How To Relate
How To Relate
Podcast Description
Many people try to answer what makes relationships work. This podcast aims to answer how do we work relationships? I’m Brittani Procknow, a relationship therapist working with individuals and couples to deepen intimacy and live relationally. I’m taking insights from behind closed doors you, as an audience seeking to improve your way of being in relationship to yourself and others. I’m talking to people about everyday concepts including mental health, work, dating, families, friendships, and hobbies and how they influence our relationships. I’m grateful to have you here. Let’s dive in.
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The podcast explores diverse topics related to relationships, including dating dynamics, trauma recovery, and mental health, with episodes addressing themes like embodiment in relationships, navigating the complexities of dating from a therapist's perspective, and understanding attachment theory. For example, discussions involve how perfectionism impacts relationships and practical strategies for healthier connections.
Many people try to answer what makes relationships work. This podcast aims to answer how do we work relationships? I’m Brittani Procknow, a relationship therapist working with individuals and couples to deepen intimacy and live relationally. I’m taking insights from behind closed doors to you, a listener seeking to improve your relational wellbeing. I’m talking to people about everyday concepts including mental health, work, dating, families, friendships, and hobbies to give insights and actions towards living relationally. I’m grateful to have you here. Let’s dive in.
Too good to stay, too bad to leave is a scenario many people find themselves in. When the relationship could be better, when do you know it’s time to leave or love the one you’re with? We’re here to answer.
Katherine Cullen, LCSW, is a therapist in Nashville, Tennessee. Katherine co-authored The Truth About Exercise Addiction, and was an editor at Psychology Today before she became a therapist. Check out her Instagram for comedy, therapy, and relatable entertainment.
In this episode:
– “Avoidance culture” in dating, and how getting fixated on the ick can protect us from intimacy
– Mimetic desire: where our icks come from in the first place
– Going back to your senses (an idea from inference-based CBT) to tell whether you’re in the right relationship
– Red flags that look pink, and spotting patterns over 6–12 months
– Gottman’s “dream within conflict,” with the dishwasher fight as the example
– The doughnut hole exercise for sorting out what you can and can’t compromise on
– How to find your relational needs
– The Four Horsemen and their antidotes, plus making the scripts sound like you
Books mentioned: Fight Right by John and Julie Gottman, Should I Stay or Should I Go? by Lundy Bancroft, and Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay by Mira Kirshenbaum
Find Katherine:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/kcullentherapy/
Website: https://integrateself.com
Website: https://www.brittaniprocknow.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/brittani_procknow
Intimacy Workbook: https://howtorelate.kit.com/b956780219
Newsletter: https://howtorelate.kit.com/e9f87bb2dc
Sponsor: Larry’s Coffee — https://larryscoffee.com/relate
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