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Crazy WisdomCrazy WisdomEpisode #384: Beyond the Horizon: Exploring Consciousness and Reality with Erik NewtonIn this episode of the Crazy Wisdom Podcast, host Stewart Alsop welcomes back Erik Newton for a profound conversation on consciousness, personal growth, and the nature of reality. Together, they explore the challenges of expanding awareness, balancing intention with surrender, and the philosophical implications of emerging technologies like Neuralink. Erik shares his deep reflections on fatherhood, the complexities of human suffering, and the pursuit of peace in a chaotic world. For more insights from Erik, you can connect with him on Twitter at @NewtonLaw.Check out this GPT we trained on the conversation!Timestamps2024-08-1954 minPeace TalkzPeace TalkzPeaceTalkz: The Hooke and Newton FeudHeather and Erik talk about the Robert Hooke and Sir Issac Newton Feud. Resources: Ball, Johnny. 2017. Wonders Beyond Numbers: A brief history of all things mathematical. Bloomsbury Sigma. Bechler, Zev. 1974. “Newton’s 1672 Optical Controversies: A Study in the Grammar of Scientific Dissent.” In The Interaction Between Science and Philosophy, edited by Yehuda Elkana and Samuel Sambursky, 115–142. Atlantic Highlands, N.J., Humanities Press.  Chandrasekhar, Subrahmanyan. 2003. Newton’s Principia for the Common Reader. Oxford University Press.  Gal. 2002. Meanest Foundations.  Guicciardini, Niccolo. 2005. “Reconsidering the Hooke-Newton Debate on Gravitation: Recent Results.” Early Science and...2024-02-0547 minNewton Knowledge PodcastNewton Knowledge PodcastErik Reynolds - Long-Term Care and Legislative UpdatesJoin Newton One (Steve Target and Mark Singer) and Erik Reynolds, M Financials’ National Sales Practice Leader for Long Term Care (LTC), as they discuss the development of LTC solutions over the years and the history of the LTC Premium Tax being proposed in states across the nation. 2023-08-2334 minSaaS SessionsSaaS SessionsS7E2 - The art of Lead Nurturing ft. Erik Newton, CMO at HubiloIn this episode, we hosted Erik Newton, CMO at Hubilo to talk about the art of lead nurturing.Erik points out that the average marketing touches required to win a deal in B2B have gone up significantly. And hence lead nurturing has become more important than ever.We discussed what constitutes a lead nurture program. How to build one? And what role does marketing automation play in these programs?Erik also shares his successful lead nurture program example. And I've shared one too.All this and more in this episode...2023-05-0840 minThe StackThe StackStanding Out in the Sea of Content with Erik Newton, VP of Marketing at Milestone IncMilestone has been around for almost 25 years now, but their age hasn’t slowed them down at all. They’ve been consecutively recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in Silicon Valley. Like Milestone, VP of Marketing Erik Newton also has a deep history in the industry. In this episode, he joins to share his SEO and marketing strategies along with the tools that help him implement them.Erik’s career began at Netscape. He moved on to work for companies such as mp3.com, Netflix and BrightEdge. He’s stayed current with the trends for over two deca...2022-07-0639 minThe Virtual CMOThe Virtual CMOSpecific Tactics You Can Use to Check If You Are Customer-Obsessed with Erik NewtonIn episode 109, host Eric Dickmann interviews Erik Newton. Erik currently serves as the Vice President of Milestone Inc., a digital marketing software and services company and has recently published a management and self-development book, called- “Hack the Corporate Fast Track.”Milestone Internet Marketing Inc. aims to organize and amplify digital information to reach the right audience through digital media advertising, social media. SEO, and analytics. Erik is a prolific writer with more than 175 blogs to his credit.For more information and access to the resources mentioned in this episode, visit:https://fiveechelon.com/s...2021-12-1337 minNewton Knowledge PodcastNewton Knowledge PodcastErik Reynolds – M Financial‘s Sales DirectorWith top talent being an organization’s most valuable asset; recruitment, rewarding and retention has never been more valuable. Newton One speaks with Erik Reynolds from M Financial to discuss the importance of adequate income protection for all, and how Executive Disability Insurance programs compliment current benefits portfolio, providing significant value for employers, employees and executives in this competitive business landscape. 2021-11-3036 minThe Lucky TitanThe Lucky TitanWhy Your Business Content Will Never Go Viral With Erik NewtonErik Newton is the VP of Marketing at Milestone Inc. He is a growth marketing executive who takes a full-lifecycle view of customer acquisition, experience, and retention. Prior to Milestone, he was the VP of Growth Marketing at BrightEdge.Early on in his career he spent 6 years in Japan and earned his MBA there and then started his career at Dentsu agency in Tokyo. Erik has worked in tech marketing for more than 20 years at Adobe, MP3.com, Netflix, and TiVo. He has published more than 175 blogs on SEO, is an accomplished speaker, and wrote a book...2021-09-2822 minNewton Knowledge PodcastNewton Knowledge PodcastErik Eklund - Senior Advanced Markets Counsel at M Financial GroupJoin Newton One and Erik Eklund for a discussion about current opportunities for advanced insurance and estate planning due to recent changes, likely upcoming changes and the current economic environment.  Hear how there may be some unique strategies that can be implemented now that offer potentially significant advantages to certain types of individuals and families.  2021-08-0237 minThe People of Digital MarketingThe People of Digital MarketingInterview with Erik Newton - How to Scale Your Marketing Career: Lessons From a Former Senior Marketer from Netflix - Episode #41“It took me many many jobs to figure this out—you are in a support role…marketing is a support role. ” Erik Newton is the VP of Marketing at Milestone Inc. Milestone helps companies organize and amplify their digital information to reach the right audiences with advanced technical solutions for content and SEO. He is a growth marketing executive who takes a full-lifecycle view of customer acquisition, experience, and retention. Prior to Milestone, he was the VP of Growth Marketing at BrightEdge. Early on in his career he spent 6 years in Japan and earned hi...2021-07-0944 minNext Man UpNext Man UpESPN NFL Insider Field Yates on NFL Covid Outlook, Earl Thomas, Safety "Positional Value", and Cam Newton + New England Patriots.I'm joined by ESPN NFL Insider Field Yates to discuss the outlook for the NFL season amidst the pandemic, Earl Thomas, safety positional value in an evolving market, Cam Newton and the Patriots, and more.2020-08-2625 minHospitality Sales PodcastHospitality Sales PodcastHospitality Sales Show 6 - Erik Newton and ABMWhat tools can marketers provide to help the sales process? Excerpt - Join us to hear how Erik Newton, the VP of Marketing for Milestone Internet focuses on creating unique knowledge to help his salespeople stand apart and provide clear value for their clients. Erik shares some great ideas and specific tools that hotel sales and marketing can work on together to accelerate the sales cycle.2020-07-0430 minKnowledge For Men ArchivesKnowledge For Men ArchivesSimple Tools for Better Relationships With Erik NewtonErik Newton is a former family law attorney, and founder of Together Magazine and The Together Show Podcast. Erik describes himself as someone who’s “been through a thousand divorces and still believes in love.” Ushering couples through divorce was never pleasant, but it turned out to be the ideal medium through which to understand the entire lifecycle of a relationship. As a result, Erik has a unique, real-world comprehension of what makes one marriage thrive and another fall apart. During his time as an attorney, Erik teamed up with a psychologist friend to lead premari...2020-06-0858 minMarketing TrendsMarketing TrendsMarketing 5.0 with Erik Newton, VP of Growth Marketing at BrightEdgeMarketing has undergone many phases of change. Four phases since 1900, to be exact, according to Erik Newton (LinkedIn | Twitter). Erik is the Vice President of Growth Marketing at BrightEdge. Previously, he has held senior marketing roles at leading media and entertainment companies including Netflix, TiVo, and Vidcie.  