Bubble baths and yoga classes are great but what we really need to reduce stress this holiday season is connection. Are you tired of the same old recycled advice for reducing stress during the holidays? Listen in an learn how relational living is the key to lower stress year round. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

Stronger Together with Risa Ganel, LCMFT | Relationship Empowerment

The Key to Reducing Holiday Stress - And it's not another bubble bath or yoga class!

Trust has many elements that are essential to a strong relationship. Here's one hack for building emotional trust while staying true to yourself. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

One Essential Hack for Building Trust

We often think of the obvious problems in relationships, like infidelity, abuse, addictions as crossing the line. But there are more subtle and essential ways that lines are crossed which erode intimacy, connection, love and compassion over time. If you want more respect, intimacy, connection and love, take a listen to how boundaries are key to creating what you want and what will help your relationships thrive. Credit must be given to Terry Real, whose Relational Life Therapy Certification training I am currently a part of and the work of his mentor, Pia Mellody. Their work is helping to strengthen relationships in groundbreaking ways and I'm honored to be a part of sharing that information and transformation with the couples in my office and my listeners. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

Have you crossed the line?

After more than 2 years since the last episode was published, we are BACK! Listen in to hear our plans for future episodes to help you get stronger together in your most important relationships! We plan to launch mid September 2019 so be sure to follow us so you are alerted to when our new episodes are released. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

We're Back! Join us!

One in 8 couples has difficulty conceiving or sustaining a pregnancy. Infertility is a developmental crisis for couples and leaves them grappling with a roller coaster of emotions, difficult decisions, the juggling of medical appointments, increased stress at a time that most of us expect to be simple and exciting. Risa’s guest today is Dr. Tara Simpson, a licensed psychologist in Maryland. Her special interests include providing counseling to individuals with issues related to reproductive health, including fertility issues, adjustment to utilizing assisted reproductive treatments, pregnancy loss, and postpartum depression. In addition, she works extensively with individuals and couples pursuing treatment using donated gametes and/or gestational carriers. She serves on the Executive Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Mental Health Professional Group and is a member of RESOLVE. Dr. Simpson sees patients in her Towson and Columbia offices. If you, or someone you know is struggling with fertility issues, listen in as Risa and Dr Simpson talk about how the support of a therapist who specializes in fertility issues, coping mechanisms and exercise and mindfulness are essential to couples getting stronger together. Dr Simpson can be reached at 410-303-3402 for those of you who are local to the Columbia, Maryland area. To find a therapist in your area if you are not local to us, The American Society for Reproductive Medicine is a great resource for finding a clinician near you. go to www.asrm.org and complete the form under Resources and select Mental Health Professional. We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode! Don’t miss out! Our April Fitness Support group is forming now! For more info go to www.togethercouplescounseling.com/fitness-coaching or email us at risa@togethercouplescounseling.com Chat with us about each weeks episode and get more support in our Facebook group by requesting to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1128126663947511/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

Episode 014 | Infertility with Dr Tara Simpson

Do you keep setting goals for yourself and get frustrated because you don’t reach them? Do you wish you knew what to do when your excuses keep getting in the way? Find out how four simple letters, G.O.A.P can be the key to reaching any goal and why the “P” is essential to kicking your excuses to the curb! If you haven’t already, be sure to listen to episode 012 of this podcast first to help you set up the first steps for success. In episode 002, Risa talked about the importance of trying something new in order to truly feel alive!Find out what Risa tried recently in today’s episode and tell her about what you’ve done lately, or plan to do by leaving a voice message at www.strongertogetherpodcast.com We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode! Don’t miss out! Our March Into Wellness group is forming now! For more info go to www.togethercouplescounseling.com/fitness-coaching or email us at risa@togethercouplescounseling.com Chat with us about each weeks episode and get more support in our Facebook group by requesting to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1128126663947511/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

