Renowned relationship therapists, Doug Jensen and Dr. Talia Jackson explore the ins and outs of relationships in the new podcast, We’re Not Fine. Exploring relationship boundaries beyond dating, the podcast will also examine relationships with our community, friends, family, marriage and even within oneself. No topic is off limits and our audience is encouraged to submit their own questions to challenge the team and their guests. https://werenotfine.com Instagram: @werenotfinepod Twitter:@we ...
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This great New York Times article “What Sex Therapists Wish We Knew” really sparked some heated conversations and Doug and Dr. Talia wanted to share all of them with you. We talk about comparison being the thief of sexual joy, updating your definition of sex, and the different types of desire. You will definitely want to listen to this one. And don…
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Can Better Relationship Skills Save Your Incompatible Relationship?
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20:41Sometimes incompatibility is a death sentence for a relationship, and other times it becomes clear that the way you are communicating your expectations is a bigger problem than incompatibility. This episode will help you determine whether upleveled relationship skills are what you need, or if your issues are truly dealbreakers threatening your long…
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The Jealousy Scale; from OK to No Way, a We’re Not Fine & Top Self Collaboration
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54:54In this episode, Dr Talia, Doug and Shanenn Bryant, the host of the Top Self Podcast respond to jealousy provoking scenarios, and test out the Jealousy Scale. Would you be okay if your partner kept a minor infidelity from you? Would you be upset if your partner showed you cute people they are following online or would it more upsetting to see their…
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Love Addiction, do you feel constant stress about what your partner is up to, if they’re thinking about you, why they’re not checking in with you, if their feelings have changed? You might have a love addiction. Do you feel like you are not whole without a partner? Are you constantly seeking your other half? Do you feel like you must become exactly…
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Dating while Good Looking and Successful? Beware of “Throning
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22:5610 signs that you are getting “Throned”. Basically, Gen Z rebranded social climbing, and we love it. Throning is dating someone mainly to enhance your own reputation and boost your ego and credentials by association. Tune into this fun episode to determine if there’s any of this going on in your life! And if so, what to do about it. We're Not Fine …
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Why Unhealthy Relationship Dynamics May Be Following You
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30:05A few episodes ago Doug and Dr. Talia dove into signs you may have had an emotionally immature or abusive parent. If you are finding yourself in relationships that have unhealthy power dynamics or communication patterns, those original emotionally immature/abusive family relationships could be the reason. If you blame yourself for other people’s ba…
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Is Your Cell Phone Getting More FaceTime than Your Partner?
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27:45Is your phone the silent intimacy killer in your relationship? If it is your phone addiction that is the problem, you would be the last to know. If it is your partner's mind numbing phone use on the other hand, it is probably all you notice. Doug and Dr Talia discuss how our screen use could be negatively impacting our intimate relationships, and o…
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Surprising Signs You May Have Had an Emotionally Abusive Parent
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26:57In this Episode Doug and Dr Talia discuss the signs you might not have recognized as a child that your parent was emotionally immature at best, and emotionally abusive at worst. Were they overly moody? Constantly negative and critical of you? Did they invalidate your emotions? Give you the silent treatment? You’re in the right place. Let us walk yo…
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Hey, Couples Sleeping in Separate Rooms, How’s That Going?
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24:34Did you know one in four couples sleep separately? You will be amazed by how these couples describe the experience of intimacy in their relationship. In this episode Dr Talia and Doug discuss the pros and cons of couples sleeping in separate rooms. Great for sleep, terrible for your sex life? Or does the great sleep translate into better intimacy? …
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Need a New Year’s resolution? Save your relationship by learning how to “Fight Fair”
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25:49In this episode, Doug and Dr. Talia ask some tough love questions about the way you fight. Are you fighting to win? Do you bring up the past? Do you get defensive and shut down? Take a listen and see if there are some ways you can level up the way you fight to strengthen your relationship instead of damage it. We're Not Fine https://werenotfine.com…
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Are we more Honest when we are Drunk? A Holiday PSA!
