Episode 17: Why Prioritizing Your Own Health Matters in Relationships

Episode 17: Why Prioritizing Your Own Health Matters in Relationships

An important aspect of our relationship to ourselves that we haven’t talked about yet on Relate-Able is our health. It’s just a simple fact that when we feel physically well, we’re more capable of enjoying the time we spend with other people and when we’re depleted, our relationships may feel like more of a burden. But it’s easy to deprioritize your own health when you’re busy taking care of other people or when the health professionals don’t offer the help you need. In this episode, Dr. Dana Culp talks about how much the way you care for your body can impact the connection you feel with others, especially as you age (and all of us are aging, no matter what stage of that we’re in right now). Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-17-why-prioritizing-your-own-health-matters-in-relationships/ [https://amberaprice.com/episode-17-why-prioritizing-your-own-health-matters-in-relationships/] Additional Resources to Help You Prioritize Your Own Health: * Take Dr. Culp’s free perimenopause assessment [https://www.thrivemidlifemed.com/perimenopause-quiz] to learn if your symptoms might be related to hormone changes * Explore resources or schedule an appointment with Dr. Culp at Thrive Midlife Medicine [https://www.thrivemidlifemed.com/] * Learn more about how Self-Silencing might be impacting your health and relationships [https://amberaprice.com/self-silencing/] * Other resources Dr. Culp mentioned: * Dr. Mary Claire Haver [https://www.instagram.com/drmaryclaire/] * Dr. Kelly Casperson [https://www.instagram.com/kellycaspersonmd/] * Dr. Heather Hirsh [https://www.instagram.com/heatherhirschmd/] * Dr. Vonda Wright [https://www.instagram.com/drvondawright/] You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here: * www.dramberprice.com [https://www.amberaprice.com/] * IG: dramberaprice [https://www.instagram.com/dramberaprice/] * Substack: dramberprice [https://substack.com/@dramberprice]

Episode 16: Getting Out of the Comparison Spiral

We know that comparison happens. We know that it doesn’t always feel that great. We know that “comparison is the thief of joy” or that the “grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” We don’t need to be told that. What we want to understand is how we can free ourselves from the spiral of comparison that can overwhelm us with feelings of inadequacy. How we can worry less about what others are doing and feel more comfortable living our own lives. How we can actually spend less mental space comparing and more time feeling good about ourselves. In this episode we talk about what’s at the root of comparison—why we do it, what is signals, and how understanding that can help us find practical ways to ease that feeling in your life. Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-16-getting-out-of-the-comparison-spiral [https://amberaprice.com/episode-16-getting-out-of-the-comparison-spiral/] Additional Resources to Help You Compare Less: * Working on strengthening your sense of self [https://amberaprice.com/building-a-strong-sense-of-self/] is one of the best ways to reduce comparison in your life * How might self-silencing relate to comparison? Read about 7 common signs of self-silencing [https://substack.com/home/post/p-178742128]. * Related Episode: Quieting the Inner Critic [https://amberaprice.com/4-quieting-the-inner-critic/] You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here: * www.dramberprice.com [https://www.amberaprice.com/] * IG: dramberaprice [https://www.instagram.com/dramberaprice/] * Substack: dramberprice [https://substack.com/@dramberprice]

Episode 15: From Pressure to Passion in You Sexual Relationship with Ariel Finlinson

For many women, the sexual relationship can be a complicated one. When you’re busy taking care of kids or other people a lot of the time, sex can start to feel like a chore or like one more person who wants something from you. Or it might be that you felt desire in the past but you can’t seem to find it now and wonder if it’s buried under a big pile of laundry or where it got lost. You might feel like something is wrong with you that things aren’t as good in the bedroom as you feel like they should be. Or you might feel a lot of pressure around your sexual relationship that’s leaving you disconnected and unsure of what to do next. In this episode of Relate-Able, we are talking with Ariel Finlinson, a sex educator, about how to move from pressure to passion in our sexual relationship with mindset shifts, small changes, and finding ways to build connection that feels right to you. Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-15-from-pressure-to-passion-in-your-sexual-relationship/ [https://amberaprice.com/episode-15-from-pressure-to-passion-in-your-sexual-relationship/] Additional Resources to Help You Move From Pressure to Passion in Your Sexual Relationship: * Get Ariel’s free masterclass: Touched Out to Turned On [https://ladiestalkinglove.com/masterclass] * Read about How to Stop Having “Good Enough” Sex [https://amberaprice.com/improve-your-sexual-relationship/] * Find Ariel on IG [https://www.instagram.com/ladies.talkinglove] and her website [https://ladiestalkinglove.com/] You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here: * www.dramberprice.com [https://www.amberaprice.com/] * IG: dramberaprice [https://www.instagram.com/dramberaprice/] * Substack: dramberprice [https://substack.com/@dramberprice]

Episode 14: Body Image Isn’t Just About Bodies with Dr. Lauren Barnes

There is a lot of messaging coming at us from many different sources that tells us as women to shrink ourselves. This can be about the size of our bodies with constant pressure on women to be smaller or to lose weight or it can be about our presence with pressure to be accommodating, agreeable, to avoid conflict, or just in general to take up less space. In this episode with Dr. Lauren Barnes, we talk about how this messaging to take up less space, both physically and emotionally, affects us and how we can use practical strategies to get more comfortable in our own bodies and in our own space and then how that in turn helps us deepen our relationships with other people. Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-14-body-image-isnt-just-about-bodies/ [https://amberaprice.com/episode-14-body-image-isnt-just-about-bodies/] Additional Resources to Help You Get Comfortable Taking Up Space: * Read more about How to Get More Comfortable in Your Body [https://amberaprice.com/self-objectification-body-image/] * Free Download: 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating [https://www.drlaurenbarnes.com/downloads-handouts/p/something-cool] * Free Download: Getting More Comfortable In Your Body [https://amberaprice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Getting-More-Comfortable-in-Your-Body-Dr.-Barnes.pdf] * Find Dr. Barnes on her website [https://www.drlaurenbarnes.com/] and on IG [https://www.instagram.com/drlaurenabarneslmft/] You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here: * www.dramberprice.com [https://www.amberaprice.com/] * IG: dramberaprice [https://www.instagram.com/dramberaprice/] * Substack: dramberprice [https://substack.com/@dramberprice]

Episode 13: How Reclaiming Myself Changed My Relationships

This episode is a little different than the ones I usually share. I’m not teaching a new idea or giving you something new to think about. I’m not sharing any research directly in this one. Instead, I’m telling you a story—my story—and why it matters so much to the work we’ve been doing on this podcast. I’m sharing this because for a long time I had a life that looked good on the outside, but inside I felt overwhelmed, disconnected, and unsure why everything felt harder than it should. If that sounds familiar to you, I hope this episode helps you feel a little less alone—and maybe helps you see what’s possible, too. Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-13-how-reclaiming-myself-changed-my-relationships/ [https://amberaprice.com/episode-13-how-reclaiming-myself-changed-my-relationships/] Join the Reclaim Program: https://amberaprice.com/reclaim/ [https://amberaprice.com/reclaim/] ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO HELP YOU RECLAIM WHO YOU ARE: * Join the Reclaim program [https://amberaprice.com/reclaim/] to reconnect with yourself and with your people * Try a 5-Day challenge [https://amberaprice.com/challenge/] to feel more like yourself in really small ways * Read about how important autonomy is to your relationships [https://substack.com/home/post/p-174556019] You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here: * www.dramberprice.com [https://www.amberaprice.com/] * IG: dramberaprice [https://www.instagram.com/dramberaprice/] * Substack: dramberprice [https://substack.com/@dramberprice]