Real Love Ready: The Series

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• Sabrina Zohar - Opening to Love Again | Real Love Ready Ep 07 02.06.2026 56λ

  Are you ready to love again? After six episodes exploring love from every angle — what it is, where we learned it, why we hurt the people closest to us, and where it goes when it ends — we arrive at the question that follows all of that work: how do you open yourself back up? In Episode 7 of Real Love Ready, Robin sits down with Sabrina Zohar, dating coach, author, entrepreneur, and host of The Sabrina Zohar Show. Sabrina is known for her no-BS approach to anxious attachment and for giving people the exact tools to stop letting it run their love life. In this conversation they talk about why we keep chasing the spark, how to tell the difference between a relationship that feels calm because it is healthy and one that just feels boring, and why sitting in discomfort might be the most important skill you can bring into love. Sabrina shares what it took to stop being the girl having panic attacks over a text. Robin opens up about what it finally felt like when love felt calm. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. When life feels overwhelming, therapy can help. Sign up and get 10% off at betterhelp.com/loveready.IN THIS EPISODE (00:00:00) Episode Overview: Opening to Love Again (00:03:11) From Fashion to Dating Coach: Sabrina's Evolution (00:05:02) Being Your Own Worst Enemy: Anxiety & Self-Sabotage (00:06:12) Sabrina's Framework: State, Story, Strategy (00:15:41) The Spark Myth: Chemistry vs. Calm (00:18:30) The Moment Everything Changed: Choosing Yourself  (00:23:48) Navigating Texting While Dating (00:29:29) What a Real Red Flag Actually Looks Like (00:32:51) Calm vs. Boring: How to Tell the Difference (00:34:53) Love Bombing: What It Is & Why It Happens (00:47:15) Knowing When You're Ready to Love Again (00:51:15) Myths of Love & Sabrina's Definition QUOTES "What parts of yourself do you not think anyone is ever going to love? Because that is driving the car." - Sabrina Zohar “It's not about if he likes you. Do you like him?” - Robin Ducharme "Love to me is that I can be here with you, but I can also let you go. If I really love you, I have to be okay if this doesn't work and let you free." - Sabrina Zohar "The one myth that drives me insane is that relationships and love should be easy. I don't know who told us that, but relationships take two people that choose each other every single day." - Sabrina Zohar ABOUT THE GUEST Sabrina Zohar is a dating coach, entrepreneur, and host of The Sabrina Zohar Show. Known for her honest, no-BS approach to modern dating and anxious attachment, she has built one of the most trusted voices in the relationship space. Her new book Why Am I Like This? is available for preorder now. https://sabrinazohar.com/book Instagram: @sabrina.zohar  Podcast: @thesabrinazoharshow GET THE REAL LOVE READY BOOK Real Love Ready: A Guide to Relational Literacy is a clear, compassionate guide to the knowledge, skills, and daily practices that help us love with greater intention, truth, and heart. https://geni.us/RealLoveReadyBook Follow us:  @realloveready  @robinducharmeofficial  @soulprintmediaco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Bob Dalton - Home: Where Love Lives | Real Love Ready Ep 06 26.05.2026 56λ

  What does home really mean? When Bob Dalton asks people that question, the most common answer he hears is safety. Not a place. Not four walls. Safety. In Episode 6 of Real Love Ready, Robin sits down with Bob Dalton, social entrepreneur, community builder, and founder of LOCL and Sackcloth and Ashes, a blanket company that supports homeless shelters across the country. Bob has spent his life asking what it means to truly belong somewhere. What he has found is that home is not strictly defined by where you live but also by how you love and are loved. This conversation explores why safety is so foundational, not just in the buildings we live in but in our relationships and our ability to love well. Robin and Bob talk about the power of building community locally, why every single one of us has the ability to be a community builder, and how the most powerful displays of love are often the ones we receive in the seasons where we least expect them. We get to create the future we want to see. And more often than not, it starts right where we are, in our communities, with the people closest to us. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. When life feels overwhelming, therapy can help. Sign up and get 10% off at betterhelp.com/loveready. IN THIS EPISODE (00:00:01) Introduction  (00:02:00) Meet Bob (00:04:17) How Community Raised Him  (00:08:39) When Bob's Mom Became Homeless  (00:10:01) How Sackcloth and Ashes Was Born  (00:17:11) The Three Things That Actually Help Homelessness  (00:20:16) Why Local Action Is More Effective  (00:22:53) Breaking Generational Patterns  (00:25:22) Being Good with the Person in the Mirror  (00:27:21) What Is Home?  (00:29:16) Having a Roof Over Your Head Changes How You Love (00:31:15) The LOCL App: Building Micro-Communities  (00:33:18) Community Builders Are the New Influencers  (00:42:02) Creating the Future We Want to See  (00:44:51) The Myth About Home and Defining Love  (00:46:56) Bob's Definition of Love QUOTES "The most common answer I get when I ask people what is home to you? It's safety." — Bob Dalton “To give with no strings attached. The most powerful displays of love is something that was given to me despite me deserving it. When you experience love, grace, mercy in a season where you don't deserve it — that is what truly has the opportunity to change a person." — Bob Dalton “The only antidote to addiction is community." — Bob Dalton "Intentional time spent with somebody is one of the most powerful things that we can do. We're spending a lot of time together but we're not having intentional time with people." — Bob Dalton "The people that are going to rock with you no matter what. The people that you can call when you're at rock bottom and you know they're going to be there for you. The people that show you grace in the midst of your own fuck-ups — that is about as home as you can get." — Bob Dalton ABOUT THE GUEST Bob Dalton is a social entrepreneur, community architect, and founder of Sackcloth and Ashes, a blanket company that has donated over 200,000 blankets to homeless shelters across the United States. He is also the creator of LOCL, an app designed to help people find and build micro-communities within a 50-mile radius of where they live. Bob's work is rooted in the belief that community is the antidote to disconnection and that everyone has the power to build belonging right where they are. Download the LOCL app: https://home.locl.com/ Sackcloth and Ashes: https://sackclothandashes.com GET THE REAL LOVE READY BOOK Real Love Ready: A Guide to Relational Literacy is a clear, compassionate guide to the knowledge, skills, and daily practices that help us love with greater intention, truth, and heart. https://geni.us/RealLoveReadyBookFollow us:  @realloveready  @robinducharmeofficial  @soulprintmediaco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• John Kim - Where Does Love Go When It Ends? | Real Love Ready Ep 05 19.05.2026 1ώ 14λ

