Love Vitamins for a Healthier Relationship. LoVita is a space where we share our experience on how we work on cultivating an intentional relationship. Read more on https://lovita.blog/
In this captivating conversation with Sandy Stream, we've explored the transformative power of self-love and respectful listening. Her journey from seeking inner peace to facilitating courage circles highlights the profound impact of creating safe spaces for authentic expression and connection. By embarking on our own self-discovery journeys and embracing respectful relationships, we can cultivate a world where love flows freely, nurturing the growth of both individuals and communities.
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In this insightful discussion with Jim White, it becomes clear that love is not passive; it calls for intentional cultivation and action. By choosing a love-based mindset, shifting our perspectives, and creating space for love, we open the doors to stronger connections, deeper understanding, and transformative experiences. Let us embrace the practice of love in our daily lives and witness its healing power unfold.
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Our conversation with Judith Costa has been both enlightening and inspiring. Through her wisdom, we have learned that self-love is a profound journey that has the power to revolutionize our lives. By embracing self-love and making it a priority, we unlock the true essence of love and create a ripple effect that positively impacts every aspect of our existence
So, let's nourish ourselves with the love vitamins of self-love and watch as our lives transform into something truly extraordinary. Remember, love is a decision we make every day, and it all starts with you.
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Darrell and Veronica Williams are sources of wisdom and guidance when it comes to strengthening relationships through love vitamins. Their dedication to helping couples thrive has led them to establish Alliance Seminars Coaching, where they offer transformative strategies to clients. They emphasize the importance of action, self-reflection, mentorship, and creating safe spaces for vulnerable conversations. By embodying these principles, couples can cultivate healthy and fulfilling relationships that stand the test of time.
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Katarina's personal journey serves as a reminder that societal expectations do not define our worth or happiness. By embracing our true selves, letting go of the "shoulds," and connecting with our hearts, we can create a life that is aligned with our values and brings us the joy and fulfillment we crave. It's time to prioritize our own well-being and nourish ourselves with love, giving ourselves the beautiful, joyful, and radiant life we deserve.
We hope that Katarina's story resonates with you and inspires you to embark on your own journey of self-discovery. Let go of the societal pressures, connect with your core values, and embrace the power of self-love.
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In this episode, we welcome Chris Hill, founder of the Gentlemen's Group. Chris discusses the importance of self-love, communication, and addressing personal conflicts as tools for fostering love within oneself and in relationships. Sharing his own struggles after his father's death, Chris emphasizes the significance of the healing process and the need to trust oneself. He shares his practice of addressing small issues promptly to prevent them from becoming bigger problems, and encourages listeners not to give up on love or loving themselves.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Presentation
00:23 Understanding Love and Its Presence
01:14 The Importance of Communication in Love
04:00 The Role of Time in Healing and Love
06:47 Addressing Issues and Discomforts in Relationships
11:25 Final Thoughts and Closing Remarks
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This episode features Keane Yu, a life and transformation coach. We discuss the concept of self-love, the journey of personal growth and Keane's techniques to nourish his mental, physical, and spiritual health. These techniques include daily routines and self-care tactics. We also discuss the importance of designing life around one's highest values and discuss Keane's philosophy of dividing time into learning, earning, and healing.
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Our guest speaker Heather Klaus shares her journey from failing at love and experiencing heartbreak and emotional abuse to finally finding ecstatic joy in love. We discuss the significance of setting firm boundaries and respecting each other's individuality to ensure long-term relationship happiness. She says, "love is a skill and it can be learned and you can grow your love and your passion Consistently."
The turning point with the discovery of the 'Sweet Spot' theory. It is a concept where a couple encompasses shared and individual interests, blending them into a harmonious co-existence.
The conversation wraps up with Heather encouraging listeners to acknowledge the small hiccups in their relationships before they become significant issues.
Heather's stirring narrative pushes the boundary of traditional relationship understanding, focusing on both joint and individual growth. Encouraging authenticity and transparency in relationships, Heather Claus's story is truly a Love Vitamin of breathing new life into relationships.
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"Love to me is not something that I sit around and wait for", says Paul. For him, its an active approach - which led him to create the Love Dice. The different faces of the die represent different Love Languages.
"Use the Love Dice to recognize the Love Vitamin of the day. Giving love away is really going to help you a whole lot more than sitting around waiting for it to come your way."
