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Let’s face it, breaking up, as the song says, is hard to do.  Unless you are callous or exiting a toxic relationship no one wants to consciously hurt another person.  There are ways to help a former lover to gain appropriate closure and free them and yourself to move on.  It still hurts, but these approaches which Alvean and Doug discuss are not only the right way they are the kind way to help you both through a difficult passage.  For more and a complete transcript, click here:LL06

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Is there such a thing as a soulmate?  Are we destined to find our true love, a match made literally in heaven? Alvean and Doug explore these beliefs and the truths behind real and lasting relationships.  You’ll be surprised.  Learn about couples who have life long commitment, who pass from this life within minutes of one another, who seem to defy the odds against life long happiness.  How do they do it?  This and more in this episode.  For a full transcript, please click here: LL05

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Sometimes it is hard to know if what you feel, or what your significant other is expressing are genuine emotions.  What is real–true and likely to last? Alvean and Doug discuss the ways in which we can explore our hearts and plumb the depths of others’ feelings. For more, click here: LL04

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Some say love can break your heart but Alvean and Doug talk about how loving relationships expand our hearts, however they may turn out.  For a full transcript of the episode, click here: LL03

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How it all began.  When Alvean and Doug first met they knew at once they wanted to work together and out of that meeting the Love Life podcasts were born.  In this first episode they talk about how they met, and give some background on their life stories.  For a full transcript of the episode, click here:LL01-

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She is suddenly cool and aloof.  When you ask what’s wrong she says nothing but you know that isn’t the case.  That is passive aggressive behavior.  He agrees to do something together but sulks all day–passive aggressive behavior is at work.  Alvean and Doug discuss how to recognize and deal with a partner when they are consciously or unconsciously displaying passive aggressive tendencies.  To learn more and for a full transcript of this episode, click here: 68-The Passive-Aggressive Partner

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Jokingly it has been said that parenthood is the last of the unskilled occupations.  There is some truth to this.  How we learn to parent has a great deal to do with how we were parented and that may be for the good or bad. Parenting requires abundant patience, compassion and listening skills as well as some good model.  Find out more in this episode as Alvean and Doug talk about what makes for good parenting.  For a full transcript, click here: 65-Parenthood

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For many people, social media is where they play out their relationship dynamics.  It is not usually a healthy outlet for what should remain a private and personal expression of feelings.  Alvaen and Doug discuss the dangers and pitfalls of social media and how it can be come a corrosive element–the third party in a relationship of two.  For a complete transcript of this episode, click here: 64-Relationships and Social Media

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They may be parent’s, family, friends or even people we don’t know personally, but choose them as role models in our lives.  Discovering who your models are, why you chose them and how they can affect your relationships for better or worse is the subject of this episode.  For a full transcript, click here:LL02

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It’s a big step and one that is fraught with tests of your relationship.  Habits that may be endearing in small does can become irritating when they occur all the time–differences in needs and desires–ranging from simple things like personal habits, the need for entertainment or solitude, even what you want to eat or when to go to sleep can become points of contention.  Alvean and Doug talk about the considerations one should have in making the move to love and live together.  For more about this and a full transcript, click here:63-Moving In Together