This podcast is all about Couples and the 3C’s: Communication, Conflict, Connection. These are not skills you automatically have when you get into a relationship, but that need to be developed to overcome the inevitable challenges that will come up. Couples who listen to the podcast say, “are they watching us?!” because of how extremely relatable and practical to your day-to-day life together these topics are! Hosts Jocelyn and Aaron Freeman are authors of The Argument Hangover and their pro ...
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Avoid Being Hated - Teaching you to be kind in every situation.
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Passing the Mic to the Global South! Armed Conflict, Migration, Human Rights, Anti-Corruption. Local and decolonized perspectives on the events shaping our world, through interviews with people working at the grassroots and on the front lines.
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Shiny Things is hosted by Body Language Pro & Executive Coach Lisa Mitchell and teaches you how to use the Science of Body Language to figure yourself out a little and decode the people around you. She takes on digital dating, business communications, and how to be more confident and influential in general.
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Marriage Trials to TRIUMPH: Our Story Overcoming the HARDEST 2 Years + How We Became STRONGER Than Ever: Episode 340
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The last 2 years could have torn us apart and made us turn against each other. It felt like life was throwing everything at us at once, all while we had a newborn baby. In this episode, you’ll hear: Our personal journey of what trials we faced over the last 2 years How exactly we triumphed after these challenges and got stronger than EVER What soci…
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Who’s to Blame? Determining Your Part in Marriage Issues: Episode 339
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Who's to blame for your frustrating problems and patterns in your relationship? It's obviously your partner, right... they're the problem. No… blaming them doesn't get you anywhere, in fact it makes things worse and more difficult to get out of. If there's one thing that is inarguable in social psychology it's that relationships are bi-directional.…
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Navigating Power Struggles With Your Partner: Episode 338
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There are disagreements in your relationship, and then there are Power Struggles! These power struggles are more detrimental and have deeper rooted contributing factors. They keep you from being the best team possible and being able to come up with mutually beneficial solutions for your family. In today’s episode we dive into: How to define a power…
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Your family is a source of support, love, and acceptance. Now there are certainly times that our perception of actions from family members make us forget those underlying intentions. Of course this can be even more true when you are interacting (or dealing with) your partner’s family members (your in-laws)! There is always the grand idea that two s…
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Communicate Better, De-escalate Conflicts, Repair Faster After Arguments: Episode 336
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The basis of a strong marriage is how well you handle 3 “stages” of interactions. These 3 stages are before, during and after conflicts. The before stage is all about communication and being able to prevent conflicts from even happening. The during conflict stage is about de-escalating tensions and potential conflicts. The after stage is about how …
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6 Keys to Become More Emotionally Intelligent Partners: Episode 335
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Emotional Intelligence (or lack thereof) can truthfully be a make it or break it factor for a marriage. It’s a big part of what helps you be connected, navigate hardship and disagreements, and embrace your differences. It’s also what can cause feelings of “walking on egg-shells” or be what escalates simple miscommunications into big conflicts. Yet …
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5 Foundations for a Strong Marriage: Episode 334
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You can’t build a strong marriage on a weak foundation. But do you know what the ingredients for a rock-solid foundation are? Well don’t worry, we’re covering that today and we’re certain this will open up some great conversations for you two. In this episode you’ll hear: The 5 foundations to a strong marriage Specific examples so that you can have…
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How Your Psychology Helps OR Hinders Your Marriage (Perception & Memory Bias): Episode 333
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You don’t often “think about your own psychology”, life is just happening and you are responding. So when it comes to interactions with your partner, it's easy to defend yourself when your perspective is brought into question. The cycle continues when you go back and forth about who remembers events more accurately. Your perception and memory are a…
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3 Mistakes Women Make in Marriage: Episode 332
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From the thousands of coaching sessions, DMs, and emails that we receive, we tend to see themes come up in marriage. You would be surprised to learn how common certain topics are for couples, that all seem to come up in the same weeks and months. We are not here to hypothesize about why that is, but just make these themes known. This is the highly …
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3 Mistakes Men Make in Marriage: Episode 331
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From the thousands of coaching sessions, DMs, and emails that we receive, we tend to see themes come up in marriage. You would be surprised to learn how common certain topics are for couples, that all seem to come up in the same weeks and months. We are not here to hypothesize about why that is, but just make these themes known. Lately we have been…
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Not Everything Needs to Be A Thing: Discerning Between Tension & a True Issue in Marriage: Episode 330
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The scenario is that your partner makes a comment, you sense they are a little irritated. They may very well have a frustration but have expressed it with a mild (level 2) upset. Yet you are not in a conflict or argument. But as you talk back and forth, you start giving explanations and justifications and an early onset of defensiveness starts to c…
