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"Grow up, Josh. You're being an asshole and I won't have it." Amy actually said that — and privately, she was afraid she'd married a monster. She hadn't. But it took years, a Hold Me Tight® workshop, and couples counseling to figure out what was really going on. In this episode, we tell the whole story: Josh growing up as a missionary kid who absorbed the message that he was unimportant, unlovable, and last on the list — and how that old wound showed up in our marriage wearing a disguise. It didn't look like hurt. It looked like anger, jealousy, and ultimatums. And it landed squarely on Amy's own raw spot: the fear of being abandoned. We replay our worst pattern in slow motion — the trigger, the protest, the counterattack, the round-and-round — and share the moment we finally saw that the cycle was the enemy, not each other. If you've ever looked at your partner mid-fight and thought "who ARE you?", this one's for you. You'll learn what a raw spot is, why anger is often a question in disguise, and how to spot the cycle running your own relationship — because you can't fight an enemy you can't see. Grab Amy's free guide: The Cycle Running Your Relationship and How to See It Clearly → amypie2.gumroad.com Show Notes 💛 Free guide: The Cycle Running Your Relationship and How to See It Clearly — spot your cycle, your raw spots, and your protest moves: amypie2.gumroad.com 📓 Ready to go deeper? Stuck in the Same Fight? A Couples Cycle-Mapping Guide ($3.99) and the Tell Me More conversation card deck ($8.99) are also on Gumroad: amypie2.gumroad.com 🏕️ Hold Me Tight® couples workshops with Amy & Josh at HoneyDo Acres in Bellingham, WA — September and November dates open now. Details at amyprieb.com 🌿 Learn more about couples therapy, individual therapy, and EFT intensives with Amy: amyprieb.com 🎙️ Love the show? Follow, rate, and share it with a couple who needs to hear it. Amy Prieb, LMFT, is an Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) specialist practicing in Bellingham, Washington.

Joel and Emily are in their thirties, raising two little ones, ages 5 and 7,  in a home built around intention, gentleness, and a whole lot of love. Emily studied sociology and women's studies, and that lens shows up everywhere: in how she parents, how she grieves, how she makes sense of a world that keeps getting harder to explain. Joel is a musician (yes, that's his music you've been hearing on this podcast — and we'll do a whole episode with just him soon). But today, I wanted them both. Together. Because what they're navigating right now isn't one thing. It's a beautiful childhood and a heartbreaking news cycle, happening at the same time, in the same body, on the same Tuesday. It's gentle parenting and real disagreements. It's community and isolation. It's joy that feels almost guilty and grief that doesn't go away. We talk about the childhood they're trying to build for their children. About what happens when parents don't agree in the moment. About how much truth you tell a small child about a country that's changing. About whether you can raise kids to be empathetic and brave without robbing them of their sense of wonder. About what this moment is doing to their marriage — and where they find each other inside all of it. This one is tender. It's real. And if you're a parent carrying this same dual weight right now, I think it might feel like a deep exhale.

What happens when 700+ women over 50 put on bloomers, hit the court, and refuse to be invisible? You get the Granny Basketball League — and apparently, you get one of the most quietly revolutionary communities in the country. This week, I'm sitting down with Barb, the founder of the Granny Basketball League, and Corrie, a player who found something there she didn't know she was looking for. We talk about how a league built on 1920s rules (no running, no jumping, two dribbles — and yes, the bloomers are mandatory) has become a lifeline for women navigating the second half of life. We get into the origin story — how Barb's father's memories of early women's basketball in Iowa sparked something that grew into 53+ teams across the country. We talk about what those "gentler" rules actually do for women's bodies and spirits, why the "granny" framing might be more liberating than it sounds, and what it means to be seen, to play, and to belong when culture keeps telling you it's time to step back. Corrie gets honest about the part of her that was nervous to show up — and what she found on the other side of that door. We talk about friendship, bodies, purpose, and the weird magic of a parking lot conversation that changes everything. If you've ever thought that sounds amazing, but not for me — this episode is for you. www.grannybasketball.com

