The Secrets of a Great Relationship

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Dr. Mary J. Giuffra shares the five secrets to a great relationship on this episode of Last First Date Radio.

Dr. Mary J. Guiffra has been counseling couples and families for over 40 years. As a teacher to hundreds of couple therapists in training, she is widely published. She has presented at international conferences, has been featured on TV and radio and has served on the boards of professional journals, hospitals and community health agencies. As a family consultant to schools, colleges and universities, she served as vice president to her local school board. She believes that any interaction in any relationship is an opportunity for change and a chance to make the world a better place.

In this episode of Last First Date Radio:

  • Why we should never pursue a person who is distancing themselves from us 
  • The relationship killers and how to avoid them
  • The importance of identifying your personal triggers
  • The 5 keys to a successful relationship
  • How to apologize and make repairs 
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Feeling Hopeless About Finding Love?

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If you’re feeling hopeless about finding love, this video is for you. Learn how to regain hope on your journey to lasting love.

Dating can be exhausting. After a string of bad dates or devastating breakups, you might be feeling hopeless about ever finding love. In this video, I’ll reveal 5 ways to regain hope when dating gets you down.

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5 Ways to Be More Patient in Dating

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In this video, you’ll learn 5 ways to be more patient in dating so you build a relationship slowly and steadily.

Patience is very important in dating, but it’s not always easy to stay calm and collected when you feel a strong connection with someone. Whether it’s waiting for them to text you back or ask you out again, or feeling like the relationship is moving too slowly, it can be challenging to keep your cool and trust that things will unfold naturally — without trying to control the outcome. In this video, I cover five ways to be more patient in dating.

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How to Conquer Conflict in Relationships in Four Minutes

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Dr. Glenn and Phyllis Hill have developed a tool to help you conquer conflict in only four minutes. Listen to this helpful episode!

Dr Glenn and Phyllis Hill developed a tool to help conquer conflict in relationships in just four minutes. After experiencing 30 years of a painful marriage, Dr Glenn went back to school to become a marriage and family therapist and clinical sexologist.  He spent many years researching emotions and studying how the brain fires when we experience them, which led to developing the Connection Codes. Through using their unique system, couples who had signed divorce papers reunite, incomes double, health diagnosis is reversed, and sexless marriages experience joy in sex.

In this episode of Last First Date Radio:

  • What they thought marriage would be like, and what actually happened
  • The shift that helped their marriage survive and thrive
  • The tool they developed to help people connect deeply in their relationships
  • How we can stay connected   
  • How our brain uses emotion to connect us
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Reclaim Your Midlife Mojo

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My podcast guests, Claire and James Davis, share tips on how to reclaim your midlife mojo. If you’re over 40, you don’t want to miss this!

Claire and James Davis are the husband and wife team behind the multi-award winning coaching and fitness company 38 Degrees North and coaching company The Midlife Mentors. They host a midlife health podcast The Midlife Mentors, and their passion is helping midlifers achieve not only the body, but the lifestyle they deserve. Their backgrounds in psychology, coaching, hormones, nutrition and NLP, empowers individuals with the tools and knowledge they need to make positive changes to their lives. They’re also regular media commentators and have been featured in The New York Times, The Times, The Sunday Times, The Observer, The Mail, National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, and more.

In this episode of Last First Date Radio:

  • How James and Claire met and fell in love in midlife
  • How to reclaim your midlife mojo
  • How to balance being a couple and working together
  • How to get back into dating in midlife
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There’s Only One Relationship Problem

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My podcast guest, Figs O’Sullivan, says there’s only one relationship problem. Listen to this insightful episode to learn what it is.

Figs O’Sullivan has spent years working with frustrated couples at a crossroads in their relationship—they want to make things work but are stuck in what he calls their “Waltz of Pain”. This is what led him to create Empathi. Inspired by attachment theory, improvisational dance and theater, experiential psychotherapy, and EFT, Empathi provides fun, effective, and simple solutions to help couples stop fighting and snuggle more.

In this episode of Last First Date Radio:

  • The only relationship problem there is
  • The keys to making a long-term relationship work
  • How to reconnect when feeling disconnected from a partner
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