Episodes

  • Are you an enabler?

    Are you an enabler?
    Feb 2 2025
    Sometimes we want so much to do everything possible for our loved ones that we end up serving their best interest poorly. In this episode, Alvean and Doug talk about enabling and how you can identify whether or not you may be an enabler wiothout realizing it. For a full transcript, click here: 67-Are you an Enabler?
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    17 mins
  • Who is your ideal mate?

    Who is your ideal mate?
    Jan 26 2025
    Do you have an ideal mate? How do you know what you are looking for and can you trust those instincts? In this episode, Alvean and Doug offer some suggestions for how to recognize the traits that make someone ideal for you. For more and a complete transcript, click here: LL62-Your ideal mate
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    18 mins
  • What is Intimacy?

    What is Intimacy?
    Jan 12 2025
    Intimacy is a word with many meanings--some quite nuanced. In this episode, Alvean and Doug offer their views on intimacy and how best to achieve it. For a complete transcript, click here: LL60-What is Intimacy
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    16 mins
  • What does true love teach us?

    What does true love teach us?
    Jan 5 2025
    It has been said that life is a poor teacher because it first tests us then gives the lesson. What are the lessons life has taught us about true love? In this episode, Alvean and Doug discuss their own lessons and those that listeners have shared. For a complete transcript, click here: LL59-What has true love taught you?
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    15 mins
  • Is there a use by date for marriage?

    Is there a use by date for marriage?
    Dec 29 2024
    Can relationships grow stale and wither on the emotional vine? In this episode, Alvean and Doug talk about the ways in which feelings can change--sometimes growing diminished and how one can alter that course and breathe fresh life into a relationship. For a full transcript, click here: LL58-Is there a use by date....
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    15 mins
  • Your Biggest Regrets

    Your Biggest Regrets
    Dec 22 2024
    Alvean and Doug talk about their own regrets and the most common ones they've heard from listeners. How do you navigate those feelings and emerge with a more affirmative attitude? Click here for a full transcript: LL57-Your Biggest Regrets
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    14 mins
  • Prior Relationships

    Prior Relationships
    Dec 15 2024
    Sometimes the past is something we recall with fond memory, while at other times we'd rather forget. In this episode, Alvean and Doug discuss the impact children from a prior relationships can have on your current one. Will it be positive or a field of emotional landmines that can explode when you least expect it? For a full transcript, click here: LL56-Relating to children from a prior relationship
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    16 mins
  • When there is another

    When there is another
    Dec 8 2024
    In this episode, Alvean and Doug take on the difficult question of what to do when a relationship becomes a party of three and the two are no longer a sacred bond. How does one recover, if at all? For a complete transcript, click here:LL54-You, Me and .........
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    21 mins