138: You Have The Power To Change (Yourself & Your Relationship)

Relationship Advice

Colter Bloxom

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Creating the change you want in your relationship starts with one person: YOU! Don't wait around for your partner to change (hint: you won't be able to change them on your own anyway). Listen to today's episode and use these actionable tips to get your relationship out of a rut or to take it from good to great! In this episode we discuss relationship advice topics that include: Learn how to pay more attention to your partner with some simple exercises. How to express gratitude toward your partner to help your relationship flourish. Honoring the differences between you and your partner to keep everyone happy. Prioritizing your time together for maximum relationship happiness. How to express love in small ways. It's the little things that add up. And much more! Dr. Kathy McCoy is a psychotherapist and award-winning journalist and author of more than a dozen books including the recently published "We Don't Talk Anymore". She is a contributing writer for PsychologyToday.com and has been a frequent guest on national television including numerous appearances on The Today Show and two on Oprah. Full show notes and episode links at: http://idopodcast.com/138 Sign up for our 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge here: 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge Do you want to hear more on this topic? Are you or your partner struggling with making lasting, positive changes in your relationship? If so, you're not alone. Continue the conversation on our Facebook Group here: Love Tribe Sponsors RXBAR Kids: RXBAR Kids is a clean label snack bar made with high - quality, real ingredients designed specifically for kids. With egg whites, fruit and nuts as the base, RXBAR Kids contain 7 grams of protein and have absolutely zero added sugar and no gluten, soy, dairy, or bad stuff. They are a delicious, clean and convenient snack kids love. For 25% off your first order, visit RXBAR.com/IDO and enter the promo code IDO at checkout. Lovelands: Lovelands is a highly readable guide to creating the relationship and life you most deeply desire, by psychologist Dr Debra Campbell. If you’ve ever wondered why you keep going wrong in love and how to make lasting change for the better — Lovelands will show you how to make that change, not just in your relationship but in every area of your life. Get your copy of Lovelands today — available in hardcover, Amazon and Audible. If you love this episode (and our podcast!), would you mind giving us a review in iTunes? It would mean the world to us and we promise it only takes a minute. Many thanks in advance! - Chase & Sarah Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	And Take me to the place in the middle of the sun.
0:17.0	Take me to the place in the middle of the sun. What's going on on guys? Well, I'm going to sing this song. What's going on guys?
0:30.2	Welcome to ID Podcast. Thanks for joining us today.
0:33.2	If you are a longtime listener, welcome back. If you are new to the show, we interview
0:41.0	the world's leading therapists, psychologists.
0:45.0	You know, would we interview so many interesting people?
0:49.7	I forgot for a second.
0:52.2	And counselors and relationship experts to bring you the advice and we are right there along with you getting advice for ourselves.
1:00.0	We don't really say this that often, but I'm Chase and I'm Sarah and we're married. We've been married for what two and a half years now
1:10.5	Almost three years and we created this podcast because we were avid podcast
1:16.1	listeners and we were looking for a podcast to help us improve our
1:21.6	relationship because we just gotten engaged and we were kind of
1:24.1	looking for premarital advice via podcast and there wasn't really anything out
1:30.4	there that kind of filled our need what we are looking for.
1:33.7	So we decided to make one.
1:36.4	Yeah, here we are.
1:38.0	So we're learning right along with you.
1:40.3	Yeah, that's a little backstory for you. And maybe if you've listened to a bunch of shows you might not have known that because we don't really say hey we're married a couple. I mean it's kind of implied a bit. Maybe not. Maybe you're just like my neighbor and we record together.
1:55.6	No, we talk about, we do try to talk about our personal, our relationship,
2:01.1	struggles and what we do.
2:02.8	So on today's show, we welcome Dr. Kathy McCoy
2:07.6	and she is a psychotherapist and award-winning
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