  Does love ever really end? One thing about love is that it rarely prepares you for its own ending. It doesn't give you a manual for what to do when the marriage ends, when the house burns down, when the person you built your life around is suddenly gone. And you're left asking: where does love go when it ends? In Episode 5 of Real Love Ready, Robin sits down with her dear friend John Kim, known as The Angry Therapist, a licensed therapist, author, and co-founder of Soulprint Media, who has lived this question in every possible form. His first marriage ended at 35, and instead of hiding the wreckage, he blogged the whole breakdown in real time. His honesty became a movement. Last year, he lost his home in the Altadena fires and everything he had built was gone in a single night. This conversation is deeply personal. John opens up about loss, the grief, the guilt of moving on too fast, and what it looks like to model vulnerability as a pathway to healing. Together, Robin and John challenge the myth that endings mean failure. Relationships transform. And in that transformation, if we are willing to look, there is gold. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. When life feels overwhelming, therapy can help. Sign up and get 10% off at betterhelp.com/loveready. Next week, Robin sits down with Bob Dalton to explore what it means to build belonging and why community holds us through the hardest chapters of our lives. Episode 6: Home: Where Love Lives. IN THIS EPISODE ​​(00:00:00) Introduction (00:04:00) Does Love Actually End? (00:07:45) The Angry Therapist Origin Story (00:12:32) What Emotional Unavailability Really Looks Like (00:14:38) How John Became Emotionally Aware (00:17:36) Why Not All Breakups Are the Same (00:20:12) The Day John Lost Everything (00:27:16) Navigating Different Grief (00:32:30) The Power of Grieving Together (00:37:00) Why Heartbreak Lives in Your Body (00:42:28) How John Got Into Men's Work (00:48:31) How a House Fire started a Publishing Company (01:03:44) Divorce as the Greatest Catalyst (01:06:05) Myths of Heartbreak & Defining Love QUOTES "My divorce was the hardest thing I've ever gone through. But the greatest thing that's ever happened to me. That repositioning has given me so much.” - John Kim “Just because I was the one that made the decision doesn't mean that I wasn't completely heartbroken." - Robin Ducharme "I don't think love ends. I think if you look at love like energy, it changes form.” - John Kim ABOUT THE GUEST John Kim is a licensed therapist, author, co-founder of Soulprint Media, and founder of The Angry Therapist. He is the author of I Used to Be a Miserable Fck*, Single on Purpose, Breakup on Purpose, and It's Not Me, It's You, co-authored with his wife Vanessa Bennett. His new book Love Hard is available June 6th. He also hosts The Angry Therapist podcast. Instagram: @theangrytherapist  Website: theangrytherapist.com GET THE REAL LOVE READY BOOK Real Love Ready: A Guide to Relational Literacy is a clear, compassionate guide to the knowledge, skills, and daily practices that help us love with greater intention, truth, and heart. https://geni.us/RealLoveReadyBook Follow us:  @realloveready  @robinducharmeofficial  @soulprintmediaco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Vanessa Bennett - Why We Hurt the Ones We Love | Real Love Ready Ep 04 12.05.2026 1ώ 3λ

