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Love is Us: Exploring Relationships and How We Connect

By: Karin Calde
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  • Are you feeling overwhelmed by all the stress and trauma in our world? Do you feel like the world is becoming more and more polarized? Love Is Us is the antidote. Here we learn about love and we celebrate it in its many forms. We talk about relationships with intimate partners, family, friends, in the community, and in the workplace. We also discuss relationship structures, sex, and self-love. This is a shame-free, life-affirming space where people can feel free to explore what love means to them. Karin Calde, PhD and CPC, is a former therapist and current IFS-informed coach with an unquenchable thirst for all things love and self-growth. At your core, you are love and you are welcome here. Learn how to tap into that innate love and bring more of it into your life. Join us!
    2023
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  • #65: Jealousy - with Shannen Bryant

    #65: Jealousy - with Shannen Bryant
    May 15 2024

    Jealousy is a normal human emotion that you likely experience from time to time. But when it starts to dominate your life and interfere with your relationship, it might be time to give it a second look. My guest today, Shannen Bryant, can help you understand what's driving the jealousy so that you can enjoy your relationships and your life.

    Shanenn Bryant is the founder and CEO of Top Self, a self-development company offering coaching, courses, and community to those with feelings of low self-worth, insecurity, and jealousy in their relationship.

    Using her instructional design certification and nearly a decade of experience in Learning and Development, Shanenn has developed many sales, systems, and development skills courses and delivered more than 400 training classes.

    As a relationship confidence expert, and the host of the Top Self podcast, she has inspired thousands to break up with bogus beliefs, crack the control code, and overhaul their insecure habits.

    Learn more about Shannen:

    Website: https://www.topself.com/

    IG: http://Instagram.com/topselfcoach

    Learn more about Karin

    Website: https://www.drcalde.com

    IG: https://www.instagram.com/theloveandconnectioncoach/
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    40 mins
  • #64: Breaking Free of Your Relationship Patterns

    #64: Breaking Free of Your Relationship Patterns
    Apr 30 2024

    Getting unstuck from a relationship pattern is often why people seek out coaching or therapy, whether it's on their own or with a partner. While most people find they need support in changing those patterns, there are some things you can do. It's not about trying to change your partner; rather, it's intensive self-work. That's not to say that the issue is necessarily with you, but regardless of what's happening, anyone has the power to shift the dynamic in their relationships (except, perhaps, when there's an extreme power differential). Are you ready to dive in?

    Learn more about Karin:

    Website: https://drcalde.com

    Instagram: @theloveandconnectioncoach
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    22 mins
  • #63: Navigating Stepfamily Life, with Amy Stone

    #63: Navigating Stepfamily Life, with Amy Stone
    Apr 16 2024
    Nearly half of all people are predicted to be part of a stepfamily at some point in their lives. Starting (or continuing) that journey with an understanding of the unique dynamics of blended families can help smooth the ride, improve your relationships, and help to make it a supportive environment for kids and adults alike. This episode will help get you started. Amy Stone is a mentor and coach for stepparents. She is a mom, a stepmom, and a grandma. She is a certified life coach but it is her personal experience as a wife and stepmom pushed her to create her own unique path to happiness. Today she shares her lessons learned and tools with others who find themselves in a similar situation. When she’s not coaching she’s usually running or swimming or biking - Amy is a 7-time Ironman Triathlon finisher and an avid marathon runner. Learn more about Amy: Website: https://amysaysso.com/ ​​IG: https://www.instagram.com/amysaysso_coaching/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/theamysaysso/ Learn more about Karin: Website: https://drcalde.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/theloveandconnectioncoach/ TRANSCRIPT Intro: Karin: This is Love Is Us, Exploring Relationships and How We Connect. I'm your host, Karin Calde. I'll talk with people about how we can strengthen our relationships, explore who we are in those relationships, and experience a greater sense of love and connection with those around us, including ourselves. I have a PhD in clinical Psychology, practiced as a psychologist resident, and after diving into my own healing work, I went back to school and became a coach, helping individuals and couples with their relationships and personal growth. If you want to experience more love in your life and contribute to healing the disconnect so prevalent in our world today, you're in the right place. Welcome to Love Is Us. Episode: Karin: Hello and welcome, everybody. Today we're gonna be talking about stepfamilies, or if you prefer the term, blended families. And this is a subject that's near and dear to my heart. As someone who grew up as a kid in a stepfamily and at a time when there wasn't a lot of good information about how to do that in a way that works best for kids and the adults as well. But also now, as an adult, I have a stepfamily. I'm not a step parent, but my husband is a stepfather to my kids. And so I see that it's really important for us to have more of an understanding of those dynamics and the challenges that come along with it, with the rewards. So when I started coaching, I was working primarily with step families, and I still work with a lot of step families, but have expanded my audience a little bit. But I'm super excited to have my guest today, Amy Stone. She is a stepmother, a long term stepmother, and now is a mentor and coach to stepfamilies, and she was just a joy to talk with. She really knows her stuff, and she's got a great sense of humor, and I felt like we could talk about a million different things. So I hope you get something out of this episode. Perhaps I will invite her back. She also has a podcast of her own called Amy says so. So I hope you like it. And thanks for being here. Here we go. Karin: Welcome, Amy. [02:24] Amy: Hi. I'm so happy to be here. Thanks for having me. [02:27] Karin: Yeah, I'm excited to have you. This is an important topic, and I have been on the lookout for the right guest to have to talk about this, because it's something near and dear to my heart, and I wanted someone who really knows her stuff, and I think that's you. [02:47] Amy: Thank you. Thank you. I accept that compliment. [02:51] Karin: Oh, wonderful. And we'll get into your podcast and everything toward the end. But I just want to start out with asking, where are you in the world? [03:02] Amy: I am in sunny Miami, Florida. [03:05] Karin: And you said it's getting warm there. [03:07] Amy: It is. I mean, this is the time of year. Starting in February is the time of year where people are really drawn to the tropics because it's warm here and that's. So that's spring break. Right. So we're finishing out spring break. I don't know if people saw it, but Miami actually did an anti spring break campaign this year, which it was fine. There were still plenty of people. But now, now that we're recording this, right at this start of April, it is, it's getting tropical hot here. But that, that's what drew me here. I came here for warm weather and I try really hard not to complain about the warm weather. [03:48] Karin: Yeah, I can relate to that. In Oregon, we complain all the time. [03:53] Amy: About the weather, whether it's cold or hot or it's, you know, I think. [03:57] Karin: We have this ten degree window where, where people are happy, right? [04:01] Amy: No, absolutely. And, you know, we sort of on reverse seasons, like, I'm not in the southern hemisphere, but it's, you know, it's delightful here in the winter and then in the summer it gets oppressive. And so, you know, that's the ...
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