Co-host Lindsey Castleman is joined by many of her friends to discuss the challenges of parenting and finding other "mom friends" to provide the support and love needed to navigate motherhood.

Jay and Tammy Daughtry continue the conversation about co-parenting and best practices in maintaining the safe connection between the kids and both parents. In the episode, they discuss re-coupling and some of the ten things children and teens of divorce wish their parents would know. Jay and Tammy Daughtry are the founders of Co-Parenting Internat…

Jay and Tammy Daughtry continue the conversation about co-parenting and best practices in maintaining the safe connection between the kids and both parents. In the episode, they mention co-parenting apps that may be helpful: AppClose & OurFamilyWizard. Jay and Tammy Daughtry are the founders of Co-Parenting International https://www.coparentinginte…

In co-parenting, the most important thing is the emotional and mental health of the children. Jay and Tammy Daughtry join the Lindsey on the podcast as they share tried and true tactics to make co-parenting work for both the parents and the children. Jay and Tammy are founders of Co-Parenting International https://www.coparentinginternational.com/…

We conclude our conversation with Dr Cindy Goodness Zane on empathy. Dr Zane also shares the importance of sharing empathy not only with others but also with ourselves. Tune in to listen! inrelationship.usBy inRelationship

The word empathy can mean so many things to each of us: elusive, hard to grasp, healing, connecting, confusing. We invited Dr Cindy Goodness Zane, clinical psychologist, therapist and EFT trainer to help us learn more about empathy and what it looks like. Enjoy part 1 of What is Empathy inrelationship.us…

America's pediatrician, Dr Meg Meeker, chats with Lindsey about the relationship between moms and sons. Dr. Meeker not only has personal experience on the topic, but has dedicated time to research what helps connection between moms and sons. If you are a mom (or a son), listen in and enjoy the conversation. inrelationship.us…

We have the one and only Dr. Meg Meeker back to finish her important series on the importance of dads and daughters. If you are a father and you are raising a girl, we encourage you to listen in. Our goal at inRelationship is that you are a safe place for your daughter and we love that Dr. Meeker is here to share ideas and ways to make that a reali…

What a treat we have today. Dr. Meg Meeker, America’s pediatrician, is joining us in a series where we dive in to the importance of dads and moms. In her years of practice, Dr. Meeker has sat in the room with so many kids and their parents and saw how kids needed their moms and dads to show up for them. Listen in as Meg Meeker starts to unpack her …

Join us for our final episode with Dr. Curt Thompson, psychiatrist, speaker and author, as he shares with us how our connection with God and others brings health and healing. Connection, and slowing down to pay attention to it, literally re-wires our brain for the better. There is power that comes when we build relationships and do this work in the…

We all come in to the world looking for someone looking for us. What can happen to our brain when that doesn't happen for us, and how can we overcome that trauma to re-wire our brain for connection? Join us on part 3 of our conversation with Dr. Curt Thompson. We so love his heart and his mind for God and mental health.…

One of our favorite quote comes from pastor Tim Keller when he says: To be loved, but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, …

At inRelationship, one of our favorite books is Anatomy of the Soul. In this book, Dr Curt Thompson integrates new findings in neuroscience and attachment with Christian spirituality. So obviously, we had to invite him to talk with us. And our conversation turned into four episodes! We hope you enjoy the first episode as Curt shares about faith, ne…

Did you know that trauma affects the brain? It does! Special guest Alice Stricklin, LMFT helps us know how trauma is stored in the brain and how the brain wants to heal itself and the trauma with it. Alice specializes in the therapy called EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) and shares how it work together with trauma and the brain…

There are so many forms of trauma, and especially in this time with Covid-19, it is important to know what trauma is and how it can affect your relationships and you. We invited special guest, Alice Stricklin, LMFT to help educate us not only on trauma, but how to know if you are avoiding trauma, what trauma symptoms can look like in us and how tra…

By inRelationship

By inRelationship

At inRelationship, we love both fact and feeling. It is particularly exciting when research backs up emotion! Tune in as Kenny Sanderfer, co-author of Created for Connection, shares research with us on what a connected marriage looks like. We hope you enjoy! Learn more about Kenny Sanderfer at http://www.marriagefamilyinstitute.org Learn more about…

Accessibility Responsiveness Emotional Engagement These are the three tenants to staying connected in marriage (research has backed this up!). But what do they mean in the context of relationship? Join Mariam and Lindsey as they interview Kenny Sanderfer, licensed therapist, emotionally focused therapy trainer, co-author of Created for Connection (…

