The Learn to Love Podcast

How can we best instill confidence in our children? How can stressed out parents take care of themselves? What's the connection between our emotions and our confidence? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews educator, author, and illustrator, Jennifer Miller, M.Ed. about Raising Confident Kids Learn more about your guest below: For twenty-five years, Jennifer Miller, M.Ed. has worked with educators and families to help them become more effective with children through social and emotional learning (SEL). She is author and illustrator of the blog, “Confident Parents, Confident Kids” with more than 22,000 followers in 152 countries world-wide. She is the author of Confident Parents, Confident Kids: Raising Emotional Intelligence In Ourselves and Our Kids. She serves as a regular expert contributor to the Webby Award-winning site, NBC Universal’s Parent Toolkit. She writes and offers expertise for numerous publications including The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Parent Magazine and Edutopia. She serves on the Tauck Family Foundation’s Advisory Committee along with members from Child Trends, Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and Harvard’s School of Education. She consults with schools, conducts research and creates tools on parenting and SEL with partners at the University of Pittsburgh, Montana State University, and the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL). In 2018, she was the national spokesperson for Highlights Magazine’s State of the Kid Report. She frequently speaks at conferences, offers coaching, and conducts workshops in Ohio and nationally. Past roles were with the Ohio Department of Education, CASEL, the Center for Peace Education, and the Corporation for National and Community Service. She has her master’s degree in Instructional Leadership with a focus on social and emotional development. Learn more at  - https://confidentparentsconfidentkids.org/ - https://twitter.com/JenniferSMiller - https://www.facebook.com/confidentparentsconfidentkids/ - https://www.instagram.com/jennifersmithmiller1/ 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, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - 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 The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes. - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the  Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

Ep 43: Love in the Time of Corona with Dr. Diana Wiley What are the keys to keeping the spark alive when in quarantine? What should a couple do when they are beginning to get on each other's nerves?  What's the secret sauce for a happy relationship? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews marriage and family therapist Dr. Diana Wiley about Love in the Time of Corona. Learn more about your guest below: Diana Wiley, PhD, has more than thirty years of experience as a licensed marriage & family therapist and a board-certified sex therapist. She is the author of Love in the Time of Corona: Advice from a Sex Therapist for Couples in Quarantine and provides sex and relationship advice at www.DearDrDiana.com. She also offers “Quarantine Sex Tips” and other short videos on her YouTube channel. Learn more at  - https://drdianawiley.com/ - https://www.deardrdiana.com/ - https://www.facebook.com/deardrdiana - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVDQNREV1QI-0CgTy8mQvaA - https://twitter.com/deardrdiana - https://www.instagram.com/deardrdiana/ 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, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - 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 The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes. - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the  Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

How does having children change a relationship? What are some things couples should do before they have children, to prepare? What can couples do to weather the storm that children bring? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews therapist Anna Aslanian about Transitioning to Parenthood. Learn more about your guest below: Anna Aslanian is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the states of California, Florida and New York. She founder and director of My Therapy Corner, a boutique private practice that focuses on individual and relational healing. She has been working in the field of psychological care since 2006, and has work experience includes working at many clinics, centers and programs since then. Anna is certified in EMDR with a focus on attachment, as well as a Gottman Method Couples Therapist and Gottman Method Educator. Passionate about helping people heal and grow through connection, Anna works with a variety of clients, including those with severe mental illnesses, substance and sex addictions, and couples dealing with a wide range of relational problems. Anna is also a “Bringing Baby Home” Educator, a workshop designed for expecting and parenting couples. Learn more at  - https://mytherapycorner.com/ -https://www.facebook.com/mytherapycorner/ -https://www.instagram.com/mytherapycorner/ 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, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - 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 The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes. - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the  Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What is Mindful Compassionate Dialogue? When couples get into an argument, how do they come back to connection? What skills are the most valuable to have for successfuly relationships? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews teacher and trainer LaShelle Lowe-Chardé  on Becoming a Relationship Master Learn more about your guest below: LaShelle Lowe-Chardé has a mission to help make a shift in consciousness about how we relate to life and each other. She dream of a world in which becoming a relationship master is a central value in our global culture - a world in which we value and trust the quality of connection with ourselves and others as the foundation for collaborating to create and maintain a thriving life for all. She is the founder of Wise Heart, which teaches practical skills for personal transformation & thriving relationships LaShelle created what she calls Mindful Compassionate Dialogue, which integrates her own 20 years of training and experience in Mindfulness, Hakomi, and NVC. This system provides a roadmap to becoming a relationship master by defining and operationalizing the essential aspects of creating a confident sense of self as well engaging in the consciousness and skills that facilitate living from compassion, wisdom, mindfulness, and agency. LaShelle is enormously grateful to the very many teachers and mentors she has had along the way and the enormous work others have done over many decades that have served our understanding of what it means to heal and live a fulfilling life. LaShelle currently live and work in Portland, Oregon. She feels continually blessed to be living in the great northwest where the lushness of nature is all around. She is happily supported there by my partner and loving community of friends and colleagues. Learn more at  - www.wiseheartpdx.org -https://www.facebook.com/wiseheartpdx/ -https://www.instagram.com/wiseheartpdx/ - https://twitter.com/wiseheartpdx -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3CEvYlSbmpAo_ZXI5WZ3dg 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, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - 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 The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes. - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the  Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

