Mallory’s Gen Z sister, Leah, joins the podcast to discuss whether hickeys are a pastime to be enjoyed or an ick to cover up. She also shares the pressures of dating in a Christian community that pushes young marriage. Plus, she shares a deeply cringey date story. Buckle up for lots of laughs and some deep relationship talk. Enjoy! Follow along on Instagram for more relationship tips @makemarriagework Book Couples Coaching with Mallory  Free Download: 3 relationship vocabulary words that will change the way you communicate   ..read more

Mallory & Stranz use Eve Rodsky’s Fair Play Cards to begin dividing up household chores to feel more fair. They only get a few cards in before emotions get high and Stranz ends up face down on the carpet. Eeek! Listen to a couples therapist and her husband navigate the tricky territory of dividing up household chores fairly.  Couples Coaching with Mallory Fair Play Documentary Fair Play Cards Fair Play Book Cozy Earth Bedding Instagram @makemarriagework ..read more

WE ARE BAAACK! The podcast is back with guests Dom & Ariel @thewordqueer. But first, check out our online course - Argue Better & Connect More - opening TODAY with a Valentine's Day Sale. Join our waitlist here to get 20% through Valentine's Day. This course has 4 modules + bonuses that will help you stop arguing in circles and start connecting in conflict.  Back to our podcast episode! Dom & Ariel have been together for 8 years and married for one of those years. They run a relationship and lifestyle blog called TheWordQueer, which focuses on sharing their lives and perspecti ..read more

Sex can be a fantastic way to connect and build intimacy, but it is also a common trigger of disagreement, hurt or conflict. Vanessa, a Licensed Sex Therapist, and her husband Xander, join us on the podcast to give you concrete, shame-free sex and intimacy tips. They chat about sex in a way that feels light, shame-free and simple. We know this episode will help spark conversations about sex with your partner to help you connect more sexually and emotionally!  Vanessa and Xander - affectionately referred to as "that sex couple" by their followers - are here to help you create the sex life ..read more

Ready for some concrete skills to try out in your relationship to navigate hurt and conflict with ease? Varuna & William have lots for you.  We discuss how to make our partner feel heard instead of dismissed, going to couples therapy even when nothing is "wrong", how our assumptions can hurt our relationships, what it's like to navigate an interracial relationship and so much more!  William and Varuna met in 2017 while studying public health at Johns Hopkins. Varuna is an immigrant, south asian woman. She is a public health researcher, writer and activist. William is a psychiatry ..read more

Kobe & Kyle will bring you so much joy and wisdom as they share some of their most challenging experiences and conflicts in their relationship. This includes walking you through one of their specific arguments and sharing how they navigated the challenges of pregnancy and the newborn stage together. They share how learning to recognize triggers, having hard conversations and seeking outside support have helped support strengthen their relationship.  Kobe is a first-generation Ghanaian-American mother, wife, speaker and award-winning licensed trauma therapist. She specializes in provid ..read more

Anyone else had a stressful life transition or two over this last year? Yeah...us too! 2020 man. Danielle & Jordan let us right in to some of the most stressful and vulnerable challenges they've been through as a couple - moving across the country, financial strain, job stress and a traumatic birth experience - and share how they worked through them as a couple. Plus, we talk about how EVERY couple argues about the dishes. Danielle & Jordan share beautiful insights into understanding each other's values and negotiating and making adjustments throughout life's challenges. So much to lea ..read more

You know that exhausted, disconnected feeling between a big argument and when it’s fully repaired? That’s an Argument Hangover and Jocelyn & Aaron are giving us all the tips to shorten that Argument Hangover and reconnect with our partner faster. Jocelyn & Aaron are “the couple that coaches couples”. They share tips from their new book as well as an inside look into their own relationship and how they get past stuck points. If you’re looking for clear, helpful tips to argue better, this episode is for you! Order their Argument Hangover book: https://theargumenthangover.com/ Follow the ..read more

Here's your front row seat to a Marriage Therapist and her husband spilling all the details of one of their most recent arguments. And we mean ALL OF THEM.  Hosts Mallory & Stranz let you into their process of working through conflicts and arguments. They walk you through exactly what happened in this particular argument and then, they discuss what went wrong, how they resolved it and what they have learned from it.  This episode will give you a format to analyze arguments of your own to see what went wrong and how you can do better next time. Processing arguments is an important ..read more

Have you noticed that travel and vacation tend to include some serious arguments? WE HAVE! The combination of jet lag, being somewhere new and foreign and hunger from inconsistent meals has led to some serious arguments on some of our favorite trips. Sam & Ryan Looney are full-time travel bloggers, so they travel together ALL THE TIME. In this episode and they walk us through some concrete tips on how they have learned to navigate these complications to make traveling as a couple go as smoothly as possible. They get real and open up about how their lifestyle is exciting and connecting as w ..read more