Life Over 60: A Conversation With Friends
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Laurie Poole interviews two long-time friends, who have known one another over 30 years, about the joys of life over 60. No topic is off limits as they share perspectives on sex, marriage, motherhood and careers. All three women share how their friendship has carried them through some of the most challenging times in their lives.
Communication in Relationships 101 with Connie Cornwell
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Do you have a roadmap for defining a good relationship with your partner? We welcome Connie Cornwell, MA, LPC-S, LMFT-S to discuss communication in relationships.
Dating Advice with Cory Montfort
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On this episode, Laurie sits down with Cory Montfort for a quick chat about how to date your partner by focusing on the feeling instead of the destination with a few tips on how to find the spark.
Cheated On: Starting therapy in a crisis with Cory Montfort
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Recovering from an affair is a messy business. We try to help each relationship no matter the circumstances. For the betrayed, rebuilding the ability to trust. For those who cheated, rebuilding their trustworthiness. These things take an exorbitant amount of courage, patience, and time well-spent to accomplish.
11 Ways To Improve Communication In Your Relationship
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Everyone communicates differently; it’s part of the beauty that makes people human. No two people are exactly the same. While that fact is part of humanity’s charm, it can also make it hard to understand others sometimes, which is especially challenging in relationships. So, how do you improve your communication with your partner?
Connecting While Distancing: It Starts At Home
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As we embrace this new reality of staying physically distant from others, I am going to offer some sound advice over the coming weeks to help you curb the adverse side effects. And who knows – with practice, you could even utilize this unprecedented time to forge deeper, more meaningful connections than ever before.
Dating Someone Who Lacks Emotional Intelligence
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The emotionally intelligent feel deeply, but they understand why, they know what is going on (and thus, of course, they can change). That, perhaps, is the best way to define a high E.Q.: deep and powerful emotions that the individual recognizes and understands.
Staying Emotionally Connected to your Partner
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Staying emotionally connected is a challenge for many couples when demands for time are numerous: careers, family, parenting, social media and the neighbor next door. When fatigue sets in and partners feel stretched, before they know it, their relationship takes a back seat to everything else in their lives. Partners can feel like ships passing in the night as meaningful conversations become fewer and emotional intimacy dwindles. And when that happens, couples can feel distant and alone.