How can great sex change the world? Where does our inner critic come from? How can we break out internalized shame from not doing enough and being productive enough? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews sex educator, speaker, and therapist,  Dr. Liz Powell on loving yourself instead of punishing yourself. Learn more about your guest below: Dr. Liz believes that great sex can change the world. They are on a mission to help you have more meaningful, pleasurable relationships in life and work, as well as the bedroom. They’re a coach and licensed psychologist (CA 27871, OR 3068) helping couples and singles develop self-confidence and authenticity in their relationships, whether conventional or non-traditional. Dr. Liz has made multiple media appearances, including in Cosmopolitan, Playboy, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio show Ideas. As a sex educator, Dr. Liz has spoken on many stages internationally including the American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors, and Therapists Annual Conference, the Guelph Sexuality Conference, and the Woodhull Sexual Freedom Summit. Their book, Building Open Relationships, is the newest way they are spreading the Great Sex word. Dr Liz believes that being confident in who you are is the gateway to great relationships and great sex - and great sex, according to Dr. Liz, can change the world. Learn more at  - https://drlizpowell.com -https://www.instagram.com/drlizpowell/ - https://twitter.com/sexpospsych -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3RYtjp03THS27JckeMoFuw 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, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - 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 The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-learn-to-love-podcast/id1505370543 - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the  Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

Sign up for our 8-week Compassion Cultivation Training with Mary here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/programs/compassion-cultivation-training/ How can we cultivate compassion? How can we best love someone through the process of dying? What does self-compassion look like if we get sick?  Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews meditation and compassion teacher, Mary Doane on Compassion through Life and Loss Learn more about your guest below: Mary Doane trained at Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) and is a certified instructor of Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT©). She is Senior Instructor of Education Programs and a curriculum consultant at Zen Caregiving Project (formerly known as Zen Hospice Project), where she served as a volunteer bedside caregiver for over a decade. Mary has completed Buddhist Chaplaincy training at the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies, and studied at Upaya Institute and the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area. To stay in touch with Mary, you can follow her on Facebook and Instagram. Learn more at  -https://www.instagram.com/unfolding_compassion/ -https://www.facebook.com/MaryDoaneCCT/ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com

How can dating be a spiritual practice? How can we find new connection in a pandemic? What is this "compersion" I keep hearing about? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews dating coach and researcher Marie Thouin on Mindful Dating. Learn more about your guest below: Marie Thouin is a PhD researcher at the California Institute of Integral Studies and the founder of Love InSight, a Mindful Dating Coaching practice where she helps people of all ages, genders, and sexual/relationship orientations navigate the path of intimate love in a growth-oriented mindset. As a psychology scholar and dating expert, she brings her clients to find clarity and emotional healing within the dating process, and teaches them practical skills to create meaningful connections. Her research focuses on the experience of compersion (empathic joy) in consensually non-monogamous relationships. Learn more at  - www.LoveInSight-dating.com - instagram.com/love_insight_dating - facebook.com/loveinsightdating - Twitter.com/thouin_marie - Research website: www.WhatIsCompersion.com 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, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - 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 The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-learn-to-love-podcast/id1505370543 - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the  Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

