CC: Building Deeper Connection Through Authentic Communication with Dr Susan Campbell
Life Coaching with Christine Hassler
Christine Hassler
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🗓️ 15 November 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with renowned relationship coach and author Dr. Susan Campbell for a real, practical conversation about communication, connection, and what it takes to create emotionally honest relationships.
We talk about the most common patterns that keep partners from truly hearing each other, how to move from defensiveness to curiosity, and simple tools you can use right away to build more trust and ease in your relationships — romantic or otherwise.
Susan Campbell, PhD, is a relationship expert, speaker, and best-selling author of twelve books, including Getting Real and Five Minute Relationship Repair. With decades of experience in counseling psychology, she helps individuals, couples, and teams communicate more authentically and navigate conflict with compassion. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, CNN's News Night, and in publications such as Self and Cosmopolitan. You can learn more at susancampbell.com
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody and welcome to Coach's Corner. I have a delightful guest today who is full of wisdom. |
| 0:10.7 | She has been in the psychology and coaching space for 60 plus years. And we talk about a lot in this episode. |
| 0:19.7 | We talk about both dating and relationships. We talk about, |
| 0:22.8 | you know, what she's seeing that consistently has been a pain point for people over the past 60 years. |
| 0:28.8 | My guest is Susan Campbell. She received her PhD in counseling psychology in 1967. Since then, |
| 0:35.5 | she's been a speaker and relationship coach focusing on both personal |
| 0:38.4 | and business relationships. She's the best-selling author of 12 books and is the creator |
| 0:45.3 | and publisher of three entertaining and educational card games for teens, adults, couples, |
| 0:50.8 | work teams, and singles. Her games promote more authentic relating among |
| 0:55.9 | players. Her work with couples has been featured all over, and she also has a substack, |
| 1:02.2 | which she writes on frequently. You can learn more by going to her website, susancamble.com, |
| 1:08.1 | and that will be linked in the show notes as well. And before we dive in, |
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