All Episodes

Ep 438 Faith, Addiction Recovery, and Rebuilding a Blended Family w/Darryl and Tracy Strawberry

Ep 437 What Generational Trauma Skips and What It Doesn't w/Kara & Stacy (Zach's cousins)

Ep 436 When Your Nervous System Is the Third Person in the Room w/Deborah Rozman, Ph.D. & Howard Martin

Ep 435 Should You Even Be in Couples Therapy? Zach Answers on The Bomb Life w/Melissa Vogel

Ep 434 They Fell in Love Passing Notes in Med School. Thirty Years Later, They're Still Learning Each Other w/Alexandra and Rod Stockwell

Ep 433 Ironman Training With Stage 4 Cancer: Jim and Kelly on Discipline, Marriage, and Kona

Ep 432 Kings, Queens, and the Chessboard of Marriage w/A.D and Courtney

Ep 431 The Couple Who Healed Their War Zones w/Frannie and Danny

Ep 430 When the Therapist Comes Home: Marriage, ADHD, and the Work Behind the Work w/Eli & Ariella

Ep 429 The Therapist and Her Partner: What It Actually Looks Like to Live the Work w/Anna & John

Ep 428 When the Laughs Are Real: How a Comedy Couple Keeps Their Marriage Honest w/Kevin & Annie

Ep 427 When One of You Is the Problem (And It's Both of You) w/James & Molly

Ep 426 Gratitude, Attitude, Courage: What Summer Camp Taught These Two About Marriage w/Kate & Cole Kelly

Ep 425 When Life Keeps Breaking You: A Marriage Story About Illness, Resilience, and Starting Over w/Kate & Mike

Ep 424 How Two Alphas Build a Marriage That Actually Works w/Dana & Adam

Ep 423 |19 Years In: How a Dating Coach and His Wife Actually Do It w/Evan and Bridget

Ep 422 She Thought He Was Just a Jerk: The Hidden Addiction That Nearly Cost Them w/ Matt & Paige

Ep 421 The Other Side of Divorce with Susie and Paul Pettit

Ep 420 What If Taking Responsibility Is the Most Romantic Thing You Can Do? w/ Arlina and Bob Allen

Ep 419 Zach on the Sexology Podcast: Negative Sentiment Override and Erotic Connection

Ep 418 Resolving Dissonance: What Bands and Marriages Have in Common w/Ron and Catrina

Ep 417 Aligning Your Numbers and Your Values w/Natalie and Dan Slagle

Ep 416 Multiple Love, One Commitment to Repair w/ Hazel Grace & Nico

Ep 415 Cancer, Recovery, and Us with Pete and Tasha

Ep 414 The State of the Union: One Year Later | with Robin and Hector

Ep 413 From Pattern to Partnership | Session 3 with Brian and Kristen

Ep 412 Breaking the Script | Session 2 with Brian and Kristen

Ep 411 We’ve Had This Fight Before | Session 1 with Brian and Kristen

Ep 410 Make a Better You, Make a Better Marriage with Meygan and Casey Caston

Ep 409 No One Wins Alone: Lessons in Partnership from Escape Room Experts David and Lisa Spira

Ep 408 When Desire Changes the Marriage with Courtney and Nathan Boyer

Ep 407 Fighting the Right Enemy with Glenn and Jodie

Ep 406 What Therapy Actually Gave Us with Colette and Steve Fehr

Ep 405 Lessons, Laughter, Tears, and Growth | The Year in Review

Ep 404 Staying When It Would’ve Been Easier to Leave with Dana and Sean

Ep 403 People Matter, Things Don’t with Justin and Kylie Coulson

Ep 402 Love After Losing Limbs with Kristan & Brook Seaford

Ep 401 Don’t Get Shirty: Love, Humor & Detective Work with Karen Whitehouse & Helen McLaughlin

Ep 399 Session 3 | Ten Days at a Time

Ep 398 Session 2 | Get Over Yourself (and Into Us)

