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Stronger in the Difficult Places — 290 episodes

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You Can't Change This (And Neither Can They): The Truth About Temperament in Relationships

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What Do I Do When Overwhelming Shame Is Keeping Me From Seeking The Help I Truly Need?

3

When You Feel Trapped In A Relationship You Chose

4

Love Won't Heal Your Self-Abandonment

5

How Releasing the Need to Be Right Can Heal Co-Dependency and Shame

6

When Someone You Love Won't Change

7

3 Things My Divorce Taught Me About Co-Dependency

8

The "Saving Him" Illusion: Love, Loss, and Finding Freedom

9

Listen Like You Mean It - The Relationship Shift That Starts With Listening

10

Staying Married Is the Hardest Part: Infidelity, Empathy, and the Glue That Holds Us Together

11

Dear Brave Soul: When Life Doesn't Go As Planned- Shame, Blame And Other Things We Aren't Meant To Carry

12

How Men Are Conditioned to Emotionally Abandon us

13

Anxiety Is Just Energy: Tools to Calm Your Relationship Anxiety

14

Enmeshment, Co-dependence, and What Healthy Connection Actually Looks Like

15

Overcoming Guilt, Shame, and Blame in the Face of Our Children's Struggles

16

What To Do When You Don't Trust Your Partner

17

Why We Need Radical Relaxation

18

How Shame Shows Up in Your Parenting—Even When Your Kids Are Grown

19

How Couples Can Resist Priority Drift In Your Relationship

20

Is it Emotional Abuse—Or Something Else?

21

The Link Between Insecure Attachment, Self Abandonment And Chronic Stress

22

What if You're The Red Flag? And What Do You Do About It?

23

How The 12 Steps Can Transform Your Life And Relationships

24

Overcoming The Shame Of Your Everyday Addictions

25

Navigating Everyday Grief

26

How To Advocate For Yourself In Difficult Relationships

27

How To Make Good Decisions When You Feel Guilty

28

Say it Right: How To Talk So Your Partner Will Listen and You Will Feel Heard - In Six Steps

29

Why You Shouldn't Believe Everything You Think - And If You Do, It's Holding You Back

30

Why Women Stay In Unhealthy Relationships

31

Six Questions To Ask Yourself About Your Relationship

32

How Purity Culture May Be Affecting You And Your Relationships

33

Let's Say Their Name: Holding Space for Parents of Loss

34

How Our Early Experiences Determine The Quality of Our Relationships

35

My Lessons on Letting Go

36

How To Rebuild Your Life When You Didn't Sign Up For This

37

How Your Masculine Energy Is Affecting Your Relationship

38

How's Your Relationship With Food?

39

Why Women Lie

40

How Even a Wobbly Faith Can Change Everything

41

Is Your Relationship Right For You?

42

How Do You Know When it's Safe to be Vulnerable?

43

Understanding the Cravings of Your Soul

44

How to Have the Hard Conversations

45

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

46

How to Respond to Repeat Boundary Violations in Your Marriage

47

Healing From Relationship Breakdown Trauma Through Poetry

48

Managing a Difficult Relationship With Your Boss

49

Setting Your Relationship Up for Success in the New Year

50

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

51

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

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Navigating Your Difficult Relationship Over The Holidays - Why You Matter

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When Healing Yourself Doesn't Heal Your Relationship- My Divorce Story

54

Forgiving In A Way That Honors You with Deb Curtis

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How The Strongest Relationships Are Led By Those Bold Enough To Be Selfish with Naketa Rin Thigpen

56

Using the Shame of Your Past To Find Your Purpose with Jami Nato

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Create Anyway: How To Stewart Your Creative Gifts Even When You Feel with Ashlee Gadd

58

Finding Health in Long Term Estrangement

59

Finding The Courage You Need with Sandy Stream

60

What You Need To Know About Female Infidelity with Susan Shapiro Barash

61

How to Rebuild Your Self Confidence After Divorce with Leah Marie Mazur

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How to Grow Deeper, Instead of Bitter, Through Hard Times with Jodi Rosser

63

How to Use Your Difficult Relationship for Growth with Elana Israel

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Healing Abusive Brain Chatter with Jacquie Elliott

65

How Conflict Avoiders Can Speak Up in Relationships

66

It's Not Normal, It's Toxic - Recognizing A Toxic Relationship And What To Do About It with Dr. Heidi Brocke

67

Get Off the Dating Roller Coaster and Attract Real Love with Dr. Morgan Anderson

68

How Your Attachment Style And Personality Types Influence Romantic Relationships? with Tami Kiekhaefer

69

How Your Psychological Love Life Affects Your Relationships with Thomas Jordan

70

How to Stay Healthy in a Relationship with a Narcissist - Loving a Narcissist Series #3

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Releasing Resentments in Your Relationships (Past or Present) with Brenda Reiss

72

Loving A Narcissist Series #2 - The Five Types Of Narcissism And How They Show Up In Relationships

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How Past Trauma Affects Your Current Boundaries with Dr. Tiffany Ross

74

Loving a Narcissist Series Intro

75

Planning For The New Year When Last Year Didn't Go As Planned

76

Tips For Coping With Loneliness During the Holidays with Michele Dekeyser

77

What Narcissism Is Not

78

Creating Gratitude in Your Relationship

79

Are You The Parent Or Child In Your Relationship?

