It takes intentionality to become our best self, create our successful relationship, and live a meaningful life… Too often though we go about life putting out fires, banging around, and living by default. We do the grind and if we are lucky, we plan and enjoy time off.
But is this all there is to life at the end of the day? Is this the life we want to live? Have you given thought to what kind of life you want to live, what kind of relationship you want to be in? Have you given any thought about how to create these? For they don’t just happen…
To run a smooth household and create the life you want requires getting on the same page with your partner. About what you want to create and how to go about creating it. How to easily work together and collaborate in your marriage or committed relationship.
As we get back from the Summer and vacation mode, it’s time to assess how we go about our relationship and our life to ensure we set ourselves up to rock the rest of the year. Now is the time to realign with our life vision and get on the same page with our partner about our goals and the lifestyle we want to create. To make any adjustments to stay on the right track.
Consider how you’d like the rest of the year to go, what codes you still want to crack, and how you want to uplevel your relationship and your life…
In today’s video, I show how to identify what you want to create and how to go about creating it with your partner.
I talk about how to: ~ Have a Joint Vision ~ Divide and Conquer Responsibilities ~ Operate from the Same Page
Here is coming back from Summer strong!
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Want to Use this Article in Your Own Website or Publication? Be our guest! Here is how, you MUST include: Emma K. Viglucci, LMFT is the Founder and Director of Metropolitan Marriage & Family Therapy, PLLC, a private practice that specializes in working with couples, she is the creator of the MetroRelationship™ philosophy and the Successful Couple Strategy™ that assist couples succeed at their relationship and their life. Stay Connected™ with Emma and receive weekly connection notes in your inbox with Personal Development and Relationship Enrichment insights and strategies, visit: www.metrorelationship.com.
What with Summer coming to an end, Labor Day Weekend coming up, and getting ready to be back from Summer Mode, I figured I’d do something a little bit different for you with this post… Because we are transitioning into a new season, a new chapter, a new beginning, it behooves us to get ready to ease into it. And what better way than taking some time to get motivated and inspired to create what we desire. Therefore, I curated a list of love, relationship, and marriage podcasts to draw from. Why not listen to the experts and the experienced on how to create your successful relationship. Who better to ask about the best podcasts for relationship advice than a marriage therapist?
Let me tell you, it was not easy compiling this list. But I’m super excited with what I came up with, and to share some of my favorites. I loved listening to these podcasts about marriage and relationships. You may think that after helping couples professionally for over 20 years and working as a licensed marriage therapist every week that I wouldn’t find these interesting and insightful, but I did. And I really enjoyed the variety of topics and the production of the shows.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did- you can give a listen while driving in the car or commuting, doing chores or exercising, or lounging by a poolside. Podcasts offer an easy yet powerful way to gain relationship-building insights for enriching your relationship, and you can tune in to your favorite platform from anywhere. You can add listening to podcasts to your relationship enrichment activities…
The right podcast can inspire you, give practical advice, and also go behind the scenes to show you how a successful marriage is created and nurtured. My favorites have hosts with either years of professional training and experience and is able to help you navigate the intricacies of marriage, or podcasters with relationship wisdom and successful relationship experience.
There are podcasts for every stage of your relationship. Whether you are now starting to get involved in a committed relationship, preparing yourself for marriage, or looking for ways to sustain a marriage over time there is something for you. You can learn how to rekindle the passion in your relationship, foster a friendship with your partner, and help your marriage thrive than merely just survive.
I have found podcasts that help handle finances, share household responsibilities, manage stress, overcome infidelity, and even blend families through remarriage. I chose a few to share with you that I felt would be the most impactful. They cover a nice range from podcasters to relationship experts themselves and some others in between. I listed them with their descriptions for your convenience. You are welcome.
Best Relationship Podcasts
Here are my top podcast recommendations for gaining wisdom, perspective, and tools to enhance your most important relationship, that with your partner.
*Note of caution, I share these for motivation and inspiration and are not intended as replacements for psychotherapy and professional support.
Hot Marriage, Cool Parents Are you looking for someone to share their deepest, darkest secrets on keeping their marriage spice? Are you like, “puhhlease DISH on how to be a cool parent.. because, yeah… I dunno!” Well Jamie Otis and Dough Hehner have got all you hubbies and wifeys – and mommies and daddies – covered, because each week they find a guest who will SPILL all their dirty secrets! Because we all wanna keep our marriages hot and our parenting cool!