On this episode of Marketing Trends, Erik walks us through the phases of marketing as he sees them and describes what we should expect to see in the next couple years during the rise of "Marketing 5.0". For full notes and show notes, click here. Marketing Trends is...2019-05-2843 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsShop TalkOur guest today is Andy Horning from the Elephant Talk podcast. Andy is a fascinating guy – he's two kids and over 13 years into his second marriage, he's been a couple's therapist for more than 15 years, and he's a course leader for the Hoffman Institute. In this episode we talk about everything from pain and loss to how your relationship is your greatest meditation.    If you'd like to learn more about Andy, you can find him at his website: https://www.elephanttalk.org/ – definitely check out his podcast. If you love Together, you'll love Elephant Talk.   If you'd like to support our progr...2019-02-2834 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsSeason Opener: The Seminar TrapFirst some updates: Aubrie and I eloped on New Years day! (Details inclusive). I’m now the COO of a software startup in San Francisco (Urbit.org). Loving this! This might be the last season of Together. We’ll figure it out as we go! Now to our guests! Linda and Charlie Bloom have been a mainstay of the relationship seminar business for decades, but the seminar experience almost ruined their marriage. We get to hear how they managed and what they learned. It’s a fun episode with a very sweet couple. Let me know wha...2019-02-1437 minDeconstructing YourselfDeconstructing YourselfDeconstructing Michael, with Erik NewtonTurning the tables on the usual show format, host Michael Taft gets interviewed by Erik Newton. They talk about the meaning of awakening, the paradox of suffering, the end of seeking, the value of personal experience vs. scriptural understanding, Erik’s awakening experience, new technologies of awakening, the genesis of the Deconstructing Yourself podcast, and more.Erik Newton is a lawyer and was the head of a successful family law firm, which gave him the opportunity to take part in 1000s of divorces. As the result of his experience, two things happened: one was that he created th...2018-09-191h 02Together. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsSeason Ender: The Badass Fat AssToday’s Episode – number 131 – is the last episode of season two, which means we’re off for the summer! We’ll be back in September with more interviews! Our guest today, Rachel Dwight is a self described super fat, queer, transgender, disabled superhero. And I’ll add that they’re a force of nature as well! We discuss all of those identities, and we cover a fundamental truth we should all internalize: everyone is entitled to pleasure, no matter their body type. Check out Rachel’s amazing blog: theBadAssFatAss.com. You can also support Rachel’s work at their pa...2018-04-3037 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsFrom Shame To Intimacy - Megan and BraveToday’s conversation is about shame and how we can use it to explore the darker corners of our relationships. Our guests today, Megan and Brave have done some very useful work in this area - and specifically on what they refer to as “male shame.” Listen in to hear what they mean by that! I’ve you’d like to learn more about Megan and Brave, check out their website: https://www.thealchemyofwe.com/ - these two do some fantastic relationship coaching both on the individual and group levels, so check it out. We’ve only got...2018-03-1933 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsCatholic Swingers – It's Definitely A ThingToday's episode is about a couple you would never expect might have a secret life. Penn and Page, our guests today, grew up Catholic, married young, had six kids, and were perfectly content living a predictable life, until one day Penn had an idea...   --- If you’d like to learn more about Penn and Page, you can find their podcast - Swinger Diaries on iTunes or any podcast player, and you can find their website at https://swingerdiaries.wordpress.com/ If you liked what you heard today, please do subscribe. It’...2018-03-0537 minBlended Family PodcastBlended Family PodcastValentines Special, with Erik Newton of Togethermelissa@blendedfamilypodcast.com www.blendedfamilypodcast.com Erik Newton is a former family law attorney who describes himself as someone who’s “been through a thousand divorces and still believes in love.” Ushering couples through divorce wasn’t easy for Erik, a romantic from birth, but it turned out to be the ideal medium through which to understand the entire life cycle of a relationship. As a result, Erik has a unique, real-world comprehension of what makes one marriage thrive and another fall apart.   During his time as an attorn...2018-02-0540 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsEmotional LaborA cultural conversation has been simmering recently about the concept of emotional labor.  It’s a critical conversation to our relationships, but not many of us know what it means. Today on the podcast, we learn all about what it is, and what to do about it from our guests, Gemma and Rob Hartley. Gemma is a well known journalist, and recently wrote an article for Harpers about emotional labor that went viral. To learn more about Gemma and her writings, check out her website: gemmahartley.com. She has a forthcoming book about emotional labor due out in...2018-01-3032 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsWe All Must Face Our DemonsOur guest today - Iris McAlpin is a survivor of multiple experiences with sexual abuse, and having recovered from those, she has some unique ideas about how we all should be relating to the perpetrators of these kind of abuses. She also has quite a bit too say about the healing process that’s available to all of us after abuse. If you’d like to learn more about Iris and her programs, you can find her website at: http://irismcalpin.com - I’ll put links to that in our show notes as well. Don’t...2018-01-1937 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsThe Power Of A Shared NarrativeOur guests today, Ned and Dorcas share a story about a depression that lasted nearly five years. They not only survived that depression as a couple, but built a massively successful company during that time and started a family that’s thriving. This episode is about the tools they used to manage.  Dorcas has written a book about the experience called: START, LOVE, REPEAT - How to Stay in Love with Your Entrepreneur in a Crazy Start-up World. You can find out more about Dorcas at her website: https://www.chengtozun.com/. You can learn about Ned's compan...2017-12-3038 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsRape and ReconciliationThe title of this episode says what’s it’s about: rape and reconciliation. If rape is a topic you find difficult to hear about, you might want to take it easy with this episode.  