80

Are You Quiet Quitting Your Relationship

81

Taking The Space to Breathe with Shonda Moralis

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Learning to Trust Yourself with Tabatha Perry

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Doing The Most With The Least - Not Allowing Your Impairments Or Disabilities To Hold You Back From Your Life with Tracee Garner

84

What To Do When You Feel Overwhelmed By Life

85

Becoming Toxic Person Proof with Sarah K Ramsey

86

When You've Lost a Part of Yourself in Your Relationship

87

How Your Early Childhood Trauma is Affecting Your Relationships with Joelle Maletis

88

Doing Deep Work: How To Keep Shallow Distractions From Stealing Your Life

89

7 Things You Should Stop Apologizing For In Your Relationship

90

How Well Do You Know Yourself?

91

When Your Adult Child Rejects Your Faith with Pamela Henkleman

92

Do You Apologize for Your Feelings?

93

Stop Holding A Grudge Against Yourself for Something You Didn't Do

94

Do You Have Post Betrayal Syndrome? Learn to Trust Again with Dr. Debi Silber

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How To Have Difficult Conversations And Come Out Better with Kimberly Beams Holmes

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How To Fall In Love With Your Boundaries

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Finding Your Bliss When Your Relationship Isn't Perfect

98

More Than Sorry- When You've Committed Infidelity with Deborah Miller

99

Finding Peace and Purpose in a World You Can't Control

100

You Saw the Red Flags Though, Right?

101

Overcoming Your Shame Story with Latoya Mathew's

102

Laughter and the Strong Woman- Using Laughter as a Form of Self Care

103

When Mother's Day Isn't So Happy- Navigating a Difficult Relationship With Your Mother with Darlene Brock

104

Are You Doing Boundaries Wrong?

105

Releasing Miss Independent with Tamika McTier

106

Tips for Having Hard Conversations

107

Overcoming People Pleasing- Tolerate a Little Less with Trina Stutzman

108

Breaking the Cycle of Relationship Addiction with Sherry Gaba

109

Consider This Before You Promise To Change For Your Partner

110

4 Steps to Changing Negative Patterns with Adele Spraggon

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The Four Types of Unspoken Truths in Your Relationship and Why You Need To Speak Them

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How to Live with Unresolved Conflict with Shivonne Davis

113

How Perfectionism Affects You and Your New Year

114

Your Relationship With Yourself in 2022

115

Making Joint Decisions in Your Relationship When You'd Rather Not

116

Why Self Love Matters For the Woman of Faith

117

How to Fix Your Relationship When He's Checked Out with Laura Doyle

118

Why You're Likely to Marry Your Parent (and what you can do about it)

119

Coparenting During the Holidays with Tammy Daughtry

120

What to Do While You're Single and Waiting for Love

121

When A Friendship Needs to End

122

Are You Crazy or Are You Being Gaslighted?

123

How to Like Your Husband

124

How to Know if You Have Unrealistic Expectations of Your Husband?

125

Staying Together for the Kids: Should you? Shouldn't you? And How to do it well.

126

Are You Becoming Your Husband's Mother?

127

Making the Transition to Parenting Your Adult Child

128

How Praying for Your Husband Daily Changes You

129

How to Restore an Estranged Family Relationship

130

Your Two Competing Drives That Sabotage Your Relationship

131

When You Compare Your Relationship and Yours Comes Up Short

132

Five Relationship Myths That Keep You Unhappy

133

When your relationship is changing what do you do?

134

Why All The Relationship Advice Isn't Working For You

135

How to Make Peace With Uncertainty in Your Relationship

136

A Little About Me and What's This Re-Brand Shift?

137

Trailer Episode

138

How To Own Your Extra When You Feel Like Too Much

139

Thriving After an Unwanted Divorce with Dr. Imara Moses

140

Emotional Spring Cleaning - How to Emotionally Declutter Your Brain

141

Your Anxiety And Depression Has Nothing To Do With Your Faith

142

The Curse of Capability- How To Keep Your Talents From Ruining You

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Why Being a Strong Woman Is Not Enough

144

Finding Brilliant Balance in 2021

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Making Space for Your Sadness When Everyone Wants You Strong

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Crushing 2021 Goals Without a Resolution!

