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Couples therapist, coach and author Carolyn Sharp is here.

Hi, Carolyn.

Hey, Kelly. How are you? I'm doing well. Thank you so much for being

here. You and I were just talking. You've written this amazing book for couples and it's called Fire It Up and

we're going to get to all of that. But I loved the sentiment you just said about why you even wanted to

write this book because I completely agree with

you. So can you repeat that for the listeners? Sure. I will try to do my best at repeating what I said.

So, you know, part of my hope and dream for this book is that it help people and help the world

because they think that a lot of what is wrong in the world is a relationship problem,

our inability to connect with others past our differences, to find common ground, to really

understand each other, I think is really lacking. So I really hope and dream that it can be of

service to the world. I mean, we're seeing that on such a big

scale, I think, across the board. And everyone can probably understand where we're coming from

with that statement. But I agree with you that it starts with the small relationships or the

day-to-day relationships. And that's what this book is all about. Fired Up is about what to do when

your relationship gets stale. And I can't tell you, I'm in my 40s. So I can't tell you the

amount of conversation that I have with friends who have been in long-term relationships. I think

I'm kind of at that age where people are going, whoa, I've been in this relationship for a really long time.

I love this person.

I have a family with this person, but it is stale.

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