A podcast to help you learn communication and intimacy skills for better relationships and more love. Listen to short pep talks with your love coach and host, Shaun Galanos, or longer form interviews with thought-leaders, therapists, and healers. If you want to deepen your capacity for love, you're at the right place.
Episodes
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Kai Weder, a sex educator, coach, and healing and wellness practitioner, discusses desire discrepancy. When are the tools and the steps to be taken when our partner has a different libido than we do?
What you'll learn (or why you should care):
- Get curious about how we define desire, sex, and libido!
- How to deal with mismatched libido?
- What can you do that deepens the connection without genital stimulation?
- Shaun shares the three part invite to invite new practices to his love life
Where to find :
Visit Kai’s website for one on one sex ed coaching
Resources:
Get Kai’s workbook on desire discrepancy
Learn about your exciters and inhibitors on “Come As You Are”
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Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday Aug 25, 2020
Life is hard. And it's infinitely easier when you surround yourself with loving people. Find those people, and share your pain with them. Another pep talk from Shaun Galanos.
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Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Tuesday Aug 18, 2020
Please, for the love of everything that is good, stop saying yes to stuff you should be saying no.
When you say no to someone, you are saying yes to yourself, and you should be doing it more.
Be intensely protective of your time and energy; it's a finite resource.
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Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Here's another pep talk for you. Take it easy. You don't need another podcast, book, coaching session, or workshop. You probably need to take a break instead.
Your life and your relationship cannot be all work and no play. You need rest, relaxation, and fun. You can work more when you're dead.
The Flirting with Confidence Course
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Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
This week, a pep talk on opening up to love.
The Flirting with Confidence Course starts August 6th
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Bryan Reeves is a former US Air Force Captain turned relationship coach. Bryan helps men, women, and couples create thriving lives and intimate relationships. In this episode we’re talking about men being worthy of love, and what it means to let love in despite the fear of getting obliterated.
What you'll learn (or why you should care):
- What it means to love yourself before you can love others
- How to let yourself feel
- Why showing your emotions can bring you closer to your partner
- How to properly tune into your masculine and feminine energies
- The difference between codependency and interdependency
Where to find Bryan:
Resources:
Tell The Truth And Let The Peace Fall Where It May - Reeves
Getting To "I Do" - Dr. Pat Allen
The Flirting with Confidence Course starts August 6th
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Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Tuesday Jul 21, 2020
Ken Page is an award winning author of the book Deeper Dating and renowned psychotherapist. In this episode, we discuss authentic living and dating, what it looks like for each of us, and how to reach it. Through small and simple exercises, Ken teaches how to recognize and accept our core gifts which are essential for an authentic love life.
What you'll learn (or why you should care):
- How to drop the game of seduction in early stage dating.
- Importance of acknowledging and naming the core gifts we have as a practice to self acceptance and self love
- How to build a relationship that is sexually and spiritually satisfying by sharing and being vulnerable
- The difference between attraction of deprivation and attraction of inspiration. Does my soul feel safe with the other person?
Where to find Ken:
Ken’s six-month intensive course for a small group of lovers
Deeper Dating audio course on attraction and deeper intimacy
The Deeper Dating Book: How to Drop the Games of Seduction and Discover the Power of Intimacy
Deeper Dating Online – warm safe and fun online dating place
Ken’s Instagram
Ken’s Facebook
Resources:
David snarch – the crucible, on monogamy
The Presale for The Flirting and Connection Course
Learn to connect to love with courage and clarity
$75 until July 27th. We start Aug 6th.
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Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Dr. Justin Lehmiller is a research fellow at the Kinsey Institute where he studies the science of sex and relationships. Justin is also the author of the blog Sex & Psychology as well as the author of the book “Tell Me What You Want”. Today we’re talking about sharing your sexual fantasies, building intimacy in your relationships, and how to get more of what you want in your sex life.
What you'll learn (or why you should care):
- How to have a conversation about your fantasies without intimidating your partner
- You’ll learn the 7 common themes in sexual fantasies
- How planning sex may actually boost your sex life
- You’ll learn what your fantasies actually say about you
- Uncovering the roots of sexual problems
- How sharing fantasies can be used as a tool for heightened arousal
Where to find Dr. Justin Lehmiller:
Resources:
Tell Me What You Want by Justin Lehmiller
The Ethical Slut by Easton & Hardy
The Jealousy Workbook by Kathy Labriola
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Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Tuesday Jul 07, 2020
Nate Postlethwait is a certified life coach and the creator of the IG hashtag #thehealingcollective. Nate specializes in finding safe ways to share trauma and empower your life story. Today we’re talking about undoing the shame in sexuality, validating pain, and how to process traumatic experiences.
What you'll learn (or why you should care):
- How to connect with your story and understand how your story impacts every part of your life
- The tools necessary to engage with parts of you that have experienced trauma
- The importance of creating a safe environment and how to hold space for someone
- How to avoid giving unsolicited advice and emotional slobber
Where to find Nate Postlethwait:
Resources:
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Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Tuesday Jun 30, 2020
Todd Baratz is a licensed individual and couples psychotherapist who specializes in sex and relationships and also the man behind the @yourdiagnonsese IG account. Today, we’re talking about sexual myths, social media therapy, and porn.
What you'll learn (or why you should care):
- Understanding cultural scripts about sex
- Why sex is not just penetration
- The effects of mutual masturbation on deepening intimacy
- Porn myths and what it means for your sex life
Where to find Todd Baratz:
Resources:
Join The Lovebird Club
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Learn more about The Love Drive
Website https://thelovedrive.com/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/thelovedrive
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