Every episode of the Relationships. You Understand? Podcast is filled with testimonies, tools and strategies to help you stop arguing with your partner and have more sex. A better relationship starts with a better you.

Are you partners or just roommates?

Tired of just coasting through your relationship? If you’re feeling like ships passing in the night, it’s time to clear out the emotional clutter and get real with each other.

Spring Clean Your Relationship is for couples who are done playing roommates and ready to reignite their connection.

No fluff, no fake smiles—just the truth about where you stand and what it takes to move forward, together. If you’re ready to do the work, this series is your blueprint.

  • Love isn’t always enough. Are you still each other’s person, or just living under the same roof? This one question could break open everything.

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  • Your values are the foundation. Are you building a life together, or are you two worlds apart? Time to get real about it.

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  • Enough with the vague “someday” goals. What are you actively working toward, together, right now? Let’s set some real intentions.

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  • No sugarcoating here. Let your partner tell you how they really see you. It’s raw, it’s real, and it might just be the wake-up call you need.

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Spring Clean Your Relationship Series

95. The Cheating Series Pt 3: The Deconstruction 
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95. The Cheating Series Pt 3: The Deconstruction 

In Part 3 of The Cheating Series, we’re talking about “The Deconstruction”. In this stage, it is going to feel like this act of cheating has consumed you. You are going to try to figure out every single part of it to try and make sense of it. This is why, this week, I will give you a way to organize this deconstruction.

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94. The Cheating Series Pt. 2: The Decision
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94. The Cheating Series Pt. 2: The Decision

Welcome to our newest podcast series - The Cheating Series. In this 4 part series, I will walk you through the 4 different stages of being cheated on and how to navigate this very hurtful and personal event.

In Part 2 of The Cheating Series, we’re talking about “The Decision”.

In the decision stage, you will be completely overwhelmed with information, but, all that information is necessary in order to make the best decision for your life.

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93. The Cheating Series Pt. 1: The Discovery
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93. The Cheating Series Pt. 1: The Discovery

Welcome to our newest podcast series - The Cheating Series. In this 4 part series, I will walk you through the 4 different stages of being cheated on and how to navigate this very hurtful and personal event.

We all have an innate fear of being cheated on, especially if we’ve walked down the aisle and agreed to spend the rest of our lives with this person.

In Part 1 of The Cheating Series, we’re going to talk about “The Discovery”.

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90. Being the Breadwinner Pt 2: How To Support Your Partner’s Dreams
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90. Being the Breadwinner Pt 2: How To Support Your Partner’s Dreams

Welcome back to our brand new series “Being the Breadwinner!”. In part 2 of this series, we’ll be addressing some relationship problems that can come up when you become the breadwinner of your family. This week, we’re going to talk about how to support your partner’s dreams.

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88. Spring Clean Your Relationship Pt. 4: Tell Me About Myself
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88. Spring Clean Your Relationship Pt. 4: Tell Me About Myself

Welcome to Part 4 of our latest series, Spring Clean Your Relationship! This week, we are asking our partners to tell us about ourselves. Hearing what your partner thinks of you is a crucial part of your relationship because your partner is your mirror. They are going to notice things about you that you don’t notice about yourself. And if you trust them, you’re going to want to listen to them. Because this can be a lesson you need to learn about yourself.

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87. Spring Clean Pt. 3: What are Your Plans For Next Month?
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87. Spring Clean Pt. 3: What are Your Plans For Next Month?

Welcome to Part 3 of our latest series, Spring Clean Your Relationship! This week, we are asking our partners the question: What are your plans for next month? We’re going to work on your short-term goals to see if you can do life with this person in the long term.

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86: Spring Clean Your Relationship Pt 2: Do Our Values Still Align?
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86: Spring Clean Your Relationship Pt 2: Do Our Values Still Align?

Welcome to Part 2 of our newest series, Spring Cleaning Your Relationship! This week, we are asking our partners the question: Do our values still align? Figuring out if your values are aligned will help you figure out if this is the person you want to continue to do life with.

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85: Spring Cleaning Your Relationship Pt. 1: Am I Still The One?
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85: Spring Cleaning Your Relationship Pt. 1: Am I Still The One?

This week, we are kicking off a brand new series called Spring Cleaning Your Relationship! This is a four-part series that you can use to check in with your partner, strengthen your relationship, and make sure you’re still a team.

Part One of this new series will focus on one question: Am I still the one? Notice how we’re not asking, “Do you still love me?” And that’s because the answer to that question is not enough. You can love someone and not want to do life with them anymore. This is why we’re checking in with our partners and creating a safe space to hear their answers.

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84. Top 3 Things I Learned About Marriage
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84. Top 3 Things I Learned About Marriage

In this week’s episode, we’re discussing the top three things I learned about marriage.

Check out this week's episode to learn more about these lessons and how I use them to help my clients do the work and create a more compassionate marriage.

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83. Top 3 Signs You Are Falling Out of Love with Your Partner
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83. Top 3 Signs You Are Falling Out of Love with Your Partner

In this week’s episode, we talk about what to do when your partner becomes your roommate.

When you feel like your spouse is more of your roommate than anything and you do not address it, the red flags of this new roommate relationship will feel heavy. In this episode, we’re going to address these red flags and what you can do about them.

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82. You and Your Partner are Roommates
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82. You and Your Partner are Roommates

In this week’s episode, we talk about what to do when your partner becomes your roommate.

When you feel like your spouse is more of your roommate than anything and you do not address it, the red flags of this new roommate relationship will feel heavy. In this episode, we’re going to address these red flags and what you can do about them.

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81. How to Be Ok When Your Partner is Not Ok
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81. How to Be Ok When Your Partner is Not Ok

In this week’s episode, we talk about how to be ok when your partner is not ok.

It can be incredibly stressful to know that your partner is having a hard time. But it’s also important to remember that your partner is not a problem to be solved. You don’t have to “fix” them every time your partner has an issue.

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80. Breaking Up and Never Making Up
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80. Breaking Up and Never Making Up

In this week’s episode, we talk about breaking up and never making up and why that’s so difficult for you.

When you break up, you start to mourn all the promises that were made during the relationship. You naturally start to feel like this relationship was a waste of time. But healing comes when you start to accept the lessons this relationship taught you.

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79. Ride-or-Die Couples: Why You Have So Many Blow-Ups
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79. Ride-or-Die Couples: Why You Have So Many Blow-Ups

In this week’s episode, we talk about why ride-or-die couples have so many blow-ups. This is an all too common problem that we can fix together. Tune in to hear how to stop arguing and be more intimate with your partner.

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78. Why More Money Won't Solve Your Marriage Issues
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78. Why More Money Won't Solve Your Marriage Issues

In this week’s episode, we talk about why money will not solve your marriage issues.

That one issue that you're having right now in your marriage that you think money will solve, I'm going to tell you how money will not solve it.

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77. How to Forgive Your Partner
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77. How to Forgive Your Partner

In this week’s episode, we talk about what forgiveness looks like and how you can start to use forgiveness as a tool to help you alleviate the hurt, resentment, and thoughts you have.

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76. Being Head of Household
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76. Being Head of Household

In this week’s episode, we’ll be taking a look at what happens when an amazing opportunity ends up adding tension to your relationship. New problems can come up out of nowhere but together you can find solutions for a new way of life.

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