How do our early childhood experiences affect our adult subconscious mind? What is co-dependency, and what is enmeshment? How do we find the balance between connection and closeness we seek in relationship, without becoming overly dependent? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews author, speaker, and co-creator of the Personal Development School, Thais Gibson on Codependency and Enmeshment For a limited time, use the discount code "learntolove30" for 30% any order at the Personal Development School: https://university.personaldevelopmentschool.com/ Learn more about your guest below: Thais Gibson is an author, speaker and co-creator of the Personal Development School. She is extremely passionate about personal growth, the subconscious mind and connecting with others. With an MA and over 13 different certifications ranging from CBT to hypnosis, Thais strives to continuously learn and grow.  Thais is best known for her contributing work and research on Attachment Theory and the impact of attachment trauma on our adult romantic relationships. She overlaps attachment trauma challenges with personal core wounds, limiting beliefs and emotional patterns at the subconscious level to give us deeper insight into ourselves and our relationships. Her book, The Attachment Theory Guide, was written on this topic and her Youtube channel often focuses on educating people on how to subconsciously reprogram this area of their lives. After overcoming her own challenges with addiction in her early years, Thais is profoundly determined to educate people on how they can reprogram painful or limiting programs in their own mind. She is focused on helping people retrain their brain to achieve relationship fulfillment, abundance and personal freedom in their lives. Learn more at  -https://university.personaldevelopmentschool.com/ -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHQ4lSaKRap5HyrpitrTOhQ -https://www.facebook.com/groups/461389461257253/ - http://facebook.com/pdsthaisgibson -https://www.instagram.com/personaldevelopment_school/ -https://www.instagram.com/thaisgibson/ - https://twitter.com/ThaisGibsonPDS Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

Is a drama free relationship possible? What is getting it, and what is hooking up? How do we step more into vulnerability, even with short flings? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews author and sex educator Allison Moon on Casual Sex and Community. Learn more about your guest below: Allison Moon is the author of critically-acclaimed sexual education guide Girl Sex 101. Moon is a popular sex educator, leading workshops on sexual pleasure and technique, polyamory, LGBTQ+ issues, and more. She has been quoted in Cosmopolitan, New York Magazine, and the Washington Post. Her other writing includes the story collection Bad Dyke: Salacious Stories from a Queer Life, articles for Bustle, and stories for the RISK! Podcast, Bawdy Storytelling, and various anthologies. Learn more at  - girlsex101.com - instagram.com/allison_moon - twitter.com/HeyAllieMoon 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, - Register for Relationship Mastery, a 6-week self-guided course to take your relationship to the next level. https://www.the-heart-center.com/relationship-mastery-landing-page/ - 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 The Seven Lessons of Love: Heart Wisdom for Troubling Times on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Lessons-Love-Heart-Wisdom-Troubling/dp/1983940704/ - Purchase a love shirt and show the world your love of love https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-heart-center/ - Review, Like, and Subscribe to the show on iTunes. - Like us on Facebook facebook.com/learntolovenow - Join the Facebook Community Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/

What types of skills are of the most benefit to our relationships? How can we create an action plan for love? What boundaries should we be setting to improve our relationship? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews research psychologist, sex educator, and relationship coach, Joli Hamilton on Creating an Action Plan for Love Learn more about your guest below: Joli Hamilton is a research psychologist, an AASECT certified sexuality educator, and a sex & relationship coach. She holds a doctorate in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She has spent many years working directly with clients helping them improve their relationship skills, and is also a professor of human sexuality.  Over the past two decades, she has started more than ten business ventures ranging from clothing design to personal training to providing birth & lactation doula services, all while managing her own relationships, pursuing her graduate degrees, and raising and homeschooling seven kids. Learn more at  - https://www.jolihamilton.com/ - https://www.facebook.com/jolidepthpsych - https://twitter.com/joli_hamilton - https://www.instagram.com/drjoli_hamilton/ Learn more about your host and the show at: www.zachbeach.com www.the-heart-center.com Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/learntolovenow Join the Community group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1428012130828678/