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Recent Episodes from Stronger in the Difficult Places

Understanding the Cravings of Your Soul

There are five reasons that people want to get married, and those are the same five reasons that people ultimately choose divorce. How powerful is that statement?

Today I am excited to talk about the 5 cravings of your soul with my guest Corey Rosenke, the author of The Magnetic Heart of God: Understanding the Five Cravings of Your Soul.

Listen in as we discuss these fundamental cravings and how you can learn to name them, understand them and ultimately see them in others and in your relationship.

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enMarch 05, 2024

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How to Have the Hard Conversations

It's the things that we don't say that get us in the most trouble. Often we are afraid of saying the wrong thing, for fear that our loved ones can't handle what we need to talk about. These fears prevent us from saying the thing that needs to be said. Listen in and learn how to overcome those fears and how to have hard conversations with the people we love.

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enFebruary 27, 2024

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Feeling Lonely on Valentine's Day - Even When You're in a Relationship

You know what’s worse than being by yourself on Valentine’s Day? Being in a relationship and still feeling lonely on Valentine’s Day.

In this episode, I help you make sure you’re asking for what you need in your relationship and I also give some tips for healthy self-care on this day of celebrating love.

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enFebruary 13, 2024

How to Respond to Repeat Boundary Violations in Your Marriage

In this episode, I discuss setting boundaries between you and those you love. Often I work with clients who work to set and keep boundaries, but are constantly violated when their loved one crosses those boundaries. I talk through the clear steps you can take to set and hold those boundaries that are sacred to both your own wellness as well as the health of your intimate relationships.

Listen in and connect. I'm here to help.

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enFebruary 06, 2024

Healing From Relationship Breakdown Trauma Through Poetry

In this episode, I interview poet Emily Bridget Taylor about her journey of healing from divorce and marriage breakdown trauma. She gives encouragement to the woman in a difficult relationship or having just ended a difficult relationship. She shares how poetry or any kind of creative expression can help healing. She also shares two beautiful poems at the end of the episode.

See Emily Bridget Taylor's new poetry book, Remedy, and also visit her site here for a free gift.

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enJanuary 30, 2024

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Managing a Difficult Relationship With Your Boss

So many of us spend the majority of our life at work. I'm always talking about relationships in your life, often intimate ones. But if you're spending the majority of your life at work - you're going to have some relationships there just as significant as your personal ones.

It makes sense that we talk about having health in relationships at work as well.

In this episode, Dr. Zoe talks with author and workplace thought leader Jake Brown about his sometimes humorous and very poignant perspective on how to navigate difficult relationships with your boss, finding hope for your career.

Listen in to find out how to work with a difficult boss.

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Jake's Book, Leadershit: Tales & Tools to Survive a Bad Boss & Have Fun at Work

enJanuary 09, 2024

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Setting Your Relationship Up for Success in the New Year

We often focus on individual goals for the New year, as we should, but it’s crucial to the long term health of your relationship, that you regularly assess and create goals for your relationship as well. Healthy relationships happen intentionally.

In this episode, Dr. Zoe shares her own word of the year and addresses setting yourself and your relationship up for success in the new year.

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enJanuary 04, 2024

I Didn’t Sign Up For This: What To Do When Your Relationship Doesn't Look Like The One You Said Yes To with Tracy Dalgleish

Dr. Tracy Dalgleish is a clinical psychologist and relationship expert who is on a mission to help couples break old relationship cycles and find joy in their relationships again. She is the owner of Integrated Wellness, a mental health practice in Ottawa, Ontario, and has been working with individuals and couples for 17 years. Her book, I Didn’t Sign Up for This: A Couples Therapist Shares Real-Life Stories of Breaking Patterns and Finding Joy in Relationships...Including Her Own, features case studies from her practice and her own relationship. The book helps readers learn how to get unstuck in their relationships.

You can find Dr. Tracy’s popular Instagram account @DrTracyD where she brings her therapeutic expertise and advice to a broader audience looking for help in their relationships.

Dr. Tracy and Dr. Zoe have an engaging conversation about what you can do when you didn't sign up for this in your relationship.

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enDecember 19, 2023

#2 Navigating Your Difficult Relationship Over The Holidays - How To Honor Your Spouse And Still Care For Yourself

For people pleasers and relationship supporters, the holidays can easily feel overwhelming when your needs aren't getting met and you are trying to make the holidays great for everyone else.

In this second episode of Navigating Your Difficult Relationship Over the Holidays, I address how you can honor your spouse while still caring for yourself.

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