Relationships Episodes

Roxanna Johnson helps spouses and partners heal from betrayal trauma by acknowledging their pain while rebuilding identity, faith, and hope. Her work shows that healing does not require minimizing what happened, but facing it truthfully and refusing to let another person’s choices define who you become.

Amy Ratkovich on Self Awareness and Breaking Emotional Patterns | 1,648 Amy Ratkovich believes understanding ourselves begins with curiosity, not judgment. A psychotherapist with more than a decade of experience, Amy's work is grounded in exploring what it means to be human and why we think, feel, relate, and respond in the ways we do. She approaches therapy through psychodynamic, relational, and body-aware perspectives, recognizing that our present lives are often shaped by experiences and patterns that developed long before we became conscious of them. At the heart of Amy's work is the belief that people make sense when we take the time to understand the full context of their lives. Our histories, relationships, emotional experiences, and even the wisdom held within the body can offer important clues about the patterns we continue to carry. Rather than simply focusing on changing behaviors, Amy encourages deeper awareness of what may be driving them. By becoming more con…

Dr. Jodi-Maree Cronin on Breaking Unhealthy Relationship Patterns | 1,646 Dr. Jodi-Maree Cronin believes the way we relate to ourselves, others, and the space between us can fundamentally shape how we experience life. A retired doctor, animal-assisted psychotherapist, Emotional Wealth Consultant, and Director of the Pack 4 Life Institute, Jodi-Maree has dedicated her work to understanding the role relationships and awareness play in healing, connection, and personal growth. She is the founder of Relational Awareness and Wisdom (RAW), an approach centered on developing greater awareness of self, others, and the relational space we create together. Through RAW, Jodi-Maree explores how recognizing our own relational patterns can change the way we communicate, connect, respond to challenges, and move through the world. At the heart of much of her work is an unlikely but deeply influential teacher: her assistance dog, Benni. Through trauma, recovery, and the extraordinary relat…

Amy Armstrong on Conflict Resolution and Healthier Family Communication | 1,635 Amy Armstrong believes conflict does not have to destroy relationships. With the right tools, even difficult moments can become opportunities for healthier communication, stronger boundaries, and meaningful change. A licensed social worker, conflict resolution specialist, parent coach, educator, and speaker, Amy has dedicated her career to helping families navigate some of their most challenging transitions. As co-founder of The Center for Family Resolution in Columbus, Ohio, she has helped advance trauma-informed approaches to separation, divorce, co-parenting, relationship conflict, and other complex family dynamics. With a background in education and social work, Amy brings together coaching, conflict resolution, and practical communication strategies to help parents move from chaos toward greater clarity and cooperation. Her experience extends from direct work with families to leadership withi…

Jon Garstang on Dog Training and Human Animal Connection | 1,608 Jon Garstang is an award winning dog and human trainer, educator, writer, and musician whose work focuses on strengthening the relationship between people and animals through compassion, understanding, and education. Originally trained as an actor at Royal Holloway, University of London, Jon began his career in music before a side job in dog care unexpectedly changed the direction of his life. Fascinated by the connection between humans and dogs, he founded For Dogs’ Sake in Southwest London in 2008 and began developing his own approach to training and behavioral education. His passion soon expanded beyond private training into international animal welfare work. In 2010, Jon traveled to Zambia to support shelter dogs and create community education programs focused on responsible dog care and training. Since then, he has worked with shelters across Eastern Europe and Greece, helping improve rehabilitation, rehomi…

Ryan Virden on Handling Difficult Conversations and Conflict Resolution | 1,606 Ryan Virden believes meaningful change begins with the courage to have difficult conversations. An author, cultural coach, and professor of Justice and Peace Studies at the University of St. Thomas, Ryan helps organizations, schools, and communities navigate conflict with greater empathy, accountability, and understanding. His work focuses on building cultures where trust, belonging, and honest dialogue become the foundation for lasting relationships. As the founder of Lir Cultural Coaching, Ryan equips leaders and teams with practical tools to engage across differences, address complex challenges, and foster environments where people feel seen, respected, and empowered to contribute. Rather than avoiding difficult conversations, he teaches people how to approach them with curiosity, courage, and compassion. Blending academic insight with real world application, Ryan's work challenges individua…

