For many women, making decisions on the direction of their life isn’t easy. What divorce lawyer and author of the new book She Who Wins, Renee Bauer has discovered is that at the root of these challenges is often worthiness issues, the fear of being uncomfortable, especially in the unknown, and being in the habit of being a people pleaser. Renee has identified that many women are stuck in a “good girl complex” in which they were socialized to smile, be polite and not disappoint, which has not only prevented authenticity but leads to an inability to expand themselves and their lives. In this episode, Renee shares her framework to guide women to winning in all aspects of their lives. It comes down to this: how you nurture your soul impacts how you show up in the world. If you are ready to let go of the habits and mindsets that are holding you back, then this episode is for you.   About Renee: Renee has been a divorce attorney for over 20 years. She is founder and Managing attorney of Happily Even After Family Law located in Connecticut. She is an international speaker, author of 3 other books – Divorce in Connecticut, The Ultimate Guide to Solo and Small Firm Success, and the children’s book Percy’s Imperfectly Perfect Family.   She hosts the annual She Who Wins Summit, a live event created to inspire, motivate and challenge women to move forward bravely in their personal and business lives. Her impact has been recognized by Success Magazine where she was nominated as a Woman of Influence and with awards such as Litigator of the Year, Women-Owned Business of the Year, and New Leaders in the Law. She has been featured in multiple media outlets such as the International Business Times, Comment Central, AP News, NBC, FOX, and iHeart Radio.   https://shewhowinsbook.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/msreneebauer/

To get a handout from today’s episode, click here To join our monthly relationship Master Class series: https://joreerose.com/loveisntenoughmasterclass/ Let’s face it: couples argue. Disagreements are inevitable. Arguing is not a problem; in fact, there’s a lot of authenticity & freedom in being able to express yourself fully, even when you’re angry. The problem is when arguing is ineffective & anger & insults damage the safety & security of your relationship. However, there are proven ways that you can argue better; ways that actually benefit your partnership. In this episode, you’ll learn the scientifically-proven rules to fight fair, argue well, repair quickly & ultimately resolve those long-standing disagreements. This is actually a recording based on a live workshop we did, and thought it was too good not to share. So, if you are someone who is finding yourself in repeating cycles of conflict with your partner, and you’re not sure how to get out of the cycle of disconnection and into a pattern of more aligned connection, despite any challenge you face, then this episode is for you.  

As a therapist, Mary Beth is passionate about guiding millennials in modern mental health, which she defines as support that is accessible and relatable so that there is an increase in healing. A main focus of her practice is helping teens and young adults understand how to navigate boundaries and individuation if they are in an enmeshed family system. Enmeshment occurs when there is a lack of boundaries, often rooted in a parent (often the mother) getting her emotional needs met by her children, rather than from a partner or friends. This dynamic prevents young adults from easily voicing their own needs, wants or desires because the expectation puts the parent’s needs above theirs. Mary Beth shares strategies, tools and insights on how to shift out of these unhealthy patterns so that they can develop healthy relational dynamics in their future. If you are someone who has been affected by an enmeshed family system or would like to support someone who you know is, then this episode is for you!   About Mary Beth: Mary Beth Somich is a licensed therapist with a group private practice located in North Carolina called Your Journey Through. She completed her graduate training at Columbia University and specializes in family dynamic work with teens and adults. Mary Beth is passionate about promoting modern mental health and making therapy accessible and relatable. She offers courses and business coaching to therapists to help them expand their reach on social media, build thriving private practices, and generate passive income streams.    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yourjourneythrough/ Therapy Website: https://www.yourjourneythrough.com/ Website for Therapists: https://www.instagrowthfortherapists.com/home Podcast: https://www.mytherapistthinks.com/ Enmeshment Quiz: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5f16de5959b56b0026662110?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fstan.store%2Fyourjourneythrough Family Enmeshment Exploration Prompts: https://stan.store/yourjourneythrough/p/say-hello-to-healthy-family-boundaries  Boundary-Setting Blueprint: https://view.flodesk.com/pages/5ef271ba6f58290026109eeb?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fl.instagram.com%2F

To join our year long monthly Master Classes series please visit https://joreerose.com/theawaremethodmasterclass/   One of the most important pillars of a happy, thriving life is your relationship with your partner. Yet, so many of us struggle in this area.  What do you need to be more satisfied in your relationship? How do you get your needs met? How do you put an end to having the same frikkin’ arguments over and over? How do you get a handle on your anger so your partner feels safe and secure in the relationship? Listen in on the first Master Class on Relationships and find out!  This is the overview of all the skills and tools you need to create a loving, fulfilling, positive relationship. John and I were so excited about our first Master Class we wanted to share it with you as a gift.   