But know that this story is also about reconciliation. It’s about the healing process that’s available to all of us. Megan Flamer, our guest today is a mindfulness trainer and former broadcast journalist. She works on projects that marry human behavior, communication and tech. She creates retreats all over the world with Shiny Happy Healthy and runs corporate trainings w...2017-12-111h 01Together. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsBe Your Own SexpertOur guest today, Nenna Joiner, is an African American Lesbian porn producer and sex shop owner in downtown Oakland. Our conversation ranges all over the sex universe from impotence, to getting on your knees in church and in sex, to whether Lesbians are the new gay men, to - of course - toys and porn. If you’d like to find Nenna online or meet her in person, she’s often at her shop, Feelmore in Oakland. You can find their website at: https://feelmore510.com/ If you liked what you heard today, please do subs...2017-11-3034 minThe Authors PodcastThe Authors PodcastAuthors Podcast - Episode 11 - Erik DeckersErik Deckers is the president of Pro Blog Service, a content marketing agency with clients throughout the United States. He is also the co-author of Branding Yourself, No Bullshit Social Media, and The Owned Media Doctrine. Erik has been blogging since 1997, and a newspaper humor columnist since 1994. He has written several radio and stage plays, and numerous business articles. Erik was the Spring 2016 writer-in-residence at the Jack Kerouac House in Orlando, FL, and now serves on their board of directors. Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself - 3rd edition came out...2017-11-291h 11The Authors PodcastThe Authors PodcastAuthors Podcast - Episode 11 - Erik DeckersErik Deckers is the president of Pro Blog Service, a content marketing agency with clients throughout the United States. He is also the co-author of Branding Yourself, No Bullshit Social Media, and The Owned Media Doctrine. Erik has been blogging since 1997, and a newspaper humor columnist since 1994. He has written several radio and stage plays, and numerous business articles. Erik was the Spring 2016 writer-in-residence at the Jack Kerouac House in Orlando, FL, and now serves on their board of directors. Branding Yourself: How to Use Social Media to Invent or Reinvent Yourself - 3rd edition came out...2017-11-2900 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsThanksgiving and Death (Essay)We are community. We are our friends and family, and we cannot know ourselves without them.2017-11-2006 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTwo Mormons Walks Into A Strip Club...Today’s episode kicks of the first of several stories on the topic of pornography.  Today, we’re hearing from Nate and Angilyn. Nate is the founder of a website and a podcast about marriage called First7Years.com. He’s also done a lovely TedX talk about love. He and Angilyn are both lifelong Mormons. They were both raised to believe that porn was inherently evil. They have a different view about it now, but I’ll let them tell the story. In other news, we're planning a relationship retreat, and we'd love your help gett...2017-11-0636 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsIf Not Everything, Nothing - Thomas and LaurenThe thing about the choice to stay or to go in any given relationship, is that we can never know what might have been. There’s no control group to test against for happiness in our life choices. We only know what’s right here, right now. Our guests this week – Thomas and Lauren – are facing that question of choice. How do you know when it’s right, and how do you know when it’s wrong? In some sense, you can’t know - you just have to take action. In other news, we're planning a rel...2017-10-3028 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsThe Fascinations of Taboo and Turn OnOur episode today is about the unpredictable results of difficult conversations. There’s gold in those hills if you have the courage to dig. Our guests today are avid prospectors, and they have a lot to teach us about the process of emotional inquiry. If you’d like to learn more about Bob, you can find his website at: http://bobschwenkler.com/ You can find Natalie and her new podcast, Taboo and Turn On at: http://natalievartanian.com/ In other news, we're planning a relationship retreat, and we'd love your help gett...2017-10-1735 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsAl Turtle - Relationship Tools You Never LearnedLast week during our interview with Michael and Sara, you may remember they told us about a therapist they had worked with over Skype named Al Turtle. Well I reached out to Al, and today we’ve got him on the show! It was a long interview. The portion of the conversation we’re playing focuses mostly on a specific debate: is all the inquiry into childhood trauma really necessary, or should we focus instead on behavior? Al’s answer is a good one. Listen in to find out what he says. You can find Al and...2017-10-0936 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsSometimes You're Gonna HateEvery once in awhile you're going to hear yourself say the words: "I hate you" to the one you love. Not that we're encouraging it, but let's just normalize the fact that sometimes, anger and frustration bubble over into something we're not proud of. Today's episode is about learning from those feelings, and moving forward. Our guests today, Michael and Sara have a lot to say on the topic, and their story is an inspiring one -- but I'll let them tell it rather than rewrite it here. You can find the book Michael wrote f...2017-10-0231 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsYour Type Doesn't MatterSo long as we’re stuck on an internal idea of perfection, we can never fully experience the magic of what’s right before our eyes. That's why searching for one's "type," or the "perfect match" can be such a dead end. Our guests today, Jo and Nick–understand this better than most, and share with us their insights about how to be in the relationship you actually have. Jo Piazza is an author with six very popular titles under her belt, and she’s also a rather well loved travel journalist. Most recently she wrote a...2017-09-2534 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsRules Of PlaySuccessful couples seem to have an instinct about where to find those moments of giggly surrender that are so effective at helping us all drop the drama and reconnect. This skill is absolutely learnable. It’s not a matter of luck, it’s a matter of practice.  Ryan and Jordana, are guests this week, are are exceptionally talented in the area of simple fun. They’re both musicians in addition to their other passions (it’s their music played throughout this episode), and their playfulness comes pouring in the music and countless other ways. There’s a lot to...2017-09-1835 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsWhat Is Love, Actually?We need philosophers and the rigor they bring to the discussions that inform our daily lives. It's critical–particularly in our current political climate–for all of us to consider what we mean by the words we use and the concepts we refer to. So what about love? What does that mean, really? To ask that question properly (but never entirely answer it), we turn to Dr. Carrie Jenkins, Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia, and a Professor at the Northern Institute of Philosophy, University of Aberdeen. Dr. Jenkins just released a book...2017-09-1158 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsThe Thing About Love And Money...Money and sex–last week I claimed that these are the two most direct access points to our unconscious selves, and so we focused on a story about sexual trauma. This week, it’s a story–at least