Episode 74: The Safe Talk Process - A Helpful Lesson From Marriage Therapy

The Carlos Whittaker Podcast

That Sounds Fun Network

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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We're back, fam!!! This episode is another walk and talk with me! The last few days I've been doing a marriage intensive, so this episode is all about what I've been learning alongside my wife. It was hard work. It's not easy to take a look at the hard parts of your story. But that's what we've done the last few days, and it was super healing! Here's a simple but transformative tool we learned: The Safe Talk Process This is a tool that you can use all the time—whether you're in crisis or not! Take a listen for a step-by-step walkthrough of the Safe Talk Process that you can use in any kind of relationship you have! Grab a pen and paper because you're going to want to take notes! . . . . . Order your copy of my new book Reconnected HERE: ReconnectedBook.com Let’s keep in touch! Sign up for my newsletter to be the first to hear ALL my updates. https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/1987227/1965424/ Interested in advertising with us? Reach out here. Book me to speak HERE: https://www.carloswhittaker.com/events . . . . . HIYA HEALTH: Receive 50% off your first order at hiyahealth.com/HUMANHOPE SHOPIFY: Go to shopify.com/CARLOS to take your business to the next level today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.8	Well, we back, fam. Welcome back to the Carlos Whitaker podcast. I've decided so many of you enjoyed my
0:41.2	walk the last time that why in the world would I wait to get into my hotel room to talk to you?
0:49.2	The whole stream of consciousness idea is just kind of where I feel like I'm at right now.
0:54.5	You know, I just feel like there's, oh, this is pretty.
0:57.4	There's far too many people.
0:59.4	Everything's so outlined.
1:00.6	Everything's so structured.
1:01.7	Everything's so chat GPTed.
1:04.7	You know, like, listen, like, if you have a podcast every single week that has like,
1:10.0	oh, this is beautiful, remember when I was walking in the desert? And your single week that has like, oh, this is beautiful.
1:11.7	I remember when I was walking in the desert?
1:13.5	And your podcast every week has like six points, 36 sub points.
1:18.5	And I'm like, no, how about you just talk to me?
1:21.9	So that's what we're going to do.
1:23.4	We're just going to hang out.
1:24.0	We're going to talk.
1:24.9	And I want to talk to you about as we back, just something that is very fresh for me, very top of mind, very important to my life.
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