Communicating with your most important person can be challenging. You want and need their focused attention. When you lose it, panic can set in. To help ensure that you have your spouse or partner’s undivided attention, master the higher-level communication skill explained in this important episode. 

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138: Learn This Advanced Communication Skill For a Stronger Connection

The holidays add additional stress due to the extra chores, travel, and extended family relations. This year - due to the pandemic - it’s holiday stress is on steroids! As a result, it’s more important than ever that you and your beloved safeguard and protect your very precious relationship. You need one another more than ever. This episode provides ideas, suggestions, and techniques for staying close, and connected during these very trying times.

137: How to Safeguard Your Relationship During the Holidays

Some people debate what’s worse: an emotional affair or a sexual affair. Generally, these opinions tend to be driven by personal relationship values. At the same time, there are differences between the emotional affairs and sexual affairs. Have a listen as affair recovery expert Terri DiMatteo, LPC unpacks it all for you!

136: Emotional Affair v Sexual Affair

One barrier to obtaining relationship satisfaction is not really knowing what a healthy, satisfying, and loving relationship really is. The romantic relationship serves a specific purpose and function that mystifies and confuses many. Marriage and relationship counselor Terri DiMatteo of Open Door Therapy demystifies the healthy relationship so that you can identify it and achieve it for yourself.

135: What is a Healthy Relationship?

There’s no question that the pandemic is adding additional stress and strain in romantic relationships. This episode will address those strains in an effort to increase empathy and understanding for a deeper, more meaningful connection.

134: Resolving Relationship Strain During Covid

Though rare, there are occasions when a committed relationship or marriage emerges out of an affair relationship. Unions that are born of an affair face unique challenges - and it's probably not what you think!  Relationship and couple counselor Terri DiMatteo of Open Door Therapy specializes in helping couples restore in the aftermath of an affair.  She is well-versed in the layers of complexity involved in the affair triad. 

134: When an Affair Couple Commits

The family you grew up in has a profound impact on your current love relationship. Your first family teaches you about love and conflict. Examining the ways in which your family has impacted you -- and the effect your partner or spouse's family has had on him or her -- can have a profound effect on helping each of you gain a better understanding the intricacies of your relationship.  Couples Counselor Terri DiMatteo of Open Door Therapy breaks it down for you in an easy to understand manner. 

132: How Your First Family Impacts Your Current Relationship

Do fights over the dishes, laundry, groceries, or other small matters quickly turn to major blows?  What’s that all about? Why can't we just put up a to-do list and resolve it all logically?  Relationship and couple counselor Terri DiMatteo of Open Door Therapy helps you understand why this happens so you say good-bye to big blowouts over the little things.

131: Fierce Fighting Over Small Matters

Most people think that when it comes to romantic relationships “communication” is key and work hard to communicate more effectively. Unfortunately, that's not what's needed. Emotional smarts is what's needed. Learn ways to 'up your game' when it comes to emotionally tuning into your partner and having them effectively tune into you. Master this and you'll reap the rewards of relationship fulfillment.  

130: Why Emotional Acuity is Key to Relationship Success

Do you find that you and your partner are constantly squabbling over small matters? Underneath it all, there is usually a deeper concern. Most worry that a partner may not really love them, have their back, or really care. It's easy to feel alone in the relationship. Changing just one simple thing can help move your relationship from adversity to connection. Listen now to discover the one simple thing you can do right now that can have a profound effect.

129: Do This One Thing Right Now for a Stronger Connection

It’s been rough. The pandemic is putting a strain on the best of relationships. Talking about simple matters can quickly become tense and escalate. This episode provides proven techniques to calm tensions so that you and your partner can talk to one another to address the matters at hand. 

128: How to Talk to Your Partner During the Pandemic

Lounging around in your jammies and joggers with overgrown hair and a bucket full of worries is hardly the recipe for feeling amorous! None of this is conducive to feeling sexy, romantic, flirty or fun.  The pandemic may be taking a disastrous toll on your sex life, and ultimately on your relationship.  If so, it's time to turn things around and place your sex life front and center!  Listen now to find out why you should prioritize your sex life, how it can be done and the benefits you'll reap when you do. 

128: The Pandemic and Your Sex Life

Research shows that what separates couples that are in long-lasting satisfying relationships from those that are not engage in a particular interaction! Tune in to discover the magic to satisfying long-lasting love and connection.

127: The Secret to Securely Connected Couples

No matter your situation, your relationship is likely under enormous stress and strain right now and could use a little help! In this episode you’ll learn the one thing you can do right now to see your relationship safely to the other side of this pandemic.

126: Do This One Thing to Protect Your Relationship

Do you have a burning relationship question that you’ve always wanted to ask a relationship expert? Well, here’s your opportunity! Simply go to the LoveBonds page on Facebook where you will find the Facebook event: LOVEBONDS Q & A, ‘What’s Your Burning Relationship Question?’ pinned you the top of the page. In the ‘Discussion’ tab of the event write down your general question about relationships - no names or personal stories - just a general question. If you see someone else’s question that you like, give it a thumbs up! A few questions will be selected and answered in the April 10th podcast. Share the event with others who might be interested.

128: Listeners! What’s Your Burning Relationship Question? Let me know!

If you struggle in your romantic relationship — or have experienced infidelity — the LoveBonds podcast can help. Listeners find that trusted relationship and couple counselor Terri DiMatteo, LPC presents unique ideas that help with understanding, nurturing and repairing romantic relationships. #LoveBonds

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