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The Bare Minimum to Expect in a Marriage (from yourself): Episode 329
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What is the bare minimum to expect in a marriage? You likely read that question and think about your expectations about your partner… However this is actually about what to expect from yourself! There are a lot of social media comments on relationship posts that judge the portrayal of a partner. That shows that most people think about what changes …
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The ‘7 Year Itch’ When Marriage Dissatisfaction Peaks & What You Can Do About It (At Any Point): Episode 328
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You have heard about the "7 Year Itch" in a marriage. Though that was the name of a Marilyn Monroe movie in 1955, studies have shown that a couples satisfaction in marriage hits a low around 10 years into a marriage. Whether you’ve been together 2 years, 10 years, or 30+ years, you’ll get a lot out of this episode by understanding what couples lose…
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Attachment Styles Part 2: Overcoming Avoidant and Anxious Pasts and Tendencies: Episode 327
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Are attachment styles fixed? This is the essence of all the questions and messages we received after last week’s episode on attachment style, behaviors, and needs. This required a Part 2 episode this week where you will hear how to overcome your avoidant or anxious style pasts and tendencies. Not only is attachment style not fixed, it’s a range, an…
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Understand Your Attachment Styles, Needs, and Behaviors: Episode 326
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Attachment is a key term and principle for relationships and refers to the way in which you bond and connect with your partner. The theory of Attachment Style has become much more popular in recent years from its conception by John Bowlby in 1969. Though many are familiar with the Secure and Insecure categorizations and the insecure types of avoida…
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In this episode, Monica takes her audience on a journey through the intricacies of the dating stages, deciphering the subtle signals that help determine whether a man is genuinely worth one's time. Listeners join Monica as she explores clear signs and red flags, providing a practical roadmap for navigating the early phases of a relationship. Monica…
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Passion, Closeness, and Commitment: Maintaining the 3 Components of Love in Marriage: Episode 325
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What is Love in a very practical sense? We hear people say “we fell in love” or “we fell out of love”... so what is causing this experience of love? Or why do couples start to feel more like roommates? As the years pass, it can be easier to fall into what is called “empty love” or “friendship love” and miss the 3rd element of love that we all crave…
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How to Do the “Yearly Check-in” to Start off 2024 as a United Team: Episode 324
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The one thing that the beginning of a year allows you to do is draw a clear line in the sand. It’s a psychological distinction to review your last 12 months and see how well you executed on your game plan. Some do this for work, for individual achievements, as sports teams, and it is very powerful to do for your marriage. In this episode you will h…
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How Parenthood Has Affected Our Marriage + The Biggest Challenges We See Couples Face: Episode 323
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Parenting definitely shifts priorities, but that shouldn’t mean we de-prioritize our marriage, right? This week was our daughter’s 2nd birthday and we were reflecting on our own parenting journey up until this point. We know from many couples that parenting really does shift many things in a marriage, even studies have shown that satisfaction goes …
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How to VALIDATE Your Partner! Why This Is Important But Difficult When You Don’t Agree: Episode 322
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If you have listened to the podcast at all you probably have thought “Yes, I get the importance of validating my partner but HOW exactly do I do that?” Even if this is your first time listening you likely have the same question about how to have your partner feel validated in their experience especially when you do not agree with their feelings or …
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In this empowering episode of the Savage Babe Podcast, your host Monica Agana delves into the transformative movement to normalize not having a plethora of likes on Instagram. Join her as she explores the profound impact of social anxiety and the fear of rejection that often leads us to conceal our modest like counts. Monica encourages listeners to…
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How to Get On a “Winning Streak” in Your Marriage & Move Beyond a Hard Season: Episode 321
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All Work & No Play Makes For A Dull Marriage. If you’re like most of the couples we talk to, you’ve been working at overcoming patterns and challenges that have kept you stuck and in frustrating cycles. Many couples even say, “I’m so exhausted” or “When do we get back to more fun times?” If you have ever seen the movie Moneyball, it’s just clicking…
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What Men Need in Marriage That is Often Overshadowed and Unexpressed to Their Partner: Episode 320
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We were not going to leave the men out from last week’s episode about what women need in a marriage. This episode is about what men need that is often overshadowed and not expressed. Just so you know, the answer is not going to be sex… we have our own issue with accounts that tote sex as men’s only need in a marriage (but you will hear that in the …
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What Women Need in Marriage That is Often Overlooked and Difficult to Describe to The Partner: Episode 319
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In this insightful podcast episode, dive into the heart of successful marriages and discover a nuanced perspective on meeting the emotional needs of women, a crucial but often overlooked aspect. Women generally prioritize people and nurturing, while men care more about things and problem-solving. This difference poses a challenge to men in grasping…
