Living in a hard times takes a toll on our relationships. We have changed and so has our partner. One of our biggest resources is our connections. Strengthening our relationships is vital for personal and collective resilience and well-being.

Relational Aid - Practical Skill for Couples in Hard Times - with Alan Marriott

Jan 31st, 2024 1h 6m

We’re deep in wartime.We’re surrounded by war, trauma, power, dichotomies of good and bad and power. All this impacts our relationships and hurts our ability to be vulnerable.Join us as we talk with Alan Marriott, professional improvisor, vo

Relational Aid - Practical Skill for Couples in Wartime - with Dr. Daniel Wiener

Jan 25th, 2024 1h 9m

Living in a war zone for over three months has taken a toll on our relationships.We have changed and so has our partner.One of the first things to go is our playfulness, joy and spontaneity. Without them, we slide into survival mode and our r

Relational Aid - Practical Tools For Couples in Hard Times - with Mary Jo Barrett

Jan 15th, 2024 1h 22m

OWNURSH!T together with Get Help Israel are happy to host the Relational Aid series. Real, honest talks that offer couples practical tools to help them push past surviving into thriving through these trying times.Join us as we talk to Mary Jo

Relational Aid - Practical Tools For Couples - with Dr. Betty Martin

Jan 7th, 2024 1h 3m

*** We highly recommend you download and review The Wheel of Consent diagram as you listen to this episode. You can download it here for free: https://www.schoolofconsent.org/downloadsOWNURSH!T together with Get Help Israel are happy to launc

Relational Aid - Practical Tools For Couples - with Pastor Kevin A. Thompson

Dec 29th, 2023 53m 9s

OWNURSH!T together with Get Help Israel are happy to launch the Relational Aid series, a number of real and raw talks that seek to offer couples practical tools that will help them push past surviving into thriving through these trying times.

Relational Aid - Practical Tools For Couples - with Mark O'Connell, LCSW-R

Dec 26th, 2023 52m 48s

Join us for an honest talk with Mark O’Connell, author and therapist about how couples can hold and maintain personal and relational multiplicity in times of crisis? How do we stay connected to our full self and remain close in times of war?

The Integrated Systemic Hero's Journey Model

Mar 28th, 2022 6m 17s

Change is not easy. Many individuals and couples are lacking a blueprint for long-term systemic change.In this talk, we integrate Joseph Campbell's Hero Journey monomyth with systemic change concepts and our Potential State ideas and present ou

Why are so many men numb? (Hint: It's covert male depression)

Dec 12th, 2021 1h 2m

Hey Man (or woman),Are you alive or are you somewhat turned off, numb, or somewhat apathetic?If so, you're not alone. You might be suffering from the under-diagnosed phenomenon of the covert male depression, as first described by Terrance Real.

Embrace Your Inner Owl - A conversation about art, multi-potentialities and living your full self

Aug 29th, 2021 57m 1s

Are you living your full self?Are you manifesting all your different passions and talents?Some of us have multiple passions, and don't want to commit to only one profession.That is called being a Multipotentialite (coined by Emilie Wapnick), or

Vulnerability is The Crucial ABILITY in Intimate Relationships (especially for men)

Aug 22nd, 2021 13m 44s

Many of us learn at a young age (especially boys) that vulnerability=weakness.We therefore try to hide it and don't show it to our partners.This results in shallow, self-presentational relationships with little vitality, excitement, play or cur

The Art of Fighting and Making Up

Aug 15th, 2021 19m 23s

Fighting is inevitable in every intimate relationship.Most of us don't like, don't know how, or don't even know when we are fighting.Yet arguments and conflicts are a crucial element in building an intimate, differentiated relationship.Too bad

Why am I doing everything alone in this relationship?

Jul 25th, 2021 13m 3s

Many of us find ourselves in charge or a certain dimension of our relationship alone, be it cleaning, financial planning, parenting, and more.This sole responsibility is often a source of tension and frustration in the dyad.This universal patte

Relational Bitterness - The Female Pandemic (and that men hide well)

Jul 18th, 2021 11m 23s

Bitterness.Usually it is a passing feeling, but sometimes we encounter a partner who is constantly bitter, and their partner who is trying to cheer them up (or avoid them).It is so common that it has become almost a stereotype.Women express bit

Gaslighting is real. Here's how to stop it.

Jul 11th, 2021 13m 53s

Do you have a sense your partner is sticking it to you but they keep denying it?Do you or your partner deny certain bad behaviors to each other?We all sometimes semi-consciously act in small negative ways to our partners - David Schnarch calls

Stop Being Efficient in Your Relationships!

Jun 27th, 2021 15m 55s

Are you (or your partner) super driven to be efficient?Is it hard for you to lower your productivity and just be?If so, you're not alone. Efficiency is actually a wonderful trait but can also function as a defense mechanism. That is why we call

How to stay hungry after a decade together?

Jun 20th, 2021 45m 3s

The 'lost' years of a couple's life occur after about 7-10 years: kids, mortgage, school, aging parents, careers, bills, chores, marriage is stable, annoying in-laws, holidays, boredom, fatigue, routine...For most couples these years tend to fe

The Art of Relational Crying

Jun 13th, 2021 13m 12s

"I know all there is to know about the crying game..." Boy GeorgeCrying is a natural and organic way to express and release emotions.Yet crying in relationship is not always easy: Some of us cry very often (over-crying) and some of us find it h

Dare to Want... In Your Relationships

Jun 6th, 2021 11m 47s

"If I can't see your selfishness, I can't believe your generosity." Betty MartinMany of us have a problem expressing our desires and wants in our intimate relationships.Why?For men, this can stem from psychological patriarchy that deems wantin

How to deal with a drama queen?

Mar 7th, 2021 6m 4s

Are you a drama queen (or king)?Are you in a relationship with a drama queen?(Truth is that men are the real drama queens.)If so, you probably know how draining and annoying it is interacting with such 'royalty'.But the systemic truth is: You a

The Most Stable Dyad is a... Triad

Feb 28th, 2021 9m 20s

Most of us think that two is the most stable number in relationships.But every dyad needs a third to stabilize it.The process of including a third in a dyad is called triangulation.Triangulation is a natural and unavoidable dynamic that occurs

What is your emotional range? Are you surviving or living?

Feb 21st, 2021 10m 6s

Imagine all the human emotion would be spread out from 1 being deep despair, all the way to 10 being extreme ecstasy. What would be your range?Which numbers (feelings) are you less familiar with? Many of us are 4-6'ers. We live "between the 40'

Why do we believe criticism more than praise?

Feb 14th, 2021 11m 37s

Most of us believe criticism (or constructive feedback) more than praise.Why? Because some of us grew up in homes where criticism was a way to show care.Over time, this environment creates a core belief that "love = criticism".Such a tendency l

How to reduce guilt in your parenting?

Jan 31st, 2021 8m 20s

And the cat's in the cradle and the silver spoonLittle boy blue and the man in the moon"When you coming home, son?" "I don't know when"But we'll get together then, dadWe're gonna have a good time then...Mothers and fathers feel different kinds

Joy is a VERB, not a noun.

Jan 24th, 2021 7m 24s

Do you secretly find it hard to feel and/or express joy in your personal life? Are you in a relationship with a joy killer?If you do, then you're not alone! In the past months, we have discovered that Assael has trouble expressing joy (can you