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Connection Codes — 217 episodes

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1

"We Called It the 30-Year Fight. Now We Know Why." (With Susan & Sean McGinnis)

2

To Feel Is To Connect (With Bob and Jen Bevan)

3

What Happens When a Man Finally Says How He Feels? (With Mitchell Osmond)

4

The Tool That Rebuilt Our Marriage — and the People We Were Leading (with Xio & Hiubert)

5

The Energy Audit: Why You’re Emotionally Bankrupt by Noon (with Dr. Daryl Appleton)

6

Reignite Your Marriage: The Product That is Changing How Couples Connect

7

Reclaiming Your Desire: The 5 Things That Will Make or Break Your Marriage, Career, & Mental Health

8

Emotions Are More Than Just Joy & Anger: How Learning the 8 Core Emotions Can Transform Your Marriage & Life

9

Why Your Marriage Feels Disconnected (And the Emotional Tool That Actually Fixes It)

10

The Way Through Grief: Healing Through Emotion, Identity, and Community When Loss Changes Everything

11

The Emotions Behind ADHD (& Why It Doesn't Mean Your Brain is Broken - It's Just Wired Differently)

12

Why Ignoring Your Emotions is Destroying Your Health (And What You Should Be Doing Instead)

13

The Neuroscience of Connection: How Active Listening Releases Oxytocin in Your Marriage

14

How to Be a Good Listener (The 2-Second Fix That Changes Everything)

15

The Hidden Gut Issues Hijacking Your Emotions (& How To Fix Them) | With Allison Jordan

16

Walking Through Difficulty Over & Over Again - How Creativity Heals Identity When Life Falls Apart

17

From Judgment to Curiosity: What Judgment Is Costing You and What Changes When You Get Curious

18

When Pain Becomes Home: Breaking the Pattern That Keeps You Stuck

19

Why Your Emotions Are Throwing a Temper Tantrum (And What to Do About It)

20

The Monday Mindset: Breaking The Cycle & Actually Starting Fresh in 2026

21

Shrimp Rings & Silver Trees: The Holiday Traditions That Made Us Who We Are

22

When Humor Hurts: Navigating Experiencing the Same Situation Differently

23

"I'd Rather Be Alone Than Feel Alone": Why Loneliness Isn't What You Think & What Actually Helps

24

From Fear to Freedom: A Marriage Coach's Journey to Breakthrough Sexual Connection | With Dan Purcell

25

The Difference Between No Conflict and Real Connection | Elijah Runyan

26

Connection That Changed Generations | Friedemann Pache

27

From a Facebook Message to Life Change | Annemiek Vernhout

28

Rebel Against the Silence: How One Decision Changed Everything About My Marriage and Mental Health (with Laurel Simpson)

29

Why Your Marriage Keeps Repeating the Same Fight (Identity Loss Explained)

30

Why We're Choosing Identity Over Truth (And It's Destroying Our Relationships)

31

When Your Partner Is Struggling and Real Talk About Recovery and Pain

32

Why Vulnerability Isn’t Weakness and How to Build Safety Through Sharing

33

When Forgiveness Feels Impossible: A New Path to Healing and Connection

34

Sex After Kids: Rebuilding Intimacy with Ally Bullock (184)

35

Don’t Drown in Your Emotions—Process Them - Paul & Hannah McClure’s Story (183)

36

The School of Connection Is Here (182)

37

"I'm So Lonely in This Relationship": When Your Partner Can't See Your Pain with Zephan & Sarah McMinn (181)

38

Why No One Is Too Young to Learn Emotional Intelligence: A Conversation with Asher Hill (180)

39

The Role of Vulnerability in Personal Growth (179)

40

Processing Emotions Without Judgment with Jonathan Hernandez (178)

41

What’s Really Driving Your Relationship (177)

42

Living and Loving with Neurodivergence (176)

43

What Your Emotions Are Trying to Tell You (175)

44

Are We Traumatizing Our Kids to Sit Still? (173)

45

(Replay)Adding depth to your relationship & working with your partner, not against them...(71)

46

How Connection Beats Guilt Every Time with JoAnn Crohn (172)

47

Healing Isn’t Just in Your Head (171)

48

Learning to Move Before It All Makes Sense(170)

49

You Can’t Heal If You Keep Hiding (169)

50

What Happens When You Start Showing Up for Yourself with Bridgett Blood(168)

51

Naming This Emotion Could Save Your Relationship(167)

52

We Didn't Know How Disconnected We Were Until We Finally Connected(166)

53

Connection Doesn’t Require You to Shrink (165)

54

Why Shame Isn’t the End of the Story with Vanessa Marin (164)

55

Emotional Safety Is the Secret Weapon in Relationships (163)

56

What Your Body is Trying To Tell You (162)

57

Navigating Hurt: How to Hold Space for Your Partner’s Pain and Transform Shame into Connection (161)

58

Stop Wearing the Hat They Gave You(160)