Who doesn’t love love? But loving love and wanting to bring love into your life does not always mean that you’re ready for the love you want to experience. In this conversation with Real Love Ready founder Robin Ducharme, we talk about all things love, specifically on the ways we strive to be better in relationships. Building relationship skills, being more vulnerable and understanding our partners from an aware place helps us to navigate the changing seasons of our own lives while also trying to see our partners from an emotionally aware place. Sometimes this is easier said than done, which is why love is not enough. If you are someone who seeks to cultivate or maintain an authentic and loving partnership, this episode is for you.   About Robin: Robin Ducharme is the founder of Real Love Ready, a platform devoted to nurturing connections in both romantic and non-romantic relationships while supporting personal growth.   Real Love Ready provides a joyful space for individuals to acquire essential relationship skills. Robin brings together world-class psychologists, therapists, and relationship coaches to offer guidance for deepening relationships and self-discovery. Drawing from her experience as a professional matchmaker and love coach, Robin understands the transformative potential of relationships. Under her leadership, Real Love Ready connects a diverse community with relationship experts through various channels, including their weekly podcast, Let’s Talk Love and weekly  Instagram Live Q&A sessions. Each year, RLR hosts In Bloom, a large in-person (and virtual) Love & Relationship Summit in Vancouver, BC. Robin is dedicated to enriching lives and relationships, offering a path to lasting personal and interpersonal growth.

Join John and I in our new monthly Master Class series: https://joreerose.com/theawaremethodmasterclass/   And join us in Costa Rica Sept 28-Oct. 5, 2024: https://joreerose.com/retreats/costa-rica/   In this joint episode with my partner Dr. John Schinnerer, we talk with esteemed therapists, Charlie and Linda Bloom, who were an integral part of our healing after our breakup. Married for over 54 years, they have been doing joint couples work for over 40 years, leading workshops and courses all over the world, and are the authors of 5 books; the most recent is An End To Arguing, which we talk about in this episode. Charlie and Linda share valuable, insightful and practical tools for how couples can work towards and maintain a strong relationship, despite hardships, of which they have survived many. Beginning with a shared value of being lifelong learners, they have always taken the time for personal growth which has served as the foundation for their relationship, as they’ve always been inspired to aim higher. In this episode we talk about the 3 words you should never say to your partner in an argument, how you can have a breakdown become a breakthrough instead of a breakup, and how relationships are spiritual practices. When you can self-reflect and take responsibility for your emotions and experience, reveal with vulnerability what you are feeling rather than conceal it, and continue to communicate until you are feeling complete after an argument, then you can truly reside in the safety of a secure relationship. If you are someone who is interested in building an extraordinary relationship, then this episode is for you.   About Linda & Charlie: Linda Bloom, LCSW and Charlie Bloom, MSW have been married since 1972. Trained as psychotherapists and relationship counselors, they have worked with individuals, couples, groups, and organizations since 1975 and have lectured and taught at learning institutes throughout the USA and internationally, including the Esalen Institute, the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, and The Northern California Mindfulness Institute. They have authored five books, including the best seller, 101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married: Simple Lessons to Make Love Last (over 100,000 sold), Secrets of Great Marriages, Happily Ever After... and 39 Other Myths about Love, That which Doesn't Kill Us: How One Couple Became Stronger at the Broken Places, and An End to Arguing: 101 Valuable Lessons for All Relationships. They are founders and co-directors of Bloomwork, based in Santa Cruz, California. Their website is www.bloomwork.com   Here are the links for their Esalen and Kripalu Workshops. The Kripalu dates are Feb 9-11 and the Esalen dates are May 24-26.   Kripalu: https://kripalu.org/presenters-programs/secrets-great-relationships Esalen: https://www.esalen.org/workshops/secrets-of-great-relationships-for-individuals-and-couples-052424  

Join John and I in our new monthly Master Class series: https://joreerose.com/theawaremethodmasterclass/   And join us in Costa Rica Sept 28-Oct. 5, 2024: https://joreerose.com/retreats/costa-rica/   In this joint episode with my partner Dr. John Schinnerer, we share more of our journey towards healing and (re)connection after our short breakup. This part of our story has very spiritual components from working with a spiritual healer after John had a massive eye emergency, psilocybin journeys that deepened our connection to nature, and saving a baby owl from my pool. All of these experiences continued to open our eyes and allow us to look through a new lens, help us see what we weren’t able to see clearly before, and showed us where our own blindspots appeared in our own self and our relationship. Not only were these fascinating experiences, but it propelled us deeper into vulnerability, strengthening our relationship in ways we’d never been able to access before. We also share how couples can begin to deepen their own relationships.   To learn more about John: www.theevolvedcaveman.com

