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  • 3114: Moms Without Value (Just a Mom) by Shawna Scafe of Simple on Purpose on Maternal Wellness

    3114: Moms Without Value (Just a Mom) by Shawna Scafe of Simple on Purpose on Maternal Wellness
    2026/08/20
    Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3114: Shawna Scafe examines the mothers our culture applauds and the mothers it quietly dismisses, starting with that loaded little phrase, just a mom. She shares what it felt like to be called that after leaving her career, and makes the case that a mother's worth is not something anyone else gets to hand out. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://simpleonpurpose.ca/moms-without-value-just-a-mom/ Quotes to ponder: "It's a term that makes it socially acceptable to discreetly tear down the value of being a mother." "For modern moms there is little value put on being a stay at home mom, it's not enough." "You have to know that you are valuable as a mother no matter how mundane it may feel." Optimal Relationships Daily is a daily relationship advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on healthy relationships, dating, marriage, and family, read to you by a professional narrator so you can strengthen your closest connections a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 分
  • 3113: What Is Your Role in Your Relationship? by Dr. Lisa Firestone of PsychAlive on Strong Partnerships

    3113: What Is Your Role in Your Relationship? by Dr. Lisa Firestone of PsychAlive on Strong Partnerships
    2026/08/19
    Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3113: Dr. Lisa Firestone breaks down the parent-child dynamic that quietly drains love, respect, and attraction from a couple. She describes what parental and childish behavior actually looks like day to day, and offers relationship advice for meeting each other as equal adults instead of repeating the cycle. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.psychalive.org/what-is-your-role-in-your-relationship/ Quotes to ponder: "Very often, couples get into trouble when one person takes the role of a parent, and the other, the role of a child." "The goal, of course, should be equality in the relationship, with each person valuing the other's autonomy, individuality, and independence." "We need to start with compassion for ourselves." Optimal Relationships Daily is a daily relationship advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on healthy relationships, dating, marriage, and family, read to you by a professional narrator so you can strengthen your closest connections a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 分
  • 3112: Understanding Men: How to Avoid Non-Committal Guys and Other Heart-Breakers by Dr. Diana Kirschner of Love in 90 Days on Relationship Red Flags

    3112: Understanding Men: How to Avoid Non-Committal Guys and Other Heart-Breakers by Dr. Diana Kirschner of Love in 90 Days on Relationship Red Flags
    2026/08/18
    Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3112: Dr. Diana Kirschner explains how understanding men protects you from non-committal guys, players, and other heart-breakers. She walks through nine questions that reveal whether a man is capable of commitment, and offers relationship advice for trusting your gut instead of blaming yourself when things fall apart. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://lovein90days.com/understanding-men-how-to-avoid-non-committal-guys-other-heart-breakers/ Quotes to ponder: "Understanding men can liberate us from these self-blaming thoughts." "If he is truly caught in his own Dead-End Dating loop, there is nothing you can do to change him." "Your intuition will tell you the truth about a guy!" Optimal Relationships Daily is a daily relationship advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on healthy relationships, dating, marriage, and family, read to you by a professional narrator so you can strengthen your closest connections a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 分
  • 3111: How Complaining Keeps Us Stuck in Relationships That Don't Work by Zachary Goodson with Tiny Buddha on Self-Love

    3111: How Complaining Keeps Us Stuck in Relationships That Don't Work by Zachary Goodson with Tiny Buddha on Self-Love
    2026/08/17
    Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3111: Zachary Goodson traces his habit of staying in relationships that hurt him back to a childhood that taught him he did not deserve better. He explains how constant complaining kept him in the victim role for years, and what changed when he chose responsibility and self-respect instead. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://tinybuddha.com/blog/complaining-keeps-us-stuck-relationships-dont-work/ Quotes to ponder: "See my pattern? I stay in and return to painful, destructive relationships." "If I stop complaining, what am I left with? Me, just me." "Complaining doesn't change anything. It just keeps us stuck, victimized, repeating old patterns and unable to change them." Optimal Relationships Daily is a daily relationship advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on healthy relationships, dating, marriage, and family, read to you by a professional narrator so you can strengthen your closest connections a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 分
  • 3110: How To Support Someone With Depression. What To Say And What Not To Say by Dr. Margaret Rutherford on Healthy Communication

