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

They say love is free, but it's more than you can see.

It's a song, it's a melody.

It's the beat of you and me.

Isn't that the cutest song?

That is Sarah Kang and the song More Than Words.

I thought this was a nice segue for us into our topic today because today I am putting on my marriage counselor

hat and we're going to be talking about relationships and particularly why this very moment

that we are sitting in right now together is a make or break moment for a lot of relationships, possibly including yours. I have to tell you,

in my my perch, my 30,000 foot view as the clinical director of growing self-counseling and coaching,

not only do I have my own clients, couples and individuals for therapy and coaching,

but I also

do a lot of consultation with other marriage counselors and relationship coaches on our team,

you know, to talk about what's going on and to kind of work together around cases and kind of

keep an eye on trends. And I'm also listening to you, my dear listeners,

who've been getting in touch with me on Facebook or Instagram

or through our website, growingself.com, to ask your questions.

Often these are relational questions.

And so through all of these various sources and channels of information that I have access to,

I have become aware that there is a really

important thing happening right now relationally for many, many people. And I feel like today's

episode of the podcast is almost going to be like a public service announcement in some ways

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