partly–about money. The identity shift is a common reason for breakups that we often hear about. We’re all human, and so inevitably we change. Our relationships need to change as well, or they become stale and hold us back. But it's never easy, and couples are in the constant process of managing all this change; it’s one of the m...2017-09-0529 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsThe Ins And Outs Of Mindful SexOur episode today is about sex and awakening. Sex can trigger our deepest challenges, and our most exalted selves. Whatever the reason, exploring our sexuality is one of our greatest opportunities for personal growth, if we allow it to be. But it's scary. Sure, the sex itself is fun, but we don't like trauma it can unearth. We resist fear as humans, and for good reason: it's how we survive. On the other hand, this exploration is where the greatest of adventures lies. This is how we can finally truly know ourselves. Why not live fully expressed i...2017-08-2846 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTwo Straight Guys Walk Into Burning Man...We're Back! Today's episode is the first episode of Season 2! Our story today has many layers, but at it's core it's about sexual identity and the value of story itself. Rasmus and Michel–two men who had never considered anything other than heterosexual relationships–met on a dance floor in the middle of the desert, and... well, you'll have to listen in to find out what happens. The deeper issue is how we all use narrative to experience our lives–it's the stories we tell ourselves that give us that give definition to our truth. Unders...2017-08-2145 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsWe're All Simultaneously Crying Wolf (Essay)We're still on break! We're taking a little time to catch our breath and refresh the format of the The Together Show. In the meantime, we're reading essays – usually those we publish at Together Magazine. I wrote today’s essay, as part of a forthcoming book I'm working on, so it hasn't been published anywhere in written form. I'm going to keep it that way for a while. Please don't be shy about letting us know if you have any ideas for what you'd like to see in our next iteration. We love hearing from you...2017-07-1710 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsWhy The Best Daters Are Divorced (essay)We're still on break! We're taking a little time to catch our breath and refresh the format of the The Together Show. In the meantime, we're reading essays – usually those we publish at Together Magazine. Today's essay is called Why The Best Daters Are Divorced. I wrote this one last year based on experiences from my time as a divorce lawyer. Dating after divorce is not only possible, it's a joy–hear me out on this one! Please don't be shy about letting us know if you have any ideas for what you'd like to see i...2017-06-2606 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsLogical Arguments vs. Tribal Decisions (Essay)We're on break! We're taking a little time to catch our breath and refresh the format of the The Together Show. In the meantime, we're reading essays – usually those we publish at Together Magazine. I wrote today’s essay, after thinking about the following quotations: “In the end, reconciliation is a spiritual process, which requires more than just a legal framework. It has to happen in the hearts and minds of people.” – Nelson Mandela “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” – Winston S. Churchill The essay i...2017-06-0612 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsHow Wild Sexual Exploration Made Me A Better Woman (Essay)We're on break! We're taking a little time to catch our breath and refresh the format of the The Together Show. In the meantime, we're reading essays that we've published at Together Magazine. Today’s Article is called How Wild Sexual Exploration Made Me A Better Woman, as read by the author, Lucy Gillespie. Lucy Gillespie is an Anglo-American screenwriter, producer, and essayist based in NYC. She is the managing editor of Frenchly. Her original series Unicornland, about a woman who explores her sexuality by dating couples, premieres on Valentine’s Day. Follow on social media...2017-05-3114 minONCE PODCASTINGONCE PODCASTING15 My Style My Self: A Reflective Conversation with Erik NewtonJoin Erik and Joui as they dive deep into the intersection between identity, spirituality and image. "Style is a signal of your fitness for society, " Says Erik Newton the founder and host of the popular podcast and online magazine: Together.  Once a family law attorney, Newton used to wear only fancy suits. But when he suddenly lost his practice and found his well tailored life falling apart, everything dissolved--including his image. "When I was a lawyer I used style to prove my value," he says. Listen as we discuss his transition into a life and style that reflects his character and th...2017-05-2644 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsHow Mindfulness Killed My Sex Life (Essay)We're on break! We're taking a little time to catch our breath and refresh the format of the The Together Show. In the meantime, we're reading essays that we've published at Together Magazine. Today’s Article is called How Mindfulness Killed My Sex Life. Please don't be shy about letting us know if you have any ideas for what you'd like to see in our next iteration. We love hearing from you. You can email Erik at host@together.guide. Or contact us on our Facebook page, Twitter or on Instagram @together_show.2017-05-1711 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsThe Divorce Lawyer's Guide To Marriage, Part 4 (Essay)We’re on break! We’re taking a little time to catch our breath and refresh the format of the The Together Show. In the meantime, we’re reading essays that we’ve published at Together Magazine. Today’s Article is called The Divorce Lawyer’s Guide To Marriage, Part 4. Please don’t be shy about letting us know if you have any ideas for what you’d like to see in our next iteration. We love hearing from you. You can email Erik at host@together.guide. Or contact us on our Facebook page, Twitter or on Ins...2017-05-0906 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsThe Divorce Lawyer's Guide To Marriage, Part 3 (Essay)We’re on break! We’re taking a little time to catch our breath and refresh the format of the The Together Show. In the meantime, we’re reading essays that we’ve published at Together Magazine. Today’s Article is called The Divorce Lawyer’s Guide To Marriage, Part 3. Please don’t be shy about letting us know if you have any ideas for what you’d like to see in our next iteration. We love hearing from you. You can email Erik at host@together.guide. Or contact us on our Facebook page, Twitter or on Ins...2017-05-0110 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsThe Divorce Lawyer's Guide To Marriage, Part 2 (Essay)We’re on break! We’re taking a little time to catch our breath and refresh the format of the The Together Show. In the meantime, we’re reading essays that we’ve published at Together Magazine. Today’s Article is called The Divorce Lawyer’s Guide To Marriage, Part 2. Please don’t be shy about letting us know if you have any ideas for what you’d like to see in our next iteration. We love hearing from you. You can email Erik at host@together.guide. Or contact us on our Facebook page, Twitter or on Ins...2017-04-2113 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsEver Hate Your Partner? Here's Why (Essay)We’re on break! We’re taking a little time to catch our breath and refresh the format of the The Together Show. In the meantime, we’re reading essays that we’ve published at Together Magazine. Today’s Article is called Ever Hate Your Partner? Here's