Let’s Talk Love brings you advice and insights from trusted experts to help you expand the ways you love, relate, and communicate. Real Love Ready founder and host Robin Ducharme invites guests into conversations that get to the heart of what makes relationships joyful, challenging, and fulfilling.
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Katherine Woodward Thomas: Lessons in Conscious Uncoupling
Katherine is the author of the national bestseller, Calling In The One, and New York Times bestseller, Conscious Uncoupling: Five Steps to Living Happily Even After. She is also a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and teacher to 1000s from all corners of the world.
Today, Katherine walks us through her five-step process for consciously uncoupling. She says, “The goal of conscious uncoupling is not necessarily the restoration of justice, the attainment of restitution, or the vindication of being right. The goal of conscious uncoupling is to be free, and to move forward from here empowered to create a happy and healthy life for yourself and those you love.”
Dr. Jaime Zuckerman: Understanding Narcissism
Let's Talk Love is back with another amazing episode! This week, we spoke with Dr. Jaime Zuckerman about how to distinguish a narcissist from someone who has narcissistic traits. Dr. Z is a licensed clinical psychologist and national expert in narcissistic abuse. She is a highly sought-after relationship coach for both men and women nationwide who are experiencing or have experienced narcissistic abuse in relationships of all types. Dr. Z shares behaviors to look out for when dating so you can prevent falling into the trap of these abusive relationships, as well as what to do if you've already found yourself in one. She teaches strict boundaries to set and ways to heal yourself with a whole lot of love, kindness and compassion while navigating a breakup from a narcissist.
Matthias Barker: Loving Strategies for Conflict Resolution
This week's episode of Let's Talk Love is all about relationship communication with special guest, Nashville-based Psychotherapist, Matthias Barker. We talk about his online couples workshop that teaches couples how to communicate about what matters without ending up in an argument or withdrawing from one another.
Matthias gives us tools for avoiding blame and criticism and instead communicating with love and honesty while being mindful of consent. We also discuss personality science, and why understanding yours and your partner's personality traits can help you deal with your differences.
Dr. Terri Orbuch: How To Take Your Relationship From Good To Great
Today on Let’s Talk Love we are speaking with Dr. Terri Orbuch, The Love Doctor. Dr. Orbuch is an author, speaker, therapist, and distinguished professor at Oakland University and the University of Michigan. Today, we discuss her book, Five Simple Steps To Take Your Marriage From Good To Great, as well as her landmark study, where she has been following the same 373 couples for the past 35 years. She shares many valuable small, yet consistent ways we can change our behavior and attitude to affect positive change and create more happiness in our romantic relationships.
Erica Turner: Breaking Unwanted Relationship Patterns
This week on Let’s Talk Love, we're chatting with relationship coach, Erica Turner. Erica has a lot of insights to share about different relationship styles, how they're formed, and how we can unlearn unhealthy ways of relating. We talk about why some of us settle for less than what we deserve in a relationship, the difference between being needy versus having our genuine needs go unmet, and how to date from a place of empowerment and self-assuredness.
Dr. Stan Tatkin: Rewire Your Brain For Love
In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, We are joined by Dr. Stan Tatkin. Stan is a prolific author and researcher. He is a professor at UCLA and maintains a private therapy practice in Southern California. We discuss Stan's book, Wired For Love, which is a guide to understanding your partner's brain and presents tools that can help improve any relationship—especially intimate partnerships.Stan teaches people to adopt what he calls “secure functioning” principles of behavior, based on a fusion of neuroscience, attachment theory, and his many years of clinical experience as a therapist.
Jessica Baum: Becoming More Secure In Life and Love
Today we're talking with Jessica Baum, a couples therapist and founder of The Relationship Institute of Palm Beach. She helps thousands of clients with her unique approach to healing called The Self-Full Method.
We'll be discussing her new book Anxiously Attached: Becoming More Secure In Life and Love which creates a roadmap to help you go from anxiously attached to building strong secure relationships. We'll cover the importance of validating our feelings, using the intelligence of our hearts to guide our actions and behaviors, becoming the observer in our lives which helps us form deeper connections with others, and so much more!
Rafaella Smith-Fiallo: Healing Through Pleasure
In this episode we’re speaking with Rafaella Smith-Fiallo. Rafaella is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, sexual liberation activist, and therapist specializing in relationships, sex, and trauma therapy. Today we talk about the importance of sexual self care. We discuss setting boundaries, advocating for ourselves both in and out of the bedroom and also how to heal in all areas of our lives through the power of pleasure.
Amy Chan: Breakup Bootcamp
Today on Let's Talk Love we had the pleasure of talking to Amy Chan. Amy is the founder of Renew Breakup Bootcamp and someone who has been through heartbreak therapy stages herself and she wants to help others do the same. Her book, Breakup Bootcamp: The Science Of Rewiring Your Heart, is full of wisdom, tools, and guidance for breakup recovery. We talk about the heartbreak healing process, the different stages of separation, how to expand your emotional range, and how to stop repeating unhealthy relationship dynamics. Amy offers valuable insight for healing heartbreak and building thriving relationships on the other side.
Jillian Turrecki: How to Raise, Reclaim and Rebuild Self Worth
In this episode, we are joined by Jillian Turecki, a certified relationship coach, writer and teacher. For 20 years, Jillian has taught others how to transform their relationships with themselves. Today we dive into what Jillian coaches: training ourselves to become more self aware, to become more conscious, and to become more emotionally fit. Jillian shares ways to raise, reclaim, and rebuild our self worth, because ultimately, by improving the relationships we have with ourselves we can transform our relationship with others. We hope this conversation inspires you to do just that!
