Dr. Rick Manabat, Sexuality Counselor
Rick Manabat is a seasoned sexual addiction therapist known for cutting through shame and getting to the real story underneath compulsive be...
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20 of 197 episodesShe Snoops and He Has No Idea
One listener admits she secretly checks her boyfriend’s phone, messages, and socials; and he’s completely unaware. Is she protecting herself...
Dr. John Hamel, Shameful Silence
You think you understand domestic violence. What if men, yes, men are a significant portion of victims, even in the most extreme caes? This...
Evelyn Resh, Author of Women, Sex, Power and Pleasure
Evelyn Resh is a certified sexuality counselor and certified mid-wife who has been in practice for more than 20 years. With her integrative...
Memorist Meg Kissinger’s Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence
The Kissinger family, from the outside, looked like the American dream. Big Catholic family, beautiful home in the Chicago suburbs, vacation...
Rick Manabat, Sexual Addiction Counselor
Rick Manabat is a seasoned sexual addiction therapist known for cutting through shame and getting to the real story underneath compulsive be...
When Your Ex Shows Up After 20 Years Like He Went Out for a Gallon of Milk
Imagine you’re sitting on your couch, living your best life, maybe contemplating what to have for dinner or finally finishing that book, whe...
Good Guys vs. Bad Boys Dilemma
(Be Careful What Lawn You Water) It’s a tale as old as time: the classic case of the “Grass is Greener” Syndrome. You have a par...
The “Not Tonight” Chronicles: Navigating the Desire Gap
The Oxygen and the Icing: Why We Need to Stop Downplaying Sexual Incompatibility Let’s stop the polite nodding and get real: Sexual incompat...
Harmless Crush or Emotional Affair?
Let’s talk about something most people experience… and almost nobody admits. You’re happy at home. You’ve got a solid relationship. You love...
Keith Glomsowitch, Author of Stalked
Keith Zlomsowitch waited more than 30 years to tell his story in STALKED: It Could Have Been Me .  He shares the threats, stalking, and...
Talking More Isn’t Always Loving Better
A question came up recently on Love Bites that stuck with me: What happens when one partner says, “If you were a real man, you’d talk about...
Hal Eisner, An Accidental Career, My Fifty-eight Year Adventure As a Broadcast News Reporter
In An Accidental Career, Hal Eisner chronicles his life from his early years in Pittsburgh and Dallas to a remarkable 43-year tenure as a te...
The Friend Machine with Victoria Hetherington
 Third-quarter 2023 Google Trends indicated a 2,400 percent increase in searches for “AI girlfriends.” Millions of people are currently...
How Control can Disguise Itself as Care
Have you ever been in a relationship where it feels like your every move is being monitored even though you’ve done nothing wrong? Not in an...
Susan Winter, When is it Time to End a Relationship?
We don’t usually question our relationships when they’re obviously broken. We question them when they’re just not quite right. When there’s...
Stephanie Coontz
Stephanie Coontz was active in the Free Speech and civil rights movements; her work has been cited in the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ...
Historian and Author, Stephanie Coontz
Stephanie Coontz was active in the Free Speech and civil rights movements; her work has been cited in the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Ober...
The Unspoken Tension Between Care and Commitment, When Family Needs and Partnership Needs Collide
There are seasons when a couple’s future shifts because the emotional landscape around them is changing in unexpected ways. A parent falls i...
How to Deal With Betrayal When Your Whole World Just… Breaks
Just yesterday I received a question from a l istener that tore my own heart apart. His wife of 27 years has been cheating on him for a year...