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16:21In this episode, Dr. Talia and Doug agree partially but not totally on whether we are more honest when we are drunk. Are we feeling our deepest darkest repressed resentment but unfiltered enough to finally say something? Well, that never turns out well. Are we no longer able to hide our longing and lust for a coworker at a Holiday Party? The questi…
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How Fine Are We with our Partner Liking their Ex’s Stuff Online?
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22:57In this Mailbag Episode, Doug and Dr Talia take on the many angles, caveats and exceptions to whether liking and commenting on your ex’s posts online is actually OK when you’re in a committed relationship. We’d love to hear your take! We're Not Fine https://werenotfine.com Shop the Pod: https://werenotfine.com/shop Instagram: @werenotfinepod Doug J…
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In this mailbag episode, Dr. Talia and Doug are faced with one woman’s disgust with her boyfriend’s all too close and dependent relationship with his doting mother. On the one hand, how wonderful that he can connect so deeply, that could only be a great sign for your relationship… Right? On the other hand, if he is not capable of fully taking care …
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Doug & Dr Talia’s Top 5 Questions for Assessing Your Best Dating Fit vs. Best Marriage Fit
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31:11In this episode, Doug & Dr Talia chose their top 5 favorite questions to ask a potential partner! Some of the answers will tell you if you would be a good fit for a strong and healthy dating relationship, and other questions might help you determine if your personalities, lifestyles and dreams of your future won’t be compatible long-term. We're Not…
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Just replace 2023 COVID with the 2024 Election and you will have the same Thanksgiving you had last year! Cheers!
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1:05:54Happy Thanksgiving WNF Family! We got great feedback about this Turkey Day episode from last year, so we are airing it again. In this episode, Dr Talia and Doug respond to some very relatable Thanksgiving mail bags. Then we tackle the most common stressors of the season with humor and one or two harsh slaps of seasonal realism. We also offer some s…
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How Chronic Pain Affects our Mental Health and Relationships; LIVE Episode featuring Rhianna Gawrys, CYT, Somatic Yoga Therapist and Pain Specialist, Part 2
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55:35In the second half of this amazing LIVE recorded episode, Doug and Dr Talia dive into how Rhianna’s history of chronic pain might still be affecting her, and she shares with us the professional knowledge she has gained from both her pain journey and her education. She teaches us about Somatic yoga therapy, and takes us through a powerful exercise i…
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How Chronic Pain Affects our Mental Health and Relationships; LIVE Episode featuring Rhianna Gawrys, CYT, Somatic Yoga Therapist and Pain Specialist, Part 1
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50:13In the first half of this amazing LIVE recorded episode, Doug and Dr Talia dive into Rhianna’s personal story of battling excruciating and debilitating back pain at the age of 25. She shares with us how her unexplainable chronic pain affected her mental health and her romantic, family and friend relationships, as well as how she advocated for herse…
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My girlfriend has conflicts with so many important people in her life, but insists it is not her
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25:23In this mailbag, Doug and Dr Talia respond to our listener “Giuseppe”, who is in love with his girlfriend and wants desperately to be supportive of her, but can’t help but notice that she has conflict with so many people in her life. She insists she is not the problem. People either can’t stand her, or have cut her off and she will tell me that she…
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Anxiety or Intuition? Why is my Aura Gray? And F*%# Pants! Our favorite Psychic Kaya is Back!
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51:12For the third Halloween in a row, our favorite Mystic, Medium, Psychic and Healer Kaya Jelani returns to answer all of our questions! How can we tell the difference between intuition and our own anxiety? How do we know if something isn’t a hell yes and then what do we do about it? How do we know when it’s time to leave a relationship? How do we tun…
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"They're way out of my league, and no one understands why we are together. Are we doomed?"
