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Relationship Advice

343: Lessons From 30 Years Of Marriage

Relationship Advice

Colter Bloxom

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

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2022

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Long term relationships take work and who better to learn from than a couple who has been married for nearly 30 years? Listen to today's show to learn a range of valuable insights into how we can better navigate our relationships.  In this episode with George and Vanessa Naum, we discuss relationship advice topics that include: How we can miscommunicate and how to fix it The importance of talking about the things that make us uncomfortable How to talk about our feelings and be vulnerable  Understanding and communicating your non-negotiables The importance of self-awareness and knowing what we want and don't want The challenges of raising kids and parenting And much more! Sponsors Green Chef, the #1 meal kit for eating well, makes eating well easy with meal kits and plans to fit every lifestyle: Keto, Paleo, Vegan, Vegetarian, Gluten-Free, or just looking to eat more balanced meals. Go to GreenChef.com/ido130 and use code ido130 to get $130 off, plus free shipping! 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. Fabulous: Start building your ideal daily routine today with Fabulous Premium! Get 25% off Fabulous Premium by going to TheFab.co/ido. Beducated is your ticket to sexual happiness! With a vast range of sexual wellness online courses backed by medical professionals and sex therapists, Beducated helps you bring and gain more pleasure into your bedroom. Visit http://beducate.me/ido and you can get 65% off Beducated’s yearly pass with our code, IDO. BetterHelp is an online therapy platform that will assess your needs and match you with your own licensed professional therapist. Start living a happier life today and get 10% off your first month by visiting BetterHelp.com/IDO. Spark My Relationship Course: Get $100 off our online course. 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

Hey guys, hope you're having a great day, and we'll see you in the next one, bye!

0:28.0

Hey guys, hope you're having a great day, wherever you're tuning in from. I appreciate you, Sarah, appreciate you tuning in.

0:36.0

And today I have another great conversation, and this is with a couple, Dr. George Nam and his wife Vanessa, and they have been coaching and married for over 25 years.

0:51.0

And in 2018, they began specializing in physician marriage coaching, because Dr. George is a physician, and he is a graduate of West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, and has been a trained family physician for over 25 years.

1:10.0

And Vanessa is a relationship in intimacy coach, trained in the Somatica Method from the Somatica Institute in San Francisco, California.

1:19.0

And today we talk about a lot of the experiences they've learned from their work with clients, but also through their nearly 30 years of marriage.

1:29.0

I think there's a lot of value in talking to a real couple who's been together for that long, and all the things that come along with it.

1:37.0

And we dig into struggling with feelings and wants and needs and how to communicate around them, and also a bit about parenting and the struggles that that can present.

1:51.0

They have raised three kids together, and I really enjoyed talking about that with them. We don't cover that a ton on this podcast.

1:59.0

I know I'm a parent. A lot of you guys out there are parents, and that is its own task in itself, and certainly an area of our lives that can put a lot of pressure on a relationship.

2:12.0

So definitely tune into the end of the show to hear their thoughts on that.

2:17.0

As always, we really appreciate you guys tuning in, leaving those five star reviews. It's still barely spring, I guess, wherever you're listening or when you're listening here in Costa Rica, it's hard to tell because it's always pretty warm, but I always joke that we're going to have our summer review drive where we get you guys to get in and leave reviews.

2:41.0

If you find this podcast valuable, if you find this episode valuable or a past or anything in between it really helps out a lot when you guys get in there and leave those reviews, we appreciate it.

2:56.0

Enjoy today's show.

2:58.0

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