Jason Harris on Finding Hope and Healing Through Grief | 1,605 Jason Harris believes the way we say goodbye can become one of the most meaningful celebrations of a person's life. A speaker, author, certified celebrant, and grief support specialist, Jason has spent more than 35 years in ministry helping individuals and families navigate loss with compassion, hope, and humanity. His unique approach transforms traditional funeral services into heartfelt celebrations that honor a life well lived while creating space for healing, connection, and even laughter. Working alongside funeral homes throughout Texas, Jason encourages families to move beyond simply mourning a death and instead celebrate the stories, relationships, and moments that made their loved one unforgettable. He believes that laughter and tears are not opposites, but companions on the journey of grief, each playing an important role in the healing process. Beyond his work as a celebrant, Jason is passionate about…

Katie and Chris Bowick on Addiction Recovery and Marriage Healing | 1,597 Katie and Chris Bowick believe healing begins when people stop hiding their struggles and start telling the truth. Co-authors of Coloring Outside the Lines: A Love Story in the Gray of Addiction, Recovery & Redemption, Katie and Chris share a deeply personal journey through addiction, codependency, broken trust, and the long road toward rebuilding a marriage. Their story stands apart because it is told from both perspectives, offering an honest look at the pain, hope, and transformation experienced by each partner. Chris opens up about the hidden reality of addiction behind professional success and outward achievement, while Katie gives voice to the often unseen experience of loving someone through addiction, navigating fear, uncertainty, resilience, and faith. Together, they reveal that recovery is not just about sobriety. It is about restoring relationships, rediscovering identity, and learning to tru…

Roxanna Johnson on Healing Betrayal Trauma After Infidelity | 1,579 Roxanna Johnson is giving a voice to the people whose pain is too often overlooked. An author, speaker, and recovery advocate, Roxanna helps spouses and partners heal from the devastating impact of sexual addiction and betrayal trauma. Drawing from her own lived experience, a background in research, and years of serving in recovery communities, she offers a message rooted in faith, compassion, and hope. Through her book, Forgotten In The Battle with Sexual Addiction: The Journey of a Spouse, Roxanna shines a light on the often unseen struggles of those left navigating heartbreak, confusion, and shattered trust. Her work acknowledges the depth of that pain while pointing toward the possibility of healing, renewed identity, and restored faith. As a recovery group facilitator and sought after speaker, Roxanna continues to encourage individuals and families to move beyond survival and embrace lasting transform…

Keith Spurgin on Leadership and Building Strong Relationships | 1,576 Keith Spurgin believes every lasting success begins with two things: strong leadership and meaningful relationships. An author, international speaker, and President of Growth Resourcing Group, Keith has devoted his career to helping leaders, pastors, and business owners grow with greater purpose, influence, and impact. Through decades of leading organizations and developing people, he has learned that sustainable success is never built on strategy alone. It is built on the quality of the leader and the relationships they cultivate. As the founder of New Hope Church in Wylie, Texas, Keith has spent years equipping leaders to navigate growth, overcome challenges, and build cultures that inspire transformation. His practical wisdom, combined with a genuine passion for people, has made him a trusted mentor to leaders across industries and around the world. Whether speaking from the stage, coaching executives…

Dr Katelyn Lehman on Understanding Emotional Regulation | 1,574 Dr. Katelyn Lehman believes mental health cannot be understood by looking at the mind alone. It must be understood through the nervous system, our relationships, and the world we live in. A clinical psychologist and mental health expert, Dr. Katelyn Lehman integrates neuroscience, psychology, and public health to help people better understand emotional well being from both a personal and systemic perspective. Her work bridges clinical practice, research, and community health, offering a more complete view of how healing happens. Throughout her career, she has supported individuals navigating trauma, chronic stress, immigration, systemic barriers, and complex psychological challenges. Beyond individual care, she has led community based initiatives across Southern California that strengthen resilience through practical, everyday approaches to health, connection, and wellbeing. Dr. Lehman's mission is to move the…

How Mike Wheeler Helps You Break Unhealthy Patterns | 1,560 Mike Wheeler believes your past does not have to determine your future. After more than two decades in the IT industry leading teams, solving complex problems, and mentoring others, Mike discovered that his greatest passion was not technology. It was helping people grow into the person they were capable of becoming. His own life journey gave that mission even greater meaning. Coming from a family shaped by divorce and building a marriage with a partner who had experienced abuse, Mike understands firsthand how difficult it can be to create healthy relationships when you were never shown what they look like. Yet together, he and his wife built a thriving marriage spanning nearly two decades and raised four children, proving that a different story is possible. Today, Mike combines professional coaching principles, Biblical wisdom, and practical life strategies to help individuals, couples, and families break unhealth…

