Sensory Profiles & How They Impact Our Relationships w/ Dr. Sarah Anderson

Relationship Advice

Colter Bloxom

Relationships, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Dr. Sarah Anderson, a mental health occupational therapist, joins the hosts to explore how individual sensory profiles affect relationships. They break down the eight sensory systems—including lesser-known ones like interoception and proprioception—and explain how understanding these systems can create more compassion and effective communication between partners. By learning your own and your partner’s sensory patterns, you can reduce unnecessary conflict and better support each other, especially in moments of emotional dysregulation. Colter, Lauren and Sarah talk about: The 8 Sensory Systems & Sensory Profiles The Four Sensory Processing Patterns Common Relationship Conflicts Tied to Sensory Needs Awareness Builds Compassion, Not Excuses Strategies and Support Tools And more! Give Me Discounts! Skylight - Visit skylightcal.com/IDO for $30 off your 15 inch calendar. Function - 160+ Lab Tests for $365 to anyone who signs up between July 7th and July 11th. Learn more & get started at www.functionhealth.com/IDO Prolon - Visit ProlonLife.com/IDO to claim your 15% discount and your bonus gift. PXG - Visit PXGApparel.com/IDO or use promo code: PODAPP-IDO to save 10% off your Spring/Summer 2025 Collection order. Amazfit - Visit www.amazfit.com/IDO to get 10% off Spark My Relationship Course: Get $100 off our online course. Visit SparkMyRelationship.com/Unlock for our special offer just for our I Do Podcast listeners! If you love this episode (and our podcast!), would you mind giving us a review in iTunes? It would mean the world to us and we promise it only takes a minute. Many thanks in advance! – Colter, Cayla, & Lauren Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, Love Tribe. Just a few quick questions before we get started today. I want to know why you are here listening to the podcast. Are you here because you want to stop bickering with your partner and you want to feel truly heard? Or are you looking for ways to reignite your sex life?
0:24.7	Or do you want to feel more emotionally connected with your partner?
0:30.9	Or do you just long for those fun, giggly moments of connection that you used to have at the beginning of your relationship?
0:32.6	Well, over the last decade of hosting this podcast, those were the main reasons people tuned into the show.
0:39.5	And we get it.
0:40.3	We've been there.
0:41.0	So we created our course, Spark My Relationship, because we wanted to put those tools to
0:47.1	unlocking a fulfilling relationship right in your hands.
0:50.5	We're offering $100 off our course, Spark My Relationship, which is a self-paced course
0:57.3	designed to help you create more passion, improve your communication, and build a stronger,
1:03.2	more intimate connection with your partner and have an amazing time doing it.
1:08.1	We've collaborated with over 15 therapists and psychologists to bring you the
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1:32.3	All right. Hello and welcome to relationship advice.
1:49.4	My name is Culture Bloxum.
1:51.7	I am a licensed professional counselor and I'm joined with my friend, Lauren Moe Carey, who is a licensed professional counselor as well.
1:59.4	And then we have a guest on our show today, Dr. Sarah Anderson, who is a licensed professional counselor as well. And then we have a guest on our show today, Dr. Sarah Anderson, who is a mental health
2:06.1	occupational therapist.
2:07.7	And I'm super excited to bring you guys the conversation that we're having today.
2:12.0	We're going to be talking about sensory profiles and how they relate to us in relationship.
2:17.2	And if you're new to the show, we are all
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