Here's what you have to do
🎲 Roll the die every day
🎲🎲 Take note of the Love Language rolled
🎲🎲🎲 Practice giving away the love all day to everybody
Love Languages don't need to be just for your partner. Paul says, "give it away to everybody, you have opportunities all day long to spread love and kindness."
The gamification makes it simple to try out all of the different forms of Love Languages. For a lot of us the concept of love languages is very prevalent. Everyone's kind of heard of it in a roundabout way, but we always think about it in terms of what fits me. Turning this into a game, gives one an opportunity to try out all of the different flavors.
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In the first half of our conversation with them, we talk about what makes their relationship special and did a dive into love vs intimacy and much more. In this second part, we share how they demonstrated to use the exercise of Cherishment.
Our next Framework of Cherish Time (which will be available in a couple days) is inspired from this beautiful exercise of using the 5 senses to express your love to your partner and build a more intimate and healthier relationship.
Listen to the full episode to feel the love pouring out of them which they practice this wonderful exercise - there were some tears being shed in the background too. We tried our own version of Cherish Time and that'll be available on our Social Media Channels too. Follow us on Instagram to check it out.
Takeaways
Think about this - what advice would you give yourself for your relationship to make it more healthier? Let us know in the comments below. At LoVita, we're not in the business of giving advice, we're about inspiring partners of all kinds by sharing their stories and journey in building a healthier relationship. So if you're interested, we'd love to share yours too.
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Francesca and Stan Levine have decades of experience practicing counseling, so we were curious to explore what it is that makes them and their relationship special. Stan jokes that "with my white hair and the wrinkles, it makes a big impression because that indicates to them experience, which clearly there is and sometimes they believe I'm wise and I'm not sure about that, but they seem to think so and it gets through. So it works." To which Francesca adds that he is wise as he's learned everything from his wife. But what really attracts people to them, Francesca says, is that, "They see us in the waiting room. We can't pass each other without a hug and a kiss. Right. And this is true and it's just, it's fleeting, but it makes a very lasting impression. You know, we are very connected." She says, "You know, ours, I believe is a very romantic and true story. We could put it up in Hollywood and people will say, this isn't real, but it is. So it's who we are. That makes, I believe." Stan agrees and she continues, "It's who we are. That makes a difference. So even in the momentary passing or when we are teaching, cuz you know there are weekend workshops and things. It's the energy between us. It's not what you say, it's how people feel. That's what they remember. And I think the, the, the love and joy and fun we have, so lots of, we can laugh over a lot of things, right? And I think after so many years that there's still fun, joy, and love and hot sex. Hey, what else do you want? Good food. We don't even have to leave the house." to which Stan agrees.
Takeaways
1️⃣ Love is contagious. When you are in love and have a healthy relationship with your partner, you'll pour out the love to people around you. As Francesca said, "It's not what you say, it's how people feel. That's what they remember."
2️⃣ Love and intimacy have similarities but are different. Love is more encompassing, and intimacy is a way how you would show up in the relationship.
3️⃣ Working on your relationship is not hard work. it doesn't have to be. It can be the easiest thing in the world. With time and consistency, using different frameworks and exercises that work for your relationship, you can build it into a healthier one.
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“The best thing that you can do for your partner is work on yourself. The best thing that your partner can do for you is work on themselves.”
“Intimate relationships can mirror both of our own stuff that we get to work through, but also reflecting back the goodness that we are.”
“The stars had written a message for you when you were born, and it's up to you to discover what that is. And what I mean by that is life has a natural, beautiful unfolding that is happening, and it's like a flow of a river.”
These are just some of the few quotes Zach shared with us in our conversations. We talk about many topics - Value of Intimate Relationships, Identifying Emotions passing through you, Digging deep within yourself to identify patterns of pain and suffering, and much more.
Here are some of our takeaways from the episode:
1️⃣ Extend your love to others with compassion. When someone shares with you OR you share with someone deeply vulnerable things , it opens the heart for compassion.
2️⃣ LOVE has the power to heal us. Work on building an intimate relationship and use the love from that relationship to work on your own stuff that comes up in a relationship and your own growth.
3️⃣ The best thing you can do for your partner is to work on yourself. The best thing that your partner can do for you is to work on themselves.
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At LoVita, we believe the workings of a successful relationship are similar to the workings of a successful corporation. Or at least they should be. Successful companies have a mission and vision. They have goals and targets. So should relationships. Have you ever considered what are your values in your relationship? Companies are always trying to do the best and accountable to the shareholders and customers. The shareholders and customers in your relationships are you and your partner. Similar to companies, most relationships need a strategy, which should be discussed periodically. Relationships need frameworks to provide structure. Each couple is unique and you have to innovate and be creative to personalize what works for your relationship.
