Greetings from Linda and Will, thanks for stopping by! Here’s a quick blurb about our show: We focus on having real, meaningful and oftentimes hilarious conversations about all things marriage and relationships! Each episode is centered around a specific topic where we share our own unique stories, relatable experiences and things we wish we knew. We want you to feel like you’re just grabbing a coffee, chatting and hanging out with friends. At the end of each podcast, we reflect on our takeaways and lessons learned from our discussions so that we can grow together. Come join us for lots of fun, laughs and an overall awesome time!
Episodes
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Thursday Jun 10, 2021
Have you ever thought to yourself that maybe you’re just unlucky when it comes to love and romance? Does it feel like there just aren’t any good men or women out there for you, and you’re destined to be alone forever? When it comes to finding love and dating, it can sometimes feel like you’re cursed because of how society defines what a “successful” relationship is or should be. So is it really any wonder that when a relationship fails, we automatically associate that failure to ourselves? What if we were to change how we measured our luck in love, not by marriage or finding the one, but by the memories and moments we experience being in love even if things don’t ultimately work out?
In this episode, we challenge the idea of what being unlucky in love really means, and search for practical ways to improve our success in this area of our lives. We believe that it starts by being brutally honest with ourselves, taking back our power through personal responsibility, self-reflection and having a desire to work on the things that are within our control.
0:00 Intro
2:04 Welcome banter
3:38 Start of topic
4:18 Jennifer Aniston unlucky in love
6:52 Dating and marriage expectations
8:36 It’s better to have loved and lost
11:26 Why can’t I find love
16:24 Knowing what you want in a relationship
19:11 How to improve your luck in love
22:00 Are you emotionally ready for a relationship
25:50 Don’t try so hard
28:12 Feel your emotions
32:11 Be honest with yourself
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
Thursday Jun 17, 2021
WARNING: NEW PUPPY ALERT!
Please meet and welcome our newest co-host, his name is Latte! He is the most adorable and dapper Boston Terrier (aka The American Gentleman) you’ll ever meet! Oh and yes, he already has his very own Instagram account @LatteTheBostie. Please make sure to give him a follow, cuteness overload guaranteed!
Anyways, we couldn’t be more excited to share this news with all of you in this special episode where we talk about our experience of getting our first puppy, and what we’ve learned so far about how pets can impact the health of a relationship with your partner. As new dog parents, we are definitely learning a lot about taking care of a puppy (mostly as we go along…yikes), but also about how well we work together as a couple. Whether it’s deciding who’s turn it is to get up after being woken up every couple of hours in the middle of the night or which one of us is doing more work like scooping puppy poop, we now have a shared responsibility to another living being that will test our patience and relationship. Even though it’s scary, a ton of work, and time consuming we are overjoyed with our puppy and look forward to the many beautiful memories we get to build together in the coming years.
0:00 Intro
1:18 Welcome banter
1:49 Start of topic
2:26 How we got our puppy
10:20 After the ride home
13:51 Latte’s first day at home
17:52 Potty training and feeding time
24:10 Becoming dog parents
27:40 Why we wanted a puppy
35:22 Impact of having pets on relationships
43:00 Should you get a pet
47:26 Takeaways & lessons learned
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
Thursday Jul 15, 2021
We're back! Life has been pretty busy for us recently with lots of changes including the addition of a new puppy to our family, moving out of our apartment, changing jobs and taking care of aging parents. What we realized was how easily it is to run at 100 mph just living life and not notice what it might be doing to our relationships, mental health, mood and just overall well-being.
In this episode, we wanted to share a little bit about what we've been up to and why we chose to take a time out from the podcast. We're not going anywhere, but we did feel that it was necessary to take a pause while we got settled. We plan on getting back to our regular schedule of releasing new episodes every Thursday again so please do stay tuned.
As always, thank you so much for continuing to support our show even while we were gone! We feel so fortunate to be able to not only share our stories, but to hear about yours too. Many of you have reached out to us on Instagram and we love hearing your thoughts on our topics as well as giving us insights into your personal experiences.
0:00 Intro
1:16 Our puppy is a monster
6:25 Mental health, burnout and time out
16:19 And the Oscar goes to…
19:15 Taking ownership
22:15 Did we make the right choice
23:51 Rolling with the punches
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
Thursday Jul 22, 2021
When you get married, you’re not just marrying your future husband or wife. In reality, you’re also marrying their family! Of course that includes your in laws, who for some reason seem to have a bad reputation. We’ve all at least heard a couple of horror stories regarding monster in laws misbehaving. But is it really always that bad? Do our relationships with our in laws always need to be stressful, filled with tension and full of drama?
In this episode, we discuss the importance of building strong relationships with your in laws and why it should be a positive experience. We also share some of our own personal strategies for strengthening our relationships with our parents and in laws to promote a healthy marriage.
0:00 Intro
1:13 Welcome banter
3:54 Start of topic
4:55 Monster in law
11:51 Mama’s boy
14:45 The importance and impact of in laws
20:18 Strategies to improve relationship with in laws
27:00 Your parents and in laws are people too
28:00 Building new memories together
29:15 Empty nest syndrome
30:30 Takeaways and lessons learned
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Thursday Jul 29, 2021
Wedding season is right around the corner, and love is in the air! It’s a beautiful time in life and one to be cherished for sure, but what a lot of young lovers don’t realize is that their wedding lasts only for a day and marriage lasts a lifetime…or at least we hope. Now that we have a couple of years of marriage under our belt, we wanted to share some things that we wish we knew before we said our vows. These are things that we believe would have helped save us from many arguments, stress and conflict especially in our first year of marriage. Even though we are incredibly happy together, we still have a lot to learn and work on if we want to keep it that way.
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1:15 Welcome banter
3:55 Start of topic
6:10 Premarital counseling
8:19 Love is not enough
11:46 Learning to be a better communicator
16:14 Apologizing correctly and forgiveness
21:30 Getting to know in laws before marriage
25:55 Defining your roles in marriage
32:45 Everything you do impacts your spouse
36:28 Marriage takes work