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The Partnership Podcast — 177 episodes

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What if Male Vulnerability Is Actually the Ultimate Turn-On? Unpacking Patriarchy, Repair, and Relational Safety

2

Intimacy vs. Eroticism: Defining Safety, Sexual Fantasy, & Unpacking Childhood Shadow Contracts

3

Is Your Ego Ruining Your Sex Life? Unpacking Male Insecurity, Erotic Imagination, and Past Encounters

4

Male Friendship in Your 40s: Navigating Conflict, Separation, and Radical Accountability

5

The Invite (Part 3): When Is it More Loving to Break Up Than to Stay Together?

6

The Invite (Part 2): Why Caretaking Kills Sexual Desire

7

What A24’s The Invite Teaches Us About Fading Marital Desire: Deconstructing Esther Perel’s Concepts & Why Partners Lie to Stay Chosen

8

How to Support Your Partner Through Stress (Without Trying to Fix It)

9

Why You Aren’t Entitled to Sex in Your Marriage (and How to Actually Build Desire)

10

Healthy Communication Secrets for Couples: Dismantling Our On-Air Conflict, Accountability, and Why We Stay

11

Why Sex Stops After You Get Married (And What Happened When We Fought On-Air About It)

12

Off Campus: The Responsive Desire Hack: Navigating Boundaries, The Illusion of "Wholeness," & Erotic Materials (Part 2)

13

Off Campus: What a Hockey Romance Show Taught Us About Safety, Vulnerability, and Mutual Masturbation (Part 1)

14

What a Small Lie Taught Us About Attachment Cycles and Generational Trauma and How to Hold Space for Your Partner's Triggers Without Defending Your Ego

15

How to Travel with Your Partner Without Fighting: Logistics, Strengths, and Erotic Adventure

16

How Sickness and Injury Impact Relationship Dynamics and Desire and How to Navigate it Together

17

The Art of the "F*ck": Negotiating Desire and Intentional Taking in Partnership

18

Why It’s Harder to "F*ck" Your Spouse (and How to Fix It)

19

Intent vs. Impact: Navigating the "Bossy" Trigger and the Power of Taking the High Road

20

Panic Attacks & Partnership: Finding Safety When Panic Hits

21

Why Your Spouse is the Hardest Person to F*ck | Deconstructing Long-Term Desire

22

The Anatomy of a High-Level Repair: Moving From Shadow Stories to 11/10 Connection

23

Is the Manosphere the New Purity Culture? | A Reaction to Louis Theroux’s Latest Documentary

24

The Art of Giving and Receiving Without the Guilt Using The Wheel of Consent

25

Responsive Desire Explained: The Secret to Mismatched Sex Drives

26

High Desire vs. Low Desire: Navigating the Dynamics of Your Relationship

27

When Your Partner Wounds You (PART 4): Pleasure as a Healing Modality

28

When Your Partner Wounds You (PART 3): The Power of Community and Boundaries

29

When Your Partner Wounds You (PART 2): The Middle of Repair

30

When Your Partner Wounds You: A Real-Time Story of Repair

31

Projections, Repair, and Rage: When Growth Feels Uncomfortable in Partnership

32

Standing in Your Domain: Partnership, Boundaries, and the Fear of Disappointing Others

33

HEATED RIVALRY: Masculinity, Family Trauma & Are We Ever “Ready” for Love?

34

HEATED RIVALRY: Our Take on the Finale and Why Safety Changes Everything

35

HEATED RIVALRY: Our Take on Why Obstacles & Forbidden Desire Are So Hot

36

Willing vs. Wanting: Consent, Gifts & the Space Between

37

Admiration, Desire & Why It’s Good to Want: Understanding the HDP & LDP in Your Partnership

38

Why Admiration Fuels Desire: The Overlooked Key to Long-Term Sexual Intimacy

39

Exes, Ego & Earning Power: Owning Our Messy Moments in Love

40

The Truth About Women Dating Shorter Men: Heels, Height & Hidden Bias

41

Sexual Currency: How Tiny Investments Create Better Sex in Long-Term Relationships

42

Shadowboxing Through Conflict: How We Avoided Fusion, Isolation & Old Patterns

43

Breaking Down “Nobody Wants This”: Archetypes, Jealousy, & Getting Aroused by Big Words

44

When You’re Craving Sex and Your Partner’s on Their Period

45

Two Weeks, One Partnership: What We Learned From 14 Days Together

46

Grief, Relief, and the Complexity of Losing a Parent

47

Partnership & Body Changes: What Not to Do (and Better Ways to Support Each Other)

48

Why Career-Focused Women Struggle to Find Love (and What Men Miss About Partnership)

49

Stop Asking “Are You OK?”: Why Partners Need Better Questions

50

How We Built a Sex Ritual (and Why It Works!)