Amongst the many insights that our guest, Aaron Shelly, shares with us he says "One of the big things that I wasn't understanding was the value in social connections and relating that social resources and how much like my mom invested in that." Our relationships in our community can actually have much greater magnitudes in our life than just having a monetary value. The payoffs from maintaining our relationships are massive and unknown. He adds "If you're not investing in social connections, it would be the same as if a company said, we're not gonna have sales and marketing. Which every company would say that's suicide."
Takeaways
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In our conversation with Jerry Dugan, he says, "like live in a way that. She's gonna be like, all right, yeah, I choose him again for another day." So we asked him what his thoughts were on how to make sure that the love between partners doesn't just stay at a constant rate.
The biggest thing is making sure I'm listening more than I'm speaking in the relationship.
Listen to the full episode for Jerry's story on how he was putting them first and, and also communicating something he would want to do.
We also learn about - H.A.L.T - A framework which can be used to reduce conflict in relationships. Before you say, anything to your partner, halt and check for the below
And if the answer to any of those things is a YES, then the conflict or conversation between you and your partner isn't about whatever's going on - it's about something else entirely. So what can you do? Simple answer is to take care of yourself and let your partner know. If you're hungry - get a snack. If you're angry or feeling lonely or tired - let your partner know.
Takeaways
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In our conversation with Jerry Dugan, he shared with us their habit or ritual that he and his wife had had worked over the years to keep their love intentional and alive in their relationship. Listen to the full episode for the full explanation but we broke it down to the three steps below.
1️⃣ Recharge or regroup yourself - Put yourself in the right frame of mind before you enter into the door and meet your partner and/or family
2️⃣ Prioritize your partner - Take some time out to catch up on the day with your partner before you do anything else
3️⃣ Be present and engaged - Be there for each other
Since Jerry had been in his relationship for a couple decades, we asked Jerry for some advice for people new into relationships and marriages. He gave us some more compelling reasons why we should put our relationship with our partner first before our children and extended friends and family. For their family with a Christian faith he says, "we put God first and then we put each other second, and then we would put our kids third." He adds that if you could just replace the first part with your faith but the main point was that the relationship between him and his wife would have precedent over our relationship with their kids, extended family, friends and co-workers.
Takeaways
Let's bandage the takeaways for todays episode on why we should prioritize our partners our relationships with them before some of the other relationships
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"I truly believe that salespeople will heal the world. And the reason is for the same reason that this podcast here exists. A successful sale is a relationship." Joe shares in this episode.
He shares 4 things to make you better in every capacity
1️⃣ Prudence - Having knowledge and passion about a specific topic
2️⃣ Justice - Wanting to be with you on a relationship level for your merit
3️⃣ Courage - Figure out a way to get out something boils inside of you
4️⃣ Humility - Balance. Humility is neither I am the greatest and most important person on this planet, nor am I small and insignificant. It's truly that balance.
Takeaways
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Most conflicts follow some variation of this Conflict Resolution Curve:
🆕 Inception - The moment a conflict is registered
🌶️ Getting Hot - The in-between space
💣 Big Bang - The climactic moment of the conflict
🧊 Cool Down - The period after our conflict reaches a “resolution”
🆕 New Normal - How life will be after this conflict
BUT WAIT!! There’s one step that we often miss after a New Normal has been established.
🪡 Relationship Repair - Building goodwill back into the relationship
Every relationship has conflict. And if you say that you and your partner are an amazing team and NEVER argue, who are you kidding. It's probably that you're not looking properly or maybe just ignore the emotions that arise in a conflict. What often tends to happen is that once a conflict has been resolved, people “move on” with their lives but rarely do we go back and look into repairing any damage that the conflict might have created.
Kimberly Hill, our guest on the show, shares what she does to build a healthier relationship. Listen to the full episode to learn more.
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Saying what you feel and asking for what you want with your partners can often be very difficult. But why is that? And even when you gather the courage and patience to do so, they still don't understand. Kimberly shares that this is common, "What seems to be one of the most difficult conversations for a man and or woman to have in their relationship or in dating is saying how we feel and communicating when we have a need."
Activity to get better at communicating with your partnerThis is an exercise to help you fill in what you are feeling and what you really need.
