Seth and I answer your questions about in-laws, being a team in marriage, Family of Origin Issues and so much more!
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Seth and I explore the importance of Community in relationships. We hear from Beth, a listener who shares her story of how her community rallied around her and her daughter during a hard season in their life. Seth and I also talk about what the loss of our 10 year church community has meant to us and we share ways to build your own community.
Today Seth and I answer YOUR questions about Addiction, Trust, Adult Attachment Disorder, How to unlearn the negative things that the church has taught us about Sex, How to deal with the emotional triggers that come with healing from hurtful confessions, and so much more!
If you have a question please send it to anatomyofmarriage@gmail.com or submit your question through our website!
Episode Resources:
Sex, God & The Conservative Church by Tina Schermer Sellers, PhD
Depth Of Echoes Podcast by our amazing friend Rayah!
Seth and I talk about the different ways that we communicate in relationships, everything from chemicals in newborn babies to the partial scapegoating that I do in our own marriage.
We also try and figure out why our past communication attempts have often ended in conflict!
If you are having a difficult time communicating with your partner head over to our website and try our free Clearing Structure Pdf, print it and hang it on the bedroom wall if you have to, no shame!
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Seth shares his unexpected journey into the world of Adult Attachment Disorder and y'all are gonna want to grab your tissues for this one. He cries, I cry, but it is worth all the runny mascara in the world to witness the understanding and healing that is taking place in Seth and in our marriage.
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Seth and I talk about the making of our mini documentary with Zoltan of Unseen Creative and how we were both a bit nervous that our kids would behave badly while filming it!
Seth also shares some insight behind our Unexpected Special Episode that will come out tomorrow that is all about Seth's journey with Adult Attachment Disorder, a thing that he didn't even realize he was struggling with until 2 days ago!
We also talk about LOTS more like the all new Anatomy Of Marriage Team, why we feel stupid at birthday parties and SO MUCH MORE!
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Seth and I answer listener questions and a our very first listener voicemail!!
This weeks questions include:
How do you have a Growth Mindset around the topic of faith?
How do you manage Expectations vs. Needs and feeling Needy?
What is the Difference between Biblical Counseling and Secular Therapy?
We also talk about Nodal Events, Solution Focused Therapy and STOP THOUGHTS!
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Melanie and Seth tackle the often forgotten world of having a Growth Mindset in marriage. They talk with Dr. Gail Saltz who also appeared in episode #1 and they revisit a conversation from episode #9 of season one with Dr. Dan Siegel.
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Gail Saltz: http://drgailsaltz.com/
Dan Siegel: http://www.drdansiegel.com/ https://www.mindsightinstitute.com/
Ellen Langer: Mindfulness over matter Clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XQUJR4uIGM&t=3s
Carol Dweck: Developing a Growth Mindset https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiiEeMN7vbQ&t=339s
The School Of Life How Parent Yourself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBXZojt6dpM
Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski On Responding To Stress https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aDXM5H-Fuw
This week Melanie and Seth explore the tools of Compassion and Forgiveness with amazing guests Robb and Jackie, who walk listeners through their journey of healing from an affair. They share their insights and wisdom all while being a beautiful example of real life compassion and forgiveness at work.
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Melanie and Seth are back with the Anatomy Of Marriage Season #2: The Tools Of Marriage, and today they are talking all about the tool of Self Awareness with amazing guests Cody Jefferson, Ryan Michler, and Dr. Gail Saltz. Together they talk through the issues that can arise when we do not know yourselves deeply and authentically.
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Cody Jefferson: embracethelion.org
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The School Of Life: An Instruction Manual to Oneself
Miracle Morning: miraclemorning.com
Motivational Interviewing information
Seth and I explore the idea of "letting go" with the help of a worksheet that Seth uses with his clients. This letting go concept helps individuals to create personal boundaries around strained relationships as well as bringing a sense of peace to those who practice it.
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Today we are hitting on two different marriage ideas that are both kid related. BUT... you don't have to be a parent to learn from this episode! In the first half I (Melanie) talk to our 10 year old son about using the "Clearing Structure" to resolve a conflict that he and I were having.
In the second half of the show we talk about the ways that our children can often display undesirable behaviors that WE TUAGHT THEM!! Ouch!
If you haven't already downloaded the Clearing Structures PDF, what are you waiting for?! And don't forget to rate and review the podcast and follow us on Facebook and Instagram to learn more about us!
Today Seth and I explore the tricky landscape of confessions, how to do them, when to do them, and where to do them. If you have something to confess to your partner DO NOT make the same mistakes that we made.
As always visit anatomyofmarriage.com to get free resources and tools and to learn more about what we are up to, and don't forget to RATE & REVIEW OUR SHOW!
This Week Seth and I explore the use of recording our thoughts when we are upset vs. talking about them face to face.
We came across this idea sort of by accident a few months back and it helped us out TREMENDOUSLY! We share our very first voice recording with you and some of the different ways that we can calm our monkey brain by using this voice recording method.
Don't forget to visit our website at anatomyofmarriage.com to see what we are up to and to get the Clearing Structure PDF to use along with the Voice Recording method, you won't regret it!!