Ep 397 Session 1 | A Peek in the Therapeutic Process

Ep 396 Love Across Oceans with Kimberly Crossman & Tom Walsh

Ep 395 Building Unity in a Blended Family with Mike and Kim Anderson

Ep 394 Near Divorce to Sex-perts: How Susan and Tim Transformed Their Marriage

Ep 393 Marriage, Money, and Maui with Mike & Caroline Neubauer

Ep 392 Parenting, Partnership, and Playing by Our Own Rules with Brian and Toby

Ep 391 Brewing Love and Business Across Borders with Jennifer and Andres

Ep 390 From Betrayal to Building True Intimacy with Matthew & Joanna Raabsmith

Ep 389 Blind Spots and Second Chances with Matthew Fray and Jen

Ep 388 Minding My P’s and Q’s

Ep 387 Building an Extraordinary Family Life with Greg and Rachel Denning

Ep 386 Sobriety, Support, and a Stronger Us | with Casey and Mike Davidson

Ep 385 Young Loves, Strong Roots

Ep 384 "Intention" instead of "in tension" with Billy and Melissa Hokacker

Ep 383 Zach's Mom and Stepdad Share their Second Marriage Journey

Ep 382 Bad Advice, Good Marriage with Monica and Ben

Ep 381 Roadtrip Real Talk

Ep 380 Raising the Grade with Anne Rahe and Daniel

Ep 379 Emotional Fluency, Acting, and Getting It Wrong Sometimes with Victoria Shalet and Adam James

Ep 378 When Labels Hurt More Than They Help - Dr. Shannon Curry

Ep 377 Three Traits That Predict Relationship Happiness - Dr. Shannon Curry

Ep 376 Dr. Shannon Curry on Trust, Triangulation, and Telling the Truth

Ep 375 Behind Closed Doors with Laura and Ryan Heck

Ep 374 Our Wedding Was Perfect. Then Our Relationship Fell Apart: Baya & Emmy’s Story

Ep 373 Building a Friendship That Lasts Beyond Parenting

Ep 372 Reparenting, Receiving, and Reconnecting

Ep 371 Do I Belong Here? Race, Intimacy & Emotional Safety

Ep 370 Therapists Have Messy Marriages Too | with Desirae Ysasi

Ep 369 Start How You Want to Finish: A Real Talk with the Polites

Ep 368 The Hard Work of Staying Together: Tarah & EJ’s Story

Ep 367 Infertility, Faith, and Deliberate Spontaneity: A Marriage in Progress

Ep 366 The Future Starts Now: Naming, Pacing, and Rebuilding

Ep 365 The Superpowers That Protect Us… And Hold Us Back

Ep 364 Old Friends, Hard Truths, and the Way Marriage Changes Us

Ep 363 Love & Business: How Kyle & Ariel Built Both Without Falling Apart

Ep 362 One Year In: Navigating Love, Honesty, and Growth with Robin and Hector

Ep 361 The Enneagram, Marriage, and Finding Joy in the Mess with Christa and Wes Hardin

Ep 360 Boat Night: Conversations Of Love, Loss, and Longing

Ep 359 Love, Pickleball, and Kitchen Knife Moments with Dr. Stormy Hill and Teri Citterman

Ep 358 Dr. Emily Nagoski and Richard Stephens

Ep 357 Terry Real and Belinda Berman-Real

Ep 356 Drs. Harville Hendrix Ph.D. and Helen LaKelly Hunt Ph.D.

Ep 355 Dr. Ellyn Bader and Dr. Peter Pearson

Ep 354 Going Solo

Ep 353 Looking Back and Moving Forward: Laura’s Last Episode

Ep 352 Nostalgia, Transitions, and Holiday Traditions

Ep 351 Manipulation or Boundaries?

