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This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in December of 2017.  Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. Today, Stuart is going to talk about a subject that most of you will be familiar with, and some of you may struggle with: That of the impact of Social Media [...] The post Is Social Media Destroying My Marriage (Encore) appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in November of 2017.  Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This week Stuart is lightening things up with a podcast on how humor and positivity can create an attitude and purpose in your relationship that will transform your lives. Gratitude and [...] The post Laugh Before You Cry: Divorce-Proof Your Marriage (Encore) appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in May of 2017.  Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. Welcome to our Mother’s Day Podcast! We’re so happy you’ve joined us for this special edition. Stuart is here to discuss how to appreciate not only your Mom this Mother’s Day, but [...] The post How to Appreciate the Woman In Your Life on Mother’s Day (Encore) appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in November of 2017.  Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. Today’s podcast features guest Brian Mayer. Stuart and Brian will be discussing the issues surrounding remarriage. Brian Mayer is also a couples’ counselor who has a great deal of insight on [...] The post When You Remarry – What do you do with the baggage?(Encore) appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in May of 2018.  Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This week on the show, Stuart is going to discuss the pain and consequences of financial infidelity. This kind of relationship injury has an incredible impact on a couple. [...] The post Broke and Broken – The Pain of Financial Infidelity (Encore) appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in July of 2018.  Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. Today Stuart talks about coping with separation issues in your relationship related to work. How do we keep a close and connected relationship with our partners when we don’t [...] The post Staying Together when Work Keeps you Away (Encore) appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in September of 2017.  Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. We’ve got some great news about living and loving in middle age. Stuart is going to answer some burning questions you may have about life after 60. Is it [...] The post Living and Loving in Middle Age – Life After 50 (Encore) appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in January of 2018.  Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. We’re so happy that you’re here with us for the show. Today Stuart is discussing an all too common scenario for couples: When two people in a committed relationship [...] The post Where’s the Fire? I feel like you are my roommate (Encore) appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim The Couples Expert. Stuart is going to speak today about what it means to be a good partner in your relationship. About ways to assess if you’re being a good partner, and if your partner is being good to you. After all, [...] The post Are You a Good Partner? appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in January of 2018.  Hello and welcome to this episode of The Couples Expert with your host Stuart Fensterheim. We’re glad you’ve joined us today.  Stuart is discussing a troubling topic today; infidelity. All of Stuart’s work centers around creating and maintaining healthy couple relationships. He [...] The post The Reason We Cheat, Stuart Tells All – Encore appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in November of 2017.  Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of The Couples Expert Podcast. Your host Stuart Fensterheim has some insights to share with his listeners today about intimate partner relationships and sexual intimacy with your partner; specifically about banishing boredom from your bedroom. [...] The post Banish Boredom in the Bedroom appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 188 of our show. Thank you for listening today as Stuart welcomes guest Jim Thomas back to the show.  They will be discussing sexuality, emotional intimacy, and vulnerability.   What you’ll learn from today’s podcast: How to resolve differences [...] The post Emotional Intimacy – Bringing Sex Out of the Bedroom with Guest Jim Thomas appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in January of 2017.  Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with Stuart Fensterheim. Stuart is discussing how to set realistic and meaningful relationship goals for the New Year. We all want to do better and be better and the New Year is the new [...] The post Setting Meaningful Relationship Goals for the New Year – Encore appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 186 of our show. Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa! Stuart wishes everyone very happy holidays. This year Stuart wants you and your partner to have a holiday season filled with love, togetherness and connection. Today is [...] The post Becoming the Diplomat of Authenticity in Attachmentland appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 185 of our show. Today Stuart is talking about boundaries in a relationship. There are many different boundaries that you can set in your life, and your relationship. Today Stuart pulls boundaries apart and helps you to learn how [...] The post Respect My Boundaries appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 184 of our show, and it is dedicated to Alvin Fensterheim. Today Stuart is talking about the importance of Father and Son relationships. The relationship between a father and son is one of the most important relationship. This relationship [...] The post The Importance of the Father and Son Relationship appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 183 of our show. Today Stuart is talking about sexual communication inside and outside of the bedroom. This episode is for couples in a long-term committed relationship, you are there for the long-haul.  