51

Is Masturbation OK in Long-Term Relationships?

52

How Men Can Build the Emotional & Relational Tools Women Really Desire in Dating & Relationships

53

How to Become the Man She’s Looking For | Why Women Are Evolving Faster & What Men Can Do Now

54

How to Heal Wounds in Relationship | Trey’s Memory from 1994, Adam Sandler & Active Imagination

55

Separating Love from Criticism | Roles, Repair & Repatterning After the Wound

56

What If Touch Didn’t Mean Sex? Exploring the 3-Minute Game Without Arousal

57

Shadow Boxing & Success Hangovers: When Celebration Triggers the Past

58

Can Angry Sex Be Healthy? Rage, Repair & the Psychology of the "Hot F*ck"

59

Why Is Hotel Sex So Hot? Exploring the Psychology Behind the Passion

60

When Love Turns Into Caretaking: How We Fall Into Unhealthy Patterns in Partnership

61

"What If We Opened Our Relationship?”: The Conversation We’ve Never Shared—Until Now

62

We’re Breaking Up (With Old Patterns) | Marriage, Dreams & Attachment Styles

63

How to Handle Your Partner’s Ego (Can Great Sex Trigger an Emotional Crash?)

64

How to Say "No" to Sex Without Leaving Your Partner Feeling Rejected

65

She Wanted to Change Him. He Needed Freedom. | Relationship Repair & Personal Growth (Part 2)

66

She Got Triggered. He Got Scared. What Happened Next Might Surprise You (Emergency Episode - Part 1)

67

Hairgate — How to Argue with Love (When He Doesn't Feel Heard & She Feels Insecure)

68

Launches & Landings: How To Strengthen Your Relationship Through Daily Rituals

69

What If I Just Don’t Want To? Sexual Boundaries & Consent

70

How to Talk About Sex in Long-Term Relationships

71

What Is Grapefruiting? How to Ask for More in the Bedroom with Respect

72

When They Walk In… How To Keep the Passion Alive as Parents

73

Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni: The Stories We Tell Ourselves (Part 2)

74

Blake Lively vs. Justin Baldoni: Power, Gender, and the Stories We Tell (Part 1)

75

How to Prioritize Sex & Negotiate Desire Without Pressure or Rejection

76

🎙️ Season Finale: Answering Your Questions on Sex, Dishes & Conservative Town Life

77

Erotic Self-Focus & an On-Camera Conflict

78

Too Busy for Sex? Rebuilding Intimacy After a Stressful Week

79

How Holiday Stress Can Build Sexual Arousal: Anxiety, Surprise & Sneaky Tricks

80

Ethical Casual Dating, Spicy Confessions, and Lessons from the Slut Era

81

Relational Sex vs. Recreational Sex: Trey Reflects on His Dating Past

82

Sleepy Side Sex & The Art of Offers, Requests, and Invitations

83

The Truth About Fancy Sex Positions & How Parentified Sons Affect Relationships

84

Do You Want Your Partner to Be Your Perfect Parent?

85

Special Vacation Episode

86

What Does It Really Mean to Love Someone? Reclaiming a Vacation Gone Wrong

87

Can a Married Man Have Female Friends?

88

How to Set Emotional Boundaries in Relationships

89

The Wheel of Consent Explained: Lauren & Trey’s 'Like a Pro' Training Review

90

Preparing for DC: Wheel of Consent, Emotional Growth & Trey's First Training Experience

91

Projection, Gaslighting & The Wheel of Consent: How to Handle Relational Conflicts

92

How to build anticipation in long-term partnership: Why we don't text when we're apart.

93

What is Sex? Exploring New Perspectives & Roadmaps to Pleasure

94

How to Attune to Your Partner's Needs: Balancing Autonomy and Connection in Relationships

95

How to Break Taboos and Have Amazing Period Sex

96

How to Build Secure Connections vs. Secure Attachments & Learning Together with OMGYES!