One Extraordinary Marriage Show Is your marriage everything that you want it to be? Are you ready to make a change? Join Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo to create a strong marriage so you can have mind blowing intimacy inside and outside the bedroom. Marriage is not always easy but it’s so worth it. Come and make your marriage EXTRAORDINARY!
The Empowered Wife Podcast The Empowered Wife Podcast is all about fixing your relationship without your man’s conscious effort, even if it seems completely hopeless. Guests share how they fixed their marriages to men with anger issues, narcissism, alcohol abuse, verbal abuse, midlife crisis, affairs, physical abuse and more using the Connection Framework and the 6 Intimacy Skills. Every show reveals the very common mistakes that everybody seems to be making and show you exactly what to do instead to have a playful, passionate relationship. You can stop feeling lonely, exhausted and unloved and start feeling desired, taken care of and special again.
Small Things Often, by The Gottman Institute Give your relationships a boost in 5 minutes or less with Small Things Often from The Gottman Institute. We provide simple, proven, quick tips to help you deepen and enhance your relationship.
Foreplay Radio – Couples & Sex Therapy Sex podcast to help committed couples keep it hot! Find hope to keep your marriage and committed relationship emotionally connected and sexually erotic. Certified sex therapist Dr. Laurie Watson is joined by George Faller, LMFT for an expert, frank and fascinating conversation about sex, love, therapy, relationship dynamics, healthy couples and marriage. They discuss everything from best sexual techniques and solving sexual problems, to building the emotional intimacy necessary for great sex in your relationship. Two therapists bring you sound, concrete tools to reframe your relationship problems and learn how to fall-in-love again, build trust, and feel desire.
Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel Every Monday morning step into the office of iconic psychotherapist Esther Perel and listen in as real people in search of insight bare the raw, intimate, and profound details of their stories. From breakups and open relationships to workplace conflicts and fractures in the family, it’s a place to hear your own stories reflected in the lives of others. So.. where should we begin?
Relationship Alive! Neil Sattin interviews John Gottman, Sue Johnson, Harville Hendrix, Peter Levine, Stan Tatkin, Dick Schartz, Katherine Woodward Thomas, Diana Richardson, Terry Real, Wendy Maltz – and many others – in his quest to dig deep into all the factors that keep a Relationship Alive and Thriving! Each week Neil brings you an in-depth interview with a relationship expert. Neil is an author and relationship coach who is enthusiastic and passionate about relationships and the nuts and bolts of what makes them last.
Had you heard any of these before? What do you look for in a relationship podcast? You can now create your own relationship podcast list!
Let’s get ready for the upcoming season with more tools, knowledge, motivation, and inspiration to enrich our relationship and our life. See you there!
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Copyright (c) 2023 Emma K. Viglucci. All rights reserved.
Want to Use this Article in Your Own Website or Publication? Be our guest! Here is how, you MUST include: Emma K. Viglucci, LMFT is the Founder and Director of Metropolitan Marriage & Family Therapy, PLLC, a private practice that specializes in working with couples, she is the creator of the MetroRelationship™ philosophy and the Successful Couple Strategy™ that assist couples succeed at their relationship and their life. Stay Connected™ with Emma and receive weekly connection notes in your inbox with Personal Development and Relationship Enrichment insights and strategies, visit: www.metrorelationship.com.
Yes, we love Summer and some of us might not be too happy to see Summer come to an end. Yep, that’s me. You too? But we don’t have to let the end of Summer put a damper on our mood, fun quotient, outdoor time, and the rest of it. It is up to us to bring what we love about Summer with us as much as we can. And it is important to recognize that there is beauty in all the seasons for varying reasons. I say for now we take in what’s magical about the end of August and savor every morsel. Use end of august magic to inspire change in your relationship.
As things really slow down during this time, this gives us an opportunity to give our body, mind and spirit a respite from the usual pace we keep, which could be phrenetic for some… This space allows us to shift gears so we can better tap into our creativity, our desires, and our dreams…
When we take a break from our routine, rhythm, and the usual, when we slow down and are not run by our list of to-dos, when we allow ourselves to just be, tune in, and attune- ahh… This is when we become more aware of all the blessings, the beauty, the love, the possibilities… Believe it or not, in relaxing we expand, evolve…
~ Did you ever notice that when you are running around, are multi-tasking, have a crammed agenda and packed schedule, that this is when your partner gets on your nerves the most?
