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160. Honeymoon 2.0: Focusing on the Two of You is Really Important with Dr. Kate Mangona

The Intimate Marriage Podcast, with Intimacy Coach Alexandra Stockwell, MD

Release Date: 01/10/2024

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In this episode of the Intimate Marriage Podcast, Alexandra Stockwell, MD, is joined by Kate Mangona, MD, to discuss the importance of getting away from your usual routine to be in a beautiful place, engaging in meaningful activities, as a means to uplevel your relationship.

They share their personal experiences with retreats and the transformative impact they have had on their own marriages. This inspired them to create a retreat for couples, which they are calling Honeymoon 2.0. It’s for couples who are looking to enhance an already strong connection as well as those wanting to reignite a passion that has faded over time. They highlight the importance of progress in relationships and the positive impact it can have on overall happiness in life.

 

Also in this episode:

  • The Honeymoon 2.0 retreat in Maui is an opportunity for couples to deepen their connection and enhance their intimacy.
  • The retreat offers couples an opportunity for growth and transformation, as progress is the key to happiness in relationships.
  • The retreat will include a variety of activities, coaching sessions, and opportunities for couples to spend quality time together.

 

Join us in Maui Oct 7-11, 2024! Sign up here: www.alexandrastockwell.com/honeymoon

 

About Kate Mangona, MD:

Dr. Kate Mangona is a double board-certified pediatric radiologist, supportive physician’s wife and mother to three little girls and a mini poodle. She and her husband Victor, a pediatric radiation oncologist and tax code enthusiast, are active and passive real estate investors in thousands of multifamily units and single-family rentals including 3 luxury Airbnbs.

As a certified life & marriage coach, Kate hosts the Medicine, Marriage & Money podcast and leads Medicine, Marriage, & Money Coaching Programs where she helps married physician parents spend less time arguing with their spouse, and more time reigniting the sparks once felt during their honeymoon. She empowers physician mothers to stop stewing in anger, defensiveness, and resentment so they can create more time for love, vacations, & investing! After working with Kate, high-achieving Mothers have the tools necessary to minimize arguments even during conflict and design the life and relationships they crave.

 

Visit her website: www.medicinemarriageandmoney.com

Follow her on Insta: @katemangonamd

 

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Download the first chapter of Dr Alexandra’s bestselling book, “Uncompromising Intimacy,” here: 
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Cultivate your intimacy skills (without compromise) in Aligned & Hot Marriage, Dr. Alexandra’s proven method for smart couples ready to love more fully: 
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About Alexandra Stockwell, MD

Known as “The Intimacy Doctor,” Alexandra Stockwell, MD is a Relationship and Intimacy Coach and an Intimate Marriage Expert who specializes in coaching ambitious, successful couples to build beautiful, long-lasting, passionate relationships. She is the bestselling author of “Uncompromising Intimacy,” host of The Intimate Marriage Podcast and creator of the Aligned & Hot Marriage program. 

For over two decades, she’s been guiding men and women to bring pleasure and purpose into all aspects of life— from the daily grind of running a household to creating ecstatic experiences in the bedroom—all while maintaining extraordinary professional success!

 

This Podcast Is Produced, Engineered & Edited By:  Simplified Impact