This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.

On my own with you was an effortless until the others came.

That's Bridget May Power with a song on my own with you, which I thought was perfect for our subject today,

because today I want to talk with you about

things that you can do to understand your partner differently, to improve your communication,

and to really be able to connect with each other emotionally and support each other emotionally.

My hope is that by listening to this podcast

today and using some of the skills and strategies we describe, you can experience a stronger,

happier, more emotionally connected relationship in a way that strengthens it.

On that note, I have invited my colleague, Silas,

to come and speak with me today about how men and women and, you know, people in general,

cope with stress in different ways and the simple things that we can do in those moments of

stress to build bridges to the center

and connect with our partners instead of creating, you know, unknowingly creating rifts in our relationships.

Let's turn to our business at hand, which is a little bit of emergency medicine for relationships that might be

struggling if you're not seeing things eye to eye on what you guys both should be doing,

or really like if you're needing a different kind of emotional support than you're getting

from your partner right now and it's

creating conflict. You know, if you're having those ultra fun fights about, you know, how you're

talking to each other or the way that you're relating to each other, this podcast is for you.

So I'm so glad you're here. And again, my wonderful colleague, Silas, is here with us today.

Silas is a marriage counselor, couples therapist, relationship coach. She also does individual

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