Dealing with Differences & Triggers – An Intro!

There’s a whole lot of relationship news since our last podcast including, stuff about divorce day post the Christmas period as well as positive headlines about the UK’s fastest falling divorce rates across Europe, not to mention Meghan and Harry big statement!  So we introduce our theme and get stuck into topics like the forever […]

Investing in your relationship for 2020

This close to the end of 2019, today’s podcast had to have a new year focus!  However, what this episode isn’t about is setting ourselves up to fail with unrealistic New Year Resolutions – that list of things that that we think we ought to do rather than realistic plans for real change!  What we […]

Infidelity – why can it happen when we don’t think it’s right?

Following Michaela’s interviews on several BBC Regional Radio stations, we thought we’d reflect on the tricky subject of infidelity and the findings of a morality survey conducted by the BBC which found that 3 in 5 adults (60%) who say they have been unfaithful to their partner also say it’s never acceptable to cheat.  So […]

‘Happily Ever After’ – Part 2

Last time, we looked at this fairy tale phrase ‘Happily Ever After’ to understand what comes to mind when we think about the word marriage and if it is a Disney-like experience.  Today we delve into the specifics of happiness in the ‘happily ever after’ of real life.  Is constant happiness actually possible, can we […]

‘Happily Ever After’ – Part 1

In popular Disney stories and fairy tales, ‘Happily Ever After’ always comes at the end of the story, when the villains have been defeated and every time, it seems that the couple are finally married and enjoy a very ‘Instagrammable’ style of wedding!  So, what are the perceptions’ of modern culture regarding the ‘happily ever […]

“I wanted to be married first, but I’ve ‘compromised’”

Following on from an email we received from a listener, we are speaking very specifically today about the actual ‘M’ word (rather than referring to the name of our podcast).  The title of today’s podcast is a quote from her email – do you also share this view, that if you’ve moved in with your […]

‘Is Marriage outdated?’

Since our last podcast, there’s been quite a lot of media attention given to ‘marriage’ following some new statistics and research that has been released.  So much so, that Michaela’s had two radio interviews and she was invited to join a debating panel on BBC Ones’ show, BBC Sunday Morning Live!  There’s never enough time […]

Anniversaries -Should we celebrate milestones?

Are anniversaries and milestones in a relationship really that important?  If you’re still together and nothing has really changed, is there any point? Isn’t it just another marketing ploy of big card manufacturers, making us feel guilty if we don’t even buy a card to celebration our love?!  Or is the previous statement, simply the […]

The Forever Conversation

Have you had the forever conversation? What is it? Do you need to have it? We explore how it has made all the difference to our relationship and why especially during tough times, it’s one of the keys to a lifelong relationship.