533: Healing The Political Divide in Couples

Brave Love Great Sex – Couples Therapy Podcast

Cloud10

Sexuality, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2026

⏱️ 36 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In today's episode, we are joined by Dr. James Hawkins, certified EFT couples therapist and trainer from The Joshua Center in Arkansas. Listen in as we tackle the tough topic of how to bridge the current political divide in partnerships. We are seeing the effect of division rampant in relationships across the nation and we come together here to discuss why this is happening from an attachment lens and how we can begin to ease the tension. Listeners will take away how the cycle shows up, attachment fears that drive deep seeded disconnection and actionable steps to start finding common ground. Our relationships are a great source of strength and we are far more alike than we are different. We hope you join us today in this important discussion and be brave in beginning to step closer to the ones you feel far away from. You can find Dr. Hawkins online at dochawklpc.com and on Instagram at @doc_hawk_lpc where he discusses more on these topics! Check out this episode's sponsor (and help the pod!): Uberlube.com -- Laurie's favorite personal lubricant! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Want to turn women on, not impress them, not chase them, not hope they like, you actually turn them on.
0:08.2	Then listen to What Turns Women On with me, Marnie, your personal wing girl.
0:12.5	Twice a week, I give you insider access into what women really desire, how to create real attraction, and how to build chemistry that lasts.
0:20.9	Listen to what turns women on wherever you get your podcasts.
0:26.3	The following content is not suitable for children.
0:29.5	Welcome to the Brave Love Great Sex Podcast.
0:32.5	I'm Dr. Lori Watson, licensed couple and certified sex therapist.
0:36.4	And I'm George Fowler, couples therapist,
0:38.7	EFD trainer, and retired New York City firefighter. In every relationship, love requires
0:44.4	bravery, especially to turn towards each other when there is a lot of fighting and defensiveness.
0:50.2	We want to help you stay present with each other sexually as well. Both emotional connection and erotic
0:56.5	intimacy are the bedrock of couple security. Brave love, great sex is where we help you reconnect,
1:03.2	repair, and reignite desire to help create the secure, lasting love we all deserve. Find our book by
1:10.3	the same name, Brave Love, Great Sex.
1:13.6	Let's talk about what we're not supposed to talk about, politics, and how politics have
1:20.2	become an attachment threat in the household.
1:24.4	This is a tough subject right now, and we are joined by Dr. James Hawkins, a respected
1:31.0	colleague of ours. And he's a relational expert. He's a trainer in EFT. He works at the
1:37.0	Joshua Center in Arkansas. And he really helps both individuals and couples build stronger,
1:42.8	more secure connections. And part of his heart,
1:46.9	why he comes to us today is to heal really the world and the way that we approach our,
1:54.3	you know, certain differences in politics and give us a way to do this with vulnerability
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Cloud10, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Cloud10 and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.