Guy Winch: Healing From Heartbreak
Today on Let’s Talk Love we are joined by Dr. Guy Winch. Guy is a licensed psychologist and best-selling author of three books. He has given two TED Talks: Why We All Need To Practice Emotional First Aid and How To Fix A Broken Heart. Both have been viewed over 15 million times. Today we're going to be talking about Guy's latest book, How To Fix A Broken Heart. Heartbreak is a topic that is often misunderstood and trivialized. This conversation offers new tools and guidance for healing from heartbreak. We hope you get as much out of this conversation as we did!
Allison Raskin: Getting Real About Mental Health & Relationships
In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, we had the utmost pleasure of speaking with Allison Raskin. Allison is an American writer, director, comedian and mental health advocate. We talk about Allison's book Overthinking About You: Navigating Romantic Relationships When You Have Anxiety, OCD, and/or Depression. Allison is open about her struggles with mental health. She shares tips on how people can be supportive of their friends and partners who struggle with mental illness without being overly involved or overbearing in their relationships. We also discuss what it means to date when you have anxiety or depression—and how romantic relationships can either help or hurt your mental health depending on how you manage them together. Allison brings so much levity, and deep wisdom to a topic many of us are not truly educated on. We hope you enjoy this conversation!
Jayson Gaddis: Working Through Conflict In Your Relationships
Today on Let’s Talk Love, we're diving deep into the topic of conflict with Jayson Gaddis. Jayson teaches us the importance of conflict in our high-stakes relationships. He has created a dynamic, practical conflict resolution method aimed at helping us work through conflict with those we care about, as quickly as possible. This is very important work. We highly recommend you read or listen to his book, Getting To Zero, and apply these conflict resolution tools in your own life. “When you know how to work through conflict in your high stakes relationships, every other area of your life improves.” We hope you enjoy our conversation!
Logan Ury: How to Make Online Dating Work for You
For our listeners who are on a journey to find a loving partnership, this episode is for you. Today on Let’s Talk Love, we’re interviewing Logan Ury, Behavioral Scientist, Dating Coach, and Author of the best selling book, How To Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love. As the Director of Relationship Science at the dating app Hinge, Logan conducts research to help people find love. We are going to dive into the behavioral science of love and learn from Logan how dating apps really work and how to date online in the most effective way.
Rachel Greenwald: Pick Your Poison
Join us as we speak with renowned matchmaker and dating coach, Rachel Greenwald. Rachel really is one of the best of the best when it comes to helping people find longterm, lasting, loving partnerships. She is the founder and CEO of Elevated Connections and the New York Times Bestselling Author of two books, Find a Husband After 35: Using What I Learned at Harvard Business School and Have Him At Hello: Confessions From 1,000 Guys About What Makes Them Fall in Love… or Never Call Back. Rachel is deeply passionate about helping people find their match. She is responsible for over 850 marriages, which includes both her private matchmaking clients, as well as readers of her books and that number just keeps on growing! Today, we discuss some actionable tools and strategies for bringing in that partner that you want to meet through an exercise Rachel created called, “Pick Your Poison”.
John Gray: Beyond Mars and Venus
Today we're sharing a very insightful conversation with world-renowned Author, Speaker, and Relationship Expert, Dr. John Gray. John is the author of over 20 books on relationships and sexuality including Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus. His newest book, Beyond Mars And Venus, delves into the science of male and female hormones, how biologically we relate differently, and how stress affects us in different ways. John gives us practical tools for communicating more effectively. He also shares openly about loving again after loss and heartbreak. We were so excited to talk with him!
Danielle LaPorte: How to Live a Heart Centered Life
We’re so happy to share this conversation with world-renowned Author, Speaker, Teacher, and all-around incredible human being, Danielle LaPorte. Danielle is a master creator and someone whose teachings have impacted the world in such a positive way. We talk about religion and spirituality, understanding discernment, and about getting rid of the term, “red flags.” Danielle shares her personal story of online dating, and how after years, she did meet the love of her life. I hope you soak up all the love that this conversation is full of!
Dr. Helen Fisher: The Science of Love
Join us as we speak to Dr. Helen Fisher. Dr. Fisher is a Biological Anthropologist, the Chief Science Advisor for Match.com, and the author of Anatomy of Love, Why Him? Why Her? She has dedicated her career to studying the human brain, and how our brains influence not only who we are, but who we love. We talk about love at first sight, and how we each have love maps for picking partners. Helen shares ways to stay deeply connected and in love long-term. We discuss how determining our own personality style and the styles of those around us can help us connect on a deeper level.
Dr. Ish Major: Rules of Engagement in Love
Today on Let’s Talk Love we have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Ish Major. Dr. Ish is a board-certified psychiatrist with nearly two decades of experience and his own practice. He's best known for his role on the show, Marriage Boot Camp, where he works with some of the biggest names in reality TV to help them solve their relationship issues. He's also the owner of many detox clinics in the US, which is hugely impactful in the world. He's dedicated to the mental and relationship health of those he touches. Dr. Ish shares solid advice for relating in a more truthful and loving way.
Terri Cole: Becoming a Boundary Boss
In this episode of Let’s Talk Love we had the pleasure of speaking with licensed psychotherapist, global relationship and empowerment expert, Terri Cole. We talk about her new book Boundary Boss: The Essential Guide to Talk True, Be Seen, and (Finally) Live Free. As a true boundary master herself, Terri teaches us how to assert and maintain healthy boundaries and how using clear, honest and kind communication creates better relationships in our lives.