~ Did you ever notice that when your children are taken cared of, your phone is nowhere to be found, and you have nowhere to be, that that is when you enjoy your partner the most?
~ And did you ever notice that when you really slow down, bask in nature, and just chill that that is when all the solutions, great ideas, and inspiration strikes? Not to mention the health and the well-being…?
Mm, right? What does that tell us?
The End of August Magic…
When we realize that we have a different experience that gives us joy, inspiration, connection, love, and happiness, let’s pay attention to what’s different about that experience… In this case the call to disconnect and slow down, and quiet-down might I add, is like a blaring siren. We’d be remiss to not take notice…
I love the end of August, exactly for this reason. It gives us a chance to:
Disconnect from the hustle and bustle, the noise, the devices- from being plugged in
Relax, rest and recharge
Reconnect with our desires and dreams
Get inspired for what’s next
Reset for the new chapter
This is a great opportunity to synchronize with your partner about your life and your relationship.
When you disconnect and slowdown, you give your relationship the opportunity to thrive. For this is when you can better mind your energy, how you show up, how you nurture, how you respond, how you play, how you invite your partner to create the relationship and life your desire…
During this last two weeks of August, you get to feel each other more, play differently, dream your dreams, and refocus on one another and what you’d like to create.
Whether you are away, off, or just cruising for the next two weeks, you might consider setting time aside to bask in nature and each other’s company:
~ Show up with chill energy, curiosity, and interest
~ Show up with playfulness and openness
~ Show up with the intention to connect more deeply and expand your love
Before you know it, you’ll be inspired for What’s Next in your relationship and your life and become aligned in creating it…
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Copyright (c) 2023 Emma K. Viglucci. All rights reserved.
Want to Use this Article in Your Own Website or Publication? Be our guest! Here is how, you MUST include: Emma K. Viglucci, LMFT is the Founder and Director of Metropolitan Marriage & Family Therapy, PLLC, a private practice that specializes in working with couples, she is the creator of the MetroRelationship™ philosophy and the Successful Couple Strategy™ that assist couples succeed at their relationship and their life. Stay Connected™ with Emma and receive weekly connection notes in your inbox with Personal Development and Relationship Enrichment insights and strategies, visit: www.metrorelationship.com.
We love summer and all the fun that usually comes with it. But we can make it even better while making our relationship even better. That’s right, we can enhance our lifestyle while enriching our relationship. Yes, you can do all the usual summer activities, time off, and vacations. But you can also create a couple summer fun tradition and end the summer with a bang.
This rich experiences not only create beautiful moments at the time they take place but provide additional opportunities for connection before and after, as well as a host of other benefits that make traditions special… Of course, being intentional about how one shows up and about savoring it makes a big difference for how we experience it, what meaning we give it, and how we remember it.
~Before the actual tradition is to take place there is the forethought, planning and anticipation of it that can be milked in and of themselves… The dreaming, designing and putting it together offer opportunities to connect, learn each other better, and address needs and desires.
~After the experience took place, there are the memories that were created to draw future enjoyment from… Revisiting the moments captured in our minds and digitally for posterity sake, sharing it with others, and recounting the event and experience make this the gift that keeps on giving…
Traditions Are a Great Relationship Building Tool
Traditions are the thread that weave the family / relationship tapestry…
They:
Create identity, unity, and a sense of belonging
Convey, and pass down, values, principles, beliefs, and customs
Provide comfort and connection
Offer meaningful pause and reflection
Help celebrate, honor, and give thanks
Promote fun and good vibes
All these benefits make traditions and important aspect of our lifestyle and family life.
This brings me to using these more specifically to enrich our relationship.
Couple Summer Fun Tradition
Traditions can be used throughout the year in our family life and in our relationship. We usually have them during holidays and other celebrations. But we might not have them so much as part of changing seasons and during other times in our life.
So, for this writing I want to offer to create a couple summer fun tradition as another way to invest in your relationship – to enrich your relationship and to enhance the connection with your partner.