Ep 350 Rebuilding Trust After Infidelity: Insights from Dr. Jeanne Michele

Ep 349 Honoring Transitions in Relationships

Ep 348 Weddings, Vows, and the Meaning of it All

Ep 347 Marathons, Milestones, and Managing Life’s Challenges

Ep 346 Modern Marriage: A Choice, Not a Requirement with Allison Raskin

Ep 345 Insights from Relationship Boot Camp

Ep 344 Feeling Attacked vs. Being Attacked: Navigating Conflict with Empathy

Ep 343 Reporting Back

FIXED AUDIO Ep 342 Nobody Wants This: Lessons on Vulnerability and Connection

Ep 342 Nobody Wants This: Lessons on Vulnerability and Connection

Ep 341 Listener Question about Separation

Ep 340 The Art of Apologizing

Ep 339 Outsourcing Emotional Needs

Ep 338 Gaslighting or Emotional Invalidation? Understanding the Difference

Ep 337 Mustaches, Misunderstandings, and Managing Defensiveness

Ep 336 Your Own Side of the Street

Ep 335 Relationship Bootcamp

Ep 334 Is This Friendship OK?

Ep 333 Your Boring Conflict

Ep 332 No More Mr. Nice Guy with Dr. Robert Glover

Ep 331 Reconnect: A Marriage Counseling Workbook

Ep 330 Controlling What You Can Control

Ep 329 Feeling Heard

Ep 328 Kids Leaving the Nest

Ep 327 After the Fight

Ep 326 Going Slow to Go Far

Ep 325 Good Boundaries

Ep 324 The Pleasure Keys with Susan Morgan Taylor

Ep 323 Great Expectations

Ep 322 Complaining Too Much or Too Little

Ep 321 Grab Bag

Ep 320 Laura's Passion for Sex Therapy

Ep 319 Helping Individuals to Help the Couple with Craig Smith

Ep 318 Marriage Question from a 14-Year-Old

Ep 317 Triggers

Ep 316 The Attachment Solution with Charisse Cooke

Ep 315 Move Left

Ep 314 Ask Me Anything Part 2

Ep 313 Ask Me Anything Part 1

Ep 312 How Your Marriage Ends with Matt Fray

Ep 311 Women are Amazing

Ep 310 Training in Costa Rica

Ep 309 - ADHD in Marriage with Melissa Orlov

Ep 308 Peel the Orange

Ep 307 The Ingredients of Love with Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh, PhD

Ep 306 Marital Collusion

Ep 305 Vulnerability and Intimacy with Dr. Jessica Higgins

Ep 304 Making Sense

Ep 303 Feeling Stuck

Ep 302 Anger Resolution with Dr. Nick Sotelo

Ep 301 Happy New Year

Ep 300 Fondness and Admiration

Ep 299 All the Parts

Ep 298 Can of Worms Part 2

Ep 297 Can of Worms Part 1

Ep 296 Holiday Hangover

Ep 295 Sazan & Stevie Hendrix on their Real Good Life

Ep 294 Your New Hobby

Ep 293 What It's Like to Be Laura Heck

Ep 292 Real Couple, Real Struggles, Real Triumphs

Ep 291 Infidelity & Recovery with Dr. Monique Thompson

Ep 290 Ireland

Ep 289 Feedback

Ep 288 Freedom in Divorce with Dr. Karin Luise

Ep 287 Partner in Pain

Ep 286 Just Friends

Ep 285 The Sober Life with Courtney Anderson

Ep 284 Apologizing

Ep 283 Sexual Information

Ep 282 Your Deeper Story

Ep 281 Feeling all the Feels

Ep 280 Becoming a Couples Therapist

Ep 279 Make Up Stories

Ep 278 After the Argument with the Freemans

Ep 277 The New Work

Ep 276 Testosterone with Dr, Kyle N. LaPoint

Ep 275 House Rules

Ep 274 What about Me?

