who are neurotypical.

Terms 'Neurodivergent' and 'ADHD' are part of our common vocabulary now days. But how do they show up in and impact your relationship? Join host, John Bautista, and special guest, Lyubov Abrams, our relationship coach specializing in neurodiverse relationships, as they breakdown how ADHD affects both partners - the one with ADHD and the one who loves them.

Part 2 of our Discenment Series. Deciding to fully commit to either working on your marriage or end it is a big decision. Join John and Kim as they finish exploring the discernment process, designed to help a couple revisit how they arrived to where they are today and thoughtfully consider how both of those options might play out for their future.

Can I save my marrige or is it time to let it go? Join Kim and John and they explore the process of Discernment Counseling. Learn how you can gain the clarity and confidence where you can thoughtfully stay and work on your relationship or let it go without regret.

Kim and John John share some of their own fun(ny) holiday stories and offer practical ways to create a meaningful holiday experience, even when things get complicated. Here’s what they dive into: ✔️​ Setting realistic expectations for what the holidays will and won’t be ✔️Boundaries — protective ones and containment ones (which may be a new concept!) ✔️​ How to prepare for the predictable ✔️​ …and...

Join John and Amanda as they close out the Marriage Rescue series by deepdiving into the final 5 of the our 20 Marriage Rescue tools. Learn to prepare to fail and why it's important to take the 'should' out of your relationship.

In this week's episode, John and Amanda unpack Marriage Rescue tools #11-15 focused on helping you to rebuild trust and curiosity.

Amanda Richardson and John Bautista are back to discuss Marriage Rescue triage tools 6-10

Host, John Baustista and Amanda Richardson dig into the first 5 of 20 Marriage Rescue triage tools you can use to help save your marriage when your spouse is leaning out.

Host, John Baustista is joined by Amanda Richardson, Director of Coaching, to walk through our proven Marriage Rescue approach to helping clients save their relationship, even when one partner feels “done” and ready to leave. Amanda walks through the 4 phases of Marriage Rescue and tools you can use to triage your relationship.

In the final episode of our podcast series, I Love You, But I’m Not In Love With You, John and I look back on the long road we've traveled—from the brink of divorce to the deep, lasting connection we share today, 35 years into our marriage. It wasn’t an easy journey. Along the way, we had to learn how to make repair, foster true intimacy, and fight for our relationship—again and again. What we dis...

In the 4th episode of I Love You, But I’m Not In Love With You series, John and I recount the powerful role our attachment styles played in our marriage—how understanding them, and learning to manage them - became a turning point in rebuilding connection, trust and emotional safety.

We’re joined by Amanda Richardson, Director of Coaching, who helps unpack one of the biggest relationship game-changers, "differentiation", as we explore how seeing—and owning—our part in the mess can lead to real connection and growth.

In episode 2 of our podcast series I Love You, But I'm Not In Love With You, John and I open up about how the families we grew up in unknowingly set the stage for some of the biggest struggles in our marriage. We explore how those early experiences shaped our expectations—and led to disconnecting patterns that slowly pulled us apart. With Amanda’s guidance, we take a closer look at these disconnec...

In our brand-new podcast series, I Love You, But I’m Not In Love With You, John and I are inviting you behind the curtain of our marriage. The messy parts, the breakthroughs, the moments of disconnect, and the ways we found our way back. We’re joined by The Marriage Place Director of Coaching, Amanda Richardson. You’ll get a front-row seat to how our relationship coaching really works—and how love...

Anger. Yep, that big, messy emotion that shows up uninvited and often overstays its welcome. But is your anger, or your partner's anger, really telling you? In this episode Kim pulls back the cover on anger to see what is underneath it and shares how a couple can use anger to be helpful and not hurtful to their relationship.

Welcome to Season 2 of The Marriage Savvy Podcast! Join Kim as she gets real and shares a personal update on life over the past few months. In this episode, she takes a deep dive into the concept of "mature love" and offers an exclusive sneak peek of what's to come this season. Hint: Kim and her husband, John, open up about the challenges they once faced almost losing their own marriage—and, more...

Kim introduces the concept of 'secure attachment' and gives listeners a crash course on the "4 C's" that frame attachment. 4:00 - Introduction of the 4 C's 6:30 - Comfort 12:15 - Connection 21:00 - Cooperation 23:30 - Conflict 27:00 - What is a power couple?

Kim invites Cindy Wright, therapist at The Marriage Place on to the podcast to share how she is using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing) within a couples session to help clients who are stuck in the same cycle and same arguments learn to regulate and develop empathy for each other. 3:00 - What is EMDR 4:15 - How EMDR is used in a couples session 15:30 - The science behind EMDR...

Kim and child therapist and play coach, Melissa Griffing, owner of WellNest Counseling, are back again this week discussing how to talk to your children about divorce. Learn best practices and what to avoid when tackling this tough topic with your kids.

In part one of this two-part series, Kim visits with Melissa Griffing, owner of WellNest Counseling, a practice that specializes in child and family therapy. Listen as they dig into practical topics including how play therapy works, parenting styles, and the importance of modeling apology with our kids.

Kim continues where Episode 017 (Definining Relationship Rupture) left off and explores how to repair a rupture in your relationship.

Kim explores the concept of relationship 'rupture' and gives examples of small & large ruptures.

Kim shares her thoughts on the saying "Once a cheater, always a cheater" and what it takes to heal a relationship after infidelity.