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Healthy Romantic Relationships: A Blended Family Guide to Avoid the Pitfalls and Enjoy the Promise! healthy relationships life after divorce romantic relationships step-parenting step-parents stepfamily Nov 11, 2022

Today we look at the time, energy, and relationship challenges and triumphs when blending two parents and one or two sets of children into one new family.  On the relationship front you face complexities around bonds with your children…yours, mine and ours along with co parenting relationships an...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: The Remarriage Manual: How to Make Everything work Better the Second Time Around creating healthy relationships healthy relationships life after divorce remarriage Oct 28, 2022

 

Today we’re speaking to Terry Gaspard, author of The Remarriage Manual - How to Make Everything Work Better the Second Time Around.  We discuss expectations, trust, communication and the vital importance of making your spouse a priority…especially when there are step children involved.  

Terry ...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: Reclaiming Your Sensuality creating healthy relationships divorce journey healthy relationships life after divorce Sep 16, 2022

Welcome back to another episode of Healthy Romantic Relationships.  Today we engage in a conversation around the titillating topic of Sensuality, how to understand your relationship with it and reclaim it!!

Dr. Elizabeth Cohen is back with me again and helps us understand the definition of sensual...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: An Unconventional Approach to finding oneself and love after divorce creating healthy relationships divorce journey healthy relationships journey after divorce new relationship Sep 02, 2022

Welcome back to another episode of Healthy Romantic Relationships.  We have a very special guest today, her expertise is as a divorced mom and the title of today’s episode teases our content.  An Unconventional Approach to Finding Oneself and Healthy Love After Divorce is exactly what Laura did. ...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: The Transformational Power of the Enneagram in Life and Love creating healthy relationships enneagram healthy relationships personality type romantic relationships Aug 26, 2022

 

Today we are diving into a new paradigm I recently began learning about, the Enneagram which was created in 1915 and refined in 1960 to include the 9 personality types. 

The Enneagram is a system of nine interconnected personality archetypes or types. It describes three “centers of intelligen...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: Choose Her Everyday or Leave her beyond divorce creating healthy relationships feminine energy healthy relationships masculine energy Aug 19, 2022

Welcome back to another episode of Healthy Romantic Relationships.  Today’s guest is Bryan Reeves, a “life and relationship insight ninja”!  I have been following Bryan’s work with men for some time now and am excited for him to share Lessons for both men and women in his newly released book, “Ch...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: Fierce Love Demands Fierce Conversations best divorce tips communication conversations fierce love healthy relationships romantic relationships Jul 22, 2022

Welcome back as we continue our conversation around Healthy Romantic Relationships, I am thrilled to be speaking with Susan Scott author of “Fierce Love”, about the essential role of conversations. I was first exposed to Susan’s work about a decade ago, when beginning my divorce coaching career a...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: 4 Pillars of Successful Romantic Relationships creating healthy relationships dating dating after divorce divorce healthy relationships new relationship Jun 24, 2022

Welcome back to our Series on Healthy Romantic Relationships. Today we are chatting with Emmy Hernandez about the “4 Pillars to a Romantic Relationship’.  Emmy shares her FORMULA for engaging in and enjoying an “Epic Relationship.”  We talk about playfulness, sexiness, nurturing and your ‘boss ba...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: Know Your Personal Operating Style creating healthy relationships dating dating after divorce healthy relationships romantic relationships Jun 10, 2022



Welcome to Today’s Episode: Know Your Personal Operating ‘Style’ and That of Your Partner’s.  

We have a great conversation for you today with Sandy Weiner who brilliantly highlights how important the little things are.  She shares the value of a ‘Personal Operating Manual’ which she developed for h...

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Healthy Romantic Relationships: Entering New Relationships with a Positive Mindset and Self Compassion creating healthy relationships healthy relationships new relationship positive mindset self compassion May 26, 2022


Welcome to our Healthy Romantic Relationship Series and today’s episode: Entering New Relationships with a Positive Mindset and Self Compassion.  As we dive into this topic, Dr. Jennifer Reid, who is a psychiatrist and award-winning educator with a practice in Philadelphia, shares the importance ...

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Healthy Relationships Require Healthy Boundaries boundaries codependence control freedom healthy relationships love personal responsibility Jun 26, 2015

By Karen McMahon


We need boundaries to experience healthy loving relationships.  Yet so many of us did not grow up in families that exhibited healthy boundaries.  In fact, we may have experienced quite the opposite and not even understand what a boundary is.  If your relationship is facing crisis...

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Creating Intentional Relationships - What do I want and why? creating healthy relationships dating healthy relationships meeting people relationships setting intentions Feb 16, 2014

By Lisa Brick

Once divorce is settled, life has become more predictable, and you are feeling ready to open yourself up to meeting new people the next step is often asking yourself what you want now, why you want it, and how you can intentionally create it?

Something is missing though, something i...

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