Ep 273 In Each Other's Care with Stan Tatkin

Ep 272 Intimacy Report Card

Ep 271 Good Enough from Germany

Ep 270 Endurance with Steph Catudal

Ep 269 Coping Skills

Ep 268 Core Negative Image

Ep 267 Radical Integrity with River Faire

Ep 265 Space Force, Mothers-In-Law, and Music

Ep 264 Grief with Dr. Shannon Curry

Ep 263 30 Soft

Ep 262 Intentional Conversations

Ep 261 Behind the Curtain

Ep 260 Getting Good

Ep 259 Repair Attempts

Ep 258 Money Matters with Matt Kane

Ep 257 Is it okay to say No?

Ep 256 Rethinking Date Night

Ep 255 Healthy Relationship Myths

Ep 254 Make Your Marriage Work with Zach and Laura

Ep 253 Porn and Marriage with Candice Horbacz

Ep 252 Keeping Monogamy Hot with Ashleigh Renard

Ep 251 Sexual Intimacy with Emily Nagoski Part 2

Ep 250 Sexual Intimacy with Emily Nagoski Part 1

Ep 249 Happy New Year from Marriage Therapy Radio

Ep 248 End of the Year Mailbag

Ep 247 Biblical Marriage with Dr. Jennifer Bird

Ep 246 Taking a Break

Ep 245 Know Your Type with Ian Cron

Ep 244 The Marriage Puzzle with A.J. Jacobs

Ep 243 Spiritual Intimacy

Ep 242 Acrostic Toolbox

Ep 241 Transitions to/in Parenting with Beth Goss

Ep 240 Empathy

Ep 239 Sexperiment

Ep 238 Jungle Cats Need Love Too

Ep 237 The Flip Side

Ep 236 How to Listen

Ep 235 Press Pause

Ep 234 Catching Up

Ep 233 Listener Questions

Ep 232 Getting it Right

Ep 231 Gamify your Relationship

Ep 230 Forgiveness

Ep 229 Atomic Habits

Ep 228 Men Stepping Up in Community with Larry Hagner

Ep 227 Rock Paper Scissors

Ep 226 Shawn and Andrew join Zach and Laura to discuss couple things

Ep 225 Mailbag

Ep 224 Keys to Communication

Ep 223 Men Stepping Up with Beth Wylie

Ep 222 Your Conflict Roadmap

Ep 221 Small Wins

Ep 220 How to Be Married (to Melissa) with Dustin Nickerson

Ep 219 Terry Real

Ep 218 Rules of a Changing Game

Ep 217 Commitment to Health

Ep 216 Laura is the Best Partner Ever!

Ep 215 Anxiously Attached with Jessica Baum

Ep 214 A Thousand Papercuts

Ep 213 Partnering in Life and Money

Ep 212 Sexpectations

Ep 211 Better Conversations

Ep 210 What You Want

Ep 209 The Empty Nest / Mid-Life Episode

Ep 208 Solvable Problems

Ep 207 The Art of Relationships with Austin Kleon

Ep 206 State of the Union

Ep 205 Start with the End in Mind

Ep 204 Marriage Helper with Kimberly Beam Holmes

Ep 203 Mail Bag

Ep 202 The Divine Tedium of Marriage | with Heather Havrilesky

Ep 201 February is the new January

Ep 200 Polyvagal Theory & Getting to 200

Ep 199 Reconnecting with Steve & Lisa Call

Ep 198 Consent

Ep 197 New Year's Values and Practices

Ep 196 Asexuality with Anthony Bogaert

Ep 195 5ish Ways to Ruin Your Holidays

Ep 194 Marriage and Parenting with Stephen James

Ep 193 Attribution

Ep 192 Age and Power Differences

Ep 191 Spreading Hope and Giving Love with Craig Smith.

Ep 190 Journey Beyond Divorce with Karen McMahon

Ep 189 Emotional Banking

Ep 188 Relational Life Therapy with Shane Birkel.

Ep 187 Simple Pleasures

Ep 186 Being on the Same Team with Kristine Lilly

Ep 185 Zach & Laura Hash it Out

Ep 184 You Go, Girl

Ep 183 Building Trust

Ep 182 Working Through Conflict | with Jayson Gaddis

Ep 181 Advance Skydiving Skills

Ep 180 Strong-Willed Tiny Humans | with Danielle Bettmann

Ep 179 Types of Couples

Ep 178 A.R.E. you there for your partner?