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20:54In this mail bag episode, Dr. Talia and Doug respond to a self-conscious 31 year old man who says that his fiancé is way out of his league, like traffic accident causing and heart stoppingly beautiful. He says he’s just an average guy, and was mostly feeling comfortable until the barrage of questions and criticism from her friends and family starte…
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The Dying Teach Us How to Live featuring Kelly Grosklags, LICSW; live at the Rogue Buddha Gallery
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1:33:18Nothing makes our intentions to grow and change, to start a good habit, stop a bad one, feel more poignant and urgent than sitting at the bedside of the dying. We think we have problems? We probably don't even notice the petty things we complain about, the ways we feel sorry for ourselves, or the things we take for granted. In this live recorded ep…
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Apologize Well Once, or Apologize Badly for the Rest of your Life
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18:37In this final sixth of a six part mini-sode series “How to Love Better”, Doug and Dr Talia discuss how to apologize so well, you will not need to continue apologizing. In order to resolve conflicts in relationships, we encourage you to use 'I feel' statements and take responsibility for your behavior and its impact on others. Easier said than done.…
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Your partner is not psychic, so you do need to tell them what you need.
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18:50In this fifth of a six part mini-sode series “How to Love Better”, Doug and Dr Talia discuss how to disappointment-proof yourself and accept the truth that your needs are not as obvious as you think they are. And your partner is not psychic, as much as you wish they were. And even though you might be better than your average bear at anticipating an…
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Give your Partner the Benefit of the Doubt, or Pigeon Hole them into the Role you least Want Them
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19:29In this fourth of a six part mini-sode series “How to Love Better”, Doug and Dr Talia offer their favorite and most used couples’ therapy nuggets of wisdom. This week we talk about “giving the benefit of the doubt” even if it’s hard. Yes Yes, the best predictor of future behavior might be past behavior, but giving the benefit of the doubt allows yo…
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“Harmony” or “Authenticity”? What makes you feel most connected in your love relationship?
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19:55In this third of a six part mini-sode series “How to Love Better”, Doug and Dr Talia offer their favorite and most used couples’ therapy nuggets of wisdom. This week we talk about where each of us lies on the continuum of authenticity vs harmony in our love relationships. We tend to give our partner what we most desire. Those valuing “authenticity”…
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Don’t Drop the Rope! How to Love Better Ep.2
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18:57In this second of a six part mini-sode series “How to Love Better”, Doug and Dr Talia offer their favorite and most used couples’ therapy nuggets of wisdom. This week we urge you to stay in the discomfort of having a loving but tough conversation with your partner. “Don’t Drop the Rope” speaks to the idea that when our nervous system is short-circu…
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If You Don’t Do Your Work, Everyone Around You Will Have To | How to Love Better Ep.1
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17:47In this first of a six part mini-sode series “How to Love Better”, Doug and Dr Talia offer their favorite and most used couples’ therapy nuggets of wisdom. This week we focus on “If you don’t do your your work, everyone around you will have to”. The idea is that the benefit of doing your work, owning your past, your trauma, your triggers, your unme…
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A Couple’s Bumpy Journey through IVF, Post-Partum Depression/Psychosis and now Menopause, Pt 2 of 2. LIVE recording at the Rogue Buddha Gallery
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51:43Dr Talia & Doug welcome you to Part 2 of our two-part series recorded LIVE at the Rogue Buddha! Have you ever wondered why any woman in your life has had unexplainable mood swings, insomnia, irritability, rage, physical discomfort, irrational reactivity, anxiety, and/or depression? Well friends, buckle your seatbelts & grab a glass. If you, dear li…
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A Couple’s Bumpy Journey through IVF, Post-Partum Depression/Psychosis and now Menopause, Pt 1 of 2. LIVE recording at the Rogue Buddha Gallery
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50:19Dr Talia & Doug welcome you to Part 1 of our two-part series recorded LIVE at the Rogue Buddha! Have you ever wondered why any woman in your life has had unexplainable mood swings, insomnia, irritability, rage, physical discomfort, irrational reactivity, anxiety, and/or depression? Well friends, buckle your seatbelts & grab a glass. If you, dear li…
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Divorced? It’s never too late to find the next love of your life!
