What’s up with men? Are they under attack, or finally being held accountable? What are the first steps to making better men? What is the only love that really matters? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the therapist and author Eric FitzMedrud on Becoming Better Men. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-138-becoming-better-men-with-eric-fitzmedrud-phd/ Learn more about your guest below: Eric FitzMedrud, PhD is a therapist specializing in relationship and sexual issues in the San Francisco Bay Area. His specialty is helping men improve their sex lives by learning to regulate their emotions, removing sexual entitlement, and honing their sexual consent and negotiation skills. FitzMedrud is a member of the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists. He has been published in an academic book an academic journal and has spoken at multiple conferences. He has also trained therapists and taught many graduate courses in psychology. FitzMedrud has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology. He is polyamorous and bisexual, and lives with his wife of twenty-three years and his life partner of six years in San Francisco’s East Bay area, California. Learn more at https://www.drericfitz.com/ https://www.instagram.com/drericfitz/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/drericfitz/ https://www.tiktok.com/@drericfitz?lang=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfnOXDhCvLxP30qUhTazhkA Get the book: https://amzn.to/44Y7Wbh Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

Are we living in anxious times? What is compassionate self-awareness? How can an understanding of our “model of self” help us build a more secure attachment style? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the author, speaker, and psychologist Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD on Overcoming Anxious Attachment For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-137-overcoming-anxious-attachment-with-leslie-becker-phelps-phd/ Learn more about your guest below: Leslie Becker-Phelps, PhD is an internationally published author, speaker, and psychologist. She is the author of The Insecure in Love Workbook, Insecure in Love, and Bouncing Back from Rejection. Becker-Phelps has a private practice in Basking Ridge, NJ; and is on the medical staff of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset. She came on to the show to talk about her newest book, The Insecure in Love Workbook (New Harbinger Publications, April 2024) which provides step-by-step exercises rooted in self-compassion to move past feelings of anxiety and worry, so readers can feel more secure in themselves and in their relationships. Readers will learn how to: Recognize physical sensations, negative thoughts, distressing emotions, and unhealthy behavior patterns that underlie their insecurity Respond to triggers without beating themselves up Overcome self-doubt, neediness and possessiveness Break the cycle of insecurity and self-sabotage and cultivate self-acceptance Learn more at https://drbecker-phelps.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DrLeslieBP https://twitter.com/DrLeslieBP/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC99-YM7u9FCQ2U1UOxXmOiA Insecure in Love Workbook: https://amzn.to/4dGxai5 Insecure in Love: https://amzn.to/3yhXsqN Bouncing Back from Rejection: https://amzn.to/4dBCjbf Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What does it mean to learn about love? What is limerence? What is the difference between love and infatuation? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the author, therapist, and attachment expert, Thais Gibson, on limerence. For more on this episode click here: the-heart-center.com/ep-136-all-about-limerence-with-thais-gibson-phd/ Learn more about your guest below: Thais Gibson has a Ph.D. and over 13 certifications in modalities such as CBT, NLP, somatic experiencing, internal family systems, and shadow work. She has nearly a decade of experience running a successful private practice and engaging with over 30,000 clients through individual sessions, workshops, and an educational platform. This diverse background has culminated in creating Gibson Integrated Attachment Theory™, an innovative framework uniting traditional attachment theory, developmental psychology insights, and potent subconscious reprogramming techniques that are woven throughout the course material within The Personal Development School, taught within our innovative coach training program and in her most recent book, Learning Love. The Personal Development School was created by Thais Gibson when her private practice got fully booked with a 2-year waitlist. It quickly expanded to thousands of members and counting in 115 countries. The school has over 38 million views on social media. In surveys, members have reported a 95% satisfaction rate and an 88.7% improvement in their relationships! Learn more at https://university.personaldevelopmentschool.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHQ4lSaKRap5HyrpitrTOhQ/videos https://www.instagram.com/thepersonaldevelopmentschool/ Attachment quiz: https://attachment.personaldevelopmentschool.com/ Get the book: https://amzn.to/44oIATI Last episode with Thais: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-37-codependency-and-enmeshment-with-thais-gibson-ma/ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