It sounds that bad because it is that bad! If you or anyone you know has had the unfortunate experience of being in a relationship with a narcissist, then you know that it is far beyond simply a toxic or unhealthy relationship. And in order to survive it, your best armor is awareness of the patterns so that you can not only depersonalize what is being done to you, but so that you can know how to best plan your exit strategy and maintain boundaries. In this episode, I talk with Dr. Jaime Zuckerman who is an expert in guiding her clients through understanding narcissism - what it is and what it isn’t - as well as how to successfully get out of these relationship traps. She covers specifically what it looks like being in relationship with a narcissist as well as the stages of relationship with a narcissist from dating, marriage, divorce and post-divorce. We even cover what to do if you are a young adult or adult child of a narcissistic parent. If you or someone you know is in relationship with a narcissist or perhaps aren’t sure if you are in relationship with a narcissist, then this episode is for you!   About Jaime: Dr. Jaime Zuckerman is a national expert in narcissistic abuse and a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of adults with anxiety and mood disorders. She is a highly sought-after relationship coach for both men and women nationwide who are experiencing, or have experienced, narcissistic abuse in relationships of all types. She also is owner of The Z Group, a therapy practice specializing in the treatment of adults with mood disorders, anxiety, relationship difficulties and the impact of life’s everyday stress.    Dr. Z is a frequent contributor to several media outlets including Vogue, Elle Magazine, Shape, Women’s Health, The Washington Post, The Harvard Business Review, CBS3 Philadelphia, NBC10 Philadelphia, PHL17, and FOX29 News. She has also made guest appearances on several podcasts.    In April 2022, Dr. Z released her first book, Find Your Calm: A Workbook to Manage Anxiety. It is an interactive guide that offers various exercises to help reduce daily stress and anxiety. Dr. Zuckerman’s second book, Find Good Habits: A Workbook for Daily Growth, was released August 2022. Dr. Zuckerman is also the host of the It’s Me, Dr. Z podcast.    https://www.drjaimezuckerman.com/ https://www.zgrouptherapy.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dr.z_psychologist/ https://www.facebook.com/DrJaimeSpinellZuckerman/ https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.z_psychologist  

Join my new upcoming Master Class series on The AWARE Method, practices and tools to cultivate more aligned, authentic and connected relationships: https://joreerose.com/theawaremethodmasterclass/   As a psychiatrist with a passion for helping people alleviate their pain so that their lives and relationships can thrive, along with being an on-camera relationship expert, Dr. Ish Major shares an enormous amount of helpful information on how to live with greater internal peace, acceptance, and ultimately greater connection to ourselves and others. In this episode, Dr. Ish explains how pain is the connection between addiction and unhealthy relationships in that there can be a universal feeling of being unlovable or unworthy, which can lead someone to look for evidence that those beliefs are true. We talk about our origin stories, how we can be the superhero of our own story, as well as how to let our old stories go, allowing us to be more present and open to healing so that we can create authentic connection. If you are someone who wants to thrive in relationship, has a habit of getting in your own way, and are wanting to learn how to live more aligned and in healthy relationship to yourself and others, then this episode is for you.   About Ish: Dr. Ish Major has spent the last 20 years demystifying the male psyche and helping men and women navigate their way through the relationship jungle. Educated at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Dr. Ish is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in women, children, families, substance abuse and all things dating, mating and relating. Dr. Ish was named to the prestigious list of America’s Top Psychiatrists for the last 3 years and is recognized by the International Association of Healthcare Professionals as one of Leading Physicians of the World.    As an on-camera expert, Dr. Ish is the co-host of WeTV’s hit series Marriage & Family Boot Camp Reality Stars and Amazon’s Counsel Culture presented by Nick Cannon. He is a frequent guest host on The Doctors and resident expert on The Nick Cannon Show, The Daily Blast Live, Access Hollywood Live, Steve, and The Today Show. He’s appeared with the likes of Kourtney Kardashian, Carrie Fisher, Brooke Shields, Howie Mandel, Ne-Yo, AnnaLynne McCord, August Alsina and Carmen Electra where he brought his expertise to WeTV’s Ex Isle as they helped couples break free from past relationships that were holding them back! He’s also been featured in People, In Touch, O Mag, Women’s Health, Cosmo, USA Today, Match.com and Shade 45 on Sirius XM.   IG: Dr_Ish_Major Twitter: DrIshMajor FB: Dr Ish Major website: www.drishmajor.com  

It has become evident to both John and I that at the root of all happy and fulfilled relationships are deep connections. Connection is something that we all say we want and yet not many of us know how to actually achieve it in a way that is truly fulfilling and sustainable. In this episode, we share some stories from our recent trip to Africa that highlight the importance and value of connection. We also share personal anecdotes from our own relationship, in our journey to develop deeper connection with one another, as well as some patterns and experiences that we see with clients, in which connection is not achieved, compromised, or simply not existent. The good news is that the tools to achieve deeply connected relationships are learnable. And John and I are excited to be offering new ways for which you can learn more about yourself, the barriers to your own ability to connect vulnerably and authentically with others, as well as relational tools to strengthen any partnership that has the desire to grow. If you are someone who wants a happier and more fulfilling relationship, then this episode is for you.   To follow John: IG: @theevolvedcaveman Website: www.theevolvedcaveman.com