Ep. 314: Dr. Luella Jonk - Advice That Can Save Your Relationships
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 August 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, Rip talks with Dr. Luella Jonk, a seasoned relationship coach and psychotherapist, about how to keep your relationship strong when you’re on different pages.
Drawing from 25 years of experience, Dr. Jonk shares the core pillars of lasting partnerships, including trust, unity in parenting, financial alignment, and the quiet power of “silent connection.” She explains why marriage is a covenant, not a contract, and how to lean into partnership over individualism to build deeper connection.
Whether you’re navigating lifestyle divides, parenting challenges, or the everyday distractions of modern life, this conversation offers real tools to help your relationship thrive.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Ray Besselston, and you're listening to the Plant Strong podcast. |
| 0:04.8 | At Plant Strong, we see it all the time. |
| 0:08.5 | One partner is ready to make a change, eat more plants, live with purpose, but the other |
| 0:14.7 | just not quite there yet. |
| 0:18.0 | So what do you do when your house is divided? This week on the podcast, I sit |
| 0:23.7 | down with Dr. Luella Yonk for a deeply insightful conversation about the pillars that hold strong |
| 0:30.3 | relationships together, even when you're not on the same page. We'll have this deeply compelling |
| 0:36.7 | conversation right after this message |
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| 2:05.4 | events. With over 25 years of experience, relationship coach and psychotherapist, Dr. Luella |
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