448: Finding Common Ground

Foreplay Radio – Couples and Sex Therapy

Cloud10

Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

We've worked in the last few episodes to name, externalize and unite against the emotional and sexual cycles that pit partners against one another. This episode is all couples finding common ground. On this common ground couples have more safety and are able to unlock empathy and deeply care about each other's pain. This is where true change and healing begins to take place. Each time partners encounter the cycle, they get better at naming it and coming back to the common ground space. Conversations become easier, less exhausting and more fulfilling because there is new experience of compassion, care and empathy available. Here we might let the pursuing partner know, "I understand where this protest is coming from. You make sense to me hear and I care about what you go through." We might signal to the withdrawing partner, "I understand how this makes you want to run and slowing down might make you feel safer." What might you want to say to your partner in this shared space? This school of love episode is bound to show partners that change is possible and how to keep working to create common ground together. Keep it hot, y'all! Check out our great sponsors: RocketMoney.com -- get rid of those online recurring subscriptions you no longer use! Uberlube.com -- Laurie's favorite lubricant!0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Zach and Laura, from Marriage Therapy Radio.
0:04.3	It's a weekly podcast where we, two marriage therapists,
0:06.6	talk through all kinds of issues related to your relationship.
0:09.2	And we have two main goals each week.
0:11.0	The first is to talk about relationships in a way that makes
0:13.2	you go, huh, I've never thought about it like that before. And the second is to give
0:17.2	you at least one practical tip or trick or tactic that you can use in your
0:21.2	relationship right away. So check out Marriage Therapy Radio wherever you find your podcast.
0:25.1	And join us in making your relationship better today than it was yesterday.
0:28.9	The following content is not suitable for children.
0:34.2	School of Love. We're going to talk about how to find common ground.
0:37.0	How do you have empathy for what your partner's going through?
0:40.7	Where do you get that deep sense of I get you? How do we find that?
0:46.8	And we're going to teach you next.
0:48.4	Bring it on baby.
0:49.4	Welcome to Four Play Sex Therapy. I'm Dr. Lori Watson, your sex therapist.
0:56.5	I'm George Valley, a couples therapist.
0:58.9	We are here to talk about sex. Our mission is to help couples talk about sex in ways that incorporate
1:05.9	their body, their mind, and their hearts. And we have a little bit of fun doing
1:10.5	it, right, Gee? listen and let's change some relationships all right
1:15.0	Lori so we've talked about that step four uniting against the cycle emotionally
1:20.9	and then we talked about uniting against the cycles sexually and for
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