59

How Identity Can Heal the World (Yes, Really)(159)

60

Why You Miss Each Other in Stress(158)

61

The Emotional Cost of Stunt Doubling(157)

62

Codependency Feels Like Love—Until It’s Not with Echo Hill-Vetter(156)

63

Are You Running on Desire Instead of Capacity?(155)

64

Your Body Remembers What You Refuse to Feel with Echo Vetter(154)

65

Stage 4 Cancer and an Unshakable Will to Live with Meaghan Hill (153)

66

How to Own Your Sexual Energy Without Fear or Judgment with Bridgett Blood (152)

67

Why We Choose to Suffer Alone with Bridgett Blood(151)

68

Parenting in the Age of Anxiety with Elijah Runyan(150)

69

How to Recognize Fear of Shame to Get Unstuck with Elijah Runyan (149)

70

A Blueprint for Financial Peace in Any Relationship with Dan and Kay Ockey(148)

71

Dream Big, Start Small: How to Build Momentum in 2025(147)

72

Letting Go of a Life We Built: Behind the Decision(146)

73

How to Stop Resentment from Ruining the Holidays(145)

74

How Pain Became My Compass for Change(144)

75

How to Stay Curious When it Hurts(143)

76

When Emotions Sneak Up On You(142)

77

What Fear Can Teach Us About Unity with Sharon McMahon(141)

78

Why Conflict May Be the Key to Closeness with Jordan and Erika Koop(140)

79

Why We Ignore Our Own Needs—and How to Stop(139)

80

Why Changing Beliefs Feels Hard (But Can Be Worth It)(138)

81

Sex, Shame, and Society’s Messages to Men(137)

82

From Purity Culture to Sexual Confidence(136)

83

The Sex Talk Men Never Got with Sam Jolman(135)

84

How Being Right Could Destroy Your Relationship is great(134)

85

From Childhood Trauma to Adult Dysfunction: Breaking the Cycle(133)

86

Are You Weaponizing Your Emotions? How to Avoid Emotional Harm in Parenting (132)

87

He Wanted to Quit: The Key to Turning Our Marriage Around(131)

88

Family, Trauma, and Survival: Why You Disassociate and How to Stop(130)

89

Signs of Living in Emotional Pain (129)

90

The Silent Killer of Your Productivity and Success(128)

91

What safety in a relationship looks like-- and how to get it (127)

92

The Truth About 'The One' - The Key to Lasting Relationships(126)

93

How to Ask A Question Without Triggering Your Partner(125)

94

Why Pain Management Is Not Enough(124)

95

Is Forgiveness Enough?(123)

96

Healing Childhood Trauma and Discovering Yourself(122)

97

How Memories Shape Our Identity from Childhood to Adulthood(121)

98

Understand Anxiety to Reduce it(120)

99

Engaging Respectfully in Tough Conversations with Justin Jones-Fosu(119)

100

Reaching Health Goals Starts Here with Elijah Runyan (118)

101

The Shocking Benefits of Emotional Vulnerability with Jordan and Erika Koop(117)

102

Navigating Love and Fear with Lydia and Sebastian Gerhardt(116)

103

Overcoming Numbing pain & Addiction with Elijah Runyan(115)

104

Dating with Intention with Bridgett Blood(114)

105

Connection as Correction in Parenting with Echo Hill Vetter(113)

106

Shaping a Compassionate Future for Our Children(112)

107

Is sex a need or just a desire?(111)

108

Opening Up About Sex through the Hard Conversations(110)

109

Finding Joy in the Middle of Pain(109)

110

When Internship Turns Into Family with Jordan and Erika Koop(108)

111

When Faith Meets Psychology with Dr. Margaret Nagib(107)

112

When Joy is Damaging(106)

113

Anger in Depth: Exploring Its Role in Connection and Disconnection(105)

114

An update we wish we didn't have to give (104)

115

Stop feeling what you are feeling (103)

116

How to process childhood pain with parents with Echo Vetter (102)

117

Shifting from burnout to energy with Echo Vetter (101)

118

The Key to Sexual Liberation: Reclaiming Joy and Connection in the Bedroom (100)

119

How to be a bold wife with Alisa DiLorenzo (099)

120

The Role of Emotions in Sex (098)

121

Slicing it thinner-- going deeper to get to the root (097)

122

Pushing Through the Pain: Tools for Perseverance and Growth (096)

123

How to actually achieve the goals you set (095)

124

How to increase longevity in your life (094)

125

How to stop creating massive blow ups in your relationship (093)

126

How to connect when you don't feel like you "fit" (Episode 092)

127

Processing holiday loneliness (Episode 91)

128

090: Managing the Mental Load: Tools for a Successful Partnership with Zach Watson