This is one of the more [...] The post 183 – Sexual Communication – Inside and Outside of the Bedroom appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast, with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 182 or our show. Today’s episode is full of tools, tips, and Stuart’s pearls of wisdom to create a marriage that will last a lifetime. Whether you had premarital counseling or not, this episode is to help you [...] The post Relationship Advice for the Newlyweds appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast, with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 181 or our show. Today, Stuart talks about the difference in sexual desire. We come together quite often with different types of libidos, but when we first get together and the passion is there. After a period of [...] The post Where Did Our Sex Life Go? appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast, with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 180 or our show. Today, Stuart talks about loving yourself despite betrayal in a relationship. Stuart will discuss 4 parts in today’s podcast: How do we really define what betrayal looks like in a relationship? What does the [...] The post Am I Lovable Enough? appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in June of 2017.  Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with Stuart Fensterheim.  We have an unusual topic this week; first responders and the importance keeping your connection strong. If you have a first responder in your family, are married to one or [...] The post Having a Close Relationship with Your First Responder – Encore appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim, The Couples Expert. This is episode 178 of our show. Thank you for joining us today as Stuart talks about something that we will all be facing at one time or another. You may already be there: the impact of retirement [...] The post Your Relationship After Retirement appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Welcome to this encore presentation of The Couples Expert Podcast, this podcast originally aired in January of 2017.   Today Stuart discusses how couples should go about preparing for marriage. If you’re in a love relationship with your partner and you’re planning a wedding, or if you have friends and family that are going [...] The post Preparing for Marriage appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Welcome to our encore presentation of The Couples Expert podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This episode originally aired in March of 2017. This is episode 176 of our show. Stuart’s guest on the show is Marisa Cohen, A professor at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, NY and the Director of the Self-awareness and [...] The post Can Online Dating Lead to Marriage? With Guest Marisa Cohen appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

This is an Encore Presentation, this podcast originally aired in May of 2015 so please ignore the contest and the Mother’s Day greetings.   Hello and welcome to this encore presentation of The Couples Expert Podcast with your host , Stuart Fensterheim, The Couples Expert. Listen in as Stuart talks about emotional affairs and [...] The post Secrets and Lies – Is There a Way Back? appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Welcome to our encore presentation of The Couples Expert podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This episode originally aired in September of 2016. This is episode 174 of our show. Stuart’s guest today is Alicia Taverner. Alicia is a MFT therapist in CA working with people on trust issues and helping women find the [...] The post Infidelity from a Female Perspective with guest Alicia Taverner: Encore Presentation appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 173 of our show. Today Stuart talks about coping with separation issues in your relationship related to work. How do we keep a close and connected relationship with our partners when we don’t get to spend a lot [...] The post Staying together when work keeps you away! appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert.  This is episode 172 of our show. Today Stuart welcomes guest Allana Pratt to the podcast. Allana is an author and intimacy expert who specializes in helping people to open up and find a place of authenticity within themselves. Everyone has the desire to be heard, to [...] The post Show Yourself – Sharing the Real You with Intimacy Expert Allana Pratt appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim, The Couples Expert. This is episode 171 of our show. Today Stuart is going to be discussing the impact of lies and deceit on your love relationship. There’s nothing more uncertain than questioning whether you can count on what your partner [...] The post Sex, Lies, and Marriage Counseling – The impact of deceit on love relationships appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode number 170 of our show. This week, Stuart is joined by guest Mickie Zada, who runs the Surviving Abuse Network. Mickie left her abusive marriage 16 years ago after over 30 years of abuse. She helps women get out of [...] The post It Isn’t Your Fault – Surviving Domestic Abuse with guest Mickie Zada appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast. Stuart is talking today about a subject you don’t hear much about. It’s an adult subject, so please use discretion when listening or use your headphones! This is episode 169 of our podcast. Listen as Stuart talks about using sex as a weapon or for leverage [...] The post Using Sex as a Weapon appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 168 of our show. Today Stuart talks about the concept of being in a relationship with your soulmate. Do you need to be with a person you consider to be your soulmate in order to have a close and [...] The post In Love and In Sync: What is a Soulmate? appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to episode 167 of The Couples Expert Podcast. We’re so happy you’ve joined us for one of my (and I hope your) favorite topics. Stuart is ready to tell you all about how to make your partner feel loved and important and so special in your life. The gift that keeps [...] The post The gift that keeps on giving, the gift of Birthday Sex appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Alex Swire-Clark is Stuart’s Guest on Episode 166 of The Couples Expert Podcast. Alex is a human behavioral and communications expert with a background in education. He’s got some insight to share on a model of human behavior that impacts relationships. Stuart brought him on the podcast to talk about communication issues between personalities [...] The post Do opposites attract? Personality Types and Communication with Alex Swire