    3110: How To Support Someone With Depression. What To Say And What Not To Say by Dr. Margaret Rutherford on Healthy Communication
    2026/08/16
    Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3110: Dr. Margaret Rutherford explains why people go quiet around depression, and how that silence adds loneliness and shame to an illness nobody chose. She offers relationship advice on what to actually say to someone who is struggling, and why suspending judgment matters far more than finding the perfect words. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://drmargaretrutherford.com/how-to-support-someone-with-depression-what-to-say-and-what-not-to-say/ Quotes to ponder: "It's hard work to accept and work with depression." "People don't want to believe that something unforeseen, something they can't control, can take over their life, and rob them of contentment and pleasure." "Loneliness, invisibility, shame, and discounting don't have to exist for those with depression or any mental illness." Optimal Relationships Daily is a daily relationship advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on healthy relationships, dating, marriage, and family, read to you by a professional narrator so you can strengthen your closest connections a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 分
  • 3109: How Can I Be Sure That He's the Right One? by Evan Marc Katz on Marriage Tips

    3109: How Can I Be Sure That He's the Right One? by Evan Marc Katz on Marriage Tips
    2026/08/15
    Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3109: Evan Marc Katz responds to a reader who has spent two years with a kind, honest boyfriend and still cannot shake her doubts about marriage. He unpacks why good character alone is not enough, why the study she cites is far more reassuring than its headline, and what having doubts actually says about a relationship. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.evanmarckatz.com/blog/marriage/how-can-i-be-sure-that-hes-the-right-one Quotes to ponder: "Chemistry can't redeem a broken relationship; all it can do is provide fuel (in the form of attraction) that irrationally erases your doubts, even when those doubts should be there." "Marriage isn't simply about loyalty and stability. It's about a personal connection as well." "Choices are rarely black and white. Relationships are ALL grey." Optimal Relationships Daily is a daily relationship advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on healthy relationships, dating, marriage, and family, read to you by a professional narrator so you can strengthen your closest connections a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    9 分
  • 3108: On Compassion Towards Our Children by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits on Compassionate Parenting

    3108: On Compassion Towards Our Children by Leo Babauta of Zen Habits on Compassionate Parenting
    2026/08/14
    Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3108: Leo Babauta argues that the discipline most of us grew up with teaches children the opposite of compassion, and that modeling kindness at home is how the next generation learns it. He shares what drew him to non-coercive parenting and to the practice of finding a common preference, so that neither parent nor child has to lose. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://zenhabits.net/on-compassion-towards-our-children/ Quotes to ponder: "What the friend needs is compassion, a gentle hug, a receptive ear, someone who understands and feels his pain and wants to end his suffering." "And yet when our children are upset, we often do the opposite: we do not listen or seek to understand or feel their pain or seek to end their suffering." "You do that by considering alternatives until you find an option that both parties are happy with." Optimal Relationships Daily is a daily relationship advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on healthy relationships, dating, marriage, and family, read to you by a professional narrator so you can strengthen your closest connections a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    11 分
  • 3107: Why Can't He Just Cooperate? How To Handle Your Non-Compliant Child by Adina Soclof of Parenting Simply on Positive Parenting

    3107: Why Can't He Just Cooperate? How To Handle Your Non-Compliant Child by Adina Soclof of Parenting Simply on Positive Parenting
    2026/08/13
    Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3107: Adina Soclof answers a mother whose son is the one child who will not clean up, and lays out eight calm responses that turn a power struggle into cooperation. She explains why non-compliant children are usually signaling a need to feel valued and in control, and how giving them the benefit of the doubt builds healthier relationships at home. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://parentingsimply.com/why-cant-he-just-cooperate-how-to-handle-your-non-compliant-child/ Quotes to ponder: "You will always have that one child who likes to rock the boat." "It is always valuable to judge children favorably and reflect children's difficult feelings." "It is ironic but non-compliant children need more compassion, more patience and extra dose of sensitivity." Optimal Relationships Daily is a daily relationship advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on healthy relationships, dating, marriage, and family, read to you by a professional narrator so you can strengthen your closest connections a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    10 分