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1:00:26Divorce is not the end, and it definitely does not need to be a black ominous mark in your life story. In this episode, Doug and Dr Talia dive into Love After Divorce! Many of us get married young in our 20s with hearts full of hope and sporting a fresh pair of rose colored glasses. We live footloose and fancy free, no responsibilities, no real pro…
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What you don't realize about ADHD in relationships - featuring executive ADHD Coach Elle O’Flaherty
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1:25:45Dear WNF listener, if you have listened to our show, you will know that ADHD is a topic so near to our hearts we wanted to find just the right person with just the right knowledge base and approach to do this complex and relevant topic justice. In this episode, we hear from federal attorney and trade negotiator turned founder of Interlace Solutions…
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Are there scenarios in which a potential love or sex interest could be a platonic friend? Mayyyyyyyyyybe, but unlikely. In this episode, Doug and Dr Talia look at this question from many angles, and we want our listeners to chime in! Do you agree that it is nearly impossible? Have you had experiences of successful platonic relationships that have r…
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Ultimatum Mailbag Episode - We're Not Fine Podcast
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53:05In this classic Mailbag Episode Dr Talia and Doug tackle two tough but relatable relationship issues. In the first, Amy gives Jake an ultimatum; either he quits his dangerous air courier job in Alaska after he lost two of his best friends doing the same dangerous job, or she leaves. But this career is his soul filling passion. What to do? And in th…
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Finding Your Way after Catastrophic Loss featuring Dr Kim Harms
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1:28:17In this LIVE recorded episode, Doug and Dr Talia have a conversation with Kim Harms, DDS about her journey through multiple catastrophic losses in her life; the resilience and grace with which she came out of the darkest grief pit, as well as the incredible wisdom and advice she gives to other survivors of painful losses of loved ones. She lost bot…
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Want to be less angry at your loved ones? Boundaries 101
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1:25:36In this episode, Dr Talia and Doug talk boundaries with Dr Catherine Cleveland. Boundaries really get a bad rap. We think of them as entitled, cold, rejecting, and whiny. Well, the joke is on us. The fewer boundaries we have with our loved ones, the more those relationships are fraught with irritation, resentment and even bubbling rage. "They shoul…
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Hey listeners, this is We're Not Fine with a quick update. We're taking a break this week to celebrate the holiday. We'll be back next week with more great content. Enjoy your holiday, and thanks for understanding! We’re Not Fine Family, for quick and easy to digest takeaways from each episode and so much more, join our Patreon Memberships starting…
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WE DID IT! Our 100th Episode Reflections and Team Secrets
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1:13:07WNF Family, we did it! And we couldn’t have done it without you! Our 100th episode marks two years of growth, amazing connections, brilliant guests, so many great topics hi-lighting the interplay between mental health and relationships, new learnings and much wisdom imparted. Join us as we reflect on our 2 years, share BTS drama, bumps and bruises …
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In this episode, Dr. Talia Jackson and Doug Jensen discuss the five main personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. The characteristics of each trait and how they manifest in individuals are explored. The hosts emphasize that these traits exist on a continuum and that there is no good or bad trait…
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Dating with Daddy Issues feat. Matchmaker Melissa Rogers
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1:06:31Today’s topic is Dating with Daddy Issues in honor of Father’s Day. Here’s to all of the amazing dad’s out there who are showing up for their children with interest, affection, tenderness and consistency. You are changing worlds and preventing attachment issues. We applaud you! Today’s episode focuses on the wounds we carry with us when we have unm…
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How Facing His Anxiety & OCD Ultimately Set News Anchor Bryan Piatt Free
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1:24:42In this live recorded episode, Dr Talia and Doug have a chance to talk to the beloved former news anchor on KARE 11 Sunrise, Bryan Piatt. He started experiencing symptoms of Anxiety and OCD from an early age with no understanding of what was happening to him. The disparity between his perfect external presentation and his quiet internal suffering g…
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Mismatched Libido; Can't meet your partner's needs?