  Why do love and hurt travel together? In Episode 4 of Real Love Ready, Robin sits down with Vanessa Bennett, author, licensed holistic psychotherapist, codependency coach, and depth psychologist. She is the author of The Motherhood Myth, and co-author of It's Not Me, It's You (with her husband, therapist John Kim). Her work is built on a belief that most of us are not ready to hear: that the people hurting us in our relationships are often holding up a mirror. And that the most powerful thing we can do is look into it. We have a whole cultural vocabulary around toxic relationships, red flags, and narcissism. What we don't have is enough honest conversation about our part in the patterns we keep repeating. That's what this episode is for. Honest, direct, and genuinely compassionate, this conversation covers shadow work, codependency, projection, and how understanding why we hurt and how we heal, is how we learn to love better. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. When life feels overwhelming, therapy can help. Sign up and get 10% off at betterhelp.com/loveready. QUOTES "Everywhere you go, there you are. You're going to continue to show up and entertain these toxic relationships. So, until we really say, okay, they acted in narcissistic ways. How did I act in narcissistic ways? They were toxic because of this. How was I toxic too? Those are the conversations that actually start to turn the needle in behavior change." — Vanessa Bennett"I do think that deep, intimate love can be difficult. If you really want to go there, it's going to take work…mostly because we are confronted with ourselves. That's the hard work. Having to see ourselves and having to actually decide if we're going to do the work on ourselves that's required to have real, intimate love." — Vanessa Bennett “Love to me feels like a mirror. A compassionate mirror, but a mirror nonetheless. And love to me, a lot of times, means accountability. It's accountability to myself. It's accountability to others. It's accountability to that part of me that's striving to be the best version of myself." — Vanessa Bennett "I don't think it's possible for somebody else to build that sense of safety in us. We need to build our own internal safety…Because ultimately, what that means is, it actually doesn't matter what he's doing. Because I'm safe, I've got me." — Vanessa Bennett ABOUT THE GUEST Vanessa Bennett, LMFT, is a licensed depth psychotherapist, author, and facilitator known for her no-nonsense yet compassionate approach to healing. She is the author of The Motherhood Myth and coauthor of It’s Not Me, It’s You.A former New Yorker turned Angelino now practicing internationally, Vanessa leads transformational retreats and workshops rooted in Jungian and depth-oriented psychology. She is the founder of Inner Compass Academy, a depth-based training and coaching program, and hosts the Inner Compass Podcast. Through her writing and teaching, she supports both personal and collective healing—helping people break generational patterns and awaken to the ways harmful social systems shape their lives, so they can reclaim agency and live less from conditioning, and more from choice. Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/vanessasbennett/ Website: https://vanessabennett.com Substack: https://substack.com/@itsvanessabennett Inner Compass Academy: https://www.vanessabennett.com/inner-compass-academy GET THE REAL LOVE READY BOOK Real Love Ready: A Guide to Relational Literacy is a clear, compassionate guide to the knowledge, skills, and daily practices that help us love with greater intention, truth, and heart. https://geni.us/RealLoveReadyBook Follow us:  @realloveready  @robinducharmeofficial  @soulprintmediaco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Matt Ritter & Aaron Karo - The Gift of Friendship | Real Love Ready Ep 03 05.05.2026 1ώ 3λ

  Who shows up for you? In Episode 3 of Real Love Ready, Robin sits down with authors, comedians, and best friends since second grade Matt Ritter and Aaron Karo. They are the men behind the book The Buddy System and the podcast Man of the Year. Their thesis is simple and radical at the same time: friendship is not a luxury, it is essential to our survival. And yet platonic love rarely gets the same attention as romantic love. We have entire industries built around finding a partner. But the friends who show up at 2am, who have known you since second grade, who celebrate your wins and sit with you in your grief? Those relationships tend to get taken for granted. This episode is here to change that. Funny, warm, and quietly urgent, this conversation covers the loneliness epidemic, why your partner cannot be everything to you, and why the people who really show up are the ones you never forget. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. When life feels overwhelming, therapy can help. Sign up and get 10% off at betterhelp.com/loveready. IN THIS EPISODE (00:00:38) Episode Overview: Friendship as a Form of Love (00:03:30) Matt & Aaron's Story: The Man of the Year  (00:06:49) The Male Friendship Crisis  (00:10:04) Friendship is the Most Underserved Relationship (00:13:45) How to Actually Make New Friends (00:21:15) Showing Up Through Grief and the Hard Moments (00:23:03) Friendship Breakups and the Friend Emeritus (00:25:22) Can Men and Women Really Be Just Friends? (00:44:57) Rituals and Maintaining Your Friendships  (00:54:50) Myths of Friendship and Defining Love QUOTES "Our friends are so essential to our well-being and it's our biological need as human beings... Make that phone call, send the text, actually plan a date with your friend." - Robin Ducharme "Men don't have falling outs. They have falling offs. You just don't talk to your friend for two weeks, then two months, then two years, and then you never talk to him again…but nothing happened." - Matt Ritter "A useless friend is a friend who can do nothing for you. They can't help you in your job, they can't help you financially. They're just someone you enjoy hanging out with for the sake of hanging out. I think that's one of the purest forms of love." - Aaron Karo ABOUT THE GUESTS Matt Ritter and Aaron Karo are best friends and co-hosts of "Man of the Year," the #1 podcast on male friendship, and co-authors of "The Buddy System," the #1 bestselling new release in Friendship on Audible. Together they have been featured in The New York Times, on NPR, and the Today Show. Matt is a former lawyer turned Hollywood creator and the leading voice of the modern friendship movement. Through his viral social content, newsletter "The Friendship Habit," and his company Friendship Productions, he is building a media empire devoted to helping people strengthen their social fitness in an age of disconnection. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattritter1/ Website: https://www.thefriendshipguy.com Aaron is a screenwriter, comedian, and #1 New York Times bestselling author whose feature "Tickle Me Elmo" was voted #8 on the 2024 Black List. His next book, an oral history of the movie "Elf," will be published by HarperCollins in November 2026.  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aaronkaro/ Website: https://aaronkaro.com/ GET THE REAL LOVE READY BOOK Real Love Ready: A Guide to Relational Literacy is a clear, compassionate guide to the knowledge, skills, and daily practices that help us love with greater intention, truth, and heart. https://geni.us/RealLoveReadyBook Follow us:  @realloveready  @robinducharmeofficial @soulprintmediaco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Chelsey Goodan - The Blueprints We Inherit | Real Love Ready Ep. 02 28.04.2026 1ώ 12λ

