Relationships
Made Easy
Podcast
What’s the secret to a happy life? The research says it’s your relationships! But how do you create the connection, joy and ease you crave? The secret is to think about your relationships in a whole new way.
Armed with humor, a ton of research and over 30 years of hands-on experience Dr. Abby Medcalf will teach you simple, actionable tools and strategies that you can use today to make all your relationships the best they’ve ever been (including the one with yourself)!
Featured in CNBC’s “Top Ten Podcasts We Need In Our Life Right Now.”
Check out our library for past episodes.

When Your Partner Is Being Evasive, Withholding Information, or Lying: A Guide to Navigating Relationship Deception (Podcast Episode 341)
Nothing makes your stomach drop quite like that moment when you realize your partner isn’t telling you the truth. Whether it's an outright lie, a carefully omitted detail, or that uneasy feeling that they're sidestepping around something important, suspecting...

Judgment Detox: 8 Steps to Be Less Critical and More Connected (Podcast Episode 340)
We all have that inner critic, the voice that whispers judgments about others and ourselves. It's quick to label, to assume, to decide who's right and who's wrong. While judgment can be a natural human response, being judgmental can erode your relationships and...

Why You Keep Proving Yourself Right (Even When You’re Miserable): The Psychology of Confirmation Bias and Defense Mechanisms (Podcast Episode 339)
You break up with someone and suddenly, every memory is framed as proof that they never really cared. You get into an argument with your mom, and you leave convinced, once again, that she just doesn’t get you. You walk into a work meeting with the story that your boss...

How to Stop Taking It Personally: 5 Steps to Listen Without Getting Defensive (Podcast Episode 338)
It’s not hard to stay calm and open when someone is complimenting your outfit or thanking you for dinner. But when they’re disappointed in you? Hurt by something you said? Frustrated by a mistake you made? That’s when your brain shifts into protect mode. And suddenly,...

Why We’re So Afraid to Be Alone (and the Five Steps to Feel at Ease with Yourself) (Podcast Episode 337)
We talk a lot about loneliness these days, but we don’t talk enough about why being alone triggers such deep fear for so many of us. Is it just about relationships? Or is there something deeper, hard-wired into our biology and psychology? Spoiler: it's both. And...
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