Relationships clearly are under duress right now. In this season-closing episode, Christine and Jonathan share their top pandemic relationship tips to help you communicate better and thrive in your relationships. Hello Relationships is a podcas

How To Communicate About Workload Imbalance

Aug 25th, 2020 26m 1s

What happens when you feel like you’re doing all (or most of) the work in a relationship? Workload imbalance is not a new issue but the demands that the pandemic has put on people has elevated this situation to a new level. Jonathan and Christi

How To Handle Changing Relationships

Aug 18th, 2020 28m 58s

Though it’s natural and inevitable, change can be unsettling, whether that’s a change in a romantic relationship or friendship, or a job that has turned into something you didn’t expect. Jonathan and Christine talk about how to handle changing

How To Draw Boundaries Around Political Conversations

Aug 11th, 2020 22m 56s

What do you do when you and a family member have conflicting political views? It can get really ugly. Christine and Jonathan address a listener request and talk about how to draw boundaries around political conversations. They talk about what i

How To Cope With Conflict at a Distance

Aug 4th, 2020 31m 42s

Whether it’s due to masks, politics, science, or protests, right now is a time that’s ripe with getting angry at people you don’t know personally. How do you manage feelings and frustration with these “non-personal relationships”? Jonathan and

How To Deal With Doom Spirals

Jul 28th, 2020 28m 11s

Doom spirals happen, whether they're triggered by terrible headlines or personal situations. Christine and Jonathan respond to a listener who asked the question, how do you get yourself—or a loved one—moving in the middle of a doom spiral? Chri

How Introverts + Extroverts Can Thrive Together

Jul 21st, 2020 26m 5s

What do you do in a relationship when one person is an introvert and the other is an extrovert? This scenario is really common, whether it's at home, work, or with friends. Jonathan and Christine talk about introvert and extrovert qualities and

How To Make Relationships Satisfying When The Pandemic Makes Everything Weird

Jul 14th, 2020 30m 40s

These days we only see 42% of people’s faces and sometimes hug through shower curtains. How do we make relationships satisfying when the pandemic makes everything weird? Jonathan and Christine talk about dealing with feelings of loss, sadness,

How To Work Together To Navigate Disagreements

Jul 7th, 2020 25m 55s

When you’re stuck in conflict, how does everyone get a little bit of what they want? Christine and Jonathan talk about how to work together to navigate disagreements, the importance of energy management through conflict, how to respect one pers

How Focusing On Process (+ Pretzels) Can Resolve Misunderstandings

Jun 25th, 2020 19m 57s

Jonathan and Christine discuss how the simple tactic of focusing on process (and apparently pretzels!) can resolve misunderstandings. They talk about how to avoid the dreaded doom spiral when a misunderstanding starts to grow, and why it's cruc

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