  Where did you learn to love? In this second episode of Real Love Ready, Robin sits down with author and girls' advocate Chelsey Goodan to explore the patterns installed in us long before we had the language to name them. Chelsey has spent 17 years working with teenage girls. She became their microphone, their advocate, and their translator between worlds. What she's found is that the teenage years are when childhood patterns solidify into adult relationship behaviors. They are also a raw and unfiltered window into who we are becoming. And there is so much we can learn from those years, especially from teenage girls. They love with a fullness, a fierceness, and an openness that most of us now adults have spent years trying to find our way back to. Maybe the goal was never to fully grow up and move on. Maybe the goal is to heal so deeply that we return to who we were at that age, before the world told us to be smaller, before the labels, before we learned to dim the light. This conversation explores why healing our inner teenager is essential to breaking the patterns that no longer serve us — and why teenage girls right now might be the first truly liberated generation and what they can teach us about loving better. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. When life feels overwhelming, therapy can help. Sign up and get 10% off at betterhelp.com/loveready. IN THIS EPISODE (00:00:30) Episode Overview: Teenage Years as the Blueprint (00:03:01) Chelsey’s Work Becoming a Voice and Advocate for Teenagers (00:05:28) The ‘Good Girl’ Trap and the Impossible Binary (00:07:16) The 3 R’s: Framework for Releasing, Reclaiming, and Reframing the Labels We Carry (00:12:01) Listening as a Form of Love (00:19:18) Parents & Their Own Unhealed Teenage Stories (00:32:06) Body Image & the Mother-Daughter Dynamic (00:43:55) Radical Honesty among the Liberated Generation (00:57:10) Boys, AI, & Breaking Cycles (01:05:55) Debunking Myths of Love and Defining It QUOTES "These years shape everything. When we think about our blueprints, we often focus on early childhood. But what about the teenage girl we were? The moment we learned to be good instead of bold." - Robin Ducharme “74% of girls are incredibly worried about pleasing everyone, and that’s a constriction and tension that is not sustainable.” - Chelsey Goodan “I'm changing the dynamic with how I'm parenting my kids.. If I can disrupt my own patterning and raise them differently.. We still have that opportunity..” - Robin Ducharme  “This generation of girls is the most liberated generation of girls to ever live. They are going to step into leadership and build a different world.” - Chelsey Goodan ABOUT THE GUEST Chelsey Goodan is an author, educator, and girls' advocate who has spent 17 years working with teenage girls across the world — in workshops, mentorship programs, and her Teenage Girl Cabal. She is the author of Underestimated: The Wisdom and Power of Teenage Girls. Her work bridges the gap between teenage girls and the adults in their lives, helping families build deeper connection, trust, and love. Instagram: @chelseagoodan Website: chelseygoodan.com GET THE REAL LOVE READY BOOK Real Love Ready: A Guide to Relational Literacy is a clear, compassionate guide to the knowledge, skills, and daily practices that help us love with greater intention, truth, and heart. https://geni.us/RealLoveReadyBook Follow us:  @realloveready @robinducharmeofficial  @soulprintmediaco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Silvy Khoucasian & Bryan Reeves - What Is Love, Really? | Real Love Ready Ep. 01 21.04.2026 1ώ 12λ