Why. Please don’t be shy about letting us know if you have any ideas for what you’d like to see in our next iteration. We love hearing from you. You can email Erik at host@together.guide. Or contact us on our Facebook page, Twitter or on Instagram @t...2017-04-1408 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsThe Divorce Lawyer's Guide To Marriage, Part 1 (Essay)We’re on break! We’re taking a little time to catch our breath and refresh the format of the The Together Show. In the meantime, we’re reading essays that we’ve published at Together Magazine. Today’s Article is called The Divorce Lawyer's Guide To Marriage, Part 1. Please don’t be shy about letting us know if you have any ideas for our next iteration. We love hearing from you. You can email Erik at host@together.guide. Or contact us on our Facebook page, Twitter or on Instagram @together_show.2017-04-0413 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsDear Single Person: You're Doing Nothing Wrong (Essay)We're on break! We're taking a little time to catch our breath and refresh the format of the show. In the meantime, we're reading essays that we've published at Together Magazine. Today's story is called Dear Single Person: You're Doing Nothing Wrong.  Please don't be shy about letting us know if you have any ideas for our next iteration. We love hearing from you. You can email Erik at host@together.guide The website is www.together.show Facebook is www.facebook.com/togethershow  Twitter and instagram are both @to...2017-03-2706 minThe Decision-Making Studio PodcastThe Decision-Making Studio PodcastEp. 44: Erik Newton - Risk and Resilience in Love and Relationships This week, we discuss risk in love and relationships. I must admit, it isn’t the type of topic that I feel comfortable discussing and if you were to ask me two years ago what the chances of me hosting a podcast episode on this, I’d tell you the chances would be infinitesimally small. And yet, this being a podcast on risk, here we are. My guest this week is Erik Newton. Erik is a former family law attorney (i.e. divorce lawyer) who describes himself as “someone who has been through a thousand divorc...2017-03-271h 28Together. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships100 - Good Enough Is In Fact PerfectToday’s episode is about finding perfection in the good enough.   We all know that nobody is perfect, and we all know that our partners can't possibly live up to our internal expectations. Yet we're always hunting for the perfect partner even though we know that hunt is a dead-end; it leads not to satisfaction, but to more searching in a never-ending cycle. Today's guests – Tejal and Chirag – have put that cycle to rest. Our episode today is about how they did that Tejal is founder of online training program, The Mindful Mama Experie...2017-03-2150 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships099 - Finding The One After Divorce: Carolyn and ChristofToday’s episode is about finally finding the right partner after divorce. My own experience as a divorce lawyer was that my clients who worked through the emotional issues always had very happy second marriages. That contradicts the data on second marriages, but I saw it occurring over and over. I believe I’ve found yet another example in our guests today. Carolyn and Christof have a fun and romantic story in which they gamely face the challenges that are inevitable in every relationship, as you’ll hear. And they met just as Christof had gotten over a very...2017-03-1454 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsWhat Is Romance, Anyway? David and AliToday’s episode is about the super bowl! Well, it’s about a lot more than that, but a good chunk of the story revolves around what happened at the Super Bowl this year. With that as the backdrop, we get to explore questions of parenting, sex, shared responsibility, and of course my favorite topic of all: conflict. Now this was one of our longer interviews, so I’ve cut the second half out for a Patreon bonus episode. If you’d like to hear that, you can find it at: you can find that at patre...2017-03-0650 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships097 - Why Women Have Long Memories And Men Fall In Love First; Dr. Helen Fisher Part 2Today's episode is the second of two bonus episodes made possible by Match. I had always wanted to interview Dr. Helen Fisher; she’s a biological anthropologist, and one of the world’s foremost experts on the science of love. She is also Match’s Chief Scientific Advisor, and so they made the introduction for me. In the first segment which we released last week, we learned a little about Dr. Fisher personally, and we spoke more broadly about the biological reasons for love. In this episode, we focus on Dr. Fisher's advice to singles looking to meet t...2017-03-0254 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships096 - Every Man Has One Golden Arrow: Amy and MattToday’s episode is about absolute dedication, and it’s very romantic. If you’ve listened to the show before, you know that I often begin interviews by asking how my guests met, but that I like to get past all that so we can explore the challenges that couples face. My view is that we have plenty of happily ever after romance stories in our culture, and we really don’t need any more of those. But then I interviewed Amy and Matt. Now I’m not saying this is a happily ever after story. The...2017-02-2741 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships095 - Will Polyamory Lead To Stronger Marriages? Dr. Helen FisherToday’s episode is a bonus that I’m very excited to release! I’ve wanted to interview Dr. Helen Fisher ever since I saw her extraordinary Ted talk about The Brain In Love. She is so insightful and dynamic in all of these talks that I knew she would make a great guest. And I gotta tell you, this is the benefit of having a sponsor like Match.com - It turns out Dr. Fisher is their chief scientific advisor, and they were able set up an introduction for me. We had a blast doing...2017-02-2342 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships094 - God Is At The Center Of Our Marriage: David and HeatherToday’s episode is about god being at the center of a marriage. This is an idea that I’ve wanted to explore for quite some time. We’ve touched on it in previous episodes, but this is the most in depth conversation I’ve had with a Christian couple. What I love about this conversation is that David and Heather are not academics or preachers. This is an idea that’s at the center of their lives, but that they don’t spend a lot of time articulating it in their day-to-day. So the conversation very much comes from the hea...2017-02-2151 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships093 - The Unicorn And The Engineer: Lucy and PhillipeToday’s episode is a focus on the early phases of a relationship. I’ve always thought that a willingness to work on the inevitable challenges in a relationship is the greatest possible expression of romance.  Our guests today Lucy and Phillipe are recently engaged, and it’s their joyful newness coupled with that willingness to do the work that made this episode seem like a good fit for Valentine’s week. Lucy also happens to be a close friend of our podcast. She has written a couple of articles for magazines: http://together.guide/im-unicor...2017-02-131h 00Together. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships092 - Non-Monogamy Still Has Rules: Chris and Esther’s Second AppearanceToday’s episode marks the first time we’ve had a couple back for a second appearance on the show. Chris and Esther first appeared in episodes 29 and 30, which were titled: Polyamory and Divorce, A Story About Love, and Non-Monogamy is Hard Because Relationships Are Hard. In those episodes they explained the nature of their non-monogamous relationship, and shared the main challenge they were facing at the time which had to do essentially with maintaining relationship agreements. If you’ve listened to the show at all, you know that my view is that conflict in a relationship is ine...2017-02-061h 04Together. