“Marriage is not the end of romance, it is the beginning.” — Esther Perel

How healthy is your marriage? 🤔

Dené Logan is a marriage and family therapist who specializes in supporting couples to find more fulfillment in their relationships. Dene uses her background in ‘depth psychology’ to help others reclaim their authentic selves.

Her first book, ‘Sovereign Love: A Guide to Healing Relationships by Reclaiming the Masculine and Feminine Within’, is an excellent read for anyone looking to upgrade their relationships and has just been released.

In this episode:

• The biggest challenges facing marriages today.

• How to balance competing desires within the relationship.

• What a healthy marriage looks like in today’s world.

• How to bring more connection, love, and trust to your relationship than you ever thought possible.

Let’s WIN THE DAY with Dené Logan!

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Timemarkers:

0:16 Who is Dené Logan

1:25 Interview starts

2:01 Should your parents get divorced

4:18 What a healthy marriage looks like today

9:18 How getting married changes your life (do fairytales exist?)

12:59 How to figure out if you really want kids

14:36 When most relationships dissolve (the first two years of parenthood)

17:33 How it felt to go through divorce as a marriage therapist

20:37 New book ‘Sovereign Love’ by Dené Logan

22:17 Why women lose their sexual desire (and what to do when couples have a different sex drive)

25:48 How to bring the passion back to your relationship

29:28 Win the Day quiz and your free action plan

30:19 Why women want to mother their husbands

31:23 How effective is marriage therapy

32:57 How couples can maintain a sense of individuality while being in a relationship

35:52 How to tell what your love language is

38:37 Becoming a different person in your marriage

39:47 How to discover what love and support your spouse wants

41:58 How to know if you should get divorced

45:02 What to do if your spouse isn’t making effort in the relationship

46:25 Should a couple stay together for the sake of the kids

48:01 How to raise kids to value persistence when you've quit the marriage

50:15 How to find love after divorce

52:12 What high-performing couples do in marriage (and is it ever too early to go to couples therapy)

53:28 How to find a good marriage therapist

54:07 Best lessons from Esther Perel

55:11 How to improve communication in your marriage

57:49 How to manage the transition to parenthood

1:00:23 Why polarity is important in a relationship

1:02:11 Affirmation

1:02:35 Rocket Round

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PS — In case you missed it: Win Your Relationship with Dr John Gray (author, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus): Ep 101

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