Katie went speed dating. The men were older than advertised. One of them slipped her his number anyway — against the actual rules. And somehow, this became the perfect jumping-off point for everything. Michelle and Katie — two women in their 40s navigating the wildly weird world of midlife dating — are back for round two, and this episode goes deep. They talk about what it actually means to love yourself before you look for love from someone else (spoiler: it's not just a bumper sticker), how emotional self-regulation is the skill nobody taught us and everybody needs, and why building a secure attachment with yourself is the real foundation under every relationship you'll ever have. They also roast the apps. Extensively. With joy. And yes — by the end of this episode, they will have half-seriously proposed starting their own dating service. You'll understand why. In this episode: Katie's speed dating recap, including the men who were definitely not her age range Why rule-breaking romantic gestures aren't cute — they're just rule-breaking Learning to self-regulate before you expect a partner to do it for you Secure attachment as a personal practice, not just a relationship dynamic The app experience: what's broken, why it's broken, and what we'd do instead The business idea that might actually make sense If you're dating after divorce, re-entering the dating scene in your 40s or 50s, healing your attachment patterns, or just trying to figure out who you are before you find someone to be with — pull up a chair.

What happens when a panic attack at the happiest place on earth becomes the beginning of a beautiful friendship? Mary and Kelsey tell the story of the moment that fast-tracked their bond — a full-on meltdown in the middle of Disneyland, and a friend who didn't flinch. Kelsey's calm, steady presence in that moment said everything: you are not too much, and I am not going anywhere. In this episode, Amy sits down with two platonic best friends who have built something rare — a relationship that actually feels safe. They get honest about their attachment styles (Mary is anxiously attached and married to avoidant Chad; Kelsey is single and avoidantly attached herself), and how that unlikely pairing has become one of the most clarifying relationships in Mary's life. Because sometimes the person who helps you understand your spouse... is your avoidant best friend. They dig into what emotional regulation actually looks like in real friendship, why co-regulation isn't just a couples thing, and how the people around us can either escalate our nervous system or bring it back down. Spoiler: Kelsey is very good at bringing it back down. And because these two contain multitudes — they also happen to be adventurous, outdoorsy women who can go from hiking boots to heels without skipping a beat. This one's for anyone who has found their person in an unexpected place, who has been caught mid-panic by someone who didn't make it weird, or who just needs a reminder that the right friendships can change the way you see everything — including your marriage. Kelsey Kurtis: @kelseymkurtis Kelseykurtis.com   Mary Morris Solomon- @marygold.tales www.marygoldtales.com   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

When your partner does something that bothers you, what's your first instinct? To ask what they meant — or to assume you already know? Most of us interpret our partner's behavior through the lens of our own personality, our own wiring, our own history. It feels like logic. If I did that, it would mean this — so that must be what it means when they do it. The problem is you are not in a relationship with yourself. You are in a relationship with someone fundamentally different from you, and that filter is going to get you into trouble almost every time. In this episode, Amy explores one of the most common — and most avoidable — sources of conflict in relationships: the moment we stop being curious about our partner and start assuming we already understand them. Spoiler: we usually don't. In this Yurtism, you'll explore: Why interpreting your partner's behavior through your own personality is a recipe for misreading them How our individual wiring quietly shapes the assumptions we don't even realize we're making What it looks like to replace assumption with genuine curiosity about your partner's inner world Your partner is not a version of you. Getting that wrong is costly. Getting it right changes everything.   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

What happens when the person who holds everything together has to let herself be held? This week, Amy sits down with Jennifer Chipperfield, who, at 53, found herself in the middle of something she couldn't manage, fix, or push through alone — a lymphoma diagnosis that interrupted life as she knew it and asked her to do the one thing that doesn't come naturally to most of us: receive. Together, long-term friends Amy and Jenni talk about what it actually looks like to go through chemotherapy while still showing up for your kids, your work, and your relationships. About the particular loneliness that can live inside a crowded room full of people who love you. About the moment you stop saying "I'm fine" — and what comes after. This conversation is about mortality without being morbid, about community without being sentimental, about friendship and how we show up for each other, and about the strange, tender territory on the other side of treatment — where the chemo is done but the uncertainty isn't.   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