Tanya Taibl on Better Communication in Dementia Care | 1,553 Tanya Taibl believes dementia care begins with seeing the person, not just the diagnosis. With a background in special education, Tanya brings a unique and deeply compassionate perspective to supporting individuals experiencing cognitive decline and the families who care for them. Rather than focusing solely on what has been lost, she focuses on what remains possible through adaptation, communication, and understanding. Her work centers on helping care partners and loved ones navigate the complexities of dementia with greater confidence, empathy, and practical strategies. By exploring how communication styles, environmental design, and relationship dynamics influence quality of life, Tanya helps create experiences that preserve dignity, connection, and meaning. What sets her approach apart is a simple but powerful shift in perspective: instead of asking what a person can no longer do, she asks how we can better s…

Stephanie Wise on What Healthy Relationships Require | 1,520 Stephanie Wise helps people transform relationships from the inside out. Licensed therapist. Relationship coach. Writer. Educator. Speaker. Her work is built on one belief: healthy relationships are not sustained by intention alone. They are built through daily habits, honest communication, emotional awareness, and the willingness to show up differently when it matters most. Through therapy, coaching, teaching, and public speaking, Stephanie turns complex emotional insight into practical tools people can actually use in real life. Whether working with couples, parents, or individuals, her approach is grounded, direct, and deeply human. No empty advice. No relationship performance. Just real connection built through consistent action. Because love is not just something you feel. It is something you practice. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Enjoying the show? Support the conversation! 👉 Today’s guest: www.offic…

Chris Bingham on Leadership Loyalty and K9 Partnership | 1,518 Chris Bingham stands at the intersection of service, discipline, and loyalty. Law enforcement leader. K9 advocate. Mentor. With more than two decades in policing and leadership, Chris has dedicated his life to protecting others while building elite K9 programs grounded in trust, precision, and purpose. A graduate of Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, his work extends far beyond the badge. He is widely recognized for the powerful bond he shares with his retired partner, K9 Tambo, whose journey of resilience became a symbol of courage, recovery, and unwavering loyalty. Through public speaking, storytelling, and advocacy, Chris shines a light on the lasting impact of working dogs and the responsibility owed to them long after service ends. Driven by discipline, fatherhood, fitness, and perseverance, Chris uses his platform to remind people that strength is not built through comfort. It …

Chad Coe on Building Wealth Through Trust and Strategy | 1,517 Chad Coe doesn’t build transactions. He builds trust. Wealth strategist. Master auctioneer. Author. Relationship-driven leader. Known as a force of nature in business and on stage, Chad Coe brings intensity, conviction, and human connection into every room he enters. As the founder of Coe Financial Group, his philosophy is simple: people come before profit, and lasting wealth is built through strategy, resilience, and authentic relationships. Through his books, leadership training, and financial guidance, Chad challenges people to think bigger, lead stronger, and build lives with purpose behind the success. Because real abundance is never accidental. It’s built with vision, discipline, and the right people beside you. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Enjoying the show? Support the conversation! 👉 Today’s guest: www.coefinancial.com 🎬 Need standout video, podcast, or branding content? 🌐 www.positivetalkproduct…

Jonathon Aslay on Finding Love by Finding Yourself | 1,509 Jonathon Aslay, one of America’s leading mid life dating coaches, has evolved his work into something far deeper than dating advice. A conversation about self worth, healing, and what it truly means to love. After the devastating loss of his 19 year old son Connor in 2018, Jonathon was forced into a profound inner journey that reshaped both his life and his mission. Through grief, reflection, and personal transformation, he uncovered a painful truth at the center of modern relationships. Many people are searching for love while disconnected from themselves. That realization became the foundation of his work today. Through his book, *What The Heck Is Self Love Anyway?*, and his Mid Life Love Mastery mentorship program, Jonathon helps men and women rebuild self regard, self trust, and emotional wholeness from the inside out. Blending personal growth, spiritual insight, and practical guidance, he encourages people to …

Marta Swaffer on Finding Yourself in Quiet Moments | 1,502 Marta Swaffer writes for the people quietly carrying questions they cannot explain. Not as a guru, not as someone with all the answers, but as a woman who discovered that the deepest truths are often hidden inside ordinary life. Through motherhood, relationships, mistakes, heartbreak, and moments of unexpected clarity, she learned that transformation rarely arrives loudly. It unfolds in the quiet spaces where we finally begin listening to ourselves. Her work is a reminder that healing, love, and meaning are not somewhere far away. They have been waiting within us all along. Through her book, You Are the One You’ve Been Waiting For, Marta offers a deeply human invitation back to what matters most. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: www.martaswaffer.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping designs? Check out our media services at https://www.kmmedia.pr…

