Welcome to the Rekindling Relationships podcast, designed to help you strengthen and bring more fun into your partnership as well as create a more loving, healthy and strong connection.
What do you do when your sex drives don't match up? How do you find a balance so that everyone's intimate needs are met? How embarrassed will Bec get speaking about this topic?
Bec and Vern discuss how to manage when you and your partner have different sex drives.
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Everyone brings their own values into a relationship. How do we navigate being together when we don't share each others? What's a Make or Break? What happens when we compromise our values to be with another person?
Bec and Vern have a chat about how different values can impact our relationships.
Check out our website to find out more about us and what we do: https://rekindlingrelationships.com/
Some great resources on making relationships work for you to check out-
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work.
By John Gottman
Eight Dates: To keep your relationship happy, thriving and lasting.
By John Gottman
How do we understand and accept each others unique differences? Different schedules, love languages, personality types, humour, communication styles. How do we embrace each other's differences and make them work?
Bec and Vern discuss how we deal with the conflict that comes from difference.
Check out our website to find out more about us and what we do: https://rekindlingrelationships.com/
Some great resources on making relationships work for you to check out-
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. By John Gottman
Eight Dates: To keep your relationship happy, thriving and lasting. By John Gottman
What does it mean to have differences in emotionality? What happens when we have different ways of expressing emotion and dealing with it? How do we deal with anger?
Bec and Vern talk about how to hold space for our partner's emotions.
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What are the different types of parenting styles and how do they impact our relationships? How do stop ourselves from reacting in the same way that our own parents did? How do we negotiate and navigate our own parenting style with our partners?
Bec and Vern discuss their own parenting styles and how they have dealt with it in their blended family.
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How do couples negotiate having different priorities about chores, work, leisure, children, family etc. How can these differences lead to disagreements and conflict? Why does Vern think that he does all the chores?
Bec and Vern discuss ways to manage our differences through having better conversations.
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How do we navigate our own experiences of family and life as a child, with a partner from differing circumstances? How do we understand each other's experiences and not let them get in the way of being in relationship together?
Bec and Vern discuss the way our different upbringings can impact on our relationships and how we can better manage it.
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Bec and Vern have a chat about the work they do together at Rekindling Relationships, as well as their separate mentoring businesses.
Check out our website to find out more about us and what we do: https://rekindlingrelationships.com/
Bec and Vern discuss their latest podcast season - 'Alphabet Soup for Couples'. They discuss why they decided to do an A-Z of relating and why they think these topics are important for relationships.
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Zero Sum Game means for you to win, someone has to lose. How is this dynamic affecting your relationship? What can we do to improve the way we communicate with our partner and find a win-win scenario?
Check out our website to find out more about us and what we do: https://rekindlingrelationships.com/
Some great resources on making relationships work for you to check out-
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. By John Gottman