-> Get a pen and paper and write the below down
___
I feel _________.
Because _________.
I would like it if you would __________.
I hope you understand that __________.
To learn more about how this works, listen to the full episode.
Takeaways1️⃣ Make sure before having a conversation with your partner, they are in the present and free of distractions
2️⃣ When addressing an issue, focus on the behavior. Rather than blaming or pointing at your partner, find the behavior that is causing this conversation to happen.
3️⃣ Ask for what you want, rather than what you don't want. After sharing your feelings on how you feel, go that extra step further to suggest a solution.
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So what is the biggest problem that men face in relationships today? Raashi thinks that I don't understand the female perspective (how dare she !?) Huffpost rates attraction, sex and communication as the top 3 biggest relationship issues in Men. As per our expert guest, Kimberly, "Of course everyone is having unique or different experiences and different frustrations that they bring to the dating process and into their relationships. But without a doubt, over the last few, many years I've worked with men, there are common themes that do tend to reoccur." She talks more about how men are often unaware of what they are looking for or from a relationship, approaching them with unhealthy attachment styles.
It's essentially not a sustainable practice to be able to consistently be putting more energy or resources into your relationship than you are actually being able to replenish from it. Constantly creating this scarcity, this depletion of who you are, what you're bringing into this relationship, it's not a sustainable practice for a long-term healthy relationship because that's not built on equality. Kimberly adds to that about the importance of interdependence in relationships. Listen to the full episode for more.
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Julie shares with us how she sends out energy to her Angels through a wish or a prayer or whatever term people might prefer to use in their own comfort. The idea being that you're not using directive action to ask for something. You're more of sending out this energy and this request to the things that you don’t have a lot of control over.
Some other things we talk about in the episode
1️⃣ Importance of Self Discovery
2️⃣ Looking at Polarity
3️⃣Conflict Decision Making Tree
Sometimes we don't have the healthiest ways to deal with conflicts. This framework can really benefit making conflicts easier. Here’s how it works.
1️⃣ Take a deep breath and ask yourself, can you think of one nice thing about your partner?
2️⃣ Can you say what really made you upset?
3️⃣ Can you honestly say what you need at this moment?
4️⃣ Can you honestly say what you need at this moment.
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In this conversation with Branch Isole, he shares some amazing exercises to build better communication in your relationships. We discuss the different levels of pain and the seven Rs that people in relationships can use as an opportunity to address issues and work towards finding a solution to reconcile and repair the situation. And repair the relationships.
He shares the seven steps that a couple or people in relationships can use as an opportunity to address the issue and work towards finding a solution so that you can reconcile and repair the situation, repair the relationship. All it costs you is an investment of your time and your emotions.
1️⃣ Recognize that you have harmed the other
2️⃣ Take Responsibility for your actions
3️⃣ Have Regret
4️⃣ Have Remorse
5️⃣ Redress
6️⃣ Repetition
7️⃣ Repent
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Our conversation with Saami and Nathan Jaeger was filled with fun Activities, Practices and Rituals that Partners can take away and practice in your relationships to add fuel to your love Tanks. First they share about a Gratitude Practice that they use for MANAGING RESENTMENT. Then, we get into one of their rituals of 2 COFFEE AND A TREAT and I love it not just because it has 2 coffees in it but also a treat. At the end, we get into their practice of 2 x 2 x 2 DATE NIGHTS.
The Framework of 2/2/2 Date Night, which they found on a Reddit feed sometime ago, adapted to their liking, is that
This is definitely another exercise that we are excited to try out in our relationship. Our cadence might change to different numbers but the idea remains the same. What do you think would be an ideal frequency for your date nights - 1/1/1 or 2/3/2 or something else? Let us know in the comments below
Listen to the full episode to hear what they share about how this changed their relationship and got them out of their worst fight early on.
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We chat with Sammi & Nathan Jaeger, Co-Hosts of The Date Forever Podcast about how to increase the positive or the goodwill in your relationship to help you counteract the negative or the deficit that we tend to collect in our relationships.
Saami and Nathan were around 23 and 24 when they got married in December 2012. And they've been together now for about 15 years, just celebrated their 10th Wedding Anniversary. Congratulations! At LoVita, we're always curious as to why people get married. Everyone has their own reasons, and we really wanted to know why they decided to make that step after 5 years of being together in their relationship. Sammi mentioned that's something she had struggled with herself in the beginning and shares their wonderful story of how she ended up eventually taking the name Jaeger.