Some people become caregivers gradually. For this week's guest, it's simply always been her life. Amy sits down with Sonia Nations-Gates who has spent decades as the unwavering center of her son's world — a son with complex medical needs, a father who shows up inconsistently, and a community that shows up intermittently. She is a "forever mother," and once you hear her story, you'll understand exactly why. This conversation goes to some tender places. They talk about what it costs to manage your child's medical crisis and his father's emotional needs at the same time. About the friendships that couldn't hold the weight of what she carries and the ones that have sustained her. About the husband who said yes to all of it, and what it's meant to finally lean on someone. And about the quiet, persistent question underneath all of it: outside of being a mother and a caregiver, who am I? This episode is for anyone who has ever loved someone in a way that reorganizes your whole life around them. In this conversation, they get into: What the "forever mother" identity really means — and what it asks of you The particular isolation of caregiving that most people can't see from the outside How marriages and stepfamilies get built around complexity, and where they find their limits What it looks like when community actually shows up — and what it feels like when it doesn't The future, and who you can talk to honestly about what it holds amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

In this follow-up to our two-part series on childhood sexual abuse and systemic failure, Amy gets real about the aftermath — what healing actually looks like, what it cost to get here, and what will never fully go away. She opens with something most survivors rarely name: the difference between reporting your story and actually feeling it. For years, Amy could say the words clearly — "I was sexually abused by my father" — without ever going inside them. Recording those episodes cracked something open. This episode is about what came through that crack. What you'll hear: the ordinary, specific shape of a life well-built. The therapy that went past the narrative and into the body. The relationships that made staying behind the glass impossible. The grief that had to be felt in pieces before it could be carried. And the honest truth that integration doesn't mean resolution — some things stay with you until you die, and making peace with that is its own kind of freedom. Amy also speaks directly to why she believes women telling their stories — felt, inhabited, out loud — is not just personal healing. It is political resistance. We are at the beginning of a cultural reorientation, away from systems that center power and domination, toward something that actually protects children and vulnerable people. That shift is built, story by story, from exactly this. If you've been delivering your own story from a safe distance and wondering why it still doesn't feel like enough — this episode is for you. It's Nothing. I'm Fine. is hosted by Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Amy Prieb, recorded in a yurt in Bellingham, Washington.   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

If he really loved me, he would just know. It's one of the most common — and most quietly damaging — beliefs Amy encounters in relationship therapy. The rom-com fantasy that a truly loving partner should be able to read your mind, anticipate your needs, and show up exactly right without being told. It sounds romantic. In practice, it sets your partner up to fail and you up to feel perpetually disappointed. In this episode, Amy challenges the "if he loved me he would know" myth and offers a reframe that actually works: when you clearly ask for what you want, need, or prefer — and your partner shows up for you — that is love. That is respect. The ask doesn't cancel the gesture. It makes the gesture possible. In this Yurtism, you'll explore: How unspoken expectations become invisible traps in relationships Why the rom-com fantasy of mind-reading does real damage to real partnerships How clearly communicating your needs sets your partner up for success — and brings you closer Your partner isn't a mind reader. But they might just be someone who loves you enough to show up — if you let them know how.   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

What if the sideline is actually a relationship battlefield — and nobody gave you the playbook? This week, Amy sits down with Tessa Mcilraith, Youth Sports Mindset & Culture Coach and founder of Beyond the Grind, to talk about something that hits way closer to home than you might expect: the relationships hiding inside youth sports. We're talking about the ones between athletes and their self-belief, coaches and their teams, parents and the kids they're cheering (and occasionally yelling) for — and how all of it is really just... relationships. Which means it's our territory. Tessa brings a wildly unique mix of backgrounds to this conversation — school nurse, UW affiliate instructor, community coalition president — and she has seen what happens when the humans in a young athlete's life get the relational pieces right. And what happens when they don't. Spoiler: it goes well beyond wins and losses. In this episode, we get into: Why the parent-coach relationship is often the most fractured one in youth sports — and how to fix it What coaches and parents get wrong in the conversations they have with kids after a tough game How to build a team culture where athletes actually feel like they belong The connection between mental health, community, and what it means to truly support a young person What it looks like when a whole community gets youth sports right Whether you've got kids in sports, work with young people, or you're just here because you know that every relationship dynamic you've ever navigated shows up on the field too — this one's for you.   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

