50 episodes

Welcome to the Pilot's Wife Podcast! This is a show for ordinary couples who want to get an even more enriching relationship, and want to be a better spouse, without becoming a doormat! Learn from and with Amy McLaren, wife of jet pilot Joshua McLaren, who have both been running non-religious pre-marriage education courses for over 10 years, and have had to overcome more than their share of challenges. Inside each episode, Amy shares her biggest "ahas" and proven relationship enrichment tips with complete honesty.

The Pilot's Wife - Long Term Relationship Tips With Amy McLaren amywmclaren

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Welcome to the Pilot's Wife Podcast! This is a show for ordinary couples who want to get an even more enriching relationship, and want to be a better spouse, without becoming a doormat! Learn from and with Amy McLaren, wife of jet pilot Joshua McLaren, who have both been running non-religious pre-marriage education courses for over 10 years, and have had to overcome more than their share of challenges. Inside each episode, Amy shares her biggest "ahas" and proven relationship enrichment tips with complete honesty.

    #50 Special Guest - Josh The (Currently Not A) Pilot

    #50 Special Guest - Josh The (Currently Not A) Pilot

    With much awaited anticipation, Amy today welcomes her husband Josh as a special guest on the Pilot's Wife show, for the 50th episode. Hear his perspective on the three things he notices most in couples and their relationships.
    Amy and Josh also talk about the one thing they would say (if they could only say one thing) to encourage couples around the world. And there are some analogies from within the cockpit that can be applied to romantic relationships - if you want to hear a little about how pilots talk while up front...

    • 25 min
    #49 How To End Up With A Lazy Spouse

    #49 How To End Up With A Lazy Spouse

    Have you ever wondered how you (or someone you know) ended up with a lazy / bossy / controlling etc partner?
    Here's one way it could have happened - but if this is the way it happened, the good news is, it's reversible. Find out how in this latest episode.

    • 13 min
    #48 Assertiveness: The Clean Truth About a Dirty Word

    #48 Assertiveness: The Clean Truth About a Dirty Word

    Has anyone ever told you you're too assertive, or not assertive enough? There's a certain connotation from the word that makes it a dirty word in romantic relationships.
    Amy shares the true definition of assertiveness to remove all doubt and explains how to set the scene to exercise some level of assertiveness, so as not to suffer consequences later on.

    • 15 min
    #47 Free time: Chilled Beats, and Bystanders

    #47 Free time: Chilled Beats, and Bystanders

    Take a chill break from whatever you are doing, and have a listen to this chilled "free time" chat from Amy McLaren on a couple of relationship musings.
    Amy takes a social psychology phenomenon to do with crowds, and wonders if the same thing doesn't happen even when there's just two, not even a crowd.
    She also chews the fat about contingency planning, given what Josh has been working through at his job this past week.
    (Backing track is "I Got This" from Fesliyan Studios)

    • 13 min
    #46 A Shout Out To My Joshy

    #46 A Shout Out To My Joshy

    Sometimes, we don't give each other enough credit. This episode is about correcting that.
    Hear a little bit about Josh & Amy's biggest conflict area in their marriage and how it has been working out during this time, when this area of their marriage has been under the most intense pressure in all their 18 years of being together.
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    • 16 min
    #45 Two Simple Things To Transform A Relationship

    #45 Two Simple Things To Transform A Relationship

    Has anyone ever asked you the rhetorical question: "What did you expect?" with the meaning that you shouldn't have expected anything other than what you got?
    In this episode Amy invites couples to actually seek the answer next time someone asks them that. And she invites the male listeners to go against a social norm (in the privacy of their own home of course).
    Plus, find out how many millions make a billion (oh, you already know? Amy had to look it up - must be all that lack of sleep!) in this refreshing episode of The Pilot's WIfe.

    • 14 min

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