Ep 177 Agreements

Ep 176 Mailbag

Ep175 David Wilcox

Ep 174 A Shared Story

Ep 173 This Workshop Won't Work

Ep 172 Context > Content

Ep 171 Attraction to Coworker

Ep 170 Trust the Process

Ep 169 How to Not Die Alone | with Logan Ury

Ep 168 Repair vs. Perfection

Ep 167 Life Themes

Ep 166 "Pride & Prejudice" with Candice Czubernat

Ep 165 The Magic Relationship Ratio

Ep 164 The Empowered Wife - With Laura Doyle

Ep 163 Finding Life Balance

Ep 162 Quadrants

Ep 161 WandaVision Wisdom

Ep 160 Start Stop Continue

Ep 159 The 80/80 Marriage

Ep 158 Emotional Intelligence Part 2

Ep 157 Emotional Intelligence Part 1

Ep 156 Dumb Dads

Ep 155 Mailbag

Ep 154 Partner in Pain

Ep 153 Gratitude

Ep 152 Happy with Baby with Catherine O'Brien

Ep 151 Let's Talk about Valentine's Day

Ep 150 Enduring Vulnerabilities

Ep 149 10 Rules of Good Communication

Ep 148 Anxiety and Depression

Ep 147 Making it Through the Flooding

Ep 146 Laura's Favorite Things

Ep 145 Navigating Different Communication Styles

Ep 144 Supporting Habits and Rituals

Ep 143 Add SPARK to your Marriage in 48 Hours

Ep 142 Three Tools for an Intentional Relationship

Ep 141 Three Reasons Your Conversations Become Conflicts

Ep 140 Sex: Brakes & Gas

Ep 139 The Pendulum Swing

Ep 138 Listener Questions

Ep 137 Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

Ep 136 The In-Laws

Ep 135 Anger Management

Ep 134 Disrupting the Pattern

Ep 133 The Pilot Episode

Ep 132 Three Practices to Get You Through the Pandemic

Ep 131 Hurt Feelings

Ep 130 After the Fight

Ep 129 Interrogation vs Invitation

Ep 128 Pause and Attribute

Ep 127 Listener Question on Leadership

Ep 126 Too Much and Not Enough

Ep 125 The Enneagram with Ni'coel Stark

Ep 124 Insta Inspiration

Ep 123 Getting it Right vs Being Right

Ep 122 The Hamilton Question

Ep 121 Love in the Time of the Coronavirus

Ep 120 Good Defenses

Ep 119 The Truth About Marriage with Roger Nygard

Ep 118 Speaking in Code

Ep 117 Tapping into Your Inner Adult

Ep 116 Listener Question on Pot

Ep 115 Selfish or Self-Care

Ep114 Self Love with Jonathon Aslay

Ep 113 Dream, Discuss, Decide

Ep 112 Better Sex Through Mindfulness | with Dr. Lori Brotto

Ep 111 What's your Next

Ep 110 Stop Being so Helpful

Ep 109 Maybe it's Grief

Ep 108 Listener Questions

Ep 107 Stir Crazy

Ep 106 Birdhouse for your Soul

Ep105 The Inevitable Podcast about Relationships in the Age of the Zombie Apocalypse

Ep 104 Fight, Flight, or Freeze

Ep 103 Asking for What you Want

Ep 102 - How to Ruin Your Marriage

Ep 101 - Keeping the Relationship Strong When You are Hustling at Work

Ep 100 - We Celebrate 100 Episodes

Ep 99 - Date Night with Tyler Turk

Ep 98 - ADHD with Dr. Ari Tuckman

Ep 97 - Great Questions

Ep 96 - Parenting Teen Girls

Ep 95 - Try it This Way

Ep 94 - Holiday Grab Bag

Ep 93 - Laura's Holiday Blues

Ep 92 - Man's Burden

Ep 91 - Sharing the Load of the Relationship

Ep 90 - Couples that Work Together

Ep 89 - Considering Relational Life Therapy

Ep 88 - Coupling with Purpose

Ep 87 - Addiction Recovery with Dr. Bob Navarra

Ep 86 - Anatomy of Marriage

Ep 85 - Playing with Your Partner

Ep 84 - Blended Families with Beth Wylie

Ep 83 - The Importance of Predictability

Ep 82 - We've Had This Fight Before | An interview with Dr. Claudia Grauf-Grounds