How might you go about building a couple summer fun tradition?
~ Think about as aspect of summer that you love- an activity, a sport, an outing, a type of food, an event, a location, etc…
~ Think about an “event” that can be created around it that can be replicated every summer. For example, I love seafood- so every summer we get all kinds of shellfish and have special meal that we call having our “seafood feast day”. And we add all the trimmings and treats we both enjoy making it as yummy as possible and treating ourselves to that joint enjoyment.
Now it’s your turn! Select something about summer that you’ll turn into a couple summer fun tradition to end the summer with a bang…
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Copyright (c) 2023 Emma K. Viglucci. All rights reserved.
Want to Use this Article in Your Own Website or Publication? Be our guest! Here is how, you MUST include: Emma K. Viglucci, LMFT is the Founder and Director of Metropolitan Marriage & Family Therapy, PLLC, a private practice that specializes in working with couples, she is the creator of the MetroRelationship™ philosophy and the Successful Couple Strategy™ that assist couples succeed at their relationship and their life. Stay Connected™ with Emma and receive weekly connection notes in your inbox with Personal Development and Relationship Enrichment insights and strategies, visit: www.metrorelationship.com.
As we begin to wrap up the Summer, let’s take stock of how we’ve done with our summer professional projects, personal projects, personal development, relationship enrichment, couple fun, and summer activities- in other words, our Summer Upleveling™… This is part of how to soak up the last of Summer.
We set out to take full advantage of what Summer has to offer with its more leisure pace. To enjoy and recharge. To use this time to reset, regroup, and realign with new inspiration. To make a dent in our transformation and in creating the relationship and life we desire…
Then we can bring that awesomeness into what’s next in our Journey this year…
As we are enjoying our last trips, outings, and activities of the Summer, let’s take a moment to soak in the joy, pleasure and abundance that is our life. Is it perfect? Probably not, and that’s ok. Our life is meant to keep improving and evolving, that’s the Journey, that’s the fun… For now, just take stock, enjoy where you are, and chill for a bit…
As we daydream, envision, and ponder about what’s next in our Best Life, let’s stay open for inspiration, new ideas, guidance, downloads, and such. When we slow down and quiet down that’s when we can connect better with our Higher Self and when we can actually hear its message and guidance… This is how we know what makes us happy, what our next move is, what to cultivate, what to play with, what to let go of, and so on…
Be with this subtleness and let it guide you. Let it inform how to wrap up the Summer and set yourself up for a rocking last quarter of the year. Let it show you how you might get in your own way. Let it support you and have your back. Let it show you the simpler and better way, and how to make your life easier.
When you are in a more leisure mode, you can better observe yourself and your life.Use this observation to guide how to better take care of yourself, what routine tweaks you have to make, what conversations you have to have, what boundaries you have to set, what clearing and letting go you have to do, what stepping up and cultivating to embrace.
Use the last of Summer to be with yourself and your loved ones,to set the tone for the upcoming season, to dream and plan together. This might be the time to explore what experiences, traditions, and rituals you want to play with this Autumn and Holiday Season.
Let the last of summer gift you its sunshine to bring forth into the upcoming season and the rest of the year.
APPLICATION: Set some time aside during the next week to:
Take Stock and Celebrate – What you’ve accomplished and upleveled so far this year and this Summer
Enjoy and Get Inspired – Be in the moment, soak up the last of the sun, disconnect from the usual and connect more with yourself
Dream and Plan – Think on what you’d like to feel, how you’d like to be and what you’d like to create the rest of the year, make plan to get it going
Let your Summer Upleveling™ juice you up and propel you to new heights through the rest of the year!
Gold stars for a great Summer Upleveling™!
Wishing you all the joy, connection and love today and always…
With Much Love & Light!
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Emma K. Viglucci, LMFT has been in the mental health profession in varying capacities for the past 20+ years. She is the Founder and Director of metrorelationship.com a psychotherapy and coaching practice specializing in working with busy professional and entrepreneurial couples who are struggling getting on the same page and feeling connected. The work helps couples create a radiant and successful relationship and meaningful life by becoming a strong partnership and increasing their connection, intimacy, and fun. Emma is the creator of the MetroRelationship™ philosophy and the Successful Relationship Strategy™.
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