If the heart could speak, what would it say? What is the one lie that destroys relationships? What are the five components of healthy communication? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the therapist, speaker, and author Dr. Heather Browne on Speaking From the Heart. For more on this episode click here: the-heart-center.com/ep-135-speaking-from-the-heart-with-dr-heather-browne-psyd-lmft/ Learn more about your guest below: Dr. Heather Browne PsyD, LMFT helps people recognize the power of communication. It is one of our most important skills that we have, and yet we don’t consider our understanding, approach, belief, and therefore, miss our possibilities. Living with a paranoid schizophrenic mother gave Dr. Heather a unique and powerful awareness that no one has the same reality, though we believe we do. Utilizing this revolutionary awareness has allowed her to transform communication within self and within all other types of relationships. This is the hidden key to acceptance. And this is her mission to share. As a relationship expert, Dr. Heather Browne has worked with thousands of individuals and couples in psychotherapy. She is a TedX and keynote speaker, a published in hundreds of journals, has an active TikTok channel, has been featured on ABC-7 news, was the relationship expert on KDOC Daybreak OC, and is published in Inc., Toronto Sun, Thriving Family Magazine, Light + Life, BRAINZ, Scary Mommy, and Psychology Today. She is a regular guest blogger for both Links for Shrinks and for Marriage Friendly Therapists. Learn more at https://www.drheatherbrowne.com/ https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100087652243855 https://www.instagram.com/dr.heatherbrowne/ https://www.tiktok.com/@heathermbrowne?_t=8j6SnPCuONO&_r=1 https://www.youtube.com/@dr.heatherbrowne Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What are the stages of Emotionally Focused Therapy? How important is safety in our relationships? What can couples do to reduce conflict? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews both the therapists and coauthors Jennine Estes Powell, and Jacqueline Wielick on Helping High-Conflict Couples For more on this episode click here: the-heart-center.com/ep-134-helping-high-conflict-couples-with-jennine-estes-powell-lmft-and-jacqueline-wielick-lmft/ Learn more about your guest below: Jennine Estes Powell, LMFT, is founder of Estes Therapy, a group practice working with all aspects of relationships. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified in emotionally focused therapy (EFT), and specializes in training therapists to work with couples. Jacqueline Wielick, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and owner of her own private practice, Therapy by Jackie. She specializes in working with couples, relationships, emotions, trauma, and attachment, and has advanced training in EFT and other research-based theories. Learn more at https://HelpForHighConflictCouples.com https://www.jackiewielick.com/ https://estestherapy.com https://jenninepowell.com https://instagram.com/estes_therapy https://www.instagram.com/jacquelinejeannew/ #BeingLOVEDIs campaign: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Qd_f4ljx7U Get the book: https://amzn.to/3TxO76z Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What are the basic principles of building secure attachment in our children? How can divorced parents co-parent together? What are the six principles of cooperative co-parenting? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the Marriage and Family Therapist and author, Aurisha Smolarski. For more on this episode click here: the-heart-center.com/ep-133-security-after-separation-with-aurisha-smolarski-lmft/ Learn more about your guest below: Aurisha Smolarski, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified co-parenting coach, and mediator with a clinical practice in Los Angeles, CA. She specializes in working with co-parents, couples, and individuals. As a mom and co-parent herself, she is very familiar with the challenges faced by parents raising kids in two households. For more than ten years, she has drawn on attachment theory and other modalities to help clients navigate their emotional whirlwinds and create a secure co-parenting family. Learn more at https://www.aurishasmolarski.com/ https://www.instagram.com/cooperativecoparenting/ https://www.facebook.com/cooperativecoparenting Get the book: https://amzn.to/3Pb2POa Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

Why are relationships harder now than they were 10 years ago? What is fast food communication and how can it help our relationships? What are the best solutions to common relationship problems? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the psychotherapist, best-selling author, and radio host Kelli Miller on Love Hacks: Simple Solutions to Your Most Common Relationship Issues For more on this episode click here: the-heart-center.com/ep-132-love-hacks-with-kelli-miller/ Learn more about your guest below: Kelli Miller, LCSW, MSW is a psychotherapist, best-selling author, and radio host. Kelli is the author of the couples relationship book “Love Hacks: Simple Solutions to Your Most Common Relationship Issues” and the award winning and best-selling author of “Thriving with ADHD”. She was a relationship host on Balance by Nature TV and is current- ly a writer and relationship host for wikihow.com. Kelli was a co-host on LA Talk Radio with over 1 million listeners, 250 guest celebrities and authors, and an expert radio personality for SIRIUS/XM Radio. She was the “Women’s Relationship Expert” on the Examiner.com and also the advice columnist to the largest listserv in the country as well as a freelance writer to over 12 magazines and newspapers. She was recently quoted in Oprah magazine in three separate relationship articles. Learn more at https://kellimillertherapy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/kellimillertherapy https://www.instagram.com/kellimillertherapy/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChY211tPLsK3ewhngMgM25A Get the book: https://amzn.to/49sJ4Js Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What is gaslighting, and why has it become such a popular term? What should you do if you realize you are being gaslit? What’s the path to recovery? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the trauma-informed therapist and author Dr. Amelia Kelley on Recovering from Gaslighting. For more on this episode click here: the-heart-center.com/ep-131-recovering-from-gaslighting-with-dr-amelia-kelley/ Learn more about your guest below: Dr. Amelia Kelley is a trauma-informed therapist who has conducted research on the effects of exercise on ADHD symptoms as well as the effects of resiliency on PTSD. She is a trained Hypno-therapist, Art therapist, HSP Therapist, EMDR-informed therapist and meditation and Yoga teacher. She is a presenter and writer in the “science-help” field focusing on relationships, Highly Sensitive Persons, trauma, motivation, healthy living, and adult ADHD. She is a guest podcast presenter focusing on women’s issues and coping with the trauma of unhealthy relationships, as well as a coach and trainer for SAS's Work/Life Program in Cary, NC and a resident trainer for the NC Art Therapy Institute. Her practice is also currently part of the Traumatic Stress Research Consortium at the Kinsey Institute. Learn more at https://www.ameliakelley.com/ https://www.facebook.com/DrAmeliaKelley/ https://twitter.com/DrAmeliaKelley https://www.instagram.com/drameliakelley/ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What are the most common issues that couples have? Why is conflict a good thing? How can couples move through conflict in a more positive way? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the author and couples therapist, Lisa Gray on How to Have Healthy Conflict. For more on this episode click here: the-heart-center.com/ep-130-how-to-have-healthy-conflict-with-lisa-gray/ Learn more about your guest below: Lisa Gray, LMFT is a couples therapist in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in high conflict couples and chronic illness/pain. She graduated from John F. Kennedy University in 2004 with a Master's degree in Clinical Counseling and has been working in the field ever since. Lisa is passionate about teaching couples to practice healthy conflict, so that their relationships can thrive and grow. Lisa reads over 100 books a year and reviews self-help books on her Instagram, Therapy Book Nook. She came onto the show to talk about her book, Healthy Conflict, Happy Couple: How to Let Go of Blame and Grow Stronger Together. Learn more at: https://www.lisagraymft.com/ https://twitter.com/gray_therapy https://www.instagram.com/lisagraymft/ https://www.tiktok.com/@lisagraymftinc https://www.instagram.com/therapybooknook/ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

How do we heal our heart wounds? Is there such a thing as feeling too much? How does tapping into our feelings transform our relationships? Find out the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the artist, bestselling author, creative, transformational coach and mentor, Alexandra Roxo on Daring to Feel. For more on this episode click here: the-heart-center.com/ep-129-daring-to-feel-with-alexandra-roxo/ Learn more about your guest below: Alexandra Roxo is an artist, bestselling author, creative, transformational and spiritual coach and mentor to women. She has been featured as a guest speaker on many renowned podcasts and on TV including on ViceTV’s Slutever, Epix’s Sex / Life show and at numerous festivals and events worldwide. She has also been featured in the NY Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, The Guardian, Playboy, InStyle Magazine and many other international publications for her work with women Her book “F*CK LIKE A GODDESS: Heal Yourself, Reclaim Your Voice, Stand in Your Power” debuted in July 2020 with Sounds True to be #1 new release and bestseller in 3 categories on Amazon for 3 weeks in a row and was featured on Refinery 29, Pop Sugar, Bustle, and InStyle as a radical guidebook for women about modern spirituality outside the mainstream, and as a practical guide to healing that includes body, mind, and spirit. ​With a career traversing genres, but with a through line of exploration of the female body and the intersection of sexuality and spirituality, Alexandra has been making art, writing, and sharing her heart publicly for nearly two decades about modern spirituality, the feminine faces of the divine, embodiment as healing and practice, and the path of the expression of the soul through art and writing as liberation. Her newest book is Dare to Feel: The Transformational Path of the Heart. Learn more at https://www.alexandraroxo.com/ https://linktr.ee/alexandraroxo https://www.instagram.com/alexandraroxo/ Dare To Feel: https://amzn.to/48PntuN F*ck Like a Goddess: https://amzn.to/3H9llC6 Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com *****Support The Show****** If you like the show there are many ways you can support it, such as, Schedule a FREE love coaching session with Zach: https://www.zachbeach.com/coaching/ Purchase one of Zach's books: https://www.amazon.com/author/zach_beach Check out one of our sponsors, Listenable, and use the discount code “zachbeach” for the first seven days on the platform for free. There you can find Zach’s How To Be a Better Partner Course: https://frstre.com/go/?a=76205-87a7d9&s=1256514-e13191&p_affiliate.referral_code=zachbeach Purchase a book from our blossoming professional network: https://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes and Spotify. Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/