In Part 1, Amy and Josh got honest — painfully honest — about the mistakes they made trying to blend their families. The culture clashes, the unrealistic expectations, the slow and humbling process of learning that combining families doesn't work the way you think it will. If you haven't listened to that episode yet, start there. This time, they're turning the corner. Part 2 is about what actually helps. Amy brings her lens as a therapist, and Josh brings his experience as a stepparent in the trenches, as they dig into the questions blended families wrestle with every day: What can you realistically expect from children in a stepfamily — and what expectations will quietly destroy the relationship? How do stepparents build genuine connection without forcing it? How does a couple protect their relationship when they're both exhausted from parenting each other's kids? Amy and Josh also explore the "insider/outsider" dynamic that researcher Patricia Papernow has written about so compellingly — and what couples can actually do to soften it before it quietly erodes the marriage. This conversation is honest, specific, and full of hard-won wisdom from two people who failed their way into knowing better. Whether you're in the early chaos of a new blended family or years in and still searching for solid ground, this episode is for you. step-parenting advice blended family tips stepfamily help how to blend families step parent struggles Secondary (specific topics covered in the episode): insider outsider dynamic stepfamily Patricia Papernow stepfamily stepparent bonding with stepchild blended family expectations stepfamily relationship advice co-parenting in a blended family stepparent role in family building a new family culture stepfamily communication protecting your marriage in a blended family Long-tail (what people actually type when they're hurting and searching): how to be a good stepparent what to expect from kids in a blended family why blending families is so hard stepparent feeling like an outsider how to make a blended family work stepfamily advice from a therapist mistakes stepparents make blended family podcast amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

What does it really look like to break generational cycles when you're still healing from them yourself? Nikki and Aric sit down for an honest conversation about raising daughters after leaving high-control religion — and what it takes to parent intentionally when the old scripts are still running in the background. They talk about unpacking patriarchy in the small, everyday moments (not just the big philosophical conversations), what it means to let their girls feel the full range of emotions when they were raised to dismiss or suppress their own, and how they navigate real-time parenting disagreements as a couple — especially when their daughters are watching. This episode goes deep on: what repair actually looks like after losing it as a parent, how they're building community and belonging outside of religion, the beliefs that have been surprisingly hard to let go of even when they know they want something different, and the moments that have stopped them in their tracks and reminded them that something is working. If you're deconstructing, healing generational trauma, or trying to raise kids differently than you were raised — this one is for you. Topics covered: Conscious parenting after religious deconstruction Healing from high-control religion and patriarchy Raising emotionally healthy daughters Breaking generational cycles Parenting triggers and self-awareness Emotional validation and co-regulation Building community outside of church Repair and rupture in parenting Navigating differences as a parenting team amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

It's the little things — done consistently — that hold relationships together. Rituals and traditions might sound like holidays and big gestures, but in healthy relationships they're often much simpler than that. A morning check-in. A weekly date night. The way you always say goodbye before leaving the house. These small, repeated moments create something relationships and families deeply need: predictability, security, and the feeling that we do this together. In this episode, Amy explores why intentional rituals are one of the most underrated tools in a healthy relationship — and why our busy, overscheduled lives make them so easy to let slip. When we stop being deliberate about the habits that connect us, we often don't notice the drift until it's been a while. In this Yurtism, you'll explore: Why rituals create the sense of safety and assurance that relationships thrive on How busy lives quietly erode the habits that keep couples and families connected Simple ways to be more intentional about building traditions that you can count on You don't have to do something grand. You just have to do something — reliably.   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

