The Learn to Love Podcast

What are partners in sexless relationships supposed to do? Why is self love more important than self care? How can we learn to love our bodies more? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the OB-GYN, author and speaker, Heather Bartos, MD on Self-love over Self-care. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-93-self-love-over-self-care-with-heather-bartos-md/ Learn more about your guest below: A board-certified OB-GYN, author, speaker, and podcast host, Dr. Heather Bartos is a leading voice in the field of women’s health, and particularly women’s sexual health. She is also a US Navy Veteran, former Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and is currently medical director of her “village for women’s health,” Be. Women’s Health & Wellness Center outside of Dallas, Texas. Featured in publications from Glamour and Huffington Post to Reader’s Digest, Women’s Health and ABC News, Dr. Bartos loves talking all things women and sex on her everyday gal’s podcast, The ME Spot. Learn more at - https://heatherbartosmd.com/ - https://twitter.com/drheatherbartos - https://www.instagram.com/drheatherbartos/ - https://www.facebook.com/drheatherbartos 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, - Buy a book from our blossoming professional network: http://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ - 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/

Can we acknowledge that emotional abuse happens, and still put our trust in love? What are the unrecognized signs of emotional abuse? How can we become empowered after an abusive relationship? Find out 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 Recognizing Emotional Abuse. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-92-recognizing-emotional-abuse-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. For more information on Dr. Amelia Kelley, please visit: www.Ameliakelley.com Learn more at - www.Ameliakelley.com - https://twitter.com/DrAmeliaKelley - https://www.facebook.com/DrAmeliaKelley/ - https://www.instagram.com/whatiwishiknewthebook - https://twitter.com/DrAmeliaKelley - https://www.ananiasfoundation.org/domestic-violence-statistics - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7195322/ 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, - Check out The Heart Center's upcoming 8-week Compassion Cultivation Training with Mary Doane starting April 19th: https://www.the-heart-center.com/programs/compassion-cultivation-training/ - Buy a book from our blossoming professional network: http://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ - 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 are some of the biggest obstacles to unconditional love? What holds people back from finding love in their lives? What does it mean to fall in love with ourselves? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the love coach and writer Judith Costa on Falling in Love With Yourself. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-91-falling-in-love-with-yourself-with-judith-costa/ Learn more about your guest below: Judith Costa is an Unconditional Love Coach, Seminar Leader, Writer, and Speaker, with a Master’s Degree in Analytical Psychology and Psychotherapy and an MBA. She is a certified consultant and teacher of the Akashic Records, a Reiki Master, Past Life Regression Therapist, and a certified Happiness Trainer. Judith works with groups and individuals to help them overcome their inner blocks to Love and know themselves better. She specializes in helping her clients have a better relationship with themselves, which transforms their lives, allowing them to create abundance, wellbeing, better relationships, and become happier. She offers private sessions and uses different techniques such as Coaching, Past Life Regression Therapy, The Akashic Records, and Astrology. Judith offers training, retreats, and talks for groups and companies. These programs include: Fall In Love With Yourself, Fall In Love With Your Body, Loving Your Way To Happiness, The Workplace Wellbeing Program, and How to Find Your Soul Mate. Learn more at - https://www.judithmcosta.com/index.html - https://www.facebook.com/judithmcostasoulmate - https://www.instagram.com/judithcosta2 - https://twitter.com/judithcosta2? - https://www.linkedin.com/in/judith-costa-454a3638 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsMYVuja7QdJhDVvAwQz38w - https://www.pinterest.es/judithmcosta/love-relationships/ 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, - Check out The Heart Center's upcoming 8-week Compassion Cultivation Training with Mary Doane starting April 19th: https://www.the-heart-center.com/programs/compassion-cultivation-training/ - Buy a book from our blossoming professional network: http://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ - 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 ingredients are in the "secret sauce" for happy and fulfilling relationships? How can we date smarter, not harder? What are some of the most common mistakes people make in looking for love? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the Marriage and Family Therapist and Dating and Relationship coach Valerie DiLuggo on Getting out of the single rut. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-90-getting-out-of-the-single-rut-with-valerie-diluggo/ Learn more about your guest below: Valerie DiLuggo is a Marriage and Family Therapist and a Dating and Relationship coach. She is passionate about helping people love and be loved. She helps women date in the patriarchy and helps couples learn practical & actionable relationship skills so their relationships flourish. She describes herself as the 'dating doula' or the 'fairy godmother you meet along the and Valerie's talks and teachings are all colored with humor and vulnerability. Learn more at - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/valerie-diluggo-alameda-ca/236292 - www.sothisislove.club - https://www.instagram.com/sothisislove.club/ 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, - Check out The Heart Center's upcoming 8-week Compassion Cultivation Training with Mary Doane starting April 19th: https://www.the-heart-center.com/programs/compassion-cultivation-training/ - Buy a book from our blossoming professional network: http://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ - 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 narcissism? Is it possible to be in a loving, supportive relationship with someone who is narcissistic? What types of people are attracted to or get involved with narcissists? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the counselor, coach and author Chelli Pumphrey on Protecting Yourself From Narcissistic Abuse. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-89-protecting-yourself-from-narcissistic-abuse-with-chelli-pumphrey/ Learn more about your guest below: Chelli Pumphrey, MA, LPC is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Relationship Coach, Reiki Master, and Author with almost 30 years of clinical experience. She specializes in working with trauma, adult attachment, narcissistic abuse and pathological love relationships. She is the founder and Clinical Director of Trilogy Holistic Mental Health in Denver, CO, the Clinical Director of Strength in Motion Counseling in Boulder, CO. As a Certified Integrated Medicine Mental Health Practitioner and Reiki practitioner, Chelli is passionate about holistic mental health. She also maintains her own private practice where she offers narcissistic abuse recovery coaching. Her book, Insight is 20/20: How To Trust Yourself To Protect Yourself From Narcissistic Abuse & Toxic Relationships will be published in May 2022 with New Degree Press. Learn more at - https://www.chellipumphrey.com - https://www.instagram.com/chellipumphrey/ - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chellipumphrey/ 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, - Check out The Heart Center's upcoming 8-week Compassion Cultivation Training with Mary Doane starting April 19th: https://www.the-heart-center.com/programs/compassion-cultivation-training/ - Buy a book from our blossoming professional network: http://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ - 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 we become more mindful parents? What kind of mental and social developments do teens go through? How can we be more loving and compassionate with our children? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the author and speaker Kari O'Driscoll on Loving Our Teens. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-88-loving-our-teens-with-kari-odriscoll/ Learn more about your guest below: Kari O'Driscoll is the founder of The SELF Project, an organization dedicated to helping adolescents grow and learn with positivity and courage. She is the author of books on parenting and educating teens Her work uses what we know about brain and social development, mindfulness, and non-violent communication to help families, teens, and educators build strong, reciprocal relationships. Kari herself is a mother of two young adults. Her latest book, Happy, Healthy Teens: Why Focusing on Relationship Works, was recently released from Rowman & Littlefield Publishing and is available online. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3BkUq2p Learn more at - https://kariodriscollwriter.com/ - www.theselfproject.com - Instagram.com/selfproj3369 - www.facebook.com/theselfproj - https://twitter.com/karilod - https://www.instagram.com/karilod/ 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, - Buy a book from our blossoming professional network: http://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ - 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 someone seemingly not know their sexual orientation for so long? What's the biggest struggle people face around coming out? What are unique issues people in LGBTQ relationships face? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the sexuality coach and therapist Samantha Fox on Coming Out Later in Life. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-87-coming-out-later-in-life-with-samantha-fox/ Learn more about your guest below: Samantha Fox is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in New York and a Sexuality Coach working worldwide with women coming out later in life . Samantha has been in private practice as a LMFT since 2012, working with individuals and couples struggling with sexuality, sexual issues, coming out later in life, relationship issues and intimacy. Her coaching program Curious Questioning and Coming out gives women a safe space to explore, find and live their truth, and creates an embracing community for women around the globe that are questioning their sexuality or coming out later in life. Learn more at - https://www.curiousquestioningandcomingout.