Mallory’s Gen Z sister, Leah, joins the podcast to discuss whether hickeys are a pastime to be enjoyed or an ick to cover up. She also shares the pressures of dating in a Christian community that pushes young marriage. Plus, she shares a deeply cringey date story. Buckle up for lots of laughs and some deep relationship talk. Enjoy! Follow along on Instagram for more relationship tips @makemarriagework Book Couples Coaching with Mallory  Free Download: 3 relationship vocabulary words that will...

Do you have little children in your life with big feelings? Do you want them to feel loved and supported, but sometimes aren't sure how to do that when they are screaming or only willing to talk about Bluey? In this episode, Mallory chats with Melanie Cox, a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who specializes in play therapy about how to support little kids in developing their emotional framework and how to help them feel loved and secure.  Connect with Melanie on Instagram...

Mallory & Stranz use Eve Rodsky’s Fair Play Cards to begin dividing up household chores to feel more fair. They only get a few cards in before emotions get high and Stranz ends up face down on the carpet. Eeek! Listen to a couples therapist and her husband navigate the tricky territory of dividing up household chores fairly.  Couples Coaching with Mallory Fair Play Documentary Fair Play Cards Fair Play Book Cozy Earth Bedding Instagram @makemarriagework

WE ARE BAAACK! The podcast is back with guests Dom & Ariel @thewordqueer. But first, check out our online course - Argue Better & Connect More - opening TODAY with a Valentine's Day Sale. Join our waitlist here to get 20% through Valentine's Day. This course has 4 modules + bonuses that will help you stop arguing in circles and start connecting in conflict.  Back to our podcast episode! Dom & Ariel have been together for 8 years and married for one of those years. They run a...

Sex can be a fantastic way to connect and build intimacy, but it is also a common trigger of disagreement, hurt or conflict. Vanessa, a Licensed Sex Therapist, and her husband Xander, join us on the podcast to give you concrete, shame-free sex and intimacy tips. They chat about sex in a way that feels light, shame-free and simple. We know this episode will help spark conversations about sex with your partner to help you connect more sexually and emotionally!  Vanessa and Xander -...

Ready for some concrete skills to try out in your relationship to navigate hurt and conflict with ease? Varuna & William have lots for you.  We discuss how to make our partner feel heard instead of dismissed, going to couples therapy even when nothing is "wrong", how our assumptions can hurt our relationships, what it's like to navigate an interracial relationship and so much more!  William and Varuna met in 2017 while studying public health at Johns Hopkins. Varuna is an immigrant, south...

Kobe & Kyle will bring you so much joy and wisdom as they share some of their most challenging experiences and conflicts in their relationship. This includes walking you through one of their specific arguments and sharing how they navigated the challenges of pregnancy and the newborn stage together. They share how learning to recognize triggers, having hard conversations and seeking outside support have helped support strengthen their relationship.  Kobe is a first-generation...

Anyone else had a stressful life transition or two over this last year? Yeah...us too! 2020 man. Danielle & Jordan let us right in to some of the most stressful and vulnerable challenges they've been through as a couple - moving across the country, financial strain, job stress and a traumatic birth experience - and share how they worked through them as a couple. Plus, we talk about how EVERY couple argues about the dishes. Danielle & Jordan share beautiful insights into understanding...

You know that exhausted, disconnected feeling between a big argument and when it’s fully repaired? That’s an Argument Hangover and Jocelyn & Aaron are giving us all the tips to shorten that Argument Hangover and reconnect with our partner faster.Jocelyn & Aaron are “the couple that coaches couples”. They share tips from their new book as well as an inside look into their own relationship and how they get past stuck points. If you’re looking for clear, helpful tips to argue better,...

Here's your front row seat to a Marriage Therapist and her husband spilling all the details of one of their most recent arguments. And we mean ALL OF THEM. Hosts Mallory & Stranz let you into their process of working through conflicts and arguments. They walk you through exactly what happened in this particular argument and then, they discuss what went wrong, how they resolved it and what they have learned from it. This episode will give you a format to analyze arguments of your own to...

Have you noticed that travel and vacation tend to include some serious arguments? WE HAVE! The combination of jet lag, being somewhere new and foreign and hunger from inconsistent meals has led to some serious arguments on some of our favorite trips.Sam & Ryan Looney are full-time travel bloggers, so they travel together ALL THE TIME. In this episode and they walk us through some concrete tips on how they have learned to navigate these complications to make traveling as a couple go as...

Jake & Sean's calm, zen, kind energy is exactly what we all need! They open up and share challenging experiences like coming out together and a miscarriage in their surrogacy journey and how they chose to use those experiences to come closer together as a couple. They also share an INCREDIBLY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT that leaves us almost blowing up the microphone with our loud shock and joy! You don't want to miss this episode! Get ready to learn lots from Jake & Sean and reflect on how...

This episode gives you 5 Tips for Approaching Money as a Couple from Ayana, a money coach, @millenialmoney.guide. She walks you through how to approach money conversations with your partner, setting up "treat yo-self funds" and what a "Money Date" is and why you need them in your relationship! If you've ever been stuck or overwhelmed talking about finances with your partner (haven't we all??), you will love and learn so much from this episode!Plus, we share how talking about finances landed...

This episode is so powerful! Josefina & Jay share their journey through miscarriage & infertility and how they learned to lean on each other and guard their joy throughout life's most challenging moments. They also share strategies they have learned to work through conflict together. Josefina is an artist, author, advocate, and art therapy student and her husband Jay is a pastor and speaker. As you can imagine, these two are GOOD AT WORDS. We are so grateful to have them share so much...

Lauren and Eric talk about how they stay connected and grounded in times of stress. They share how they approach moments of tension and frustration in a way that doesn't lead to arguments or conflict. They also give you step-by-step instructions to an absolutely brilliant daily and weekly check-in that essentially guarantees connection. These two are the absolute sweetest and this episode is filled with wisdom you won't want to miss!At the end of each episode we give you three "Work It"...

Today's guests are Rachel & Tre Smith. These High School sweethearts share how they navigated the challenges of being newlyweds while Rachel began Dental School and how communicating openly about fears and worries helped make their marriage work. We also talk about how Tre and Stranz have throwing food during arguments in common. Ha!At the end of each episode we give you three "Work It" Takeaways to sit down with your partner and WORK into your relationship to make your marriage work just...

Today's guests are Dominique & Adam Dove. Dominique is a therapist in training and Adam is an author so all of their words are so wise and beautiful. They give tons of insight into working with and connecting through differences in approaches to finances and finding a healthy balance. Adam shares his mental health journey with his OCD diagnosis and how each of them have used individual therapy to strengthen themselves and their relationship. At the end of each episode we give you three...

Todays' guests are Sarah & Sam Baker. The Bakers get real and vulnerable to share moments in their relationship where they drifted apart and how they grew back together. They share how they each handle emotions differently and how they learned to work with those differences together. They share about worries they had trying couples therapy for the first time and how it strengthened their relationship. (Yay for couples therapy!)At the end of each episode we give you three "Work It"...