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  • Getting back with an Ex

    Getting back with an Ex
    2025/10/12
    Can you go back? Do failed relationship work on a second try or is the damage too profound to ever repair. In this episode, Alvean and Doug offer their thoughts on the pitfalls and possible benefits of a second chance. For a full transcript, click here:LL21-Getting Back with Your Ex
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    12 分
  • The Vindictive Ex

    The Vindictive Ex
    2025/10/05
    Maybe you have had the experience or perhaps heard about such situations. When a relationship ends it is often more than painful emotionally, some partners go that extra step to inflict even more pain, emotionally, financially, or in other ways. How does one handle such a situation and even more pertinent, how does one avoid it in the first place. Listen to what Alvean and Doug have to say in this episode: LL20-Vindictive Ex's
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    12 分
  • Empathy

    Empathy
    2025/09/28
    If there is a human trait that matters more and least understood, it is empathy. In this episode, Alvean and Doug talk about why empathy is at the core of all durable relationships, ib life, work and love. For a full transcript of this episode, click here: LL19-Empathy is a Lost Virtue
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    17 分
  • The Power of Vulnerability

    The Power of Vulnerability
    2025/09/21
    It takes a secure person to open themselves up to others but it is only through vulnerability that true emotional connection can flourish. Alvean and Doug explore this paradox in this episode and offer vivid examples from their own experience. For a full transcript, click here: LL18-Vulnerability
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    12 分
  • What really matters?

    What really matters?
    2025/09/14
    Philosophers and everyday men and women alike wrestle with the question, what is my purpose in life? What actually matters--and how do we discover the answers? In this episode, Alvean and Doug take on these pithy questions and offere their own experience and insights in response. For a full transcript, click here: LL17
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    12 分
  • The wisdom found in pain

    The wisdom found in pain
    2025/09/07
    It sounds counter-intuitive but Alvean and Doug would tell you that some of our most painful experiences are also incredibly important teaching moments. Although no one seeks out suffering, especially where relationships are concerned, emotional pain, loss and grief take us to places where we can look at ourselves and our lives in a more objective perspective and emerge--either through one's own devices or with help into a better and healthier life. For a full transcript of this episode, click here:LL16
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    11 分
  • The lies we tell ourselves

    The lies we tell ourselves
    2025/08/31
    Can we truly deceive ourselves? In this episode, Alvean and Doug talk about the ways we obfuscate, pretend and misdirect our intuition and intellect when matters of the heart are concerned. For a full transcript, click here:LL15
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    14 分
  • Getting Over Heartbreak

    Getting Over Heartbreak
    2025/08/24
    Some have said that a broken heart is worse than any physical pain, and for many it is one of if not the hardest thing they may face at a young age. Alvean and Doug discuss the ways we mend and build on a stronger foundation following a difficult passage such as this. For more and a full transcript, click here: LL14
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    13 分