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Making a Truce With Your Body with Anne Poirier

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How Strong Women Keep Promises To Themselves

149

Removing Chaos From Your Life When You're a People Pleaser

150

Strategies For Conquering Self Doubt with Suzy Carroll

151

What's Your Box Story? My Personal Story of Reframing and Resilience

152

Can Work/Life Balance Exist Anymore? with Nikole Stanfield

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What Strong Women Do With Regret

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Eight Practices To Be Your Own Hero Through Your Story with Amanda JP Brown

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How To Stay Strong And Trust Again When You've Been Hurt Before

156

Getting Over I Got It Syndrome with Elayne Fluker

157

How Strong Women Do Boundaries

158

Is Authenticity Fake Strength?

159

You're Not Broken, Just Bent

160

What To Do When Your Partner Triggers You

161

What To Do When You and Your Partner Disagree on a Big Issue

162

Strong Woman, It's Time For Some Reckoning

163

It's Okay If Talking About Race Makes You Uncomfortable

164

The 4 Communication Styles That Predict Divorce

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Why Strong Women Stay in Bad Relationships

166

Stop Trying To Control It All

167

The Hope Doctor - with Dale Smith Thomas

168

Why Strong Women Have More Anxiety

169

Every Season Matters

170

Unpacking your baggage with Chrisnatha Derosier

171

How to deal with your husband's porn addiction

172

Finding Strength In Uncertain Times

173

Are You Romanticizing Your Relationship?

174

Strong Woman Myths

175

God Delights In Your Messy Self

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Why You're The Problem In Your Difficult Relationship

177

The Things We Don't Say

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How Your Girlfriends Can Save Your Marriage | Deborah Olsen

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When You Feel Insecure In Your Relationship

180

Can You Change An Unhealthy Relationship To A Healthy One?

181

To The Woman In A Difficult Relationship

182

Setting An Intention For Your Relationship This Year

183

How To Forgive Yourself For The Dumb Things You Did This Past Decade

184

How To Not Feel Bitter | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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106: Healing from Trauma and How EMDR Might Help | Wynn Helms

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105: Remember Who You Are | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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104: Why You Feel Lonely in Your Relationship | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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103: Accepting Your Dark Side | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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102: One Woman's Journey of Strength Through Loss | Julie Graham

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101: Quit Trying to Save Everyone | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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100: The Freedom of Opting Out | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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99: When God Won't Fix It | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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98: When Life Changes | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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97: The Line Between Selfish and Selfless | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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96: How A Strong Woman Deals With Past Hurt | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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95: Strong Women and Co-Dependency | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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94: The Courage to Try | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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93: Are You Acting like the Leader That You Are? | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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92: Write to Influence | Carla D. Bass

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91: How a Strong Woman Supports Her Man | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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90: Trusting Your 6th Sense | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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89: How to Know If You're the Difficult One and What to Do About It | Dr. Zoe Shaw

203

88: When You Still Hate Your Ex and It's Been Years | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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87: The Vows All Strong Women Should Take | Dr. Michelle R. Hannah

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86: Courage and the Strong Woman | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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85: Why Women Go Crazy in Their 40's and Why It's Okay | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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84: The Fastest Way to Your Best Self | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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83: 20 Things Strong Women Do | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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82: Are You Afraid of Your Feelings? | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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81: Why Feeling off Balance Is Okay | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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80: Strong Women Give Ultimatums | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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79: Are Dreamers Losers? | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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78: The Power of an Unmade Decision | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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77: The Gifts in Your Dark Place | Melissa Maimone

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76: How Are You Holding Yourself Back? | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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75: Why Her? How to Stay in Your Lane Instead of Looking at Hers | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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74: 8 Tips to Boost Your Confidence | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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73: Is Your Busyness like a Drug? | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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72: Baby Mama Drama - When You're the Baby Mama | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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71: Baby Mama Drama - Dealing with the Mother of His Children | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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70: Your Facade is Showing | Debbie London

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69: Appearance Management - How Shame Affects Our Lives | Dr. Shawn Horn

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68: #10 Year Challenge Your Life | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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67: Why You Can't Do What You Need To Do - Getting Passed the Gap Between Knowledge and Action | Gregg Clunis

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66: Why You Have to Get Rid of Your To-Do List This Year | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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65: Transforming Your Shame Into Purpose | Diana Patton, Esq.

