Dr. Larry Waldman explains why most relationships fail. Turns out, we date backwards. Tune in to find out what this means…and more!

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My podcast guest, Dr. Larry Waldman, spoke about why most relationships fail, and how to forge healthy relationships. He’s a clinical forensic psychologist who consults, teaches graduate counseling courses, speaks professionally on parenting and relationships, and writes articles and self-help books on those topics. His books include “Who’s Raising Whom?” “Coping with Your Adolescent;” “How Come I Love Him But Can’t Live with Him?” “The Graduate Course You Never Had;” “Too Busy Earning a Living to Make Your Fortune?” “Overcoming Your Negotiaphobia;” and his latest book, “Love Your Child More Than You Hate Your Ex: What Every Divorced Parent Needs to Know.”

In this episode of Last First Date Radio, you’ll learn:

• How you can love someone and not be able to live with them
• What it means to date backwards
• Why second marriages and most relationships fail
• How to argue effectively
• How to foster healthy relationships

Amy Smith shares great tips on how to tame your inner critic so you can live your best life. Check out the show notes and recording here.

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Is your inner critic sabotaging your life? My podcast guest, Amy E. Smith, is a certified confidence coach, masterful speaker, and personal empowerment expert. Founder of TheJoyJunkie.com, Amy uses her roles as coach, writer, podcaster, and speaker to move individuals to a place of radical personal empowerment and self-love.

With acute focus on helping people “find their voice”, she is highly sought after for her uncommon style of irreverence, wisdom, and humor and has been a featured expert on Fox 5 San Diego and YourTango.com.

Listen to EP 392: Amy Smith – How to Tame the Inner Critic, as Amy returns to the show to talk about how to tame the that critic so you can access your highest self.

My podcast guest, Doctor David Simonsen, has been helping couples and families for 20 years. He understands the many challenges that arise in relationships, especially with social media issues today. He uses a humor-filled direct approach to help people become more authentic and more emotionally intimate. He’s been married 25 years, and he has seven kids to prove his approach works!

In this episode, you’ll learn how social media can ruin a relationship, how to stop that from happening, and much more.

What if you could learn to manage triggers and create healthier relationships? Paige and Don Marrs show you how to argue right!

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Paige and Don Marrs returned to Last First Date Radio to talk about how to de-escalate arguments and manage triggers. They have been happily married for over 30 years and have worked together since the day they joined their lives. They co-authored two how-to memoirs, both of which teach through story. Executive in Passage: When Life Lets You Know It’s Time to Change, Let that Knowing Lead You, chronicles Don’s passionate struggle to leave behind the ethical conflicts in his career in advertising and find work that would be truly meaningful for him.

Their second book, Grabbing Lightning: The Messy Quest for an Extraordinary Love, reveals their “messy,” intimate journey to a love greater than either of them knew to reach for. Paige and Don have offered their relationship program, The Love Conversation®, for more than a decade, helping couples and singles resolve their challenges and experience the love they yearn for instead.

Want to avoid getting dumped? Follow these great communication tips from relationship coach, Chuck Rockey. They might save your relationship!

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My podcast guest, Chuck Rockey, discussed several ways to avoid getting dumped. His suggestions may surprise you! He is a Princeton-educated software engineer turned dating and relationship coach with a passion for helping clients gain more happiness and vitality.

Chuck prides himself on guiding people to add new dimensions to their lives – such as self-acceptance, focus, greater connection or whatever they desire to add to their world.

Check out the show notes and listen to EP 388: Relationship Coach Chuck Rockey – How to Avoid Getting Dumped.

Mindfulness is a powerful way to improve all your relationships. Listen to Dr. Ron Frederick, my guest on Last First Date Radio.

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Emotional agility and mindfulness are key to healthy relationships. My podcast guest, Dr. Ronald J. Frederick, is a clinical psychologist whose career has focused on the power of your emotions and mindfulness to transform relationships. He’s the author of “Loving Like You Mean It: Use the Power of Emotional Mindfulness to Transform Your Relationships” and the award-winning “Living Like You Mean It: Use the Wisdom and Power of Your Emotions to Get the Life You Really Want.” He’s a senior faculty member of the Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Institute, and Co-founder of the Center for Courageous Living in Beverly Hills, CA. Ron lectures and facilitates workshops for national, state, and international organizations.

Check out the show notes and listen to EP 380: Using the Power of Mindfulness to Transform Your Relationships.