26 episodes
Spousing: On Modern Marriage Spousing
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5.0 • 23 Ratings
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Spousing: A pro-marriage podcast for the rest of us.
Lauren is an elementary school teacher, queer lady, and IPA enthusiast. Katie is a psychotherapist who never uses her inside voice. We're best friends, newly(ish) weds, and totally would have been separated for talking too much if we had been in grade school together. Drawing from personal experience, expert opinion, and conventional wisdom, we approach the gravitas of marriage with candor and levity. We take marriage seriously; ourselves not so much.
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Spousing Shorts: Episode 3
Your hosts A some Qs and also have a little summer announcement.
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Episode 23: On Accepting Your Partners Influence
In this episode, Lauren and Katie discuss The Gottman Institute's principles of "accepting your partner's influence" and "yielding to win."
HEAD'S UP: Parts of this episode feature summery hum of our neighbors' lawn mowers (the day we recorded this episode was a real beaut...). We know it's a little distracting, sorry! We'll be back with some less noisy content next week. -
Episode 22: On Reviewing Marriage Advice (Part 2)
This week your hosts tackle the research behind the advice "When in doubt, say 'yes, dear" and "Communication is key!"
Recommendations:
Voting for common sense gun laws.
Netflix Movies: Wine Country & Always Be My Maybe -
Episode 21: On Reviewing Marriage Advice (Part 1)
Your hosts consider the research on common marriage advice. Today we begin with "Never go to bed angry," and "Don't keep score."
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Spousing Shorts : Episode 2
Spousing: A pro-marriage podcast for the rest of us.
Lauren is an elementary school teacher, queer lady and IPA enthusiast. Katie is a psychotherapist who never uses her inside voice. We're best friends, newly(ish) weds and totally would have been in separated for talking too much if we had been in grade school together. Drawing from personal experience, expert opinion, and conventional wisdom, we approach the gravitas of marriage with candor and levity. We take marriage seriously, ourselves not so much. -
Episode 20: On Celebrating Your Spouse
Birthdays, graduations, new jobs - when you have a lifelong partner, the list of things to celebrate is endless! How do you mark your partner's milestones? How can you manage the stress of expectations? In this episode, we explore the ups and downs of celebrating your spouse.
Recommendations:
Katie: American Housewife (ABC Sitcom)
Lauren:
1. Keeping a list of your friend's recommendations.
2. Dirty Computer (album by Janelle Monae). 3. Know (album by Jason Mraz);
4. Cars with automatic car keys and push start buttons.
Customer Reviews
Let’s Talk About Love.
Fun and lighthearted, but at the same time full of soul searching, inspirational relationship analysis. They make us think that we can and should make our relationships better by putting the necessary work into them. There’s an emphasis on respectful discourse with our partners. This is especially true in episode 23 about being willing to learn from our partners. I’ve listened to these podcasts over time and they keep getting better, wiser, deeper and more relevant. Well done!
Love it!
Listening to these two ladies is easy and fun. They each share such unique perspectives on marriage. Can’t wait to share with my partner. Keep it up guys!!
Fun to listen.. and actually might change my life?!
Full disclosure: I tuned in without considering my own relationship- we’re perfect, obviously- I was just curious. But several weeks in, this podcast has had a profoundly positive impact on my marriage. I didn’t realize how many little things I was doing that I could shift just so, in order to change how I see my partner, and how I make him feel. I honestly had never bothered putting any work or extra thought into our relationship post-marriage... I thought we already had it figured out. THANK YOU for revamping my perspective and helping me improve my marriage in ways I didn’t even realize we needed!