Synopsis
This podcast offers inspiring insights, tips and tools, as well as support and coaching for devoted, committed couples. The listeners can develop attitudes and skills for enhancing and enriching their relationship on many levels. The programs depict the shift from dysfunctional relationship patterns to functional (we get along ok)lifestyles, to more soulful, vibrant partnerships. The more high-functioning the couple, the greater likelihood that they will positively impact their communities and the world. The ripple effect is potent!Topics such as effective communication, constructive problem-solving, dates, romance, spiritual connection, healing and joy are covered.Interviews with engaging couples and relationship experts will be scheduled throughout the year.Dr. Jim and Ruth Sharon, founders of Energy for Life and Soulful Couples are thought leaders in the ever-evolving landscape of healthy relationships. They are licensed psychotherapists and expert relationship coaches. The Sharons have over 40 years of professional experience serving thousands of couples, as counselors, coaches, seminar and retreat leaders, authors and speakers. Their most current of five books is Secrets of a Soulful Marriage: Creating and Sustaining a Loving, Sacred Relationship, Skylight Paths, 2014.Married since 1970, Jim and Ruth have raised three children, and have three granddaughters, so far.
Episodes
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HeartWise: Conscious Partnership with Alexandra Stockwell, MD
25/02/2021 Duration: 32minJoin us this week as Jim and Ruth interview Alexandra Stockwell, MD. Alexandra contributed Chapter 5 to the HeartWise book that is available for purchase on Amazon.
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HeartWise: Mindfulness for Couples with Dr. Linda Miles
11/02/2021 Duration: 28minIn this episode, Dr. Jim and Ruth Sharon talk with psychotherapist, relationship specialist, and author Dr. Linda Miles. In her work, Dr. Miles teaches about the many ways that mindfulness and loving kindness can positively change your brain, your chemistry, and your life. Find out how cultivating a practice of presence can help keep stress and fear from taking over in your relationships, so that you can respond in the moment with loving choices. You’ll also learn why it’s important to deal with the skeletons in your closet, and how partners can help one another heal from past hurts through mindful, compassionate listening to one another’s stories.
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HeartWise: Jonathon & Laurie Weiss
15/01/2021 Duration: 31minIn this episode Jim & Ruth are joined by Jonathon and Laurie Weiss to discuss the stages of relationship development.
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What is HeartWise?
13/11/2020 Duration: 25minAre you ready to step into a new state of consciousness – a heart-centered wisdom that can bring your life into alignment with what’s truly most important to you? In this episode, Dr. Jim and Ruth Sharon introduce a new framework for relating with others and with ourselves. It’s called HeartWise, and it can put you in touch with a deep source of knowing that, once activated, will enable you to thrive like never before. Learn about how this framework can help you navigate these unprecedented times, and get a sneak preview of what’s coming next from Soulful Couples.
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Honoring Difference
08/07/2020 Duration: 24minJoin Dr.Jim & Ruth Sharon as they discuss the differences and how to honor them and why it is important.
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Our 50th Anniversary
11/06/2020 Duration: 25minJoin us in celebrating our 50th wedding anniversary.
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HeartWise: Couples Resilience | Ep. 15
14/05/2020 Duration: 20minIn this episode we discuss Resilience and the “US” element of a relationship.
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Easy-Going Couple with Special Guests Tom and Amanda VanConant |Ep.15
08/04/2020 Duration: 28minListen and learn from this couple about how to keep it easy!
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COVID-19: A Call to Balance |Ep.14
18/03/2020 Duration: 28minIn this month’s podcast, we wanted to share some embodied meditations and other practices to support your balance and well-being on every level. Though they’re offered in response to this current moment, they’re simple, accessible, powerful tools that you can return to and call upon at ANY time when you’re feeling overwhelmed, or when you simply want to nurture a state of peace and resilience within.
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INTIMACY: Loving Soft and Simple
27/02/2020 Duration: 15minJoin Dr. Jim & Ruth Sharon as they help you find simple ways to spark your love.
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Developing Resilience in Your Relationship | Ep. 12
29/01/2020 Duration: 16minIn this week’s podcast, Dr. Jim and Ruth Sharon explore a topic that’s so important for relationship longevity: resilience. You’ll learn what resilience is, why it makes such a difference in a couple’s ability to bounce back after challenges, and how to develop the skills that will keep your relationship strong, flexible, and vibrant over the long term.
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Surprising your Partner | Ep. 11
18/12/2019 Duration: 10minIn this episode The Sharons will share fun and easy ways to keep your partner on their toes!
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Coming Home | Ep.10
26/11/2019 Duration: 13minLearn a new model to stay connected with yourself. Be aware of when you leave your emotionally safe space. Be quick in catching yourself quickly and building bridges/ opening passageways to come back Home to yourSelf. Practice alone and with your partner or others in your life. Make it a daily practice!
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Aloha! A Couple's Path to Intimacy | Ep. 9
22/10/2019 Duration: 31minOn their 17th anniversary, Amy and Marc share simple ways they connect, strengthen and align, as a couple, with their children and extended family, in a transformative manner of deep respect and Aloha.
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Secret Forms of Respect
28/08/2019 Duration: 22minIn this episode Dr. Jim and Ruth Sharon explore different ways to show respect and boundaries through some excerpts of their book, Secrets of a Soulful Marriage: Creating and Sustaining a Loving, Sacred Relationship.
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We Just Had a Horrible Fight, Now What?
07/08/2019 Duration: 07minThis week's episode is a quick helpful tip to guide you and your partner through discussions without ending in a horrible fight.
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The Impact of Coaching One Person with Guest Greta Cleary | Ep. 6
27/06/2019 Duration: 23minDid you know that your relationship can benefit from couples coaching - even when only one partner is working with a coach? Hear from a Soulful Couples client about how her participation in our coaching program improved her relationship with her partner.
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Conscious Conversations - When Conversations Turns Dull | Ep. 5
12/06/2019 Duration: 18minJoin Dr. Jim & Ruth Sharon as they help you to keep your conversations within your relationship alive.
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Conscious Conversations - Not this...THIS | Ep. 4
23/04/2019 Duration: 06minIn this episode, Dr. Jim & Ruth Sharon help couples communicate more effectively, by avoiding off putting ways of speaking.
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Conscious Conversations- Be Curious
08/04/2019 Duration: 10minDr. Jim & Ruth Sharon show couples how to be curious about one another no matter how long the relationship.