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Suzanne answers listener emails. IN THIS EPISODE: 4:20 Suzanne addresses a question about the role social media plays in relationships, with young people and the expectations social media creates 7:15 When the people you surround yourself with are pro-marriage, your takeaway about marriage and relationships will be more positive 9:25 The only solution is to …
At the end of the day, people live one of two lives: an examined life or an unexamined life. An unexamined life is when you move through the years mindlessly, not really thinking about what you’re doing or why you’re doing it, or even if you like doing it. You’re just doing it, whatever “it” …
I suspect that, like me, you all are probably reading a lot headlines about Bill and Melinda Gates in the wake of their divorce announcement. The most recent one I read was in the WSJ about a sexual relationship Bill Gates had many years ago w a Microsoft employee. A spokesperson for Gates said, “There …
This episode is about how thinking about and doing things differently from the norm when it comes to marriage and relationships is what ultimately allows you to succeed in love. I came across an article the other day that was entitled “Covid quarantine confirmed that sleeping in separate beds is the best thing for my …
COVID-19 changed everything, and the lifestyle of today’s mothers was no exception. Over two million women left the workforce in 2020, in large part due to the demands of caring for their children while working full-time. Our current administration considers this a tragedy that must be remedied. But what if it’s a blessing in disguise? …
Several weeks ago I posted an interview with Adam Coleman, author of the book From Black Victim to Black Victor, where Coleman outlines the ways in which the black community has been conditioned to believe they’re oppressed and how black women in particular have fallen for feminism to the detriment of their families and even …
What if the secret to staying married is simply choosing to do so? This mental thought process is much more powerful than it seems. For one thing, the decision to never get divorced leaves all the room in the world for the marriage to improve over time, which it typically does. One study by the Institute …
First, Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos. Now, Bill and Melinda Gates. Divorce among middle-aged adults is so popular these days there’s a term for it: gray divorce, or married couples who break up in the second half of life. Gray divorce doubled between 1990 and 2012 and is largely a Boomer phenomenon. Not one their children …
Today on the show we’re going to discuss thirteen reasons modern marriage fails. IN THIS EPISODE: 3:00 Too many young couples don’t understand the meaning of marriage 6:00 Adopting a Judeo-Christian model for marriage can solve marital issues 6:30 Men have become feminized, and women have become masculinized 7:00 Couples are holding back the tide …
Today we’re going to talk about the most important red flags to consider while dating, for both women and men. IN THIS EPISODE: 3:20 Your guy needs to have a job, a purpose and a plan 8:00 Is he a mama’s boy? 10:40 Men: There’s really only one thing you need to figure out while …
Ladies, do you wish someone would have told you the things you had to learn the hard way about men? I don’t know about you, but I wish I’d known the things I’m going to tell you when I was first married. If you know how men think, and you become fluent in their language, …
What if you could be satisfied with what you have and never again wonder what else is ‘out there’? What if your love life were 100% aligned with your expectations? Unfortunately, we live in a culture that encourages people to search for something better when they’re dissatisfied with their marriage or relationship. This is especially …
This article was originally published at Evie Magazine. When I was 23, I married my college sweetheart. We’d been together since freshman year, although he was two years older than I was and as a result had been out in the real world for two years before I graduated. But he was only three hours …
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that America has become a society of victims. My next guest, Adam Coleman, just released a new book entitled “Black Victim to Black Victor,” where he outlines all the ways in which the black community has been conditioned to believe they are oppressed and how black …
It’s one of the most taboo topics on the planet: what happens when wives earn more. The following podcast is an in-depth look at what happened when one wife’s side hustle exploded and created a rift in her marriage, causing resentment and frustration that led to an eventual separation. When Lauren Taylor, who’s from South …
President Biden’s train wreck of a press conference last week overshadowed an equally disturbing event the day before. We would be wise not to forget the words he used on that day. March 24 was Equal Pay Day, a day that means absolutely nothing to the vast majority of Americans who are too savvy to …
“I did things backward. I started my career first, and marriage came much later.” Those are the words of my then 36-year-old mother in a 1966 article in The St. Louis Post Dispatch about her career as a stockbroker. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was born in 1930, my mother got …
**This is a rebroadcast of Ep. 44 w/ Mikhaila Peterson. We’ll be back next week with more exciting content. Suzanne will be interviewing one of her coaching clients. DON’T MISS IT! Thanks for listening. Enjoy.** It’s hard enough to be a millennial these days. But does being Jordan Peterson’s daughter make it easier? Or harder? …
Most of us are aware that what happens to us in childhood has a huge effect on who we become as adults. But what if the opposite is also true? What if what doesn’t happen in childhood has an equal, or even greater effect? The absence of emotional support in childhood is as damaging as …
Have you been told that science is sexist? Or that being obese is healthy, that there is no such thing as biological sex, or that only white people can be racist? Are you confused by these ideas, and do you wonder how they have managed so quickly to challenge the very logic of Western society? …
Roy Baumeister is a social psychologist who explores how we think about the self, and why we feel and act the way we do. He’s one of the world’s most prolific and influential psychologists who has published well over 500 scientific articles and more than 30 books. In 2013, he received the highest award given …
So my kids and my friends’ kids are now at the age when they’re seriously dating and thinking about the future. Unfortunately, the advice most of them receive from the culture, via the media and via their universities, isn’t just bad. It completely undermines women’s chances for a happy, balanced life. Young women in particular …
Dear Suzanne, I’m 29 and don’t feel anywhere close to marriage. Part of my frustration comes from the fact that for a large part of my 20s I haven’t been prioritizing the pursuit of romantic relationships at all, and I’m regretting it now, as I have been feeling more and more over the past few …
You probably know the adult viewpoints on marriage, infertility, reproductive technologies, same-sex parenting, divorce, and adoption. But have you ever considered these matters from the kids’ perspective? In her new book, Them Before Us, Katy Faust flips the script on adult-centric attitudes toward marriage, parenthood, and reproductive technologies by framing these issues around a child’s …
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