Dr. Zoe, a licensed psychotherapist and relationship coach walks with you on your journey through fixing your difficult relationships, including that sometimes difficult one with yourself. Here, she offers a space where you can look at yourself and your relationship through a lens of psychology, faith and a dash of her own kind of feminism. Stronger in the broken places podcasts hosts guest from all over the world, from celebrity tv therapists to everyday women, authors and scientists, offering therapeutic tips, encouragement, camaraderie and support, helping women stay strong and transform difficult relationships. We’re not fixing them, we’re fixing you and that changes everything!
I’ve been walking this journey of really hard conversations with a number of my clients recently. Needing to have them, gearing up to have them and then processing the aftermath of them. Conversations with parents, friends, spouses and children....
People-pleasers are known for doing whatever it takes to make other people happy. While being kind and helpful is generally a good thing, going too far to please others can leave you feeling emotionally depleted, stressed, and anxious. In...
Sherry GABA (licensed psychotherapist and relationship coach author and founder of Wake-up Recovery formerly feature on VH1’s Celebrity rehab) joins me today to discuss the difference between a toxic and co-dependent relationship, signs that you are in a toxic relationship...
Here’s the scenario. Something happened. You messed up again. Your partner gave you an ultimatum or you hit rock bottom on some level. Maybe the scale screamed a number bigger than you have seen or even want to admit. Maybe...
In this episode, I speak with Adele Spraggon, author, speaker and creator of SHIFT: 4 steps to personal empowerment. We speak about how our brains are wired to keep us in patterns that are not serving us. She outlines her...
The weight of the things we don’t say is heavy. Although you may realize the weight of it, you may also falsely believe that the weight of speaking up is heavier. In this episode, I speak about the four types...
Sometimes, despite trying all the things, you may have a relationship in your life that has unresolved conflict. Although there is plenty of headway you can make in a relationship when you focus on yourself and change yourself, there are...
At the beginning and end of this episode, I share my words and YOUR words (in your voices) for 2022. Many of us have goals, words, aspirations and desires for the new year. Our perfectionism is the first thing that...
This episode is all about Your beautiful relationship with yourself moving into 2022. One of the things I love about entering the new year is that we collectively give space for reflection and goal setting. There is nothing magical about...
Decisions are tough to make when you’re single. They’re doubly tough when you’re a couple. Toss in a little conflict and they can feel downright impossible. And it’s no surprise that you don’t agree. It makes sense that each of...
In this episode, I explore the foundational beliefs about why self-love seems like a selfish quality to attain, especially for women of faith, how I think Jesus modeled something different than what we are taught in churches and why women...
Laura Doyle, New York Times Best Selling Author of The Empowered Wife was the perfect wife until she got married. We have a wonderful conversation about the tenants of her book, her programs, and her podcast, The Empowered Wife podcast....
I’m sure you’ve thought yourself or heard someone say, “I married my mother” or “I married my father.” Well, there’s a lot of truth to this. Despite our inability to recognize it, we do often marry someone like our mother...
You have probably been doing all the things, focusing on yourself, self care, upleveling. You feel like you've got a good handle on that. But there is this glaring hole. You want a life partner. You deserve a life partner,...
As hard as it may be, sometimes we need to let friendships go. And it's hard and it can hurt. A lot. Often we stay too long and hurt longer than we have to because we don't want to hurt-...
Gaslighting is an effective technique that makes you question your entire perception of reality- or a slice of it from a certain angle. When someone is gaslighting you, you slowly begin to stop trusting yourself and your instincts. After an...
Admitting to yourself that you don't like your husband is scary. But it's not the end and it doesn't mean you are destined towards divorce or a lifetime of unhappiness. Listen in as Dr. Zoe (licensed psychotherapist and relationship coach)...
In general, having expectations for an outcome, an event or a relationship is good. It means that you are forward thinking, you value yourself and you have standards. The problem is that we are not in a relationship with ourselves....
For women out there who are struggling with making the decision or who have decided to stay because of the kids, Melissa Dumaz, LMFT and I talk about the following: What do you need to consider? When it definitely won’t...
Is your daily mantra a constant telling him to do the things- back seat driving, taking over his tasks because you're "better at it", asking him to pick this up, put this away. Does he have an actual chore chart...
As parents all over the world are sending their babies off to college, again or for the first time, many are feeling some angst about navigating their new role- parenting an adult child. This sometimes difficult relationship phase isn’t talked...
Julie Graham (now Julie Bender) is invited back to share how her practice of praying for her husband daily (now a weekly series) transformed her internal life as she navigated a difficult marriage. In this episode, she gives hope and...
You may have a relationship that feels like it’s slowly slipping from your grasp. Or you may feel that little hope for salvaging it. Maybe it’s already been severed. In this episode, Dr. Zoe Shaw (licensed psychotherapist and relationship coach)...
You have two competing internal parts that influence your interactions. It’s often why things are so complicated in relationships. And to further complicate the situation, don’t forget that your partner has two competing parts too that you are communicating with...
We've all been there. You take a glance at the woman in the other lane and her relationship looks like all you dreamed yours would be. You feel all the feelings, jealousy being one of them. You don't like this...
In our world, there are a lot of relationship myths. Relationship myths can be highly damaging because they are ideas that don’t match up with real people and their real feelings. Listen in as Dr. Zoe (licensed psychotherapist and relationship...
Wouldn’t it be wonderful if our good relationships stayed the same? It’s hard to deal with change in a relationship (marriage, mother/child or friendship) when you were enjoying it just as it was. Listen in as Dr. Zoe (licensed psychotherapist...
You may have tried all the common relationship advice and found yourself frustrated, hopeless and feeling like there is something wrong with you because you are trying all the things and can’t make your relationship work smoothly. In this episode,...
If you are feeling a little uncertain about the health or the longevity of your relationship, if you are longing for clarity on how to be healthy when things feel upside down in your relationship, this episode is for you....
Welcome to the first episode of the re-branded Stronger in the Difficult places podcast. This podcast is for the woman who finds herself in a difficult relationship and struggles to keep herself whole and healthy despite it all. The answer...
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