Ep 81 - Let's Talk Relationships

Ep 80 - The 4 Horsemen with Art of Charm

Ep 79 Happy Endings

Ep 78 Book Recommendations

Ep 77 Hot Cheetos - Worth Fighting For?

Ep 76 Infidelity - The Involved Partner

Ep 75 Premarital Therapy - Why Bother

Ep 74 How to Take a Break.

Ep 73 Reunions and Parting

Ep72 Do You Validate?

Ep71 How to say Yes and No at the same time

Ep 70 Be an Action Taker in Your Marriage

Ep 69 Interview with Sex Therapist Tina Schermer Sellers, PhD

Ep 68 Listener Question

Ep 67 Social Media Breakup

Ep 66 Masturbation

Ep 65 The 4 Habits of a Joy Filled Marriage

Ep 64 Expectations of Your Partner

Ep 63 The One Question Experiment

Ep 62 Breaking Up is Hard to Do

Ep 61 Sleep Tight

Ep 60 We've Had This Fight Before

Ep 59 Maintaining Connection while Traveling

Ep 58 Anger Management

Ep 57 Finances

Ep 56 Are you Lovable?

Ep 55 Defensiveness

Ep 54 Sexual Desire

Ep 53 When one partner is leaning out

Ep 52 Marriage Hacks

Ep 51 New Year's Intentions

Ep 50 Sex

Ep 49 Happy Festivus

Ep 48 Couples on the Brink

Ep 47 Dealing with Resentment

Ep46 Warm Fuzzies and Cold Pricklies

Ep45 Listener Questions

Ep44 Divorce

Ep43 The Goal of Conflict

Ep42 Housework & Aging

Ep41 Insecurity and Jealousy

Ep 40 Saying Yes to Your Partner

Ep 39 - The First Therapeutic Conversations

Ep38 – Listener Questions

Ep37 – Marriage Retreats

Ep36 – The Usefulness of Premarital Counseling

Ep35 – Perpetual Problems

Ep34 – The Four Horsemen

Ep33 - Your Experience is Valid

Ep32 – Your Marriage Social Network

Ep31 – Help, my Partner has Changed

Ep30 – Play

Ep29 – The Secret to Good Communication

Ep28 – What is the Purpose of Your Marriage?

Ep27 – Out of the Comfort Zone

Ep26 - Listener Question

Ep25 - Break of Trust

Ep24 – Emotional Currency

Ep23 – Emotional Intelligence

Ep22 – Why Money Matters

Ep21 - Is Your Relationship Overdrawn?

Ep20 -Stuck in a Traditional Relationship

Ep19 -The Secret to a Happy Relationship

Ep18 -7 Day Challenge for Lovers

Ep17 - Let's Talk About Your Cell Phone Addiction

Ep16 - My Relationship is Boring

Ep15 - Resources and Recommendations for Couples

Ep14 - Why Bother?

Ep13 - Married with Children

Ep12 - What is Marriage Therapy Anyway?

Ep11 - A New Start for a New Year

Ep10 - Partnering Against Stress

Ep09 - How to Manage Stress in Your Relationship

Ep08 - How to Crack the Intimacy Code

Ep07 - How to Win the Weekend

Ep06 - Conversations on Purpose

Ep05 - Roommate Syndrome

Ep04 - How to Repair

Ep03 - How to Apologize

Ep02 - How to Skydive

Ep01 - How to Avoid Conflict

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