Clark appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert. This is episode 165 of our show. Today Stuart is going to talk about a subject that you may be all too familiar with. Shopping meltdowns!!! Ever go shopping with your spouse and it feels like you’re stuck in a chamber of horrors waiting endlessly for your [...] The post The Curse of the Shopper’s Husband appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This week on the show, Stuart is going to discuss the pain and consequences of financial infidelity. This kind of relationship injury has an incredible impact on a couple. Listen as Stuart talks about how financial infidelity can break your relationship, [...] The post Broke and Broken – The Pain of Financial Infidelity appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Welcome to The Couples Expert podcast! This is episode 163 of our show. This week’s topic is about the joys and challenges of keeping a close and connected sexual relationship as we age. Our bodies will continue to change over time, and no matter how emotionally connected we are to our partners, the process [...] The post Lovemaking for Life appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to this episode of The Couples Expert podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 162 of our show. This week Stuart welcomes Lauren Selfridge to the podcast. Lauren became interested in becoming a therapist after being a lifelong client of therapy. She wanted to be a couple’s therapist. While [...] The post In Sickness and In Health – Love and Chronic Illness with guest Lauren Selfridge appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome back to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This week’s topic is “One foot out the door and how to fix it.”  This is episode 161 of our show. The meaning behind the title, as you will soon see, is more about being fully invested in your relationship. [...] The post When you are one foot out the door, how do you get in? appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi, and welcome to The Couples Expert with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 160 of our show. Thank you for listening today as Stuart welcomes guest Jim Thomas back to the show. They will be discussing social media and some of the pitfalls of getting connected through the Internet and the impact [...] The post Virtually in Love – Possibilities and Pitfalls of Virtual Connections with guest Jim Thomas appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 159 of our show. This week’s topic is the Power of Love.  Do happy endings happen?  Is there such a thing as happily ever after? It can sound a bit trite, but as Stuart will discuss, love is [...] The post Love is Your Superpower – The power of love in your relationship appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to The Couples Expert podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 158 of our show. This week’s podcast is so much fun. Stuart’s guest is author Amy Lyle. While Amy is not a couple’s expert, she brings a fresh take to our podcast with her Book of Failures and [...] The post Failing our way to true love with Guest Amy Lyle appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi, welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast. This is episode 157 of our show. Thanks for joining us. Listen today as Stuart talks about the challenges that couples face when there’s a large age difference between them. Love happens when we least expect it and sometimes you fall in love with someone who is [...] The post Age is Just a Number – Age Disparity in Love Relationships appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to Episode 156 of The Couples Expert. Our podcast today is something that most couples will relate to. When the source article for this topic came out there were over 4,000 comments and it was widely shared throughout social media. That’s not necessarily a prerequisite for Stuart to choose a topic, [...] The post Nag, nag, nag – I want to be your wife, not your mother! appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and Welcome to The Couples Expert with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 155 of our show. This episode is about preparing for marriage and the issues that come up for couples when they’re planning to make this important step to take their relationship to the next level. We don’t know what [...] The post Do You Know What You’re Saying I DO To? appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and thanks for joining us for The Couples Expert with your host, Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 154 of our show. This week, Stuart is going to give you a course in arguing with your partner. Not that you should, but everyone does at one time or another. Listen to Arguing 101, a [...] The post Arguing 101: Do you know what you’re fighting for? appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hi and welcome to episode 153 of The Couples Expert with your host The Couples Expert Stuart Fensterheim. Stuart brings you a topic that he’s had come up lately in his counseling practice: The idea that your sex life is not a porno movie. Are your expectations about sex with your partner realistic or [...] The post Your Sex Life Is Not A Porno Movie appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim. This is episode 152 of our show.  Stuart is speaking today about the ghost of our past relationships that continue to haunt us and how to exorcise them from our lives. We can tend to get into patterns that repeat; we [...] The post Exorcising the Ghosts That Haunt Your Relationships appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello. Welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast with your host Stuart Fensterheim The Couples Expert. This is episode 151 of our show. Today Stuart is going to talk about what moves him to help couples. The type of counseling that he does is called Emotionally Focused Therapy, or EFT. Stuart is going to talk [...] The post What is EFT? appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.

Hello and welcome to The Couples Expert Podcast! This is episode 150 of our show. Stuart’s topic today is romance and Valentine’s Day. Stuart has done previous Valentine’s Day podcasts, but this year is going to be a bit different. He’s going to be discussing the other 364 days of the year where you [...] The post What is Romance? Romance is not only good for Valentine’s Day appeared first on The Couples Expert Scottsdale.