Bad marriage advice with Monica Tanner

Listen You’ve probably been given the same relationship advice your whole life. Never go to bed angry. Just communicate more. Send them the article. Some of it sounds reasonable. A lot of it gets misapplied in ways nobody warns you about, and by the time you...

The Fawn Response: What it is and how to change it

Listen If you’ve ever agreed to something and immediately regretted it, apologised for something that wasn’t your fault, or noticed yourself changing your opinion mid-conversation just to keep the peace, this episode is going to name something that’s...

How a foster dog nearly ruined my relationship

It’s been a couple of months since I lost my best friend, my dog of 15 years, Walter. [Even writing this now brings me to tears.] As someone who has a big heart, I was inspired by a close friend of mine who loves to foster cats, and a couple of people I follow...

Why couples fight about money: a therapist explains

Listen You have probably had some version of this argument. One of you thinks the other spends too much, or saves too obsessively, or just does not take it seriously enough. You have had it so many times you could almost script the other person’s lines. What most...