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships091 - I Love You But You’re The Wrong Gender! Ginny and JodyToday’s episode is about falling in love when you’re just not supposed to. According to most researchers on the subject, human sexual orientation is a spectrum. The Kinsey Scale for instance, one of the most widely used classification systems, rates people along a spectrum from 0–entirely heterosexual, to 6–entirely homosexual. There are hundreds of these classification systems all taking into account different kinds of factors. Whatever you may think of any of the various systems, it does appear that each of us is uniquely oriented sexually. Some of us learn about ou...2017-01-3057 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships090 - Working Insane Hours For A Shared Passion: Adam and StacyToday’s episode is about how one couple runs a restaurant together, and somehow manages not to kill each other process. This concept of married couples who work together is something we’ve heard about on the show before, but I wanted to bring our guests today on the show because they’re the rockstars of this balancing act. Adam and Stacy run a very successful and highly regarded restaurant in San Francisco called Bluestem Brasserie. On the show they discuss the one factor that’s both their Kryptonite and their super power. Enjoy the show! ...2017-01-2350 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships089 - Grumpiness vs. Control: Shane and JessicaToday’s episode is about optimizing behavior for happiness in marriage. Shane and Jessica, today’s guests have a solidly traditional american marriage. They live in a lovely home in the suburbs of Sacramento, they’ve got two adorable kids, and two very cute cats. They’re friends with all their neighbors, they spend weekends with family, and life is good. But Shane gets occasionally grumpy and dark, and Jessica needs a strong sense control in life to feel completely at ease. In her words, she’s a bit bossy. But they’re both working on these tendencies in themselves...2017-01-1744 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships088 - Widowed at 35: Erin MoonOur episode today is about loss and renewal. We’ve all felt loss to one degree or another. And we’ve all heard about the stages of recovery as well. But the actuality of loss, and specifically the death of a loved one, is something far deeper and more visceral than any explanation can ever capture. Our guest today, Erin Moon, was widowed after 10 years of marriage when she was 35. The death was a painful one, but Erin has found renewal in loss. Her story is an inspiring one, and it reminds me how in some...2017-01-0944 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships087 - The Six Month World Tour: Dan and NatalieToday’s episode is about adventure travel. We thought a story about hitting the road would be a good way to kick off the new year. Happy New Year!! Don’t forget to check our sponsor for today’s episode: Little Bird, the independent diamond & engagement ring experts. The best way to buy an engagement ring ​is with a bird's eye view. You can find them at littlebirdtoldyou.com If you like what we’re up to here at together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together - we’re on a miss...2017-01-021h 00Together. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships086 - Year in Review: We Need Relationship Skills Now More Than EverWe’re not posting an interview this week, so we can give ourselves a little break. Instead, we thought we’d post some thoughts on what we’ve learned this year from the show. Thanks for listening, and Happy Holidays! If you like what we’re up to here at together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together.  Thank you!2016-12-2610 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships085 - We're Transgender: Don't Make It Weird. Jamie, Doe, and BreeToday’s episode is about being transgender. Last week took a first look at the issue of traditional gender roles, and this week we expand the exploration of gender to look at identity. Our guests today, Jamie, Doe, and Bree are all transgender. Jamie is a transgender man, Bree is a transgender woman, and Doe is a non binary gender fluid person. These three are also polyamorous, but that’s not the focus of this episode. If you’d like to hear about their romantic  relationship, we’ll be posting that portion of the interview for Patreon subscribe...2016-12-1955 minBreakup Recovery PodcastBreakup Recovery PodcastEP #060 Why Do We Fight With The Ones We Love Interview with Erik NewtonWhy do you think we fight with our partners? Listen to Erik Newton as we discus this issue and how breaking up can help us to better understand both our expartner and ourselves. And if we do not become aware of our issues and do the emotional work necessary to heal and rebuild we will carry the damage and baggage into future relationships.2016-12-1423 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships084 - Skipping Traditional Gender Roles: Maia and TravisToday's episode is our first interview about gender roles. I recently read an article by the Science Fiction Writer, David J Schwartz called Masculinity Is An Anxiety Disorder. It lays out a very compelling argument that the elements of masculinity that we men are expected to live up to in Western society, are utterly unattainable, and in many cases self-contradictory. And yet we all hold ourselves to this unachievable standard, thereby setting ourselves up for failure. Of course this goes for women as well. Gender is without question one of the most unexamined and yet prevalent boxes...2016-12-1252 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships083 - Is Simplicity The Key To Marriage? Chris and JenToday's episode is about keeping marriage simple. Chris and Jen, our guests today, met in an unusual way, but their marriage itself follows a structure that many would consider to be the traditional American marriage (whatever that actually means). But that does not mean that their relationship goes unexamined. These two run a website that helps people recover from break ups. And that means they’ve given a lot of thought to what causes relationships to fail, and inversely, what causes them to succeed. What works for these two is keeping things simple. Sometimes we just create to...2016-12-051h 01Together. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships082 - Passionate Sex In A Christian Marriage: Tony and AlisaToday’s episode is about sex in a Christian marriage. You may recall that several episodes back, my guests shared that they had managed to reignite the passion in their marriage following childbirth by using a technique that they had learned on podcast called One Extraordinary Marriage. Well, I reached out to the hosts of that podcast, Tony and Alisa DiLorenzo, because I wanted to get the information from the source. We don’t agree on everything that we discuss in this episode, but we had a great time talking about it, and these two have some very useful insi...2016-11-2600 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships081 - Coming Out To An Unhappy Family: Sandeep and SammyToday's episode is our Thanksgiving episode, and it’s about managing family dynamics around sexuality. Sammy and Sandeep are a gay couple, and both of them initially faced immense pressure from their families to deny their sexuality. But each of these two in their own ways stood for both truth and for family. What happened is astounding. These two have a lot to teach us about unconditional love. I hope you can take a little bit of this with you home to your family this holiday season. Happy Thanksgiving! Be sure to check out our sp...2016-11-2156 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships080 - No Compromise Ever: Robert and Morgan Part 2Today’s episode is about compromise. Is it necessary? This episode is part two of an interview with our guests from last week, Robert and Morgan. In part one we discussed orgasmic meditation, and Robert and Morgan’s nonmonogamous relationship structure. Today, we’re exploring their idea that compromise is unnecessary in a relationship, and we’ll tackle whether that’s a substantive or semantic question. This is a good talk, and I think you’ll enjoy it. That said, you might want to go back and listen to part one to get some context. As I mentioned in...2016-11-1445 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships079 - Orgasmic Meditation Is Not Sex: Robert and Morgan, Part 1If you’d like to learn more about Robert, you can find his business consulting and personal coaching website at: http://kandellconsulting.com/. Be sure to check out our sponsors for today’s episode: Knock Knock, makers of the Fill In The Love collection of fill-in-the-blank journals, postcards, and letters that you can use to express your love to anyone. You can find their website at knockknockstuff.com. Their collection is really cool. I think you’ll dig it.   If you like what we’re up to here at together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/toget...2016-11-0749 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships078 - Sex After Baby: Jamie and JessicaToday's episode is about keeping the passion alive after childbirth. Listeners have been asking me lately to inquire with my guests about what happens to sexual intimacy after childbirth. Our couple today, Jamie and Jessica Rhodes, share how they met young, fell in love and got married early, and jumped into parenthood quite quickly. They have a lot to say about maintaining the passion.   We're going to be rejiggering are patreon page to make it more of a community in the next couple of weeks. I mention that because our conversation about sex and intimacy with Jamie a...2016-10-3147 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships077 - Recap Episode: Listener Mail // Akriti & AmandeepWe’re experimenting with releasing only one episode per week and that schedule starts next week on Monday, so don’t be surprised! Today’s episode is a recap with our good friend Dr. Michelle Wang. Dr. Wang works with couples in San Francisco in some very interesting and fun ways: you can learn all about her on her website: http://www.drmichellewang.com/. Let us know what you think of these recaps and of our new schedule. We love hearing from you. You can always email me at host@together.guide. If you li...2016-10-2628 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships076 - How You Know When It’s Right: An Interview With Jodie Stein Today’s episode is about the thorny issue of how we know when a relationship is right and how we know when it’s wrong.  As you may know from listening to the show, I don’t often interview experts, but today’s guest–Jodi Stein–is so genuine, and she has so much hard won insight into these questions, that I just couldn’t resist posting her interview. I think you’re going to enjoy this one. If you’d like to learn more about Jodie, you can find her website at: www.jodiestein.com. If you like what w...2016-10-2441 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships075 - Recap Episode: Listener Mail // Molly & JasonWe’re trying something new this month: recap episodes with our good friend Dr. Michelle Wang. Now that we’ve passed 70 episodes, we wanted to go back and review some of our earlier shows, and this seems like a fun way to do it. Dr. Wang works with couples in San Francisco in some very interesting and fun ways: you can learn all about her on her website: http://www.drmichellewang.com/. Let us know what you think of these recaps. We love hearing from you. You can always email me at host@together.guide. 2016-10-2132 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships074 - Marines First, or Ladies First? Samantha and Dylan, Part 2Today’s episode is part 2 of an interview with Samantha and Dylan. Part one was mostly the lovely story of how they met. This episode focuses more on how they manage criticism, conflict, and the differing cultural views of their friends and family. If you haven’t heard part1, you might want to go back and listen for context, but this discussion does stand on it’s own. If you’d like to learn more about Samantha, you can find her website at www.samstrand.com,  where you can see her recent work, and the collaboration she reference...2016-10-1938 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships073 - The Marine Sergeant and the Gallery Artist: Samantha and Dylan, Part 1Today’s episode is about culture shock. We don’t like to face our prejudice. It’s a concept that carries uncomfortable implications about our moral compass, and yet we all have preconceptions that we hold with us. The art, in some sense, is to be aware of our preconceptions, and not allow them to dominate experience. Our guests today come from two distinct american cultures: Dylan is a Marine Sergeant from a small town in PA, and Samantha is a gallery artist who comes from Berkeley, CA. These two fell in love and they g...2016-10-1744 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships072 - Recap Episode: Kate & David // Katie & DougWe’re trying something new this month: recap episodes with our good friend Dr. Michelle Wang. Now that we’ve passed 70 episodes, we wanted to go back and review some of our earlier shows, and this seems like a fun way to do it. Dr. Wang works with couples in San Francisco in some very interesting and fun ways: you can learn all about her on her website: http://www.drmichellewang.com/. Let us know what you think of these recaps. We love hearing from you. You can always email me at host@together.guide. 2016-10-1428 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships071 - Should We Break Up If We’re In Love? Rachel and TomToday’s episode is about a decision that we all seem to face, but about which there is no perfect answer. Should we break up, or should we work through the challenges?  There can be no perfect answer because we can never know what else might have been. The best we can do with that puzzle is finally just to choose, and then do our best to empower our choice. But that is so much easier said than done, and particularly so when we’re looking in from the outside. Because choosing whether or not to leave someo...2016-10-1246 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships070 - How Breaking Up Saved Our Marriage: Jeanne and GeorgeToday’s episode is about the deeply important drive to claim our personal independence. Our very charming guests, Jeanne and George Chan - have been together for a long time, and to the outside world, their love affair probably seems storybook perfect. This is in part because Jeanne runs an extremely well known lifestyle blog called Shop Sweet Things, that often features necessarily gorgeous images of her and their family. Jeanne also founded Harlow and Grey, a beautifully curated modern party goods store. The thing about running brands like these, is that by design, the im...2016-10-1039 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships069 - You’re Voting For Who?? Erica and Theo, Part 2Today’s episode is about political differences.   