What happens when two people fall in love — and completely underestimate what comes next? In this first of a two-part series, Amy and Josh get personal. They sit down together to talk about their own step-family journey, including the part they weren't prepared for at all: how hard it actually was. They unpack the unrealistic expectations they carried into blending a family — the fantasy that everyone would just click — and what it really looked like when they didn't. They talk about the culture clash neither of them saw coming: two families, two sets of unspoken rules, two completely different ways of doing everything. And how building something new out of all of that wasn't a moment. It was years. They also get honest about what was happening for their kids while they were deep in the honeymoon phase — because while Amy and Josh were riding a dopamine high, their children were quietly grieving the families they'd lost. That mismatch? It cost them. And they talk openly about the toll it took on their relationship. This episode is full of the things they wish someone had told them sooner — and what they would do differently if they could go back. If you're in a blended family, thinking about becoming one, or just trying to make sense of why it's been harder than you expected — this one's for you.   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

This is Part 2. If you haven't listened to Part 1, start there — though this episode can also stand on its own. In the first episode, Amy Prieb walked through four moments of disclosure that were met with silence, redirection, and institutional failure. In this episode, she continues — and the stakes get higher, because the people failing her are no longer just family friends and boyfriends. They are licensed professionals, academic institutions, and the systems explicitly designed to help. She describes a family therapy session in which her therapist — a credentialed professional from her own church community — instructed her to narrate every sexual act her father had ever committed against her body, in a room that contained her abuser. When she refused, the therapist offered the only alternative he could think of: her father would narrate it instead. She walked out. She was the only person in that room who understood what was actually happening. She describes arriving in graduate school in her mid-thirties — training to become a therapist herself, in a Christian seminary — answering a direct question honestly in a human sexuality class, and being pulled aside afterward by a beloved mentor who told her the setting was inappropriate. And then she asks the question that sits at the center of this entire conversation: Then where the hell is the setting? Not at eleven. Not at fifteen. Not at sixteen. Not with CPS. Not in the therapy room. Not in graduate school. The cumulative answer to "not here, not now, not like this" is, and always was, never. This episode connects every one of those moments to the Jeffrey Epstein files — to the DOJ releasing survivors' names while redacting perpetrators', to the millions of documents still withheld, to the survivors who have been fighting for decades to be heard by systems that were never built for them. And it ends with Amy speaking directly — to the children still in those houses, to the adults who are right now deciding whose side they're on, and to every institution that has ever dressed up self-protection as procedural caution. This is not a sad story. This is an angry one. The anger is the point. And the anger is what healing actually looks like.   Content warning: This episode contains detailed discussion of childhood sexual abuse, therapeutic malpractice, institutional betrayal, religious coercion, and the Epstein investigation. It does not contain graphic descriptions of abuse. If you or someone you know has experienced sexual abuse, RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline is available 24/7: 1-800-656-4673 or rainn.org   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

What do you do when you tell the truth — and the adults around you believe you, and still do nothing? In this first part of a two-episode conversation, Amy Prieb— licensed marriage and family therapist and survivor of childhood sexual abuse — tells the stories of every time she tried to get help as a child and was silenced. Not because people didn't believe her. They did. But believing a child and protecting a child turned out to be two very different things. Facilitated by Nikki Braaten, this conversation is honest, unflinching, and deeply informed by both lived experience and clinical understanding. Amy has done the work. She's not here to perform grief. She's here to name a system. In this episode, she walks through four specific moments: A boarding school disclosure at age 11, where her father minimized ongoing sexual abuse as "a few butt slaps" — and the adults accepted his version without question. A conversation at 15 with a trusted family friend who named mandatory reporting and then immediately steered her away from it, asking her instead to one day forgive her father at her wedding altar. A boyfriend at 16 who, upon hearing her disclosure, was overheard asking his friends how he could ever see her as a virgin now. And a CPS investigation that ended with a social worker slamming her notebook shut and citing the statute of limitations — while her abuser came home and began monitoring her every movement. Each of these moments is connected to what is happening right now with the Jeffrey Epstein files — the largest release of child sexual abuse investigation documents in American history. Because the playbook is identical whether the abuser is a missionary father in Thailand or a billionaire in Manhattan. Minimize. Redirect. Invoke forgiveness. Cite jurisdiction. Protect the men. Part 2 continues next week.   Content warning: This episode contains detailed discussion of childhood sexual abuse, institutional betrayal, religious coercion, purity culture, and the Epstein investigation. It does not contain graphic descriptions of abuse. If you or someone you know has experienced sexual abuse, RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline is available 24/7: 1-800-656-4673 or rainn.org   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

