242: The Coronavirus And Your Relationship

Relationship Advice

Colter Bloxom

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

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

The Coronavirus pandemic is on everyone's minds, and is likely adding stress to your life and relationships. Listen to today's show with Dr. Melanie Joy as we discuss how to navigate your personal and relational life specifically during these difficult times. In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include: How to help yourself and your partner feel secure during times of insecurity What to do if your partner does not care about the health situation as much as you do Why it's important to understand innate personal views on hygiene How to communicate in the most productive way when discussing important decisions and views Making decisions that are good for your relationship during stressful times And much more! Melanie Joy, PhD, is a Harvard-educated psychologist specializing in relationships, communication and social change. She is the award-winning author of five books, including Getting Relationships Right: How to Build Resilience and Thrive in Life, Love, and Work. Dr. Joy is also an international speaker, trainer and organizational coach. Her work has been featured by media outlets around the world, including The New York Times, BBC, and ABC Australia; and she has been granted a number of international awards. Full show notes and episode links at: https://idopodcast.com/242 Sign up for our 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge here: 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge Join our 5 Day Couples Appreciation Challenge here: idopodcast.com/appreciation Do you want to hear more on this topic? Continue the conversation on our Facebook Group here: Love Tribe Sponsors Native creates safe, simple, effective products that people use in the bathroom everyday, including some amazing deodorant! For 20% off your first purchase, visit nativedeodorant.com and use promo code IDO20 during checkout! Dipsea is an audio app full of short, sexy stories and guided sessions that are designed to turn you on and help you get in touch with yourself. Get a 30 day free trial when you go to DipseaStories.com/IDO. Spark My Relationship Course: For a limited time, get access to our bonus, Mastering Money Talk In Your Marriage! Visit SparkMyRelationship.com/Unlock for our special offer just for our I Do Podcast listeners! 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. Hey guys. What's going on? What's going on? Love Tribe. Thank you for joining us. We hope you're doing great and we have a very
0:35.2	special episode for you. Obviously the coronavirus is probably on a lot of your
0:40.8	minds. Very timely.
0:42.6	Yes, and it's definitely on Sarah and I's.
0:45.6	And so we decided we really wanted to put together an episode
0:49.7	and future episodes in the coming weeks about how to navigate this because there's going to be,
0:57.0	there already is probably a lot of stress on your intimate relationships,
1:02.7	if you're single and dating,
1:04.7	social distancing is not great for that,
1:08.2	on your family relationships and friends as well.
1:11.3	And we've experienced this already.
1:13.2	Sarah and I are navigating it pretty good.
1:15.8	There's been a few hiccups and negotiations around things,
1:19.2	but definitely in our friend groups there's been some interesting things going on and we want to give you
1:24.7	some tools to help navigate that and today we talk with Dr. Melanie Joy who is a Harvard
1:32.1	educated psychologist specializing in
1:34.8	relationships communication and social change and her work has been featured
1:40.2	on media outlets around the world, including the New York Times, BBC, ABC, and she has been
1:46.8	granted a number of international awards for her work.
1:51.6	And we really just dive into how to relate better anytime but through
1:57.1	the context of these unique times. And as Chase mentioned we will be putting a lot of information together in the next coming week, second benefit you in this specific time of stress and tension in your life and in your relationship.
2:12.0	But also remember that we have a ton of episodes
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