110. The Date Night Planner: Simple Tips And Intentions To Make Date Nights Unforgettable Again
The Intimate Marriage Podcast
Don't you sometimes wish you had a Date Night Planner? It would definitely come in handy. There are particular occasions in life that require a lot of thought and planning. If prom night is coming up, you know you want to figure out ahead of time what you’ll be wearing. If it’s your wedding day, you’ve likely spent months setting your intentions for the day—what you’ll wear, where it will be, the flow of the day, the experience throughout the day, both for yourself and your guests. These are examples of occasions that you put a lot of thought and attention into in advance in order...
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109. The Real Secret Behind Getting Your Partner To Change Without Compromising, Losing Who You Are, Or Being A Nag
The Intimate Marriage Podcast
If you were ever interested in getting your partner to change in some way, and wondered how to make that change happen, you are not the only one! In fact, “How do I get my partner to change?” is a question that I’m asked very frequently, with exasperation and concern. In this week’s episode of The Intimate Marriage Podcast I’ll share my answer with you. Here’s a spoiler: the secret I’m about to share has nothing to do with actually making your partner change, although it will still get you what you want. And it doesn’t involve compromise or giving up on what you want either!...
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108. Sexy Marriage Radio w/ Dr. Corey & Pam Allan
The Intimate Marriage Podcast
Dr. Corey and Pam Allan co-host the wonderful, informative, fun podcast called Sexy Marriage Radio, which he started 11 years ago! Their marriage and partnership exemplify many of the concepts I teach. I especially enjoy that they’ve come to it through very different training and life experiences than I have had–which makes our conversation all the more dynamic. In this episode you’ll hear Dr. Corey and Pam discuss: Dr. Corey’s inspiration for starting a podcast 11 years ago (which was way ahead of its time) The question Pam asks herself regularly as part of addressing any...
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107. Say What You Really Want: Create Connection & Real Intimacy With Your Spouse (And Become A Better Leader While Doing It)
The Intimate Marriage Podcast
Identifying and expressing your desires is one of the most important aspects of real intimacy. However, I frequently see couples struggle with this–both with knowing what they want and also being able to say it to one another. Some people have no idea where to begin in order to figure out what they desire. Others know exactly what they want but don’t know how to say it clearly, or they find it prohibitively uncomfortable to do so. And then some people don’t know what they want nor how to say it. It can be helpful when your spouse asks you, “what do you want?” But that question has at...
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106. Husband Aims to Provide Genuine Support for his Wife’s Empowerment w/ Michael & Maraya Brown
The Intimate Marriage Podcast
Maraya and Michael Brown met and he proposed on the first date! Now about a decade later, they talk about the amazing evolution of their relationship–it’s truly a beautiful love story with delicious twists and turns. Maraya is a women’s health and empowerment expert who midwife’s game changing women through the important moments of life. Her husband, Michael, used to work full time and now is at home, supporting her behind the scenes, believing in her, and gladly watching her soar. In this episode, you’ll hear Maraya and Michael share: The mantra Michael practices that allows him to...
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105. Live Coaching: Polyamorous Woman Confronted by Partner's Desire for Monogamy
The Intimate Marriage Podcast
In this episode you’ll hear me coach Jennifer Kaylo Ruscin, a polyamorous woman with a podcast focused on polyamory, swinging, and all things related. I was scheduled to be a guest on her show, The Jennifer Kaylo Ruscin Podcast, but instead of a typical interview I ended up giving her a coaching session instead!A week before we spoke, Jennifer faced a major challenge in her relationship. She told her partner that she was interested in dating a couple she knows. Her partner is typically ok with flirting and fun sexy socializing but he did not take well to this idea at all. He immediately...
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104. The Power Of Authentic Connection With Serdar Hararovich
The Intimate Marriage Podcast
Today’s podcast episode is different from every episode before because, for the first time ever, I’m interviewing someone about the power of authentic connection who is not currently in a committed relationship. But, I heard Serdar speak on a panel about masculine and feminine polarity teachings, and his views piqued my interest (plus I was captivated by his voice which you’ll soon understand). Then shortly after that, I saw a post he did on how to have meaningful connected sex, and I knew we were aligned in our ways of thinking and that he would have a lot to offer that will...
