This Isn't Working

In this episode, we take some time to say what IS working between. We explain why we commit to bettering the relationship and going through all the effort that we talk about in the other episodes. This is a celebration of each other and our love for each other. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Why Bother" with telling the person you love what is bothering you, and mostly, what the other person is doing that bothers YOU! In this episode, Meg and Walt share some of the misconceptions or false beliefs each had about the other and how they finally brought them out to the other. They agreed that it was always worth the bother. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Who's Driving the Bus? Sometimes I can catch myself before I respond in a way that has nothing to do with what's actually going on. Other times I have to admit that someone else was driving, hurt feelings from a memory or a misinterpretation or assumption of what my partner actually meant or did. And then I have to ask, "Who is driving my bus?" Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

Thinking "Outside the Box" means to STOP defending patterns that are detrimental to the kind of intimacy that you really want. If you you want a deep connection with the other, we must stop the patterns that have prevented intimacy in the past. The patterns that we so easily fall into are the exact things that block us from having what we want. STOP trying to defend yourself. Use the opportunity t...

Small things become big with hurt feelings. A date goes wrong - ends early - but we don't risk being vulnerable about ending the date. So, the tension goes on until we do risk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we discuss what it's like to be disappointed in the other's choices. Although we are honest and vulnerable enough to admit we wish things worked out the way we first wanted, we also admit that what we really want is that each person feels supported and accepted. When one person in the relationship cannot provide what the other wants, how do you come to a resolution that works for...