013 | The Key to Reaching ANY Goal

If I have to add one more thing to my to do list, I’m going to fall apart! So many of us feel like that and we also feel like we never get to the things that truly matter to us. It leaves us feeling drained, demoralized, like we’ve messed up and failed. Join Risa and her extra, extra special guest (you’ll see why when you listen!) and implement her three strategies for stopping the overwhelm. You’ll feel more fulfilled and aligned with your values. It will boost your energy and reduce your stress. We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode! Take the real Love Your Spouse Challenge through fitness coaching with Risa. Our March group is forming now! For more info go to www.togethercouplescounseling.com/fitness-coaching or email us at risa@togethercouplescounseling.com Chat with us about each weeks episode and get more support in our Facebook group by requesting to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1128126663947511/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

012 | Stop The Overwhelm

Big AHA! moments are not the cornerstone of helping relationships change. It’s the small things that have a big impact. Expressing appreciation will change how you see your spouse and will help you really connect to the true goodness of experiencing something outside of yourself that you spouse brings to you every day. Take notice of it, express appreciation for it and make your relationship stronger! Tune in for 5 tips on how to truly express appreciation to your spouse. We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at  www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode!  Take the real Love Your Spouse Challenge through fitness coaching with Risa. For more info go to www.togethercouplescounseling.com/fitness-coaching or email us at risa@togethercouplescounseling.com Chat with us about each weeks episode and get more support in our Facebook group by requesting to join here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1128126663947511/   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

011 | Marriage Minute: 5 Tips to Show Appreciation

Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. If you’d like to enjoy the day and not run into dashed hopes or unmet expectations this year, tune in for 5 tips that will help you enjoy the day and connect to what it is truly about…LOVE. We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode! Take the real Love Your Spouse Challenge through fitness coaching with Risa. For more info go to www.togethercouplescounseling.com/fitness-coaching or email us at risa@togethercouplescounseling.com Chat with us about each weeks episode and get more support in our Facebook group by requesting to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1128126663947511/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

010 | 5 Tips to Enjoy Valentine's Day

Only 10% of all therapists evaluate and support the role fitness and nutrition plays in their client’s lives. I’ve been a therapist for 26 years and a fitness coach for 7 years and its long past time I started to combine the two in order to integrate all the parts and support every aspect of your life. Depression and anxiety, inflammation and exercise are our topic today. Learn about the effects of medication versus exercise in treating depression and anxiety and the role inflammation plays in mental health. You have in your control the ability to reduce anxiety and depression and with the information and the tools offered in this podcast you can be on your way to feeling better, and improving your relationships because of it. For fitness coaching with Risa, email us at risa@togethercouplescounseling.com The app mentioned in today’s show is called Seven Minutes Every Day. Research cited in todays episode: Salmon, P. (2001) Effects of Physical Exercise on Anxiety, Depression, and Sensitivity to Stress: A unifying theory. Clinical Psychology Review 21, 33-61 Hanson CJ, Stevens LC, Coast JR (2001) Exercise Duration and Mood State: How Much is Enough to Feel Better? Health Psychology 20, 267-275 Neilan, T.G. et al. (2006). Myocardial Injury and Ventricular Dysfunction Related to Training Levels Among Nonelite Participants in the Boston Marathon. Circulation. 2006; 114: 2325-2333 We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at  www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode! To get your free Ebook 7 Strategies to Become Stronger Together in 2017 visit our website at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/contact-us and put Stronger Together Ebook in the subject line.  Chat with us about each weeks episode and get more support in our Facebook group by requesting to join here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1128126663947511/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