Bonus - an exercise to keep fueling their love tank. They had so many things to share. One of the first things they talked about, which I loved, is how they phrased it "let air out of the balloon". It's a weekly check-in conversation to help prevent resentment in their relationship. On what they do to build a healthier relationship, Sammi starts with saying they put goodwill into our relationship all day, every day. Listen to the episode for more.
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Have you tried the Quiz to find your Apology Language yet? If not, check it out from the link below and find out what’s your style?
There 5 Apology Languages are
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Amanda shared with us her story about the troubles and challenges she had in her life. How she was able to use Kinesiology to understand all these layers and get out of an unhealthy relationship. Her journey of self discovery helped her explore other relationships. She shares a funny and insightful story about how she used Tinder, as a tool, to find what kinds of energy she was attracting and her journey of how she met her current partner. A couple things she mentioned that she realized what she was intentionally looking in her partner and the relationship was were
Amanda knew what she wanted and the universe was waiting for her to identify that within herself before those people could be highlighted for her from the universe as a gift. It was bound to happen. One of her messages that I really loved -
“I was really conscious of finding in that reflection what was left unhealed in me because I knew that when I went into my next relationship, I did not want it to be the same. I did not want to be the kind of empath who naturally attracts another narcissist. I didn't wanna be that flame for the moths.”
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In this episode with Liam Naden, a relationships and marriage coach. He talks a lot about the responsibility that we have as individuals to do the, “I” work to make the, “we” work. It gives us the understanding of what is an individual's responsibility for the common components that make something like a relationship or a marriage successful. It also brings a lot of empowerment and responsibility and accountability for what we can actually do to build the relationships that bring us joy back into our hands and makes us feel like we truly are individual agents that are capable of change and leading a life that makes us happy.
Some other topics we discuss
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A special episode this week to talk in depth with examples about our most recently published framework, the ESD (Emotional Status Dashboard).
The ESD (Emotional Status Dashboard) has the below 4 major components:
1️⃣ Identifying your emotion - reflect about the emotions being triggered and find a way to keep your partner in the loop
2️⃣ Nonverbal communication - to loop your partner in without the burden of sharing the details
3️⃣ Involving your partner - Don’t keep them in the dark and have them wondering what’s going on. If you don’t fill in the context for them, their mind will. They can’t read your mind.
4️⃣ Process the emotion - After digging deep into the triggers yourself, have a conversation with your partner to discuss it.
Partners - hold the space for each other while the other goes through the cycle of the ESD.
Say “I am angry” instead of “you did something to make me angry”. It is the individual's responsibility to understand and manage their own emotions. Even though your partner’s actions might have triggered the emotions in you, it is not their fault.
We use the ESD (Emotional Status Dashboard) as a way to identify the emotion being triggered, share it with our partner and then hold a space to move forward with it without being defensive or assigning blame.
How do you communicate with your partners when emotions get heightened? Do you have a framework or a process where you are intentional to build a healthier relationship? Or do you just “wing it”? Let us know in the comments below.
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Kim Sorrell and her husband were diagnosed with Cancer 4 months apart and only one of them survived. In this episode, she shares stories of grief and humor to put forward her thoughts as an expert on love.
A couple of our biggest takeaways from this episode that Kim shares
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In this episode we chat with Silvia Dutchevici, a psychotherapist with more than 20 years experience working with individuals and couples on topics ranging from relationships, intimacy and how to survive a long term partnership.
Some of the topics we discuss
🧑⚕️ Therapy to understand ourselves and our Partners
💪 How Power shows up in Relationships
⛪ Traditions and How People hide behind Culture
🎯 Shared Vision and Goals
🥷 Dealing with Conflicts and Practice to Fail
We discuss how to become aware of power statuses in relationships and the power struggles so that Partners can lead into power negotiations.
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At the age of 83, Dr. Laurie has been married for 62 years, business partners with her husband for the last 50 plus years. She shared some details about that journey along with us in this week's episode.
Along with many other things, she shares a few simple steps on how and when Partners should communicate when there is a conflict which arises.