97

How to be curious instead of frustrated with family!

98

Relationship Issues Explained: Smartphone Drama & Post-Traumatic Growth

99

Bedtime Smartphone Drama: Trey and Lauren's Real Talk

100

Navigating Stepparent Frustrations & Enhancing Sexual Relationships

101

How to Have Healthy Disagreements in Partnerships: Overcoming Disappointment

102

Sex isn't Everything, It's Just a Part of Everything: Navigating Money Conversations in Partnership

103

How to Recover From a Traumatic Event - Our Tantra Event Nightmare and Healing Journey

104

Bad Orgasms: How to Discuss Disappointing Sex with Your Partner

105

How to Center Pleasure and Prioritize Space for Sex

106

How to stay sexually connected while apart!

107

How to have age-appropriate conversations about sex!

108

How to get out of your head during sex! (A true story...)

109

Laughter, Coffee, and Honeymoon Effects

110

A Week of Revelations & Integrations

111

Communication Breakdowns: or the most uncomfortable conversation we’ve ever had on camera

112

Coaching a Partner During Sex

113

Overcoming Old Patterns, Money Matters, and Adventures in Intimacy!

114

How to Initiate Sex!

115

Fairways, Mansplaining, and Unwanted Attention

116

Sex outside the Bedroom: The Living Room Adventure

117

Female Centered Orgasms: How to give great oral sex to a vulva!

118

Why do Heterosexual Men Still Fear Therapy?

119

4 Ways to Use the Cornerstones of Eroticism!

120

Categorizing the Types of Sex we Have

121

Taking Accountability for the Roles we Play in Conflict

122

Sexual Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs in Partnership

123

Sexual Arousal in Partnership

124

Building Bridges and Growing our Support Team

125

Healing in Real-Time

126

When Vacation Goes Wrong

127

Guardrails in Partnership

128

Finding our Way Back

129

Is this the beginning of the end?

130

Individual Discomfort & Public Partnerships

131

Vasectomy Update & Partnership Burnout

132

Trey’s Vasectomy Play-by-Play!

133

Finding a partner and navigating disaster!

134

Renegotiating Trauma through Play

135

Non-Sexual Foreplay & The Sex You WANT to Have

136

Rebuilding Trust in Partnership

137

Holding Space for Grief in Partnership

138

Our Thoughts on the Barbie Movie: Pink, Patriarchy, and Polarity

139

Problems vs. Conflict

140

How do you repair, restore, and re-negotiate in partnership?

141

Real-Time Conflict: Revealing our patterns, conditioning, and juvenile responses.

142

Forming a Sexual Game Plan with the Wheel of Consent

143

Stressful road trips and little wins!

144

Substances in Partnership: Habits and Boundaries

145

Shiny Happy People: Thoughts From One Who Got Out

146

Navigating the Possibility of Bad News

147

Hillsong Documentary (Part 2) & Surprise Bonus Content on Love Bombing

148

Our Thoughts on the Hillsong Documentary (Part 1)

149

The Greatest Turn-Ons: and never before shared pieces of our story...

150

Is it love or cathexis?

151

Who comes first? Communicating our way to better sex.

152

Interdependence in Partnership: What if goals don’t align?

153

Porn in Partnership: Pleasure, Panic, Pain & Patience

154

Taking Responsibility for Feelings in Sex

155

Taking Responsibility for Feelings in Conflict

156

Asking for the Sex You Want

157

Individual Growth: Inside of Partnerships

158

Periods in Partnerships! The Messy Truth

159

Is curiosity the key to intimacy?

160

The Three Minute Game!

161

Monogamy and the Erotic Mind

162

"Dishgate" Resolved?

163

In conflict! Silencing vs. Submission

164

Goals or Fears for 2023

165

Holiday traditions or obligations?

166

Partnership as a Human Design Projector and Generator

167

Scared Stiff: When sexual initiation goes wrong!

168

Money & Porn - Recent events that have us talking!

169

The Falwell Documentary: Our honest thoughts on the sexual behaviors of our neighbors

170

How we got married without a wedding!

171

Qualifying & Disqualifying: The story of how we met!

172

Our Relationship Agreement!

173

In Conflict (Part 2)

174

In Conflict! (Part 1)

175

Bonus Content: Tingle Time!

176

When attraction levels drop!

177

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