249: Unabridged Interview: Alexandra Solomon

No Small Endeavor with Lee C. Camp

Lee Camp

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 555 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 66 minutes

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This is our unabridged interview with Alexandra Solomon. Is your love life in need of a tune-up? Just in time for Valentine's Day, renowned relationship expert Dr. Alexandra Solomon joins us to share powerful insights from her book, "Loving Bravely." Discover how self-awareness and understanding your past can dramatically improve your present relationships. Dr. Solomon unpacks the secrets to thriving intimacy, from mastering the art of apology to staying truly present with your partner. Plus, get practical tools for navigating the inevitable challenges of long-term love. Tune in for this insightful conversation that will empower you to build stronger, more fulfilling relationships. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Show Notes, Resources and Transcript⁠⁠ for abridged episode with Alexandra Solomon Thank you to our sponsors: Boll and Branch: Get 20% off plus free shipping by visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BollAndBranch.com/NSE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Join NSE+⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — our subscriber-only community — for ad-free listening, member-only bonus content, and early access to live show tickets. Your membership helps make No Small Endeavor sustainable. No Small Endeavor: An award-winning podcast that asks what it means to live a good life. Through conversations with leading thinkers across theology, philosophy, psychology, politics, and the social sciences, we explore human flourishing, meaning and purpose, faith and culture, science and religion, virtue and character, community, and the practices that help shape a good life grounded in truth, beauty, and goodness. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@nosmallendeavor⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Host Lee C. Camp: Lee has worked as a professor of theology & ethics for more than 25 years, teaching and writing on topics of faith & politics, inter-religious dialog, and human flourishing at the intersection of theology, moral philosophy, and social sciences. Follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@leeccamp ⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends, Lacey Camp here. This is No Small Endeavor. You're listening to our unabridged interview with Dr. Alexandra Solomon. She's a lecturer at Northwestern University, a internationally renowned expert relationship, which I teased her about in the conversation. This was a great conversation. I love her book,
0:22.1	Loving Bravely, as I say in the interview. It's like she took a compendium of all the things,
0:28.1	Laura, and I learned over a number of seasons of marriage therapy and reading lots of books
0:33.8	and working on ourselves a lot, and she kind of condensed it into all one place.
0:39.1	I wish I had known all of this stuff when I was getting married at 23 and Laura was 21.
0:43.8	So it's a lovely conversation, a great conversation for February with Valentine's Day.
0:49.6	Enjoy, Dr. Alexandra Solomon.
0:52.1	Hey, friends, Lee Camp here.
0:53.4	We all need advice, but it's not always clear who to ask, even in 2026, which is why I recommend checking out how to the longstanding advice show and 2026 Amby Award nominated Best Personal Growth Podcast.
1:08.9	No Small Endeavor was also just up for the very same award in that category.
1:12.6	So you know How To must be a great companion to our show. More than that, How To is back with new
1:17.7	episodes and a new host with award-winning journalist Mike Peska. Each week, Mike tackles a listener
1:23.4	question ranging from travel to finance to relationships and beyond with help from world-class
1:29.1	experts who actually know what they are talking about. Think of it as eavesdropping on someone
1:33.9	else's therapy session without a copay or awkward silence. No questions too big or too specific,
1:40.3	like how to protect the elderly from scammers or how to give to a good cause and make it count and even how to make a how to podcast.
1:50.5	You've got questions. They will find some answers. So follow how to with Mike Peska on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen.
2:01.9	Dr. Alexander Solomon is a licensed clinical psychologist, lecturer at Northwestern University,
2:07.8	an internationally renowned expert on relationships.
2:10.6	She hosts the hit podcast, Reimagining Love, and has built a global community of over 200,000
2:16.7	Instagram followers by sharing practical
2:18.6	tools for relational self-awareness.
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