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Steps to Rebuild a Marriage Part 2: Places You Can Get Off Track: Episode 318
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If you plan to be married for a long time, you need to work through hard seasons, course-correct, and commit to make changes. These are the times that you need to take steps to rebuild the marriage and start a chapter. This is PART 2 of the “Steps to Rebuild a Marriage” episode #312 as we got so many messages about this topic. In this episode we wi…
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Does Emotional or Physical Intimacy Come First? A Chicken or the Egg Dynamic in Marriage: Episode 317
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Meeting each other’s needs is the basis for a great relationship. This can get complex especially when it comes to the need of intimacy in a marriage, a fundamental need that often takes different forms for men and women. While some men seek physical intimacy to feel connected, their female partners emphasize the need for emotional intimacy. In thi…
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We have been wanting to bring you voices from inside Gaza since the very start of the current atrocities, but for what are obvious reasons this has proven to be extremely difficult, especially after Israel cut all communication lines and mobile phone networks in Gaza, in the prelude to their ground invasion. However, a student from our Palestine Po…
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5 Ways to Be a Exceptional Partner, No Matter the Circumstances You Face: Episode 316
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It's not that difficult to show up as a great partner when everything is going smoothly in your life. Being an exceptional partner has much to do with how you show up in the face of challenges and things not going how you planned. In this episode you will hear 5 ways to be an exceptional partner that will be demonstrated through aligning your words…
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Leadership in Marriage and Trusting Each Other: Episode 315
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Disconnection and dissatisfaction can often stem from a power struggle for leadership, especially if it’s been absent. This episode highlights the unique marriage challenges in contemporary relationships, where misconceptions about domination and disengagement can create more conflicts. Leadership within a marriage is not about control but influenc…
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Crucible Moments in Marriage That Can Change Things For Better or Worse: Episode 314
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In this thought-provoking episode, you'll explore the intriguing concept of "crucible moments" and where you have already experienced them in your own relationship. These pivotal junctures, situations, or decision points test the strength of your bond and commitment, with choices leading to breakthroughs or declines in your relationship. You’ll hea…
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In this episode, we dive deep into a common yet often overlooked fear that holds many of us back in our personal and professional lives: the fear of being disliked. Hosted by Monica, we explore the origins of this fear, its impact on our decision-making, and, most importantly, strategies to conquer it and live authentically. ------- Make sure to fo…
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4 Non-Negotiables For a Fulfilling & Lasting Marriage: Episode 313
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In this podcast episode, the fifth step in rebuilding a marriage takes center stage – expressing and agreeing to non-negotiables. Overall this is a crucial step for building trust and granting forgiveness. You will hear 4 non-negotiables that we feel are paramount to a strong and lasting marriage. Those steps are individual responsibility, emotiona…
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Are you facing a difficult season in your marriage, feeling weighed down, worn out, or dissatisfied by challenges and conflicts? This type of season is not uncommon for marriages. Though it seems complex and ominous to tackle, there are specific patterns that have brought you both to this place. In this episode you'll explore the process of revital…
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Making & Keeping Agreements For Times of Conflict, Even When Your Partner Isn’t: Episode 311
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In this episode, you'll explore the critical role of agreements during times of conflicts in your own marriage. Just like any game, your marriage really only works on the adherence to certain rules or guidelines, then everyone can have fun playing the game! While your marriage involves various agreements for different aspects of life, the most vita…
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Relationship Satisfaction and Stability: What Really Keeps Couples Together? Episode 310
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What truly determines the health and success of a romantic relationship? While popular resources online suggest differences in personality traits, attachment styles, past traumas, or external stressors as contributing factors, the episode sheds light on a more precise concept – "relationship stability." Psychologists have coined this term to better…
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Staying in Love With Each Other as the Years Pass: Episode 309
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In this heartfelt podcast episode, you'll explore the crucial difference between falling in love and staying in love. The hosts share insightful points on making your partner feel seen, appreciated, adored, respected, and accepted over time. They also emphasize the importance of navigating the natural ebbs and flows of intimacy, remaining receptive…
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manifesting love: 8 things you should do to attract your dream man now
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Are you longing to find the man of your dreams and wondering how to make it happen quickly? In this episode, we sit down with Monica, to delve into the eight key things you should do to attract that special someone into your life sooner than you think. **1. Change Your Mindset:** Monica emphasizes the importance of transforming your mindset about d…
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Protecting Your Kids From Predators Online & Locally Through Teaching Consent + How Trafficking Ends With What We Do at Home: With Expert Rosalia Rivera: Episode 308