Learning about attachment theory, especially as a parent, has been revolutionary for us. We love to share this view with you as we pray it impacts you and your parenting (no matter how old your children are) in such a positive way! Listen in as Lindsey, Mariam and Aron walk through the types of attachment that we can bring into relationships: anxio…

Let’s face it, we get mad at our kid(s). We are human. And you know what? Being mad is A okay. It is just how we show the frustration to our kids that matter. Listen in as Aron, Mariam and Lindsey discuss the ways we can slow down in frustrating moments, what frustration does to our brain in the moment, and ways to model healthy frustration to our …

Not only can parents get overwhelmed when parenting, but our children can get overwhelmed too. Listen in as Lindsey interviews Dr. Joshua Straub on the importance of floor play, bedtime routine and using emotion words. And especially how important it is for healthy brain development in our children. Dr. Straub is a husband, dad, speaker, author and…

Let’s just be honest. Every child can be challenging at some point. Mariam, Aron and Lindsey can all raise a hand to testify that we have each been through trying stages as a parent! When parenting gets challenging, a natural inclination would be to isolate, however it is not what is needed. Reaching out to others who have been where you are is cru…

Do we need to talk about what happened in the past? Will that really help our marriage today? That is a question we hear over and over in the counseling office. Listen in as we answer that question and give the reasons behind our answer. For more information on our marriage workshops, counseling and more, visit inrelationship.us…

If you are married, dating or engaged, the art of repair is essential to a healthy relationship. And even though it is essential, let us be the first to say, it is DIFFICULT! Whenever we feel disconnected, distant or upset in our relationship, we are going to move to ways we know how to protect ourselves. Unfortunately, those ways do not always pro…

Every marriage has moments of disconnection. For some, they last moments. For some, they last years. We brought in special guest, Kelly Bourque, to help us realize when we are disconnected in marriage and some questions to ask ourselves about our relationship. Then join Mariam, Aron and Lindsey as we discuss how staying in our head with logic, reas…

Everyone is talking “Health” in January, and we wanted to join in! However, our conversation will not sound like the ads, commercials and messages you are hearing on TV, radio, magazines, etc. Instead of focusing on only body health, we also look at the whole health of a person (body, mind and Spirit). Some of our discussions include the difference…

Did you notice we didn’t say the word ‘resolution?’ There is purpose in that! We have found that most resolutions do not stick. Not only that, we have found that once the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, we do not magically change into a new person who now has the time, ability, will-power to do everything we wished we had done the year pri…

We have yet to meet a person that has not wondered if they were moving in the right direction for their life (ourselves included). And for us as Christians, we want to make sure we are guided by the Holy Spirit. Yet, here is where the confusion can happen…..how do we know it is the voice of the Holy Spirit? Join us as we ask this very question to t…

When thinking about the Holy Spirit, we all ask ourselves great questions like: Who is the Holy Spirit? What does the Holy Spirit do? How do we even know He is with us? How do we have a relationship with the Holy Spirit? What does it look like to live by the Spirit? And do you know what we say? Those are excellent questions that we have too! So we …

If you look at any longitudinal study on the affects of pornography and marriage, you will find that it does not help a marriage relationship. At all. In fact it hurts it. But why? Join the inRelationship crew as we interview Dr. Noah Zapf on why and how pornography harms healthy connection.By inRelationship

Research is pretty clear about the negative effects of pornography on having healthy, connected relationships. As parents in a digital age, how do we approach the topic of pornography with our children? We brought in expert Dr. Noah Zapf to share with us how our parenting styles, attachment and shame all affect online sexual behaviors. If you are a…

Bumble, Tinder, Match.com, eHarmony, coffee meets bagel and so, so many more ways to find a date these days. And with every new dating site, there seems to be new rules that emerge on how to date….however the more we look into these rules, they are usually not made with long, lasting relationships in mind. Join the conversation with Aron Strong, Li…

Marriage brings two families together. And when we bring two families together there will be some difficulty…. It is inevitable. Even look at the royal wedding this year: in-law difficulty was there! No one is immune! Join Aron Strong, Lindsey Castleman and special guest, Kelly Bourque LMFT, as they discuss six ways to have a better relationship wi…

If you have ever been in a relationship with anyone at any point of your life, then you will have been met with the need to forgive. Yet, what is forgiveness really? And how do we forgive? Join the inRelationship crew as we invite Pastor Corey Trimble of the Experience Community Church to share his journey with forgiveness, then listen in as Mariam…

