Stress can come from both outside and inside a marriage and if not managed efficiently, can have a negative impact on the relationship. In this episode I'll talk about how stress affects marriage and 6 ways to manage it.

I'm so excited to share my interview with Andrea Balboni, Sex, Love, and Relationships Coach. Topics will include exceptional love, sexual chemistry ,tapping into your own sensuality, sacred sex, and tips to develop sexual intimacy by creating space and valuing pleasure.

Working on your marriage can feel daunting. Two steps forward, 1 step back. Often we focus on the one step back instead of the one step forward. Discouragement comes anytime you have to step outside of your comfort zone and challenge yourself to reach a new level. There will be successes, failures, and setbacks. It's hard! But, there are ways to manage this discouragement to keep you moving forward toward your marriage goals. I'll be...

Intimacy is the ability to genuinely share your true self with another person and relate to the experience of closeness and connection. Fear of Intimacy is often a subconscious fear of closeness. This fear of intimacy appears in people's closest and most meaningful relationships. I'll show you what fear of intimacy is, where it comes from, and how to begin to overcome it. You might be surprised to learn some of your behaviors might be the...

Defensiveness is a self-protective measure and it is a natural response when we feel threatened. The problem with defensiveness is when it keeps couples from finding solutions to their problems. One defensive response, followed by another defensive rebuttal and the issue is swallowed up. There are ways to be less defensive and ways to say things to prevent or at least limit defensiveness. Find out what those things are.

Remember all the meaningful times you had at the beginning of your relationship? Each one deepened your love and built intimacy. Didn't you both look for ways to be together and do things? Anything? Those moments don't have to be a thing of the past. Meaningful time with your spouse is a conscious effort to connect. I'll give you ways to get back to or improve meaningful time together.

You might be thinking nothing comes before my children! Hey, I get it. Let's face it, most of us would give up an arm if our kids needed it, right? But there is danger in making your children more important than your marriage. And if you, like my husband and I, spent your time putting your kids before your marriage for most of their lives, the habit might be even harder to break as they...

You'd be surprised how much of our behavior is fear based. And behind that fear is the fear of vulnerability. In this episode I'm going to be talking about 3 fears that thwart intimacy. The fear of sharing our true selves by being truly authentic, the fear of conflict, and the fear of talking about sex. I'll talk about the fear behind these and give you 5 ways to face the fear and overcome it...

Have you ever questioned your relationship with alcohol? Have you ever questioned your spouse's? Usually, if there is a hum of a question in your mind, chances are there might be an issue. There are 3 levels of alcohol abuse. Gray area drinking falls into the mild to medium level. In this episode, I'll be talking with Kari Schwear, a former gray area drinker that chose to stop drinking to prevent her alcohol abuse from...