166: Staying Connected When Life Gets Busy

Published: Sept. 26, 2018, 7 a.m.

b'Life is busy. Work, kids, Netflix, your phone. There are more things than ever pulling us away from our partners. Maintaining connection is a key component of a happy and healthy relationship. Use the actionable tips from today\\u2019s episode to stay connected and nurture your relationship.\\n In this episode we discuss\\xa0relationship advice topics that include:\\n Understanding the importance of greeting your partner when you leave or enter the house and how to do it\\n Creating and implementing a going to bed ritual\\n How to avoid letting technology negatively affect your relationship.\\n Fun games to play to engage with your partner and keep things new and exciting\\n The importance of asking your partner on a date and how to do it right\\n And much more!\\n Dr. Jennifer Lagrotte,\\xa0DMFT, LMHC, LMFT, a therapist in practice in Parkland, FL, specializes in working with couples. She is an expert on showing couples how to stop fighting and start communicating. Her passion is couples, and she has dedicated her work to exclusively working with couples. Her speciality is affair recovery and uses the Atone/Attune/Attach Method, learned from in-person training with Julie and John Gottman.\\n Full show notes and episode links at: http://idopodcast.com/166\\n Sign up for our 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge here: 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge\\n Do you want to hear more on this topic? Continue the conversation on our Facebook Group here: Love Tribe\\n Sponsors\\n J.J. Virgin\\u2019s 7-Day Stop, Drop & Swap Challenge:\\xa0The 7-Day Challenge is designed to help you stop classic symptoms of food intolerance and drop up to 7 pounds in 7 days by swapping out 7 problem foods for healthy, tasty alternatives. Join here!\\n Spark My Relationship Course:Get access to our special offer for I Do Podcast listeners only by visiting: SparkMyRelationship.com/Unlock\\n If you love this episode (and our podcast!), would you mind giving us a review in iTunes? It would mean the world to us and we promise it only takes a minute. Many thanks in advance! - Chase & Sarah\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'