The world outside can be a lot. Your relationship doesn't have to be. When work is overwhelming, family is complicated, and the news feels like too much — a securely attached relationship can be one of the most powerful stabilizing forces in your life. Not because it solves the external chaos, but because it gives you somewhere solid to stand while you face it. In this episode, Amy explores one of the most quietly powerful truths she sees in her therapy practice: that a healthy, secure relationship functions like armor. When you can look at your partner and know — you are there for me, we are in this together, I am not alone — the hard stuff outside becomes genuinely more manageable. In this Yurtism, you'll explore: What secure attachment actually feels like in everyday relationship moments Why a stable partnership buffers stress from work, family, and the wider world How the simple reassurance of "we're in this together" changes everything You don't need a perfect life. You need one person in your corner. 5-10 minutes. One truth. Come sit in the yurt. amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

What happens when one woman looks around at all the fragmented, expensive, exhausting ways women are supposed to "fix" themselves — one course, one coach, one four-figure program at a time — and decides there's a better way? Mari Wuellner built it. She's an entrepreneur and insurance sales professional navigating one of the most male-dominated industries around — and that experience of being in a room where the model wasn't designed for you? It turns out, it's excellent fuel for building something entirely new. The Crew is a coaching collective unlike anything I've seen: six professional coaches covering relationship health, physical wellness, business, mindset, organization, and systems — all under one roof, for a monthly membership fee that is frankly almost suspicious in how accessible it is. And the community she's built around it? These are not women who are playing small or waiting for permission. In this conversation, Mari and I talk about what real community looks like versus the watered-down version every brand is selling right now, why women keep falling through the gaps when they only fix one area of their lives at a time, how she built a culture of genuine trust and collaboration in a world that still low-key pits women against each other — and which coaching area women think they need least when they join, and which one ends up rocking their world the most. This one is about relationships, connection, and community. But it's really about what it looks and feels like when women stop trying to fit into systems that were never designed for them — and build better ones instead. Instagram: @thecrewcc www.mariwuellnercoaching.com https://the-crew-100.circle.so/checkout/the-crew?affiliate_code=35784f   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

What does it really take to grow up — and grow together? In this deeply personal episode, a mother and adult daughter sit down for an honest, unfiltered conversation about one of the most powerful relationships in a woman's life. From the turbulent teenage years to the surprising shift into adulthood, they unpack the arguments that were never really about what they seemed, the moments that changed everything, and the things that — no matter how much time passes — never change at all. They explore: How mothers and daughters navigate the transition from childhood to independence The unspoken expectations that create tension between mothers and daughters How a daughter's view of her mother transforms as she becomes a woman herself The generational patterns we inherit — and the ones we choose to break What it looks like to finally say the things that are hardest to say out loud This episode is for every daughter who has ever felt misunderstood by her mom. For every mother watching her child become someone new. For anyone who has ever loved someone so deeply that it made things complicated. Real. Raw. Relatable.   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

What does it actually take to build nourishing, lasting relationships in midlife — and how do you stop dating someone's potential and start seeing who they really are? Join Michelle Foy (entrepreneur, mom of three, adventure lover, and Enneagram 7) and Katie Silver (realtor, business owner, soccer-playing mom of two, and born connector) as they have the honest, laugh-out-loud, sometimes-uncomfortable conversations that midlife women are hungry for. Michelle and Katie bring their real-world experience as small business owners in Washington, single mothers, and women navigating midlife dating to explore what healthy relationships actually look like — and what they don't. No filters, no performance, just two women figuring it out together. Each episode tackles the questions you've been asking yourself at 2am: What are your true non-negotiables in love? How do you spot green flags and red flags early — before you're already attached? What does it mean to want a relationship vs. need one? How do you ask for help in a culture that prizes independence? And how do you unlearn the toxic relationship habits that weren't even yours to begin with? Whether you're newly single after divorce, dating after 40, re-entering the dating world in your 50s, healing from a difficult relationship, or just trying to understand your own attachment style and emotional needs — this podcast meets you exactly where you are. New episodes drop weekly. Subscribe, leave a review, and share with the woman in your life who needs this conversation.   Michelle Foy owns Marathon Cleaners https://usemarathon.com/   Katie Silver, Salute Homes https://salutehomesnw.com/   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

