Episodes on Relationships

Understanding the person beside you, and being understood back.

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Talking to Strangers Will Make Your Day Better | Nicholas Epley

If you keep your head down on the train, swallow a compliment you wanted to give, or decide you're just not that kind of person, this one's for you.

Even The Strong One Needs Someone To Talk To | Ian Westmoreland

If you've spent years being the one everyone leans on, with no one you lean on in return, you know this feeling.

You Can Be Tough And Still Ask For Help | Mark Beretta

If you have ever gone short with the people trying to help you the moment things got too heavy, you already know this feeling.

The Conversation with Parents You Keep Putting Off | Oliver Christen

If you have ever dreaded the call that says a parent's time is running out, and dreaded not knowing what you would do, this one is about you.

You're Not Broken at 47, You Need to Stop | Marny Lishman

You are more tired than you used to be, more irritated at the people around you and at the world in general, and still waiting for the part where life gets easier.

One Small Change, Ten More Good Years | Scott Fulton

You have never tested your balance, your flexibility or your reaction time, so you do not know which one is already the weak link.

The Grief You Never Processed Is Costing You | Dan Foster

You ticked every box you were told to tick, and somewhere along the way you started carrying something you have never said out loud.

What Men Need to Know About Their Partner’s Menopause | Thea O’Connor

Most men whose partners are going through menopause describe the same experience: keen and caring, but clueless and helpless.

Don't Date After Divorce Until You Can Be Alone | Kerri Sackville

If you have just come out of a long marriage, the pull to get back out there fast is strong, and it is usually loneliness doing the talking.

Men Are in a Friendship Famine | David Pointon

You know the setup: the same mates for twenty five years, but the lingering feeling that the relationship is surface level.

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"If you've somehow created a relationship with no conflict in it, you probably haven't understood the brief."

—Michael Bungay Stanier
"My ex-wife once said to me, I'm not asking you to fix my problems, I just want to share with you what I did today."

—Aldo Grech
"I didn't feel like I had anyone to talk to about that. I just kept my feelings to myself and just, okay, soldier on, right? Let's be stoic."

—Stephen Keys
"A tip for men is they can ask their partners: do you want me to listen to solve, or do you want me to just listen?"

—Naomi Cao
"When we engage in anything which is a secret from our partner, then we start to build walls between us and others."

—Ben Larke

Episodes on Relationships

The podcast made for midlife.

"If you've somehow created a relationship with no conflict in it, you probably haven't understood the brief."

"My ex-wife once said to me, I'm not asking you to fix my problems, I just want to share with you what I did today."

"I didn't feel like I had anyone to talk to about that. I just kept my feelings to myself and just, okay, soldier on, right? Let's be stoic."

"A tip for men is they can ask their partners: do you want me to listen to solve, or do you want me to just listen?"

"When we engage in anything which is a secret from our partner, then we start to build walls between us and others."

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