There are so many factors that can influence a person’s view of God: Biblical interpretations, the way they were parented, the way God was presented to them, whether or not they want to take personal responsibility for their actions, etc, etc. However, the Gospel is not meant to be complicated, but boy, we can complicate it! This is why we asked Pa…

It’s true. You really can create change in your life. We can completely dismiss the phrase “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” because research and study shows that you can! There are stages of change and our expert Scott Reall, walks us through those stages of change and helps us know what they look like. Also Scott helps us know what kinds of…

Have you ever heard of the term “Crowded Loneliness?” We now have access through social media to know about so many people and allow them to know about us. There are lots of benefits to that, however one drawback is that we are finding more and more people are not in true community. Nor do they know how to be. Listen in as Scott Reall, founder and …

Our last bonus episode!!! This special bonus episode highlights what it is like to be an Enneagram type 8, the Protective Challenger. Beth McCord helps inRelationship host, Lindsey Castleman, express what it is like inside the world of a Protective Challenger…….and if you know type 8s, that is a vulnerable thing to do. And vulnerability can feel re…

Please enjoy the last part of the Enneagram series! So far you have learned 2/3 of the Enneagram and now we have Enneagram expert, Beth McCord back to finish out the descriptions of type 7, 8 and 9. The names for those types are the Entertaining Optimist, Protective Challenger and Peaceful Mediator, respectively. We hope you have enjoyed the series…

Bonus Episode!! Yes! The live coaching session with Beth McCord (Enneagram coach, speaker, teacher extraordinaire) is back! This time we are focusing in on type five (the Investigative Thinker) and Aron (our inRelationship host) is a type five! Beth really opens up our eyes to how to better be in relationship with Aron and those lovely type fives! …

We hope you enjoyed the first podcast on defining the Enneagram! In this episode Enneagram expert, Beth McCord, shares with us what it is like to be a type 4, type 5 and type 6. The names for those types are the Romantic Individualist, Investigative Thinker and the Loyal Guardian, respectively. Both Beth and Lindsey (inRelationship host) have husba…

Bonus Episode!! Sooooo we had a brilliant idea to invite Beth McCord to sit with the three of us for the ending of the podcast episode. What we thought would be a quick 15-minute chat turned into a 30+ minute live Enneagram coaching session. It was amazing (because Beth is amazing!)! If you like to listen in on people’s personal conversations, this…

We are all in relationship with someone—friend, spouse, parents, children, co-worker, neighbor, even your grocery cashier---and each relationship feels different because each person is different (whether we like it or not ?). It is easy to see someone who is different than you and start to dismiss them, however there is so much power and health in …

Once in an abusive relationship, it is hard to find a way out. Especially if a healthy relationship was never modeled for you growing up. Leaving an abusive relationship is scary and needs to be treated with care. Join Mariam, Aron and Lindsey as they discuss relationships and also tune in as Mariam interviews Amy Alexander, an expert in domestic a…

Our desire to be connected to someone in relationship is powerful. There are times where people use that powerful connection to control others through a dangerous abuse cycle that can leave their loved one confused and hurt. Join Mariam, Aron and Lindsey as they discuss the difficulty of abuse in relationships and also tune in as Mariam interviews …

Tune in to hear Jen Radler share a personal story about how God made it clear to her that she was supposed to comfort people who were nearing the end of their life, and how He paved a way for her to do this in Kenya. Also listen in to hear Lindsey, Mariam and Aron compare ways people show up for others in grief that have been helpful......and reall…

Join marriage and family therapists, Aron Strong, Mariam Coaster and Lindsey Castleman as they introduce the brand-new inRelationship podcast! This episode offers tips and insight into why we need to allow both positive and negative emotions into our life--and really uncovers if there is a difference. inRelationship equips people to grow in healthy…

Walking in to a brand-new culture includes so many emotions including fear and excitement! Listen in to hear about several different experiences of living in a new culture and learning how to navigate relationships with people who see the world differently. Special Guest: Jennifer Radler, missionary in Kenya, Africa Connect with us at inrelationshi…

In Episode 003: A New Way to Look at Anxiety, Janina Tiner, a licensed marriage and family therapist & certified level 3 IFS therapist, continues her interview on how we can begin to live from the image of God and walk through our days working together with all of the parts of us instead of feeling overwhelmed or overtaken by them. Plus, Aron, Lind…