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103. What You Need To Make The Holidays Wonderful
The Intimate Marriage Podcast
It’s that time of the year again; the holiday season is upon us. But do you actually find it to be the most wonderful time of the year??? The holidays should be a celebration, a day of recreation and togetherness. Yet so many people, especially exhausted mothers, need to recover once the holidays are over. Did you know that January is the month when the most people file for divorce, right after the holidays are over? Let me just say, it doesn’t need to be this way! If you want to create joy for your family, your marriage, and yourself this holiday season, you need the tools to do so. In...
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102. When Your Partner Isn’t Into Personal Growth
The Intimate Marriage Podcast
In my intimacy coaching business, over the years many women have reached out and expressed interest in working with me, while also sharing a lot of frustration because their husband “wasn’t interested in doing the work.” However, anytime one of those husbands chose to have a short conversation with me, it turned out that he definitely was interested in exploring coaching with me. I found this to be true 100% of the time! It used to confuse me, until I came to understand that people tend to project their own personal growth style onto their partner, and then find the partner lacking....
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101. Using Travel to Enhance Intimacy, with Marilee & Paul Kostadimas
The Intimate Marriage Podcast
There are many different ways for a couple to connect. For Marilee and Paul Kostadimas, it has always been using travel to enhance intimacy – from the day they met on an archeological dig far from where either one of them lived. Rugged travel, luxury travel, educational travel, service-based travel, leisure travel, historical travel, and many other kinds of travel form the defining backbone of this couple’s beautiful, intimate marriage. They live by the mantra, “meaningful travel is part of a meaningful life” and they see themselves as travel partners in life, through life, and...
info_outlineOn this episode of The Intimate Marriage Podcast, I speak with Gail Bruce, a wise, spunky, honest, articulate, vivacious 80 year old woman. She speaks as a friend, a student of life, and a crone as Gail discusses her 50-year marriage to the love of her life and talks about the ways each new decade brought more growth and more depth to their relationship. After a surfing accident left her late husband in a neck brace, paralyzed from the waist down, many things changed and Gail describes in detail the impact it had on their physical connection. Gail is the founder of HipSilver, a curated resource company designed to connect the Silvers, those in her generation, with one another. Listen as we talk about life, love, and how she makes her life more rich and full with each passing year.
IN THIS EPISODE:
- [03:21] Gail talks about how she met her late husband and about their beautiful 50 year marriage
- [07:47] What is it like being in love after 35 or 40 years of marriage, and how is it different from being in love early in a marriage?
- [13:00] After a surfing accident left her husband in a neck brace, Gail shares how their emotional and physical relationship changed during the almost 5 year recovery
- [23:36] The importance of finding all of the ways that there can be physical connection and pleasure within a life long relationship
- [32:39] Gail talks about founding HipSilver and her plans to grow the resource and show the world that the Silver Age is hip
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- There is a connection between having a fantastic relationship and our ability and willingness to be more self-expressed and receive more of our partners' full self-expression.
- Touch, non sexual and sexual alike, is a major part of everybody’s life and very crucial to our wellbeing. We suffer when there is a lack of physical touch, like during the pandemic.
- HipSilver is an online resource that focuses on Gail’s generation. It’s about new possibilities for a more rich and full life focused on community, information, and curated products.
Links Mentioned:
https://hipsilver.com/pages/about-hipsilver
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gailhbruce/
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BIO
Gail Bruce is a woman of experience and some notoriety. Born Gail Hire in Chicago, she was raised on the beaches of California, educated at numerous institutions, and enriched by the exciting experiences of life: sports, cars, modeling, acting, design, marriage, painting, childbirth, non-profit development, and business. All of which contributed to who she is today and how she will move into the future.
Gail believes the reason we are born into this time and existence is to move our level of “consciousness” one step further to the next level. Everything is a life lesson; everything is enriching.