Some of the other topics we discuss
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Brent Downlen, the host of The Fallible Man - Building Better Men, joined us to share his experience, learnings and stories of working in personal development with men who want to grow as men.We talked about topics like ☑️ Honest gut-check for your relationships 🐛 Communication on Real Issues 👫 Touch Base Communication 🧬 Generalizations for Men and Women 🚸 Evolution of the relationship with ParenthoodIf you enjoyed listening to this episode (or the podcast), please share your diagnosis with 1 close relationship or anyone else who would enjoy listening to this as well.The best gift you can give us is positive feedback and your observations. Follow us wherever you are listening and do us a favor by adding a Review on Apple Podcast.LoVita - Love Vitamins for a healthier is a community by Partners for Partners. We share stories about how Partners are working intentionally towards building a healthier relationship. To learn more check out the links below 🔗 LoVita Blog for Frameworks Sign up for our monthly Newsletter for exclusive content We're also on Social media - Instagram, Facebook, All above links in a single pageConnect with Brent Downlen Fallible Man Website Fallible Man Podcast Social Media Links - Instagram, Facebook, YouTube--- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lovitalovevitamins/messageSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/lovitalovevitamins/support
In our conversation with relationships coaches and experts, Dr. Ray and Jean Kadkhodaian, share their personal stories and many frameworks to help people build healthier relationships, listed below
👩❤️👨 Time for Hearts - Relationship Check Ins
3️⃣ Things you can do to change your relationship right now. Spoiler: Something new, Surprise each other, Sleep naked
⏳ Finding time and building deeper connections with your partner
🤕 Dealing with conflicts and pain - Comfort vs Discipline
🪴 Individual Growth
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In this episode, of "Skip the Beat", our discussion revolves around themes like
Takeaways
The moment of celebration should be special. We should make our partners feel like they are loved. Celebrating every day does not and should not detract from celebrating the special events and milestones. Instead, it is about adding to the celebration we do every day. The craving for giving love and receiving love can be fulfilled every day, we don’t need to wait for the big moments to express it.
Two things to consider here are
Traditionally, the norm has been about High Intensity and Low Frequency, celebrating love every day is about Low intensity and High frequency.
Planned spontaneity can help ease some of the anxiety that might revolve around planning surprises too often or not, based on how your partner defines what that frequency is.
If you are requesting a form of love, be willing to show that form of love. Starting with self-love, if showing love that you would like to get from someone else, seems challenging as well.
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In this episode, we bring to you a quick and easy free at home date night idea called creating a Shared Relationship Vision.
It doesn't matter if you're just starting your relationship or you've been together for several years, it's never too early or too late to sit down with your partner and talk about what you aspire from your relationship. This is why we came up with a list of deal breaker questions. By taking the time to go through these questions, you can create a Relationship Vision that you and your partner are willing to invest in.
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Takeaways
1️⃣ We believe that a discussion around a Shared Relationship Vision should be a recurring exercise, perhaps even a Tradition. People and their priorities change over time. This exercise can keep partners in alignment.
2️⃣ Just because you and your partner share different perspectives doesn't mean that you are not on the same page. This activity is all about helping you understand your similarities and differences, and if and whether you want to invest your time in addressing those gaps and remember. Remember - It's okay to disagree.
Our inspiration for the activity was from our previous conversations with Brendan Kumarasamy, a communication expert and Victoria Raider, a possibility coach on their take on the value of working towards a Relationship Visions. Links below 🔗
https://lovita.blog/2022/11/11/unleash-prosperity-in-your-relationship-with-victoria-rader-a-possibility-coach/
https://lovita.blog/2022/08/29/communicating-relationship-boundaries-with-brenden-kumarasamy/
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A quick and easy, free, at home date night idea.
Here’s how the activity works - Each person takes turns to click photos from your phone or camera to make a story in 2 minutes. So, if you are the storyteller first, your partner will have to leave the room and set a timer for 2 minutes. In that time, you'll use your phone or something to click photos. These photos can be of yourself, or any objects as props around you. After 2 minutes your partner will come back into the room and look at your photos as a slideshow and try to narrate the story. Once they're done, you'll share what you had in mind. Then take some time to discuss the differences and similarities. When done, switch roles. Do this in parallel if you have different rooms available.
Things you need
🤳 A phone or camera to click photos with
⏱ Something to keep track of time.
Rules
1️⃣ You have 2 minutes
2️⃣ Use selfies and things around you as props
3️⃣ Click photos and share your story
Takeaways
1️⃣ This was a great activity to see your partner's perspective. It's very unlikely that both of you are going to have the exact same story or even something close to it. So this gives you an opportunity to see how your partner sees the world and how they interpret it versus how you do and then talk about it and get to know each other.