129

089: The Art of Listening: Insights from Connection Coders Fab and Claire

130

088: Can we change our emotions? A Conversation with Josh Haas

131

087: How we got here: Tera's story to the Connection Codes

132

086: Finding Unity amidst Division: The Role of Identity in War

133

085: How to talk to your kids about sexuality with Clint Davis

134

084: Growing Together: A Conversation on Intimacy and Emotion

135

083: Understanding the Purpose of Shame and How It Can Help Us Grow

136

082: Strengthening Family Bonds with Connection Codes

137

081: Below the Surface: The 90% We Hide from the World

138

080: Finding Freedom: How Uncovering Childhood Pain Transforms Relationships

139

078: Long term effects of criticisism

140

077: Being weighed down by life & how to soften the load

141

076: Flirting & sexual banter setting expectations for sex

142

075: In-Session: Janet & Rich change the dance after 42 years

143

074: Learning to process your emotions is the most important thing you can do this year-- but why?

144

073: The Human Experience of Concealed Pain and the 'Happy Face' Mask

145

072: How to spark joy when there are so many "negative" emotions

146

071: Adding depth to your relationship & working with your partner, not against them...

147

070: Increase learning capacity in kids with Mark & Teresa Lubovich

148

068: Trauma, Natural Consequences, and Parenting with Echo Vetter

149

067: Body Image and Intimacy

150

066: In-Session: Emotional eating and processing joy

151

065: In Session: Night Terrors, Separation, and Creating Safety

152

064: How to transition from tension to fun in your relationship

153

063: In session- Small Moments, Big Conflicts

154

062: Q&A- Pressure in Sex, expectations in chores, and sharing the CC with friends

155

061: In Session- How to connect when an emotion feels imbalanced

156

060: Finding the right time to connect when you are balancing a lot

157

059: Big ball of yukiness- the difference between guilt & shame

158

058: Friendship and Feelings: Navigating Emotional Safety and Regulation Without a Co-Regulator

159

057: He Said, She Said: Navigating Relationship Conflicts and Resolving Disagreements

160

056: Emotional Intensity: Why Some Feelings Hit Harder Than Others

161

055: Unpacking Anger: Navigating the Emotion and Finding Peace

162

054: How to overcome decision fatigue

163

053: Am I enough? And other question you ask after a big life change.

164

052: How to move forward when your partner is shut down

165

051: Defensiveness, Parenthood, and life after the Connection Codes with Chris Cruz

166

050: (Part 2) Living with Narcissism & Psychological Disorders

167

049: (Part 1) Living with Narcissism & Psychological Disorders

168

048: Childhood trauma affecting who we are in relationships

169

047: Physical touch-- What is happening under the skin?

170

046: Obligation sex during a holiday

171

045: Is experiencing fear & shame unbiblical?

172

044: In Session: Elijah's Journey to Rediscovering Himself and His Family

173

043: How to Human with Carlos Whittaker

174

042: Am I proud of myself?

175

041: How to create habits that will change your life

176

040: Goal setting for 2024

177

039: My partner doesn't want to talk about emotions...

178

038: When your marriage hits a wall

179

037: How to help someone struggling with depression... even if that someone is you.

180

036: "I felt like I was too much for people"

181

035: How to make it through the holidays without a fight

182

034: This action is damaging your relationship-- and you don't even know it

183

033: How to help someone grieving

184

032: Sex questions answered

185

031: Kleptomania, building community, and processing loss

186

030: Should I do individual therapy or couples therapy?

187

029: Being defensive, pointing the finger, and growing pains

188

028: What is a low libido?

189

027: When you operate at different speeds than your partner

190

026: Wanting to change your partner

191

025: Sex for connection... not just for pleasure

192

024: How to gain more energy in your day

193

Mini 002: How to rebuild a relationship with your child

194

023: What safety in a relationship looks like-- and how to get it

195

022: {Mini} Managing the before-school breakdowns with your kids

196

021: Raising a passionate child, managing logistics, and building connection with your kids

197

020: Anxiety and depression in kids

198

019: Pressure from sex (Part 2)

199

018: In Session- Unspoken emotions causing years of pain

200

017: I am tired of pressure from sex

201

016: "That happened 20 years ago." Fights from the past causing fights today.

202

015: "I didn't know he deals with OCD"

203

014: In Session- I thought I was a good husband because I didn't yell at my wife

204

013: Her husband wants more sex. She wants more connection.

205

O12: Take your sex life to the next level

206

011: Avoiding emotions... especially the bad ones

207

010: In Session: Postpartum trauma and staying connected during difficulty

208

009: I want to punish my partner for hurting me...

209

008: How we navigate trigger Topics- Family, Sex, Finances

210

007: In Session: He hung up on me.

211

006: The top reasons people go to therapy--- from a therapist perspective

212

005: Following the energy, moving forward after an argument, and codependency

213

004: How to be a smarter, healthier version of yourself (Part 2)

214

003: How to be a healthier, smarter version of yourself (Part 1)

215

002: Taking steps towards healing (Part 2)

216

001: Living in a marriage filled with pain (Part 1)

217

Intro to the Connection Codes Podcast