Love Vitamins for Relationships LoVita with Raashi Bhatnagar & Ansh Bahri

Saying what you feel and asking for what you want with your partners can often be very difficult. But why is that? And even when you gather the courage and patience to do so, they still don't understand. Kimberly shares that this is common, "What seems to be one of the most difficult conversations for a man and or woman to have in their relationship or in dating is saying how we feel and communicating when we have a need."

Activity to get better at communicating with your partner
This is an exercise to help you fill in what you are feeling and what you really need.

-> Get a pen and paper and write the below down

______,

I feel _________.
Because _________.
I would like it if you would __________.
I hope you understand that __________.

To learn more about how this works, listen to the full episode.

Takeaways
1️⃣ Make sure before having a conversation with your partner, they are in the present and free of distractions

2️⃣ When addressing an issue, focus on the behavior. Rather than blaming or pointing at your partner, find the behavior that is causing this conversation to happen.

3️⃣ Ask for what you want, rather than what you don't want. After sharing your feelings on how you feel, go that extra step further to suggest a solution.

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So what is the biggest problem that men face in relationships today? Raashi thinks that I don't understand the female perspective (how dare she !?) Huffpost rates attraction, sex and communication as the top 3 biggest relationship issues in Men. As per our expert guest, Kimberly, "Of course everyone is having unique or different experiences and different frustrations that they bring to the dating process and into their relationships. But without a doubt, over the last few, many years I've worked with men, there are common themes that do tend to reoccur." She talks more about how men are often unaware of what they are looking for or from a relationship, approaching them with unhealthy attachment styles.

It's essentially not a sustainable practice to be able to consistently be putting more energy or resources into your relationship than you are actually being able to replenish from it. Constantly creating this scarcity, this depletion of who you are, what you're bringing into this relationship, it's not a sustainable practice for a long-term healthy relationship because that's not built on equality. Kimberly adds to that about the importance of interdependence in relationships. Listen to the full episode for more.

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Julie shares with us how she sends out energy to her Angels through a wish or a prayer or whatever term people might prefer to use in their own comfort. The idea being that you're not using directive action to ask for something. You're more of sending out this energy and this request to the things that you don’t have a lot of control over.

Some other things we talk about in the episode

1️⃣ Importance of Self Discovery

2️⃣ Looking at Polarity

3️⃣Conflict Decision Making Tree

Sometimes we don't have the healthiest ways to deal with conflicts. This framework can really benefit making conflicts easier. Here’s how it works.

1️⃣ Take a deep breath and ask yourself, can you think of one nice thing about your partner?
2️⃣ Can you say what really made you upset?

3️⃣ Can you honestly say what you need at this moment?
4️⃣ Can you honestly say what you need at this moment.

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Book: Life of Love


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In this conversation with Branch Isole, he shares some amazing exercises to build better communication in your relationships. We discuss the different levels of pain and the seven Rs that people in relationships can use as an opportunity to address issues and work towards finding a solution to reconcile and repair the situation. And repair the relationships.

He shares the seven steps that a couple or people in relationships can use as an opportunity to address the issue and work towards finding a solution so that you can reconcile and repair the situation, repair the relationship. All it costs you is an investment of your time and your emotions.

1️⃣ Recognize that you have harmed the other
2️⃣ Take Responsibility for your actions
3️⃣ Have Regret
4️⃣ Have Remorse
5️⃣ Redress
6️⃣ Repetition
7️⃣ Repent

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Our conversation with Saami and Nathan Jaeger was filled with fun Activities, Practices and Rituals that Partners can take away and practice in your relationships to add fuel to your love Tanks. First they share about a Gratitude Practice that they use for MANAGING RESENTMENT. Then, we get into one of their rituals of 2 COFFEE AND A TREAT and I love it not just because it has 2 coffees in it but also a treat. At the end, we get into their practice of 2 x 2 x 2 DATE NIGHTS.

The Framework of 2/2/2 Date Night, which they found on a Reddit feed sometime ago, adapted to their liking, is that


Every 2️⃣  weeks we go on a date
Every 2️⃣  months, we go on a weekend away
Every 2️⃣  years (or twice a year), we'll go on a bigger adventure or a bigger holiday

This is definitely another exercise that we are excited to try out in our relationship. Our cadence might change to different numbers but the idea remains the same. What do you think would be an ideal frequency for your date nights - 1/1/1 or 2/3/2 or something else? Let us know in the comments below

Listen to the full episode to hear what they share about how this changed their relationship and got them out of their worst fight early on.

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Website: https://dateforever.com.au/
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Podcast: Date Forever


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We chat with Sammi & Nathan Jaeger, Co-Hosts of The Date Forever Podcast about how to increase the positive or the goodwill in your relationship to help you counteract the negative or the deficit that we tend to collect in our relationships.

Saami and Nathan were around 23 and 24 when they got married in December 2012. And they've been together now for about 15 years, just celebrated their 10th Wedding Anniversary. Congratulations! At LoVita, we're always curious as to why people get married. Everyone has their own reasons, and we really wanted to know why they decided to make that step after 5 years of being together in their relationship. Sammi mentioned that's something she had struggled with herself in the beginning and shares their wonderful story of how she ended up eventually taking the name Jaeger.

Bonus - an exercise to keep fueling their love tank. They had so many things to share. One of the first things they talked about, which I loved, is how they phrased it "let air out of the balloon". It's a weekly check-in conversation to help prevent resentment in their relationship. On what they do to build a healthier relationship, Sammi starts with saying they put goodwill into our relationship all day, every day. Listen to the episode for more.

If you enjoyed listening to this episode (or the podcast), please share your diagnosis with 1 close relationship or anyone else who would enjoy listening to this as well.

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The best gift you can give us is positive feedback and your observations. Follow us wherever you are listening and do us a favor by adding a Review on Apple Podcast.

LoVita - Love Vitamins for a healthier is a community by Partners for Partners. We share stories about how Partners are working intentionally towards building a healthier relationship. To learn more check out the links below 🔗


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Website: https://dateforever.com.au/
Instagram: dateforever
Podcast: Date Forever


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