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How To Rebuild Your Life When You Didn’t Sign Up For This

You had a plan for how your life would turn out. You were working your plan and then life happened. How do you cope and how do you rebuild a worthy life, full of joy when it hasn’t turned out how you expected? Dawn Sanders and I have a talk about how she did it. Visit her website here Join …

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How Your Masculine Energy Is Affecting Your Relationship

So many of my clients complain that their men aren’t showing up for them in the way they want. What I’m going to talk about may feel controversial to some, but as independent and feminist as I am in my thinking, I am also keenly aware of the real biological/hormonal differences in men and women and how that affects our …

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How Your Masculine Energy Is Affecting Your Relationship

This masculine/feminine energy debate may feel over discussed, but the more I work with women who are experiencing difficulty in their relationships, the more I see this issue creeping up. In this episode, I address how an imbalance of the masculine/feminine energy may be wreaking havoc in your relationship. Connect with me: Dr. Zoe Shaw on Instagram Dr. Zoe Shaw …

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How to Respond to Repeat Boundary Violations in Your Marriage

In this episode, I discuss setting boundaries between you and those you love. Often I work with clients who work to set and keep boundaries, but are constantly violated when their loved one crosses those boundaries. I talk through the clear steps you can take to set and hold those boundaries that are sacred to both your own wellness as …

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Healing From Relationship Breakdown Trauma Through Poetry

 In this episode, I interview poet, Emily Bridget Taylor about her journey of healing from divorce and marriage breakdown trauma. She gives encouragement to women in a difficult relationship or having just ended a difficult relationship. She shares how poetry or any kind of creative expression can help healing. She also shares two beautiful poems at the end of …

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6 Tips for Healing After a Breakup

Let’s face it, breakups feel like trauma—especially when you didn’t want it. And even if you were the one who initiated it, it can still crush you. Sometimes we have to do what we have to do, even though it hurts. Whether you were together for 6 months or 30 years, breakups hurt. Seriously hurt. Scientists are discovering that the …

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Managing a Difficult Relationship With Your Boss

So many of us spend the majority of our life at work. I’m always talking about relationships in your life, often intimate ones. But if you’re spending the majority of your life at work – you’re going to have some relationships there just as significant as your personal ones. It makes sense that we talk about having health in relationships …

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Setting Your Relationship Up for Success in the New Year

We often focus on individual goals for the New Year, as we should, but it’s crucial to the long term health of your relationship, that you regularly assess and create goals for your relationship as well. Healthy relationships happen intentionally. In this episode, Dr. Zoe shares her own word of the year and addresses setting yourself and your relationship up …

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I Didn’t Sign Up For This: What To Do When Your Relationship Doesn’t Look Like The One You Said Yes To with Tracy Dalgleish

 Dr. Tracy Dalgleish is a clinical psychologist and relationship expert who is on a mission to help couples break old relationship cycles and find joy in their relationships again. She is the owner of Integrated Wellness, a mental health practice in Ottawa, Ontario, and has been working with individuals and couples for 17 years. Her book, I Didn’t Sign …

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#2 Navigating Your Difficult Relationship Over The Holidays – How To Honor Your Spouse And Still Care For Yourself

For people pleasers and relationship supporters, the holidays can easily feel overwhelming when your needs aren’t getting met and you are trying to make the holidays great for everyone else. In this second episode of Navigating Your Difficult Relationship Over the Holidays. I address how you can honor your spouse while still caring for yourself.   Connect with me: Dr. …