Managing Love Intelligently with Steven Ing, MFT

Episode 80: The Manosphere Is a Trap

The manosphere exists to prey on young men and extract money from them. It's the opposite of male empowerment; it's a trap. For 35 years, Steven Ing, MFT, has been a Marriage and Family Therapist with a specialty in forensic work. He is a contributing writer to Psychology Today and the author of two books on sexuality: We're All Like This and Get Busy Living. He is the creator and host of the true crime podcast Sex Crime Central. In 2022, he was the victim of an attempted murder and survived multiple stabbings. And good thing: in 2023 his feminist science fiction novel Polliwog was published and he was appointed a community faculty member for the UNR School of Medicine. He lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife, Sharon, on the edge of the Toiyabe National Forest. Thank you for listening! If you like what you heard, please subscribe and share this podcast with your friends and family. For more information on Steven, visit stevening.com [https://stevening.com/]. You can also follow Steven on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/steveningmft/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/StevenIngMFT], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/StevenIngMFT], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Ox3rzt0XKk4I0Lmnzacfg], and Substack [https://stevening.substack.com/]. If you have a question you would like Steven to answer on an episode of the podcast, please fill out the contact form [https://stevening.com/contact/contact-steven/].

Episode 79: Love Is a Choice?

Do you believe love is a choice? Some people do; other people do not. Where do you stand on the topic? For 35 years, Steven Ing, MFT, has been a Marriage and Family Therapist with a specialty in forensic work. He is a contributing writer to Psychology Today and the author of two books on sexuality: We're All Like This and Get Busy Living. He is the creator and host of the true crime podcast Sex Crime Central. In 2022, he was the victim of an attempted murder and survived multiple stabbings. And good thing: in 2023 his feminist science fiction novel Polliwog was published and he was appointed a community faculty member for the UNR School of Medicine. He lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife, Sharon, on the edge of the Toiyabe National Forest. Thank you for listening! If you like what you heard, please subscribe and share this podcast with your friends and family. For more information on Steven, visit stevening.com [https://stevening.com/]. You can also follow Steven on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/steveningmft/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/StevenIngMFT], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/StevenIngMFT], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Ox3rzt0XKk4I0Lmnzacfg], and Substack [https://stevening.substack.com/]. If you have a question you would like Steven to answer on an episode of the podcast, please fill out the contact form [https://stevening.com/contact/contact-steven/].

Episode 78: Staying Together Longer Than You Should

Many people (myself included) have stayed in relationships longer than they should. By recognizing and accepting our unhappiness, we take the first step toward building genuine happiness. For 35 years, Steven Ing, MFT, has been a Marriage and Family Therapist with a specialty in forensic work. He is a contributing writer to Psychology Today and the author of two books on sexuality: We're All Like This and Get Busy Living. He is the creator and host of the true crime podcast Sex Crime Central. In 2022, he was the victim of an attempted murder and survived multiple stabbings. And good thing: in 2023 his feminist science fiction novel Polliwog was published and he was appointed a community faculty member for the UNR School of Medicine. He lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife, Sharon, on the edge of the Toiyabe National Forest. Thank you for listening! If you like what you heard, please subscribe and share this podcast with your friends and family. For more information on Steven, visit stevening.com [https://stevening.com/]. You can also follow Steven on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/steveningmft/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/StevenIngMFT], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/StevenIngMFT], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Ox3rzt0XKk4I0Lmnzacfg], and Substack [https://stevening.substack.com/]. If you have a question you would like Steven to answer on an episode of the podcast, please fill out the contact form [https://stevening.com/contact/contact-steven/].

Episode 77: The Relationship Blueprint

Can we actually increase our odds of lasting love? Steven Ing, MFT believes we can. From the ashes of his divorce to meeting his second wife, he developed a relationship blueprint that teaches people practical ways to build relationships designed to last. For 35 years, Steven Ing, MFT, has been a Marriage and Family Therapist with a specialty in forensic work. He is a contributing writer to Psychology Today and the author of two books on sexuality: We're All Like This and Get Busy Living. He is the creator and host of the true crime podcast Sex Crime Central. In 2022, he was the victim of an attempted murder and survived multiple stabbings. And good thing: in 2023 his feminist science fiction novel Polliwog was published and he was appointed a community faculty member for the UNR School of Medicine. He lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife, Sharon, on the edge of the Toiyabe National Forest. Thank you for listening! If you like what you heard, please subscribe and share this podcast with your friends and family. For more information on Steven, visit stevening.com [https://stevening.com/]. You can also follow Steven on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/steveningmft/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/StevenIngMFT], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/StevenIngMFT], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Ox3rzt0XKk4I0Lmnzacfg], and Substack [https://stevening.substack.com/]. If you have a question you would like Steven to answer on an episode of the podcast, please fill out the contact form [https://stevening.com/contact/contact-steven/].

Episode 76: Rethinking Jordan Peterson's Marriage Advice

The Jordan Peterson perspective on marriage is painfully naive because it doesn't allow for a contingency plan for truly horrible relationships to end. For 35 years, Steven Ing, MFT, has been a Marriage and Family Therapist with a specialty in forensic work. He is a contributing writer to Psychology Today and the author of two books on sexuality: We're All Like This and Get Busy Living. He is the creator and host of the true crime podcast Sex Crime Central. In 2022, he was the victim of an attempted murder and survived multiple stabbings. And good thing: in 2023 his feminist science fiction novel Polliwog was published and he was appointed a community faculty member for the UNR School of Medicine. He lives in Reno, Nevada, with his wife, Sharon, on the edge of the Toiyabe National Forest. Thank you for listening! If you like what you heard, please subscribe and share this podcast with your friends and family. For more information on Steven, visit stevening.com [https://stevening.com/]. You can also follow Steven on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/steveningmft/], Twitter [https://twitter.com/StevenIngMFT], Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/StevenIngMFT], YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Ox3rzt0XKk4I0Lmnzacfg], and Substack [https://stevening.substack.com/]. If you have a question you would like Steven to answer on an episode of the podcast, please fill out the contact form [https://stevening.com/contact/contact-steven/].