  What is love, actually? In the opening episode of Real Love Ready, Robin sits down with real-life couple and relational intelligence powerhouses Silvy Khoucasian and Bryan Reeves to ask the most fundamental question of all. From the science of falling in love to the spirituality of staying, Bryan brings the poetic dimension — love as the longing to return to the oneness we already are — while Silvy grounds it in the body, the nervous system, and the choices we make when the hormone cocktail fades. Together they reframe love from something that happens to us into a practice we can learn, refine, and choose every day. The foundation for everything that follows. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. When life feels overwhelming, therapy can help. Sign up and get 10% off at betterhelp.com/loveready. IN THIS EPISODE (0:00) Intro: What is love, really? (2:41) Meet Sylvie & Brian: a real couple putting in real work (3:46) Love as a spiritual path vs. a grounded practice (5:49) The hormone cocktail: Why early feelings can deceive us (9:30) The blueprint we inherit from family (14:22) Boundaries aren't walls, they're what makes love possible (22:26) From the honeymoon phase to grounded love: When the real work begins (31:29) Men & disconnection: The original wound and how to heal it (44:08) Choose her every day or leave her: What real commitment looks like (53:48) Where is love in 2026? A diagnosis & myths we need to unlearn QUOTES "Anyone can go sit on the side of a mountain by themselves. But if you really want to touch something deeper…get into a relationship." - Bryan Reeves "When we try to define love, it almost constricts the experience. And if we're not also bringing logic with that love, we can really end up in a dynamic that's not healthy for us." - Silvy Khoucasian "We want love. We want more love in our lives. But we are lacking the skill of how to do it well. There is nothing more important in this world than the relationships we have with each other." - Robin Ducharme "Until people get over the fantasy of a relationship, they cannot do real relationship with another human. “ - Bryan Reeves "The whole point of having a boundary with someone is so you can continue your connection with them. It's not about shutting people out — it's so the love and intimacy can actually thrive." - Silvy Khoucasian ABOUT THE GUESTS Silvy Khoucasian is a relationship coach and therapist specializing in attachment, boundaries, and relational health. She works with individuals and couples to help them build more conscious, connected relationships.  Instagram: @silvykhoucasian TikTok: @silvykhoucasian Website: https://silvykhoucasian.com/ Bryan Reeves is a former US Air Force captain turned author, relationship coach, and men's work facilitator. He has helped millions of men and women bridge the gap between their hearts and their habits through his writing, coaching, and podcast. Instagram: @bryanreevesinsight TikTok: @bryanreevesinsight Website: https://bryanreeves.com/ GET THE REAL LOVE READY BOOK Real Love Ready: A Guide to Relational Literacy is a clear, compassionate guide to the knowledge, skills, and daily practices that help us love with greater intention, truth, and heart. https://geni.us/RealLoveReadyBook Follow us:  @realloveready @robinducharmeofficial  @soulprintmediaco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Introducing Real Love Ready: The Series | Hosted by Robin Ducharme 17.04.2026 3λ

  Welcome to Real Love Ready: The Series. After four years and 100+ conversations with relationship experts, Robin Ducharme shares what she's learned about loving well in a world longing for connection. Real Love Ready is a series exploring why love can feel impossible today and offering a framework to believe in it again. Robin sits down with therapists, coaches, authors, and people from all walks of life who, because of who they are or what they've been through, have something to teach us about love. New episodes every Tuesday. Get the Real Love Ready book: https://geni.us/RealLoveReadyBook GUESTS: SEASON 1 Silvy Khoucasian: Therapist & Relationship Coach Bryan Reeves: Author, Relationship Coach & Men's Work Facilitator  Chelsey Goodan: Author & Girls' Advocate  Matt Ritter: Author & Friendship Expert  Aaron Karo: Author & Comedian & Friendship Expert  Vanessa Bennett: Depth Psychologist & Therapist  John Kim: Therapist & Author, The Angry Therapist  Bob Dalton: Social Entrepreneur & Community Architect  Sabrina Zohar: Dating Coach & Author  Shaka Senghor: Author & Activist  Damona Hoffman: Relationship Expert & Author, F the Fairy Tale COMING SOON Dr. Shefali: Clinical Psychologist & New York Times Bestselling Author  Dr. Alexandra Solomon: Psychologist, Author & Professor  Ashanti Branch: Educator & Founder, The Ever Forward Club  Cindy Gallop: Entrepreneur & Founder, MakeLoveNotPorn  Caroline Myss: Author & Mystic  Terry Real: Therapist & Founder, Relational Life Therapy  Terri Cole: Licensed Therapist & Author  Vienna Pharaon: Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist & Author Follow us:  @realloveready  @robinducharmeofficial   @soulprintmediaco Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Dr. Brendan K. Hartman - Why Boys Are Struggling 14.04.2026 48λ

  In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin sits down with sociologist Dr. Brendan K. Hartman, whose work focuses on the social-emotional development of boys and men, and how this connects to mental health, relationships, and wellbeing across all genders. Together, they explore the growing gender divide, the rise in loneliness and disconnection, and how early emotional socialization shapes the way we show up in relationships later in life. Dr. Brendan shares insights from his work in schools and research with youth, including the key developmental stages where boys and girls are most at risk of disconnecting from their emotions and what that means for emotional intelligence, communication, and connection. Dr. Brendan shares real-time skills we can model for our children, such as “emotional broadcasting” in order to grow emotional intelligence.   They unpack why many boys are taught to suppress emotions like sadness and fear, how this impacts emotional regulation, and why so many boys and men grow up craving deeper connection but don’t feel safe expressing it. They also talk about the mental health challenges facing young people today, including anxiety, shame, and the pressure to perform or “fit in.” This conversation offers practical tools for parents, caregivers, and anyone wanting to build stronger relational skills. Links: https://remasculine.com/ FOLLOW RLR: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Real Love Ready: A Conversation with Robin Ducharme & Monique Gray Smith 31.03.2026 45λ