1,436 | Briana Bass Reveals What’s Missing in Modern Love Briana Bass, M.Ed., CMHC, LPC A, is a board certified clinical sexologist and therapist in doctoral studies who helps individuals and couples create meaningful, lasting transformation in their lives and relationships. With a foundation in psychology and clinical mental health, combined with more than a decade of experience in high level corporate environments, Briana brings a unique understanding of the pressures high achieving individuals face. She works with clients navigating self worth, modern dating challenges, emotional disconnection, and the hidden toll of success. Her approach blends evidence based practices with genuine empathy, helping people break free from toxic patterns, rebuild confidence, and form deeper, more fulfilling relationships. Clients often describe their work with her as a clear turning point, a true before and after in how they experience themselves and their lives. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ …

1,428 | Simone Ellin on Courage Healing and Confronting the Past Simone Ellin is a journalist, clinical social worker, and self described recovering middle schooler who brings honesty, insight, and depth to her work. She is the associate editor at Jmore magazine and an award winning freelance writer whose work has appeared in outlets including USA Today, Huffington Post, Lilith, Girls’ Life, Pregnancy, and The Baltimore Jewish Times. Her widely read HuffPost article, I Tracked Down the Girls That Bullied Me As A Kid: Here’s What They Had to Say, reached more than 2.3 million views and sparked powerful conversations around bullying, healing, and accountability. Through her writing, Simone explores identity, relationships, and the lasting impact of our formative experiences with both vulnerability and courage. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://simoneellin.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-stopping…

1,371 | Brylye Collins on Building Self Trust Before Finding Love Brylye Collins is a Certified Relationship Coach and the founder of Building with Bry, home to Thriving Solo and Intentional Connections. Based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, she works with clients across the United States to help singles reconnect with themselves first: building self-trust, confidence, and emotional readiness before pursuing love. Through her coaching, Brylye guides clients to heal old patterns, strengthen boundaries, and clarify what they truly want in a partner and relationship. For those ready to date with purpose, her Intentional Connections program offers a boutique matchmaking experience rooted in authenticity and alignment. Brylye’s mission is to help people move beyond casual chaos and into intentional connection, cultivating relationships that feel grounded, healthy, and built to last. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: https://ww…

1,344 | Ralph Brewer on Rebuilding Life, Identity, and Masculinity Ralph Brewer is the author of REBUILD – The Complete Guide to Starting Over as a Man, The Dead Bedroom Fix, Divorce Panic, Red Flags, and Real Talk: No Bullsht Life Advice for Young Men*. His work has reached hundreds of thousands of men around the world through his books, podcast, and global community. After a painful divorce and personal collapse more than a decade ago, Ralph rebuilt his life from the ground up—confronting hard truths about masculinity, relationships, and identity. What began as his own journey of healing and self-discovery evolved into an international movement. Today, through Help For Men, Ralph empowers men to rebuild with integrity, confidence, and clarity—helping them become stronger partners, fathers, and leaders in a changing world. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: helpformen.com 🎬 Need stunning videos, clean audio, or scroll-…

1,343 | Jacquie Elliott on Silencing the Inner Critic and Embracing Self Love Jacquie Elliott is a Certified Life, Relationship, and Spiritual Coach, author, and retreat leader devoted to helping others silence their inner critic and rediscover their divine worth. After years of battling Abusive Brain Chatter™—the relentless inner voice that whispers “you’re not enough”—Jacquie transformed her pain into purpose. Her book, The Silent Bully: A Journey from Abusive Brain Chatter to Self-Love™, blends memoir, spirituality, and healing practices to guide readers toward self-compassion, inner peace, and freedom. Through her retreats, workshops, and writing, Jacquie helps others reconnect with their Higher Power, awaken to their inherent value, and live from a place of love instead of fear. Her mission is simple yet profound: to remind you that you are already enough—and always have been. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 Love our show? Show some love! 👉 Check out today’s guest: h…

1,325 | Dave Orton on Embodiment, Presence, & Living Your Highest Potential (feat. Cari Rickabaugh) Dave Orton is a transformational coach and teacher who has spent more than a decade helping people create lives, relationships, and experiences that reflect their highest potential. Through his work, Dave integrates The Art of Coaching—a practice rooted in awareness, authenticity, and compassion. His focus lies in three core principles: The Art of Embodiment – aligning body, mind, and spirit to live as your most authentic self, taking responsibility for the past and consciously shaping the future. The Art of Listening – hearing from the heart, sensing deeper intention, and meeting others with loving-kindness and respect. The Art of Appreciating – finding beauty, value, and meaning in every interaction, cultivating what is good, true, and life-giving. Dave’s mission is to guide others toward presence, purpose, and the quiet power that comes from living in full awareness…