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Episode 23: Putting Your Partner on a Pedestal (“She’s So High”)
Wait, this episode is about putting your partner on a pedestal? Isn’t it a good thing to think highly of your partner? To praise and cherish them? Yes of course it is. Unless by putting them up on a...
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Episode 24: Theory Class 101 (Foundation of Love)
Switching things up on the podcast this week! Welcome to Theory Class 101, where Celeste explains her theory on five aspects of the very FOUNDATION of any solid relationship. Rich, then, taking...
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100 Love Note Prompts (Best Gift Ever!)
Best list of love note prompts on the Internet! Guaranteed to fill your partner’s love tank. A few years ago, Rich spent two months in Brazil for work. Since we had two little kids (and I was...
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Episode 25: Honoring Dreams (“A Million Dreams”) Featuring Laura Heck
Someone once asked renowned marriage expert Dr. John Gottman what was one thing they could do RIGHT NOW that would have the biggest impact on their marriage. His answer? Honor your partner’s dreams....
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Episode 26: Kids Over Marriage (“There Goes My Life”) Ft. Becky Squire Show...
Two firsts in Marriage Theraoke history today: 1. We tackling children (the topic, not actual children) and 2. We are tackling country music! First up, children. Ideally, there would never be any...
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Episode 27 Theory Class 102: Managing Expectations Show Notes
Class is in session again! It’s Theory Class 102, where Celeste builds off of Theory Class 101 (Episode 24) in describing foundational aspects of solid relationships. Today we are talking about tier...
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Episode 28: Armor (“Cold As Ice”) Featuring Jaime Wilkins
We may think that fear lies at the heart of many relationship problems, but Brene Brown teaches that all successful relationships have fear- fear of change, fear of not being enough, fear of...
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Episode 29: Can You Change Your Partner? (“Take Me or Leave Me”) Featuring...
“Take me as I am, baby, or leave me.” Can you change your partner? Can you even ask your partner to change? Marriage Theraoke goes Broadway with the song, “Take Me or Leave Me” from Rent. We a little...
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Help Me Help You
It’s been so long since I’ve written a blog post that I literally forgot how to log in . . . yikes. Hello! This summer we’ve been super busy moving and vacationing that we haven’t had much mental...
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The EPIDEMIC of Negative Emotion Intolerance (and how it’s wreaking havoc on...
In preparation for my shiny new blog plan (month long themes complete with corresponding love experiments, social media posts and podcast episodes), I surveyed you, my readers asking for what you are...
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Episode 30: Best of Season 1 Show Notes
We’re back baby! You can listen to first episode of season 2 of the Marriage Theraoke podcast right here folks (just press that green arrow down there, or listen in any podcast player of your choice)....
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Episode 31: The Value of Fun (“We Are Young”)
Often when marriage problems rear their head, we think we have to be very serious about them. But much of the time, what we need is not more seriousness in our relationship, what we need is MORE FUN!...
View ArticleEpisode 32: Fun Languages (“Santa Baby”)
How do we have fun as a couple when we don’t agree on what is fun?? Enter learning to speak each other’s fun language. What is a fun language? It’s like love languages, but it’s all about fun. We all...
View ArticleEpisode 33: Theory Class 103 (Systemizing Fun)
Wrapping up our month-long theme on fun, we are talking about how to systemize fun 1. in our individual lives, 2. in our marriages and 3. with our families. Celeste theorizes and advises while Rich...
View ArticleEpisode 34: Inner Work Good Ones
Introducing our theme for the next 4 podcasts: Inner work! Celeste’s favorite topic! This episode is another installment of our “good ones” series where instead of poo-pooing on love songs, we...
View ArticleEpisode 35: Issues (“Issues”)
Oh the issues we take with the song “Issues” by Julia Michaels! “I’ve got issues, but you’ve got em too. Give yours all to me and I’ll give mine to you.” Uh-oh. Someone forgot to study relationship...
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Episode 36: Choosing Your Partner (“What I’m Looking For”) Featuring Jennifer...
We are so happy to welcome Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife back to the podcast! She is the perfect guest to bring on for our inner work month and today we are talking about how we deal with being...
View ArticleEpisode 37: Blame (“Your Fault”)
Ah the blame game. So unproductive and yet so common. So much time wasted stuck in resentment. Yet, how do we get out of this trap? How to avoid the blame game all together? Well, that takes some inner...
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Episode 40: The Why and How of Boundaries Featuring Kirk Voss
Celeste and Rich have been explaining boundaries this month a lot like how they *make* boundaries in real life: doing their best, but could definitely use the help of an expert! Therapist Kirk Voss...
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Staying At Home With My Kids for Six Weeks: A Story about Boundaries
For the first few weeks of the coronavirus outbreak, I was cool as a cucumber. I was keeping up with the news, while still regulating my own anxiety and becoming educated on the best course of action...
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