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64: Do You Even Know Yourself? | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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63: Why No Relationship Will Make You Happy | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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62: Why Be Thankful If Your Life Sucks? | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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61: Single Mom Dating: Learning from the Biggest Mistakes Single Moms Make When Dating | Dr. Diane Strachowski

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60: It's Never Too Late to Live Your Best Life | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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59: The One Question You Need to Ask to Stay Present | Kevin Murphy

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58: How to Deal When the #MeToo Movement Triggers Your #MeToo Memory | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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57: 10 Things Strong Women Always Do | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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56: Raising Great Girls: Perfection Not Required | Darlene Brock

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55: Getting Over a Funk | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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54: Letting Go of Superwoman Because It Really Just Means Supermartyr | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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53: Finding Your Purpose When You Feel Lost | Betsy Pake

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052: Developing Sex Positivity in Your Child | Emily Gaudreau

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051: How to Confront Your Partner (In a Healthy Way) About His Unacceptable Behavior | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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050: When Your Husband Isn't the Father You Imagined He Would Be - Helping Your Husband Part #2 | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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049: Helping Your Husband Be a Father When He Didn't Have One | Clint Edwards

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048: I Know You're Grown, but Are You Acting like a Grown Woman? | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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047: Deleting Fear Based Thinking | Mary Shores

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046: The Importance of Maintaining Sibling Relationships | Yolanda and Dr. Zoe

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045: When Life Throws You Curveballs: Managing the Setbacks in Life | Dr. Michele Kerulis

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044: How to Raise a Maverick: Raising Kids with Grit, Ethics and Confidence | Emily Gaudreau

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043: It's Time to Get Over Your Fear | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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042: Dating Wisdom for Women Using Biology to Choose Your Partner | Kongit Farrell

250

041: Loving Yourself Through the Seasons of Your Life | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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040: 8 Pillars of Balance for Busy Women | Jenny Stemmerman

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039: Get a Ph.D. In You! | Julie Reisler

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038: Getting Through Hard Times in a Relationship - When the Going Gets Tough ... Sex | Dr. Sarah Schewitz

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037: Women and the Right Types of Rest | Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith

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036: Angry Women - Are You One of Them? | Dr. Bernard Golden

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035: When Your Husband's Porn Use is Destroying Your Marriage | Joshua Shea

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034: We're Not Broken, Just Bent | Laurie McDermott

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033: Knowing When It's Time to Quit | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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032: Must Do's for Single Moms - from Self-Care to Dating | Dr. Robbin Rockett

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031: From Bump to Blues | Heather Turner

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030: When Your Friend Is Toxic | Rosita Godycki

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029: Finding Strength in Your Struggle | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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028: Launching Your Teen into Adulthood - Getting Your Teen and Yourself Ready for the College Years | Neha Gupta & Patricia Hoolihan

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027: Has Maintaining Your Relationship Become Just a Box to Check off | Kristen Manieri

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026: Understanding the Mind of Your Teenage Son | Sacaiah Shaw

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025: Dealing with Your Vices - How to Tackle All the Cravings in Your Life | Amy Barnette

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024: Women and Your Money - Managing Yourself, Your Kids and Your Life | Tax Coach Diane Gardner

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023: 10 Things Every Woman must have in her life for Health and Balance | Dr. Zoe Shaw

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022: Secrets to Channeling Your Inner Beauty | Dale Smith Thomas

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021: Accepting the Body You Live In | Marla Mervis

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20: Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone - It's Time! | Maura Sweeney

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19: How to Build Emotional Grit and Resiliency | Neeta Bhushan

273

18: How Your Childhood Affects Your Relationships | Dr. Sarah Schewitz

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17: Dating Successfully as a Single Mom | Dr. Duana Welch

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16: Discover Your Ordinary Superpowers! | Mark Henson

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15: Getting Past Grief and Trauma to Live Your Best Life | Candyce Osefort-Russell

277

14: Opening Your Gifts | Actress/Comedienne Kim Coles

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13: Making Peace with your Stress | Kathy Gruver

279

12: Dr. Zoe and Christian divorce attorney Stacy Fawcette | Christian Divorce podcast

280

11: Slow Cooking Your Way to Less Stress With Stephanie O'Dea

281

10: When Parenting is a Struggle

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09: Dr. Zoe answers questions from listeners

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8: Reframe Life's Struggles into Beautiful Bouquets - Melissa Maimone A

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7: Marci Fit vs Fiction - Marci Warhaft

285

6: Alchemy in Love - Jamie Greene

286

5: The Art of Relationships - Greg Dudzanski

287

4: Peace with Pantry - Amy Barnette

288

3: Surviving and thriving in Stepmotherhood - Diane Fromme

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2: Dealing with Stress and Staying Present - Paula DAndrea

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1: The Power of Friendship in a Woman's Life and Marriage