On Relating with Ryan Ginn

In this episode I talk with veteran business coach and entrepeneur Jed Bickford about his experience working with couples who are engaged in various types of business ventures and how he helps them maintain their connection in the midst of the various threats a business venture can impose on them. He's done the work himself as well! He and his partner Madison have launched a successful used clothing store in Boulder, CO while deepening their relationship. Here's a bit about Jed: Jed McCabe Bickford is an entrepreneur, angel investor, and mentor to couples who are in business together. Jed is an interesting blend of business owner, advisor, and coach. After selling his first business, he went on to be part of the leadership team at EMyth, a business coaching company founded by the author of *The E-Myth Revisited*, Michael Gerber. After spending years managing marketing, product development, and IT — and getting a deep training in business coaching — he left to focus on mentoring business owners. He’s worked with hundreds of founders, small business owners, and startup teams to support holistic growth and healthy team dynamics. Jed co-owns and serves as CFO at Apocalypse, a secondhand clothing store in Boulder, Colorado, with his partner, Madison Moorhead.

In this episode I talk with veteran couples therapist Jeff Pincus about the dangers of going into full blown threat response in the couple system and how to repair things when things get ugly. Jeff lays out the "AIR+P" repair process: Acknowledge the behavior Impact (name the impact your behavior has had on the other) Regret expressed about the behavior Plan: come up with a plan to insure this kind of behavior doesn't happen again Jeff also explains how we are wired to do the less than loving thing in our interactions with our significant other. Here's a little about Jeff Jeff Pincus is an internationally recognized couple therapist, relationship coach and educator whose mission is to help couples to Love Well. He has helped thousands of couples transform their relationships in the three-day intensives and workshops he leads. He views the complex, challenging and even painful moments of intimate relationship as a potent mandate to heal, grow and do the loving thing. His work is informed by neuroscience, somatic psychotherapy, systems thinking and Tibetan Buddhism. He walks his talk, sometimes imperfectly, with his wife Rachel. Learn more about Jeff’s work at: jeffpincus.com Follow him on social media: Twitter: @jeffpincus Instagram: jeffpincus108 Facebook: Jeff Pincus

In this episode Victor Warring returns to share a clear step by step outline of how to have your first talk about sex with someone your dating as well as how to have a deeper, clearer talk about sex with someone you've been with for awhile. Victor is a Somatic (body-centered) Sexuality Educator, Mentor, Coach and also an Erotic Activist. He works one on one, with people in relationships and with communities and groups to re-wild and reclaim their connection to sexual and erotic aliveness. Using a range of supports from counseling to experiential movement practices, Victor offers permission and support to his clients to normalize the normal human desire of erotic wholeness. To see more of Victor’s work and writing visit him on: Facebook: Ab Ovo: Somatic Sexuality and Relationship Coaching Instagram: @bonobo_man The "STARS" talk link: https://www.evelindacker.com/post/stars-safer-sex-talk-for-everyone

In this episode of On Relating, Connor Beaton shares his mission in founding Man Talk, an organization that teaches men to step into their authenticity and become better individuals, partners, fathers, friends and bosses. After hitting rock bottom in 2014, Beaton realized that it was time to become radically honest. He began having conversations about everything that was holding him back: Doubt, shame, unfaithfulness, anger, pride and ego. Driven by a desire to understand masculinity, he embarked on a quest of mentorship and self-discovery. Now, he leads men across the globe in search of a better future for their masculine selves. Connor Beaton founded ManTalks in 2014 as a grassroots movement to further the cause: giving men the tools and training to create a truly self-led life. Connor’s Website: mantalks.com

In this episode my dear mentor Stan Tatkin shares his current understanding regarding what it takes for long term relationship to endure and thrive over time. He also describes the psychological impacts of betrayal on the "discovery partner" and the "secret keeping" partner. We share are thoughts on the role of shame in the betrayal healing process as well. Enjoy! Dr. Stan Tatkin, PsyD, MFT is a Clinician, author, researcher, PACT developer, and co-founder of the PACT Institute. Dr. Tatkin is an assistant clinical professor at UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine. He maintains a private practice in Southern California and leads PACT programs in the US and internationally. He is the author We Do, Wired for Love, Your Brain on Love, Relationship RX, Wired for Dating, and co-author of Love and War in Intimate Relationships.