Your partner isn't wrong. They're just different. One of the most consistent patterns in happy, lasting relationships is that partners stop trying to change each other and start learning to work with each other. They accept that differences aren't defects — and instead of relitigating the same frustrations over and over, they find ways to compromise, negotiate, and meet in the middle. In this episode, Amy  gets personal — sharing how someone who can't stand waiting ended up in a relationship with someone who arrives everywhere early. Not a dealbreaker. Not a character flaw. Just a difference that needed a system. In this Yurtism, you'll explore: Why happy couples manage differences rather than judge them repeatedly How compromise works when both people genuinely want ease and peace What it looks like to think the best of your partner even when their habits drive you a little crazy If you and your partner keep having the same argument about the same difference, this one's for you. 5–10 minutes. One truth. Come sit in the yurt. amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

Some truths about relationships don't need a whole hour to land — they just need the right words. Yurtisms are bite-sized insights drawn from years of sitting with real people in real relationships, inside an actual yurt. Each episode distills one near-universal truth that keeps showing up in couples and individual therapy — the kind of thing that makes people pause mid-session and say, "I've never heard it put that way before." No long-winded theory. No homework. Just 5 to 10 minutes of grounded, honest perspective on the patterns that shape how we love, fight, connect, and grow. Pull up a chair — or a cushion — and come sit in the yurt for a minute.   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

What happens when the life you've built no longer feels like home? In this episode, Amy sits down with Elise and Kim — a couple in the middle of one of the boldest decisions two people can make together. They're not just changing addresses. They're reimagining their entire lives in pursuit of something that felt increasingly out of reach where they were: safety, freedom, and a community where they truly belong. Elise and Kim share how they met, how their relationship has grown, and what it has looked like to navigate a massive life transition as a couple — including the moments where they weren't on the same page, and how they found their way back to each other through the hard conversations. This episode gets honest about what it costs to choose yourself. The grief of leaving behind friendships, family closeness, and the familiar. The way a big decision can simultaneously bring a couple closer and push them to their edges. And what it actually looks like to work through fear, uncertainty, and love all at once. If you've ever felt like the place you're from couldn't quite hold who you're becoming — this one is for you.   amyprieb.com insta: @amypriebtherapy facebook: amy prieb lmft

We've all said it — "It's nothing. I'm fine." — usually when something is definitely not nothing and we are definitely not fine. This podcast is for everyone who has ever said those words and meant something else entirely. Hosted by Amy Prieb, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with 17 years of clinical experience specializing in couples and relationships, It's Nothing. I'm Fine. is built on a simple but powerful truth: you were not built to do life alone. The quality of your relationships is one of the strongest predictors of your health, your happiness, and how long you live. Loneliness isn't just uncomfortable — it's genuinely dangerous. And yet, most of us never got a map for how to do connection well. This podcast is that map. Grounded in attachment theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy, each episode explores the patterns we learned early, the cycles we get stuck in, and the moments that pull us apart — and what it actually takes to find our way back to each other. Whether you tend to reach hard for closeness or go quiet when things get intense, whether you're in a relationship, rebuilding one, or trying to understand why the same dynamics keep showing up — there is something here for you. Through honest conversations with guests from all walks of life, Amy digs into all things relationship: the science, the struggle, the breakthroughs, and the everyday moments that matter more than we realize. Wanting closeness isn't weakness. It's the most human thing there is. Subscribe, share with someone who needs it, and come back. This is the relationship we're building together.

Real talk about the messy, beautiful, complicated work of connecting with other people- because "I'm fine" is rarely the whole story.