Ep 45: The Three Pillars of True Companionship with Kelly M. Flanagan, Ph.D.

by Zach Beach | Feb 21, 2021 | Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Relationships, Science of Love, Skills for Love, Spirituality

If we can embrace that our loneliness is just the shadow side of our uniqueness and our deepest self, then all of a sudden, we have an opportunity to befriend it, to move towards it, to get to know ourselves better, and to enjoy who we are even more deeply. Now I...

Ep 44: Raising Confident Kids with Jennifer Miller, M.Ed.

by Zach Beach | Feb 14, 2021 | Emotional Intelligence, Empathy, Parenting, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone

Confidence encompasses so many hopes and dreams we have as parents for our children. We don’t hope for an average life or an average existence, we want our children to love who they are and love who they are becoming in the world. And we want to feel like we can...

Ep 43: Love in the Time of Corona with Dr. Diana Wiley

by Zach Beach | Feb 7, 2021 | COVID, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Relationships, Sex, Skills for Love

Even when our choices seems so reduced, we’re still lucky to have so many to make. Choices that can impact our world over and over, every day. And it’s possible to emerge on the other side of this thing with a deeper appreciation of everyone and everything...

Ep 42: Transitioning to Parenthood with Anna Aslanian

by Zach Beach | Jan 24, 2021 | Communication, Parenting, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Science of Love, Skills for Love

No matter how we look at this issue, the kind of relationship the parents have affects the child. If the couple is focused on being a we, and not an I, if they are being teammates and supporting each other, that is not only beneficial for them, but it is beneficial...

Ep 41: Becoming a Relationship Master with LaShelle Lowe-Chardé

by Zach Beach | Jan 17, 2021 | Conscious Relationships, Mindfulness, Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Skills for Love

One of the biggest things we can do is really understand what empathy is, and understand it as a practical, applicable skill, rather some a fuzzy or warm thing only for mushy people. And when people finding that they can systematically learn to offer empathy, it...

Ep 40: Love Yourself, Don’t Punish Yourself with Dr. Liz Powell

by Zach Beach | Jan 10, 2021 | Podcast Episodes, Posts for Everyone, Self-Love, Skills for Love

For most of us, the majority of our lives, and the way our culture is structured as a whole, is about maintaining these cis-hetero-patriarchal-ableist standards about who is valid and who is worthy. And to get to the top of that rung you have to be as close to a...