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/curiousquestioningcomingout/ - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugZWOUuPKEtdXQndioSbYQ 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, - Buy a book from our blossoming professional network: http://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ - 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 holy love? Can we experience love even when we are not in a relationship? What does it mean to become love? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the therapist Elisa Romeo and the yoga instructor Adam Foley on Holy Love. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-86-holy-love-with-elisa-romeo-and-adam-foley/ Learn more about your guest below: Elisa Romeo, MFT, and Adam Foley are the authors of Holy Love: The Essential Guide to Soul-Fulfilling Relationships and cohosts of the Holy & Human Podcast. Elisa is a licensed marriage and family therapist, an intuitive, and the author of Meet Your Soul. Adam is a certified somatic practitioner and yoga instructor who uses spiritual coaching, somatic healing, and his own intuitive abilities to connect people to their Soul. Together, they help individuals awaken and deepen their soulful nature within relationship. As married parents of two, Elisa and Adam use practical stories from the trenches of everyday life, their personal spiritual experiences, and examples from their work with thousands of couples to teach sacred partnership. Visit them online at http://www.holyandhuman.com. Learn more at - https://www.holyandhuman.com/ - https://www.facebook.com/holyandhuman/ - https://www.instagram.com/holyandhuman/ - Adam Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adam.foley.1069/ - Elisa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/elisa.romeoemail - https://www.youtube.com/c/HOLYANDHUMAN - https://www.pinterest.com/ElisaRomeo/_saved/ 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, - Buy a book from our blossoming professional network: http://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ - 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 open monogamy? What are some ways couples are adjusting their monogamy? What can a relationship do when one partner wants to be more open than the other? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the psychotherapist, sexologist, and author Dr. Tammy Nelson on Open Monogamy. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-85-open-monogamy-with-dr-tammy-nelson/ Learn more about your guest below: Tammy Nelson, PhD, is a licensed psychotherapist, Board Certified Sexologist, Certified Sex Therapist, and Certified Imago Relationship Therapist. She is a TEDx speaker and the host of The Trouble with Sex podcast. Her books include Getting the Sex You Want and The New Monogamy. She is the executive director of the Integrative Sex Therapy Institute and has been a featured expert in the New York Times Magazine and the Washington Post, on CNN, and more. Learn more at - https://drtammynelson.com/ - https://www.facebook.com/DrTammyNelson/ - https://twitter.com/drtammynelson - https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtammynelson/ 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, - Buy a book from our blossoming professional network: http://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ - 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 does it mean to look at love as a practice? Why is mindfulness important in relationships? What does it mean to choose our partner? Find out in this week's episode of The Learn to Love Podcast, where your host Zach Beach interviews the therapist and author Lair Torrent on The Practice of Love. For more on this episode click here: https://www.the-heart-center.com/ep-84-the-practice-of-love-with-lair-torrent/ Learn more about your guest below: Lair Torrent is a clinically trained and licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. He earned his Masters degree from Mercy College where he was mentored by renowned Marriage and Family Therapist, Dr. Evan Imber-Black. He was trained in Eastern psychology and thought at The Helix Training program, a rigorous 4 year multi-discipline training located in NYC. Lair has been resourced/interviewed by NPR, the New York Times, and Rolling Stone magazine for his expertise and work in couples and individual counseling. He sees clients individually, as couples or as groups in his private practice in Charleston, SC or via Skype and FaceTime, all over the world. The Practice of Love: Break Old Patterns, Rebuild Trust, and Create a Connection That Lasts is his first book, out from Rowman & Littlefield in February 2022. Learn more at - http://www.lairtorrent.com/ - https://www.facebook.com/lairtorrent/ - https://www.instagram.com/lairtorrentholistictherapist/ - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9O-qMHWuJB-R_ksuasJYrA - https://twitter.com/lairtorrent 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, - Buy a book from our blossoming professional network: http://www.the-heart-center.com/books/ - 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/