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We know this can be a hard conversation, but it’s critical in order to protect our children from the very real threats and predators. You might think that trafficking is something that is distant or would not affect your area or town. But as you’ll learn from today’s guest, Rosalia Rivera, the abuse and trafficking of children occurs mostly in plai…
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3 Inescapable Truths About Marriage That Lead to More Happy or Hard Days: Episode 307
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After you dive into the episode, be sure to sign-up for the 30-Day Couples Challenge starting Sept 1st! This is the best step to consistently add to your love account levels and be more connected on a daily basis. Of course not all relationships are the same because of the personality dynamics that are unique to the two of you and also the specific…
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how to unapologetically raise your standards
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We know it's been a while since we've connected, and we've got some exciting updates to share. In this episode, we're diving deep into the reasons behind our temporary absence and revealing the fresh new vibes coming to the Savage Babe Collection. But that's not all – get ready for a soul-nourishing conversation about self-worth, setting higher sta…
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112: Colonialism in Global Public Health
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Why don’t we see more African researchers presenting at global Public Health conferences and in US and European research journals? Who determines which public health issues are prioritized in Africa? What is Public Health and “Vaccine Apartheid”? What do these insights reveal about the current state of our Public Health discourse on the global scal…
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Loving Your Kids Without Losing Yourself with Guest Expert Dr. Morgan Cutlip: Episode 306
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Becoming a mother is a transformative and in some ways challenging journey. Everyone focuses on the actions of being a parent and not enough on the identity shifts and emotional journey that it really is. Today’s guest expert, Dr Morgan Cutlip, wrote the book, Love Your Kids Without Losing Yourself. In today’s interview with her, you’ll hear: Why “…
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Ending the “Stand-Off” After a Big Blow Up: Episode 305
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Picture this: you and your partner on vacation at your favorite spot, yet you haven't exchanged a word in three days. The silent tension, the "stand-off," can feel like it's tearing your relationship apart, whether it's a recurring pattern or a prolonged icy silence. But fear not, because in this episode, we dive into the fascinating realm of how o…
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3 Steps to More Proactive Communication in Your Day-to-Day Life Together: Episode 304
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Proactive communication allows you to have more harmony, ease, and unity in your relationship. But what does that really mean, is it just speaking your mind more often? We all know that “our partner can’t read our mind,” but how many of us try to just survive the chaos of life without communicating enough with our partner? Or worse, communicate “re…
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How You Were RAISED Affects How You HANDLE These 4 Dynamics in Your Marriage: Episode 303
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Join us in this episode as we dive deep into the intricate ways your upbringing shapes your approach to 4 crucial dynamics of your marriage. You will hear the subtle yet profound influences of your past on how you navigate these dynamics with your partner. We all recognize the power of our formative experiences, from childhood to early romance, and…
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The Relationship Advice Your Friends Won’t Give You: Stop Acting From Your Feelings, Act From Your Commitment: Episode 302
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Having good friendships is critical to your fulfillment in life and plays a big role in your marriage as well. However, not all of your friends will tell you the hard truth and some of the things that you really need to hear if you are to get out of a hard season in your relationship. It’s also unlikely that your friends are relationship coaches so…
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Do a Mid-Year Check-in on Your Life & Marriage Priorities. A Great Conversation Starter From Our Impromptu Staycation! Episode 301
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We went on an impromptu staycation this weekend… just us! And we used some of our time (besides playing, flirting, and relaxing) to have some meaningful conversations. We like to call them “check-ins.” This one in particular happened to be getting on the same page about our life and marriage priorities for the rest of the year. Do you and your part…
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111: Death and Corruption in the Shadows - The Global Arms Trade
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While the global arms industry may only account for about one percent of global trade, it’s important to note what that one percent actually buys. Beyond the price tags on the weapons themselves, arms and arms sales have a tremendous impact on all other aspects of global trade, and on relations between trade partners and competitors. This week's ep…
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Top 3 Sources of Marriage Dissatisfaction For Men & How to Prevent Them: Episode 300
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This highly anticipated episode is finally here! Today we dive into underlying frustrations and areas of dissatisfaction for men that we want to be mindful of in our relationship. Remember, these aren’t to blame one person. We both can participate in meeting each other’s needs, preventing frustrations, and talking through the patterns that are inte…
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110: Solidarity Rising for Western Sahara
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In 1975 Spain formally ended its colonization of "Spanish Sahara", but instead of ceding control to the indigenous Sahrawi population Spain instead handed the keys to its former colony to the Moroccan regime. For nearly 50 years the Sahrawi people of illegally occupied Western Sahara have been subjected to a brutal regime of settler colonialism, et…
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