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1:04:25In this mailbag episode, Doug and Dr. Talia respond to real life couples struggling with mismatched libidos that are negatively impacting their relationships . One writer is breaking off an eight year relationship because they can’t meet their partner’s sexual needs and feels insecure and constantly pressured to give more than they are able to give…
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Is your sex drive disparity causing problems in your relationship?
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1:18:17In this episode, Dr. Talia and Doug tackle one of the most common relationship problems; mismatched sex drives. In many couples, there is one individual with a more robust libido, who feels enough burning desire for intimacy that they are the default initiator, often creating a pursuer and distancer dynamic, leaving one member of the couple feeling…
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Couple’s Therapy 101: Divorce! Couples’ Therapists look for these 11 signs...
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38:18In this episode, Doug and Dr. Talia share their 50 years of combined experience in the couples’ therapy room. Being married is hard, even if you’re married to someone fabulous. What are the signs that there are some dealbreaker red flags brewing in your marriage? Resentments building that can’t be undone, trusts broken that can’t be repaired, diffe…
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Healing the Mother Wound; A We’re Not Fine Mother’s Day Episode with Gao Motsemme
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1:17:33Meet Gao Motsemme, a Botswana born current resident of Germany, and mother of three from a long ancestral lineage of gifted intuitive healers. In this episode, Dr Talia and Doug sit with Gao as she takes us on her complex and unexpected mothering journey while needing to face her own mother wounds. “Why doesn’t my mother love me?” and “What is a mo…
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Too early for divorce? Too late for therapy? Where is the line?
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59:44In this mailbag episode, Doug and Dr. Talia hear from two people completely fed up with their spouse and ready for a divorce, but we feel that their decisions might be premature! We share the ingredients necessary to determine whether or not it’s time to throw in the towel. Is there willingness on both sides to work through this issue? If so, divor…
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Bad Dates, Red Flags, and other Cautionary Tales
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1:06:28You know the saying that when you wear rose colored glasses, red flags just look like flags? Well, in this episode, Dr. Talia and Doug respond to listener voice notes about first date horror stories. These stories are full of cringe, red flags, and lewd tales of hook-ups and dates that have gone horribly wrong. Prepare yourself with a bowl of popco…
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Give up the ghost. The reason they ghosted you is...
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52:15In this episode, Doug and Dr Talia respond to two mailbags, both from people that explain why they have ghosted someone they cared about. And once you get inside the minds of the ghoster, you will see why they are disappearing, even if you could have sworn there was a connection and chemistry. Why oh why didn’t they just tell you the truth? It will…
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Your friend hurt you, is your friendship salvageable or do you need to move on?
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1:08:42In this episode, Dr Talia and Doug talk to Minneapolis based, friendship-focused writer and podcaster, Nina Badzin. Your friend hurt you badly. Until now you have never needed to have a difficult conversation about your friendship, but if you don’t, the friendship won’t survive. What do you do? To determine whether your friendship is salvageable, t…
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My late wife’s sister tried sleeping with me...
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1:09:28In this episode Dr Talia and Doug look at two very relatable issues. In the first mailbag, a young father grieves his wife while his wife’s sister, who has been the greatest supporter to him and his kids, tried to sleep with him a month after his wife’s passing. And he hates the way he reacted. And in the second mailbag, a young man says he’s incre…
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Mailbag episode! “I gave myself a total makeover with zero results in the dating department.”
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1:08:46In this episode, Doug and Dr. Talia tackle two heartfelt mailbags. In the first letter, a gentleman who has had no luck with women feels he did everything he could to revamp his look; fitness, wardrobe and haircut, check… but is still having no luck in the dating department. All of his friends tell him he just hasn’t met the right person but he is …
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