009 | Exercise to Reduce Anxiety and Depression

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I wish I could run a half marathon” or “Wow, it’s so cool that she runs, but I could never do that” or did you make a resolution to get into running this New Year and maybe you’ve fallen off the wagon? Or maybe you just want to meet some really inspiring positive women and expand your circle of friends! You can do it and there is support out there and it’s free too! Take a listen to this episode of my interview with co-leader of the Howard County chapter of Moms Run This Town, Melissa Kistler. Challenge yourself, enjoy the journey, make new friends, and find a chapter near you no matter where you are. It’s a great way to get Stronger Together. For more information on Moms Run This Town go to www.MomsRunThisTown.com  We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at  www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode! To get your free Ebook 7 Strategies to Become Stronger Together in 2017 visit our website at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/contact-us and put Stronger Together Ebook in the subject line. Chat with us about each weeks episode and get more support in our Facebook group by requesting to join here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1128126663947511/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

008 | Moms Run This Town with Guest Melissa Kistler

It’s inevitable that even in the healthiest marriage you will argue with your spouse. In this Marriage Minute episode, learn one KEY tool that every couple should use to manage those arguments. When your commitment is to the longevity of your relationship, the well-being of your partner and to deepening your understanding of one another, this tool will help you get stronger together! We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at  www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode! To get your free Ebook 7 Strategies to Become Stronger Together in 2017 visit our website at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/contact-us and put Stronger Together Ebook in the subject line. Chat with us about each weeks episode and get more support in our Facebook group by requesting to join here:    https://www.facebook.com/groups/1128126663947511/   --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

007 | Marriage Minute: The KEY to Arguing with Your Spouse

Is it just a platonic friendship? What are the signs that it’s not? Is a physical affair the only way to betray a marriage? Tune in to this episode to learn some of the signs that indicate an emotional affair may be occurring and how it drains the emotional energy away from your marriage.  We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at  www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode!  To get your free Ebook 7 Strategies to Become Stronger Together in 2017 visit our website at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/contact-us and put Stronger Together Ebook in the subject line.  Chat with us about each weeks episode and get more support in our Facebook group by requesting to join here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1128126663947511/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

006 | Is it Chatting or Cheating?

Do you put dating your spouse at the bottom of your to do list? Do you think, “Oh, we’ll get back to that once the kids are out of the house”. Join Risa and her very special guest to hear why dating your spouse is essential for your kids well-being and the future of your marriage.  We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Use the contact form on our website at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/contact-us and your topic may just be our next episode!  To get your free Ebook 7 Strategies to Become Stronger Together in 2017 visit our website at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/contact-us and put Stronger Together Ebook in the subject line.  Chat with us about each weeks episode and get more support in our Facebook group by requesting to join here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/1128126663947511/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

005 | The Importance of Dating Your Spouse

Making New Year resolutions is one thing. Remaining resolute and seeing them through is quite another. – Alex Morritt This time of year is stressful! And, if you’re anything like Risa, the pressure to make New Year Resolutions can add to that stress. We all want to ‘be better” at all kinds of things in 2017, and our inboxes are stuffed to the gills with emails that overwhelm us and make us feel inadequate. This New Year, beat the overwhelm and do it differently. Risa will help you use the physiology of the human brain to employ better, more effective strategies for making New Year Resolutions that stick. Learn the 6 strategies to help you make resolutions that last and find out which food is Risa’s nemesis! When you hear the name, you’ll say “no duh!” To get your free Ebook 7 Strategies to Become Stronger Together in 2017 visit our website at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/contact-us and put Stronger Together Ebook in the subject line. Getting stronger together includes sharing your feedback with me! Please subscribe to this podcast and take a moment to rate and review it in Itunes! Thanks so much! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stronger-together/message

004 | New Year Resolution Stress - 6 Tips to Make Your Resolutions Stick

Relationship empowerment, insight, tips, and support from a Couples Therapist for over 25 years. Learn to live relationally with accountability, vulnerability and empathy and get Stronger Together, with the guidance of an expert by pushing play. Previously trained and supervised by Esther Perel, a Marathon Runner, Wife, Mom and Stepmom, Risa Ganel, LCMFT shares with you her insights and knowledge, with warmth, candor and humor like she does with her clients. This podcast will feel like you just got off the phone with your wisest friend who's in it with you and just gets it.

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