2️⃣ Introducing or reintroducing the idea of play. As we grow up and become adults, quote unquote, with responsibilities, it's very easy to stop prioritizing the concept of play, but the role that it plays in our relationship is bringing back lightheartedness and re-introducing opportunities for you and your partner to connect with that same childlike enthusiasm. Curiosity and playfulness that you used to when you were a child.
Everyone likes to take pictures or see pictures that others have taken. Communicating with photos has two layers - the first: what the photographer perceives, and the second what the viewer conceived. This date night activity combines both of these ideas to play with your partner, get creative - and learn what kind of stories we tell ourselves.
The point of this is to enforce that your partner is not the same person as you. Even though they might see the same things as you do, they interpret it differently. This is an exercise to appreciate each other's creativity, and get to know their thought process a bit better. Depending on how much time you have to spend, you can deep dive on the “whys” and “hows”.
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In this episode, listen to Charlene Byers talk about masculine and feminine polarity, feminine embodiment and romantic relationships. She is an expert on male/female relationships. She shares her stories and learnings from her 25 years as a relationship coach. She talks about her struggles as a woman that she faced early on and how she was able to overcome them and build a healthy relationship with her husband.
We explore the answer to the very important question of “How do Women Want to Feel in a Relationship?”
Learn about the RAM (Relationship Attachment Model) Model and how it can help you in your relationships.
In the full episode we go over the below topics
1️⃣ Impact of men around Charlene in her youth
2️⃣ The effect of that in her Relationships as an adult
3️⃣ Struggles of leaving the past behind
4️⃣ Slowing down to find alignment
And much more…
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In this episode, we chat with Victoria Rader, a possibility coach on how to unleash prosperity in your Relationships with Victoria Rader, a Possibility Coach.
Amongst other things, we learnt about a 4 step Ass Principle
1️⃣ Validation "What an ass."
2️⃣ Ownership "But he/she is my ass."
3️⃣ Forgiveness "I choose to forgive them."
4️⃣ Love "I choose to love them."
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We discussed other topics like
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In this episode, we talk about a fun and gamified way to share among partners more about each other's day. Here's how the activity works
🙋♀️ One of the partner is the Storyteller. Your role is to start by sharing more about how you spent the day. When you hear EXPAND, stay on the event you just mentioned and give details. Continue giving details until you hear ADVANCE, after which you move on to the next event of the day. Continue for 2 minutes.
🧟♀️ The other partner is the Listener. With the power to use only two keywords "Advance" and "Expand". Say EXPAND to have the Storyteller share more details about what they just mentioned. Say ADVANCE to move ahead to the next event of the day.
🔀 Switch roles. Play daily or when needed. Increase time as you see fit.
Takeaways
Our inspiration for the activity was from an Improv exercise called Advance and Expand, used to explore environments in more detail.
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A quick and easy date night idea to build a healthy relationship. Here’s what you need
1️⃣ 2 pieces of paper
2️⃣ 2 pens
3️⃣ 60 seconds with your partner
All you have to do is look into your partners eyes and draw them. There are 2 simple rules
✍️ Draw a single continuous line without lifting the pen from the paper
👁️ Maintain eye contact for 60 seconds
Our inspiration for the activity was from a Ted Talk given by Wendy MacNaughton - The art of paying attention. In an invitation to slow down and look at the world around you, the graphic journalist illustrates how drawing can spark deeply human, authentic connections. Ready to try? Grab a pencil and join MacNaughton for her delightful talk. "Drawing is looking, and looking is loving," she says. Link below 🔗
https://www.ted.com/talks/wendy_macnaughton_the_art_of_paying_attention
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In this episode, of "Skip the Beat", we talk about
Takeaways
We talk about emotional leakage in your relationships. How best to manage this and communicate with our partners? The best way to dig deep into our anxieties and our needs for having everything “perfect” is to lead with curiosity.
We talk about the middle path between the extremes of lying to keep your partner happy or being honest and possibly hurting your partner.
Things are rarely perfect, and that’s exactly what makes them perfect in relationships. Learn more on how to find the perfect moments, acceptance in imperfection, and appreciate these moments to find joy and happiness.
This will help your partnership develop the capacity to hold the space so that your partner can flourish in all the ways they have desired outside of judgment. Set yourself free of the concepts of duality like, right or wrong. Dig deeper into layers to find what it is that brings us joy and happiness in our relationship.