  In this intimate conversation, Robin sits down with best-selling author, friend, and teacher Monique Gray Smith to talk about her forthcoming book, Real Love Ready: A Guide to Relational Literacy. Together, they explore the heart behind the book, the stories that shaped it, and what relational literacy really means in our lives and relationships. Robin reflects on the journey of writing her first book and how years of learning from leading relationship experts, therapists, and teachers gradually became something deeply personal. What began as a desire to distill relationship advice and love lessons evolved into a book rooted in lived experience, healing, and the belief that we can all learn to love better. Together, Robin and Monique explore what it means to love wide, how our past shapes the way we relate, and why forgiveness, vulnerability, and self-awareness are essential to building healthier, more loving relationships. They also reflect on healing, grief, authenticity, and the transformative power of choosing to live with more intention and love in every area of life. If you’re curious about the story behind Real Love Ready, or you’re longing for a deeper conversation about love, healing, and relationships, this special episode is for you. Links: Real Love Ready: A Guide to Relational Literacy - https://geni.us/RealLoveReadyBook www.realloveready.com https://www.moniquegraysmith.com/ FOLLOW RLR: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• A Sneak Peek into In Bloom 2026 19.03.2026 33λ

  What does it mean to build relational literacy—and why does it matter so much right now?  In this special episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin is joined by many of the extraordinary teachers joining us for In Bloom 2026, Real Love Ready’s annual love and relationships summit. In Bloom takes place April 10-12, in Vancouver, BC. . This year’s lineup includes Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach, Dr. Shefali, Dr. Alexandra Solomon, Dr. Frank Anderson, Francesca Hogi, Lair and Ashley Torrent, Buddy Wakefield, and Damona Hoffman. Together, the group explores what it really means to grow in love, deepen our self-awareness, and build healthier, more meaningful relationships. You’ll hear reflections on the sacred purpose of relationships, the difference between romance and real connection, the myths we need to let go of, and the ways relational skills can transform how we show up with ourselves and each other. This episode also offers a beautiful introduction to the wisdom and energy each teacher will be bringing to the summit. If you’ve been craving deeper connection, more honest conversations, and practical tools for your relationships, this episode is a powerful invitation into what In Bloom 2026 is all about. Join us in person in Vancouver or virtually from wherever you are, and use the code LETSTALKLOVE for 15% off your ticket. We want to hear from you!  Please send us your anonymous questions for the Podcast as well as our weekly ⁠IG Live⁠ Ask The Experts Q&A. ⁠https://realloveready.com/submitaquestion⁠ Links: ⁠www.realloveready.com/book⁠ ⁠www.inbloomsummit.com⁠ FOLLOW RLR: ⁠INSTAGRAM⁠ | ⁠FACEBOOK⁠ | ⁠TIKTOK⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh - Strengthening Relationship Bonds (A Revisit) 05.03.2026 53λ

  This week, we’re revisiting an episode packed with tools you can come back to again and again. Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh is a world-renowned social psychologist specializing in sexuality and relationships. If you’ve ever wished relationships came with a manual, this conversation is as close as it gets. Drawing from her book, Love By Design, Dr. Sara shares her research-backed model of Emergent Love, a way of seeing love not as something we fall into, but as something that emerges as a byproduct of a thriving relationship. Robin and Dr. Sara walk through the six essential ingredients of Emergent Love, attraction, respect, trust, shared vision, compassion, and loving behaviours, and bring them to life through practical, real-world examples. Together, they explore why loving behaviours matter most in the day-to-day, how attraction evolves over time, and how personal growth changes the shape of our relationships. You’ll also hear simple exercises you can use right away to strengthen the bonds you cherish most, with a partner, a friend, or anyone you care about. We want to hear from you!  Please send us your anonymous questions for the Podcast as well as our weekly IG Live Ask The Experts Q&A. https://realloveready.com/submitaquestion Links: Love By Design: https://lovebydesignbook.com/ FOLLOW DR. SARA NASSERZADEH: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK FOLLOW RLR: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Sabrina Zohar - Are You Abandoning Yourself in Love? 19.02.2026 48λ

  What does it look like to stop abandoning yourself in love? In this episode, Robin sits down with certified dating coach, relationship coach, and host of The Sabrina Zohar Show, Sabrina Zohar, to explore self-abandonment, the quiet ways we shrink to keep connection, and how attachment wounds shape the way we show up in relationships. Robin and Sabrina unpack people-pleasing, boundaries, and nervous system regulation, including why we say yes when we mean no, lose our voice to avoid conflict, and repeat familiar patterns even when they no longer serve us. They talk about emotional safety, the grief that can come with choosing yourself, and the daily practices that support healing and personal growth. If you’re ready to build self-trust, take up space, and choose connection without losing yourself, this conversation offers a grounded path back to you. We want to hear from you!  Please send us your anonymous questions for the Podcast as well as our weekly IG Live Ask The Experts Q&A. https://realloveready.com/submitaquestion Links: www.sabrinazohar.com https://www.sabrinazohar.com/foundation-course-v2 FOLLOW SABRINA ZOHAR: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | YOUTUBE | TIKTOK FOLLOW RLR: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Dr. Nicole McNichols - You Could Be Having Better Sex 05.02.2026 44λ