We’ve all had political differences with the one’s we love. This is one reason Thanksgiving visits can be such a notorious challenge: dealing with your crazy uncle and his views on the election is an eternal struggle. But what happens when those differences are right under your roof with your life partner? That’s the question we explore today. Erica and Theo found that they were on opposite sides of a political divide in this year’s Democratic primary. They learned a lot about one another by explorin...2016-10-0834 minThe Ex Boyfriend Recovery PodcastThe Ex Boyfriend Recovery PodcastWhat It Takes To Make A Relationship Work With An Ex (With Erik Newton)It’s not often that I say this but you really need to listen to this podcast episode. Not only because it can help you with your ex but it can help you with pretty much any relationship you find yourself in. Today’s guest is a man by the name of Erik Newton! Now, the interesting thing about Erik is the fact that he used to be a divorce lawyer. Yes, that means that the man has probably seen more breakups than I have which makes him a very interesting resource for you...2016-10-041h 01Together. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships068 - The Double Rebound Love Affair: Erica & Theo Part 1Welcome to Episode 69! Today’s episode is about the rebound. We’ve all heard the standard advice: getting together on the rebound is a recipe for disaster. But what if it can actually a good idea? And what is a rebound, anyway? Our couple today answers these questions and more as they tell their story: The Double Rebound Love Affair. If you’re going to have a rebound, this is the way to make it work. In other news, we’re trying something new this month - we’re switching during October to...2016-10-0434 minChasing Dreams with Aimee J.Chasing Dreams with Aimee J.Erik Newton - Being the Happiest You’ve Ever Been After Climbing Back from Rock Bottom TwiceAs a former family law attorney, Erik describes himself as someone who’s “been through a thousand divorces and still believes in love.” Ushering couples through divorce wasn’t easy for Erik, a romantic from birth, but it turned out to be the ideal medium through which to understand the entire life cycle of a relationship. As a result, Erik has a unique, real-world comprehension of what makes one marriage thrive and another fall apart. Ultimately, his calling to help couples build healthy relationships superseded his legal career, and he decided to dedicate himself full-time to creating a place couples c...2016-09-2846 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships067 - The Impact Of A Name: Marvin & Kamala Part 2Today’s episode is part 2 of an interview about race, gender, and privilege. Today we’ll also learn the reaction that Marvin and Kamala faced when they decided to hyphenate their last names. If you haven’t listened to Tuesday’s episode, you should definitely do that, as our conversation on privilege will make a lot more sense if you do. If you like what we’re up to here at together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together - we’re on a mission to crush shame, and we’re just getting off th...2016-09-1347 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships066 - How Race, Gender and Privilege Impact Marriage: Marvin & Kamala Part 1We're back from our two week break. Thank you for hanging in there with us! This week’s episodes are about race, gender, body image, privilege, and the social pressures of choosing a name. I think you'll really enjoy this one. Let us know what you think!   If you like what we’re up to here at together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together - we’re on a mission to crush shame, and we’re just getting off the ground, so every penny helps.  Thank you!2016-09-1349 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships065 - Overcoming The Shame of Desire: Candice & AdamWe’re posting an episode today that serves as something of a contrast to our show on Tuesday. Today’s couple couldn’t be more different from Tuesday’s in many respects, but they’re equally successful as a couple. By that I mean they’re in love, they’re committed, they’re making their relationship work, and they’re living exactly the marriage that they want to live. Rather than give any more away, I’ll let them tell the story. You can learn more about Candice on her blog: http://www.theorgasmiclife.com/blog/ You can...2016-09-0957 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships064 - A 1960’s Small Town Courtship: Barb & DaveToday’s episode is about a small town catholic courtship in the early 1960’s. Living in our respective cultural bubbles, as we all do, we don’t often consider how relationships are lived by those right next door to us. There’s nothing shocking about this interview–some in fact, might consider the stories we’re about to hear to be perfectly normal. Simplistic, even. But for me, at least, this interview serves as a look at a kind of relationship structure that I just don’t have very much experience with. And that may seem ironic to you, because this i...2016-09-0651 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships063 - The Charm Guru Who Botched His Proposal - Jordan & JenToday’s episode is about the personal charm guru who botched his marriage proposal. It’s a fun story, and one I’ve been trying to record for a while, so I’m very excited to be releasing today’s interview with Jordan Harbinger and Jen Liao. If you’d like to learn more about Jordan, you can find his podcast, “The Art Of Charm” on iTunes, and his website is www.theartofcharm.com. In other news, we’re launching a radio show based on the podcast, and we’re looking for questions from listeners about relationships...2016-08-3159 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships062 - The Worst Way To Save A Marriage – That Totally Worked: Kristen & Kourosh, Part 2Today’s episode is about recovering from infidelity. This is part 2 of an interview with Kristen and Kourosh about the infidelities that almost took their marriage under. The story get’s really good in this episode, as we learn how these two saved their marriage by doing the one thing that everyone says never to do. If you’d like to learn more about Kristen, you can find her extremely popular fashion and lifestyle blog at http://www.stylenik.com/. In other news, we’re launching a radio show based on the podcast, and we’r...2016-08-2559 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships061 - Holding Infidelity Gently: Kristen & Kourosh, Part 1This week’s episodes are about holding infidelity earnestly, but lightly. This will seem a bit counterintuitive: our interview this week was one of the most fun and light hearted we’ve ever recorded, but the topic was primarily a series of infidelities that almost cost our guests their marriage more than once. Being human is messy, but that mess can be either terrifying or hilarious depending on our perspective. Our guests, this week, Kristen and Kourosh understand that, and it comes across in how they live their lives. These two did everything right...2016-08-2337 minTogether. A Podcast About RelationshipsTogether. A Podcast About Relationships060 - Love, Intimacy and Awakening: Mukti, Part 2Today’s episode is part 2 of an interview with my very favorite spiritual teacher, Mukti. If you haven’t heard part 1, definitely don’t miss it–she’s just too good to skip. In today’s interview we’ll hear Mukti’s thoughts on intimacy, and love. If you would like to learn more about Mukti or her teachings, you can find her at http://www.adyashanti.org/index.php?file=mukti_teachings In other news, we’re launching a radio show based on the podcast, and we’re looking for questions from listeners about rela...2016-08-1836 min