To live fully and abundantly is the most beautiful opportunity that life provides. Work on creating a partnership, to encourage and empower each other to explore and wonder without judgment.
Remember, you are perfect in every imperfect moment and so is your partner. And when you find something imperfect, seek out the perfect moment to communicate and share with your partner your feelings.
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In this episode, of "Skip the Beat", we talk about
Takeaways
Before you can share with your partner what you want, there is a lot of self-identity work that is needed to be done to answer how you are and who you want to be.
Doing identity work, we start to realize that identity as a concept is quite malleable, it’s quite fluid. Looking at it in terms of “this or that” is very reductionist. Identity is more of an amalgamation or a culmination of different moving parts.
To discover the fine balance of how much and when to share in a new relationships
Start with - Sit with yourself, and identity, what are those non-negotiable boundaries within you? What are the things that you don’t know you can’t function without?
Navigating the fine line between controlling and letting go can be tricky. We often feel like we have to give something to get something. By transforming our ORs into ANDs, we can change this negotiation in our favor. Start having these conversations with yourself, to understand where our boundaries start and when it gets to sacrifice.
To build a healthy partnership, work on laying down the foundation for your relationship so difficult conversations don’t have to be hard ones and can be everyday, honest and real conversation. Building a healthy relationship requires hard work and being intentional about normalizing such difficult conversations.
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In our latest episode with Brenden Kumarasamy, communication expert and the founder of MasterTalk, shares some tips on topics like
Boundary setting in your relationships
Specificity is the key to boundary setting. Writing them out helps. 2. Make it fun
Start easy and start with something small. If you can’t argue about the small things, forget about arguing about the big things. 3. Celebrate and reciprocate
Ping pong on boundary setting with your partner.
How do being an effective speaker skills help you build healthier relationships? The key is, that it doesn’t matter what you say, as much as HOW you say it.
Use Relationship Visioning, as a Framework to define what you want the relationship to be. Use Relationship Selection to ask all the hard questions upfront.
Make a list of every quality you want in someone else. Look at the list and become that person. The key is to try and be the best version of that person and if you are true to it you’ll attract such people to you.
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How often do we let our partner make mistakes? In this episode of LoVita we talk about how to give the benefit of doubt and believe in our partners, while being there for them even when we might be certain that they are going to fail.
Some of the topics related to relationships that we discuss are
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“Until you can know yourself, you don’t know what you have to offer. Till you know what you have to offer, nobody else knows what you have to offer.” - Juan Lee on his teachings on love.
In this special episode with Juan Lee, we learn about how Juan and Tracy do to build a healthier relationship.
Some of the topics we talk about
We talk about Building together - relationships get built together collectively over time. It's a daily effort to bring something to the table and bring our own strengths individually to the table. Recognizing what your partner's abilities are at work.
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Juan Lee is an author and teacher on the powerful principle of love. For over 30 years, he has studied organized religion to find the elements that unite humanity and share the message with those who need it. Based outside of Washington DC, Juan is a decorated US Air Force veteran and author of Love Made Simple.
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Parasocial Relationship - We talk about how to be intentional in your date nights.
To build a healthier relationship here are the two takeaways from the episode.
1️⃣ Manage your emotions first.
2️⃣ First, reflect on what is it that would create an intentional date night for you.
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In this episode, we start a new series called "Skip the Beat". We share a story that is likely to have happened between partners. Then we dissect the situation and present key takeaways at the end.
Takeaways
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In this episode, we talk about our Traditions Framework on LoVita.blog - Love Vitamins for a Healthier Relationship. We take a trip down memory lane to discuss how traditions started for us.
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In this episode we talk about our Conscious Coupling Framework on LoVita.blog - Love vitamins for a healthier relationship. As a part of the framework, we had two guest speakers Karl and Nina Puebla to share more about their experiences.
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Love Vitamins for a Healthier Relationship. LoVita is a space where we share our experience on how we work on cultivating an intentional relationship. Read more on LoVita.blog
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In this episode, we talk about our Love Pills Framework on LoVita.blog - Love vitamins for a healthier relationship. As a part of the framework, we had two guest speakers Ankit Pandey and Guneet Sangha to share more about their experiences.
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In this episode we talk about our Conscious Coupling Framework on LoVita.blog - Love vitamins for a healthier relationship. As a part of the framework, we did an activity which we call “Sharing vs Sacrificing”. You can find more details on the activity in the Resources page, Medi-Dates presentation by Raashi Bhatnagar.
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