  What does it really take to have better sex—and why were so many of us never taught how? In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin sits down with Dr. Nicole McNichols, internationally renowned human sexuality professor and author of You Could Be Having Better Sex, to unpack the myths and shame around sex that shape our relationships. Together, they explore how pleasure, sexual communication, and emotional safety are learnable skills, why understanding how our bodies work matters, and how small, practical shifts can transform intimacy over time. They also talk about masturbation, sexual mindfulness, navigating insecurity, and the power of creating “intimacy dates” to rebuild connection. Consider this your permission slip to learn, unlearn, and build a sex life that actually feels good to you.  This is possible for all of us!  We want to hear from you!  Please send us your anonymous questions for the Podcast as well as our weekly IG Live Ask The Experts Q&A. https://realloveready.com/submitaquestion Links: https://nicolethesexprofessor.com/ FOLLOW DR. NICOLE: INSTAGRAM | TIKTOK FOLLOW RLR: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Credits: the Let’s Talk Love Podcast is hosted by Robin Ducharme, recorded and edited by Maia Anstey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Logan Ury - How to Make Online Dating Work for You (A Revisit) 22.01.2026 56λ

  We’re revisiting this conversation with Logan Ury, packed with the kind of practical dating wisdom you can actually use. In this episode Robin sits down with Logan, dating coach, behavioral scientist, and author of How to Not Die Alone: The Surprising Science That Will Help You Find Love, to talk about what it looks like to date with more intention, clarity, and self-awareness. Together, they explore why dating can feel so hard, how to spot the patterns that keep us stuck, and what it means to treat dating like a skill you can practice, not a situation you just “get lucky” in. Logan breaks down her three dating tendencies, shares why “the spark” can be misleading, and offers simple shifts that help you go on better dates, show up more authentically, and stop relation-shopping your way out of real connection. We want to hear from you!  Please send us your anonymous questions for the Podcast as well as our weekly IG Live Ask The Experts Q&A. https://realloveready.com/submitaquestion Links: Learn More About Logan’s Date Smarter Program Take The Three Dating Tendencies Quiz Sign up for Logan’s Newsletter FOLLOW RLR: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Watch the podcast on YouTube: youtube.com/realloveready Credits: the Let’s Talk Love Podcast is hosted by Robin Ducharme, recorded and edited by Maia Anstey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Dr. Ramani Durvasula - Healing From Narcissistic Abuse (A Revisit) 08.01.2026 50λ

  We’re bringing back this powerful and deeply validating conversation with Dr. Ramani Durvasala—an episode filled with timeless guidance for anyone navigating or healing from narcissistic relationships. In this episode, Robin sits down with Dr. Ramani, one of the world’s leading experts on narcissistic abuse, to explore what really happens inside these dynamics and what it takes to slowly reclaim your sense of self. Together, they unpack the traits of narcissism, the cycle of trauma bonding, and the confusing mix of hope, shame, and grief that can keep people feeling stuck. Dr. Ramani offers compassionate, practical tools for healing—radical acceptance, gentle detachment, reframing your story, and reconnecting with the parts of yourself that were minimized or lost along the way. She also breaks down how to recognize the signs of narcissism, understand the emotional toll of gaslighting and manipulation, and begin the process of recovery with clarity and self-compassion. Whether you’re currently in a difficult dynamic, supporting someone who is, or continuing your own healing journey, this conversation offers a grounding perspective and guidance you can return to again and again. We want to hear from you!  Please send us your anonymous questions for the Podcast as well as our weekly IG Live Ask The Experts Q&A. https://realloveready.com/submitaquestion Links: Book: It’s Not You CA: https://amzn.to/3IgahDN US: https://amzn.to/3TedMRt Narcissistic Relationship Healing Program + Community: https://doctor-ramani.teachable.com/p/taking-yourself-back-healing-from-narcissistic-antagonistic-relationships FOLLOW RLR: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK FOLLOW DR. RAMANI: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | X Watch the podcast on YouTube: youtube.com/realloveready Credits: the Let’s Talk Love Podcast is hosted by Robin Ducharme, recorded and edited by Maia Anstey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Riaz Meghji - How to Build Deeper Connections 25.12.2025 41λ

