My Favorite Relationship (and Growth) Podcasts Right Now
Are you looking for something juicy and thought-provoking? Here is what I have been listening to lately on Spotify. Dive in and see what you think!
Emily Negoski on “The Knowledge Project” demystifies the science of sexuality and shows us how to shed our insecurities, connect more closely with our partner, and define pleasure on our own terms:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bdaN1pQbgQwraLfvtpZp6?si=DXMlakyzS2S5noVl4yR0Mg
Sue Johnson on “The Knowledge Project.” So good, I won’t describe it!:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/35TXKFYOHelDLNpul4hZrl?si=yR5ylQS5QxqdwbEmBayOEQ
Jack Kornfield on “The Knowledge Project.” helps you suppress self-doubt and find inner calm. Calling on decades of experience as one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West, Kornfield offers valuable insights into how to best deal with conflict and stress in your life and how to handle harmful outside influences in healthy, constructive ways.
A Better Way To Worry from “Hidden Brain.” This one really takes on our notions of anxiety:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4W8DHmgvpAohfGrqA3RZm9?si=unFAK4StQ4W53sWBAD5moQ
Esther Perel on finding the sweet spot between love and desire on “The Mind Valley Podcast”:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1PhkSR4iPsSl2K2s1T7IZc?si=WYBEijvATL2mChZyOelhjA
Terry Real, the founder of the Relational Life Institute on “WE Earth Radio.” This podcast is brilliant. It goes beyond our separateness and selfishness as individuals or in couples, but reflects on the global situation!:
Terry Real on “Relationship Alive.” Terry offers practical ways to make our marriages and relationships exceptional.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0WysvIXYCEm9dd3sFoVkqT?si=OdBIibi1QSSPzp23cjGVWQ
Separate the Stress from the Stressor on “The Feminist Survival Podcast:” (Emily Negoski and her sister Amelia are absolutely hilarious and brilliant):
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rkcqoPJSZImWYEK9CLGGh?si=OQhoSbSVRw-ek5sMYGdZpg
John & Julie Gottman on “Reimagining Love By Alexandra Solomon:”
(In general, I find her podcasts really interesting but I nearly always fast-forward the first few minutes. I am impatient with intros…)
Dr. Alexandra Solomon on “Relationship Alive:”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/51DMh1hX6hYdo9pCEuUKrH?si=4Gk3bmGuReaWfwv94RyiIQ
Laura Merkham on “The Knowledge Project” discusses the three keys to successful discipline, how to properly model emotions and conflict resolution, and the coveted recipe for raising happy, resilient kids:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0wfq16yacGhIwEh827hsXx?si=6AeXuiduQAKLYhzhGGo6SQ
Harriet Lerner on “Relationship Alive.” She is an amazing and insightful woman that you probably haven’t heard of!:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7KJ4zbG6r3aVLTba6DNbOG?si=0QwjFHovQ3m-nKIfTsMu8w
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7KJ4zbG6r3aVLTba6DNbOG?si=J4yoSfguRw2YTMzjUSXs_Q
Toni Herbine Blank (is the developer of Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO) - which combines the wisdom of Internal Family Systems with Attachment Theory and couples therapy - to help you and your partner deepen your connection while making it more resilient) on “Relationship Alive:”
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2yNxV0mecNQ7WVdaBBhT57?si=YALKL67mQSi5DrpGFSIFwg
Sue Johnson on “Relationship Alive,” as brilliant as ever:
John & Julie Gottman, my heroes… They have studied couples and developed an amazing model based on what they observed. Lots of hard numbers and facts and very simple everyday strategies to make your relationship happier!:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/16VQjv4COcXMTrWKyUIoWG?si=kulBzJejSd2076E9FnXQFA
My other go-to podcast is “Where Should We Begin” by Esther Perel. In each episode, Esther Perel counsels real couples as they reveal the most intimate, personal, and complicated details of their conflicts in a one-time therapy session. We see pieces of ourselves and our partners in these couples. We become normalized and just another imperfect human struggling:
https://open.spotify.com/show/3fKOTwtnX5oZLaiNntKWAV?si=8bca96824f894aeb
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