If you struggle with knowing how to resolve conflict in your relationship, tune in to this episode with Kimberly Holmes!

Kimberly Beam Holmes specializes in helping couples resolve conflict. She has a master’s degree in psychology, and over the past 10 years, has been the CEO of Marriage Helper and CEO and host of her podcast It Starts with Attraction. She’s a wife and mother, researching the ways that attraction affects people personally and the relationships they hold dear.

In this episode of Last First Date Radio:

• What’s good about fighting
• The top three things people fight about most
• Why people fight
• How to resolve conflict and fight fairly
• How to get calm and identify what’s going on for you
• Why it’s important to sometimes agree to disagree

When you’re no longer interested in a match on a dating app, do you know when and how to end conversations? Watch this video to find out.

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You’ve been texting someone on the dating apps. It’s either not going anywhere, you’re turned off, or you simply realize you’re no longer interested in that person. You want to to stop texting, but you don’t know when and how to end the conversation. Watch this video!

In this episode, you’ll learn the relationship skills you need to have the lasting connections you yearn for.

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Lauren Reitsema’s interest in relationship skills began when her parents divorced after almost 20 years. Seeking to understand better patterns for her own future, she earned a Bachelor in Communication from TCU. Lauren is the author of In Their Shoes, a book dedicated to helping parents better understand and connect with children of divorce. She has been a speaker for over 15 years, teaching a variety of relationship skills to youth, adults and corporate teams. Lauren, her husband, Josh, and their three children are avid skiers, outdoor enthusiasts and Broncos’ fans.

Joneen Mackenzie is an RN and former first lieutenant in the USAF Nurse Corps. She founded the Center for Relationship Education, which has certified more than 15,000 educators in its REAL Essentials relationship skills curricula. She participates in national public health standards policy through numerous board memberships. She and her daughter, Lauren Reitsema, are the authors of the new book, Relationship Essentials: Skills to Feel Heard, Fight Fair, and Set Boundaries in All Areas of Life, and they both live in Colorado.

In this episode of Last First Date Radio:

• Relationship tools from the book, Relationship Essentials
• How we can reconnect a world divided post-pandemic
• Why setting boundaries is an act of kindness
• How “being interested makes you interesting”
• Why fighting is a natural and healthy part of life
• Tools for handling conflict effectively

If you tend to overshare on dates, or you get uncomfortable when your date overshares, you MUST watch this video!

Do you overshare on dates? Have you ever been on a date with someone who overshared? In this video, I discuss what oversharing is, why it can be a problem in dating, and what we can do about it.

What conversation are you avoiding with a partner, friend, or date? Are you afraid to have important (scary) conversations? Watch this video!

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Many of us avoid conversations that we need to have. What conversation are you avoiding? Are you afraid to find out if the man you’re dating wants a relationship? Afraid to ask your friend to pay you back? Afraid to ask someone out? In this video, Max and I discuss the conversations we avoid, why we avoid them, and how to have those tough conversations…without freaking out!

He texts but doesn’t call. What do you do? Assume he’s not interested or it’s a red flag? Before you do that, watch this video!

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If a man texts but doesn’t call, what does it mean? Is it a red flag? Is he a terrible communicator? Is something wrong? In this video, you’ll learn what to do when he texts but doesn’t call.