  What does it really take to feel more connected? In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin sits down with human connection expert and author of Every Conversation Counts, Riaz Meghji, to explore how we can create more meaningful conversations and deeper relationships in our everyday lives. Robin and Riaz talk about why we often mistake online connectivity for real connection, and how simple shifts—like leading with empathy, asking better questions, and truly listening—can change the way we show up in life and with those we love. Riaz shares practical tools like assertive empathy, “ask first, talk second,” and the value of leading with curiosity and vulnerability in our daily interactions.  He encourages us to have the hard conversations as ways to deepen our relationships.  At the end of the day, we all need connection and want to feel genuinely seen. If you’re longing for more real, authentic connections, this episode offers actionable ways to start—one conversation at a time. We want to hear from you!  Please send us your anonymous questions for the Podcast as well as our weekly IG Live Ask The Experts Q&A. https://realloveready.com/submitaquestion Links: Book - https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/every-conversation-counts-the-5-habits-of-human-connection-that-build-extraordinary-relationships/9781989603727.html Website - www.riazmeghji.com FOLLOW RIAZ MEGHJI:⁠ INSTAGRAM⁠ |⁠ FACEBOOK⁠ |⁠ TIKTOK⁠ |⁠ YOUTUBE⁠ FOLLOW RLR: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Jessica Baum - Building Safe Relationships 11.12.2025 42λ

  What does it take to feel safe in your relationships? In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin sits down with licensed psychotherapist and author, Jessica Baum, to explore the core themes from her new book Safe. Together they look at how implicit memory, early attachment wounds, and our nervous system shape the way we show up in our relationships. Drawing from her personal healing and clinical work, Jessica explains how sensations in the body often hold the memories we can’t consciously recall, and how this awareness can begin to shift long-held patterns in relationships. Robin and Jessica talk about protectors—the behaviors we lean on when we don’t feel safe—as well as anchors, the supportive relationships that help us regulate, repair, and reconnect with our inner world. They explore inner child work, trauma bonding, and the familiar pull toward partners who mirror our earliest experiences. Through real stories and grounded examples, this conversation invites a deeper understanding of how the body remembers, how healing happens in connection, and how compassionate awareness can support attachment healing, nervous system regulation, and more secure love. We want to hear from you!  Please send us your anonymous questions for the Podcast as well as our weekly IG Live Ask The Experts Q&A. https://realloveready.com/submitaquestion Links: ⁠https://www.jessicabaumlmhc.com/safe FOLLOW RLR: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK FOLLOW JESSICA BAUM: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Dr. Stan Tatkin - Why We Fight 27.11.2025 54λ

  What actually makes a relationship work? In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin and Dr. Stan Tatkin, couples therapist, researcher, and co-founder of the PACT Institute talk about just that! Drawing from decades of work with couples and insights from his book In Each Other’s Care, Dr. Stan helps us understand how our nervous system, attachment patterns, and instinctive human threat responses shape the way we relate. He brings clarity to why relationship conflict feels so hard—and how awareness can create room for more clarity and connection. Dr. Stan explains what supports a secure-functioning relationship: offering relief before trying to solve the issue, repairing early so resentment doesn’t build, and creating shared relationship agreements that protect emotional safety and trust. Rather than focus on what makes for a healthy partnership, Dr. Stan emphasizes what we can do to form secure bonds with those we love.   This conversation offers thoughtful relationship insights and encourages us to consider how small, deliberate choices can strengthen the relationships we cherish. We want to hear from you!  Please send us your anonymous questions for the Podcast as well as our weekly IG Live Ask The Experts Q&A. https://realloveready.com/submitaquestion Links: http://thepactinstitute.com/ FOLLOW DR. STAN TATKIN: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK FOLLOW RLR: ⁠INSTAGRAM⁠ | ⁠FACEBOOK⁠ | ⁠TIKTOK⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
• Dr. Ingrid Clayton - The Fawn Response 13.11.2025 58λ

  What does it mean to fawn—and how can we begin to heal this trauma response? In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin sits down with licensed clinical psychologist and author Dr. Ingrid Clayton to explore the fawn response, a survival pattern that develops as a way to stay safe in unsafe environments. Drawing from her professional work, therapy practice, and lived experience, Dr. Ingrid shares how fawning shows up in relationships through people-pleasing, over-accommodating, or losing your voice—and how understanding this trauma response, often rooted in complex trauma, can help us move from self-blame to self-awareness, personal growth, and healing. Robin and Dr. Ingrid share personal stories and insights as they unpack how early experiences and attachment wounds shape the ways we seek love, safety, and connection. They talk about the process of“unfawning” by noticing your body’s cues, rebuilding self-trust, setting healthier boundaries, and learning what safety feels like from the inside out. This conversation reminds us that healing begins with awareness—recognizing how the patterns that once kept us safe can also hold us back, and how seeing them with compassion can open the door to new ways of showing up for ourselves and those we love. We want to hear from you!  Please send us your anonymous questions for the Podcast as well as our weekly IG Live Ask The Experts Q&A. https://realloveready.com/submitaquestion Links: Book - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779579/fawning-by-dr-ingrid-clayton/ Website - https://www.ingridclayton.com/ FOLLOW RLR: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK | TIKTOK FOLLOW DR. INGRID CLAYTON: INSTAGRAM | FACEBOOK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices