Love This Way!

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  These Are Your People! 20.09.2026 18min

  Send us Fan Mail In a world that constantly tells us to chase the next thing, sometimes we forget to appreciate what we already have. Your family. Your home. Your people. Don’t risk something permanent for something temporary. And don’t miss the life you have because you’re too busy looking for a better one. Your people are the point. #LoveThisWay #ShaleeaVenney #LoveThisWayPodcast #Family #FamilyFirst #Marriage #LoveAndMarriage #Relationships #HealthyRelationships #FamilyLove #Parenthood #Ma...
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  Men don’t age like fine wine. Neither do women! 13.09.2026 17min

  Send us Fan Mail Men don’t age like fine wine. Neither do women. We’ve been sold two completely different stories about aging: Men get better. Women expire. Men become “silver foxes.” Women are told to fight every sign of getting older. But the truth is, aging doesn’t exempt anyone. Men experience changes in testosterone, sexual function, sperm quality and fertility. Women experience their own biological changes, including menopause and declining fertility. Neither sex gets to pretend biology...
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  Some Marriages Don’t Need More Love. They Need Less Defensiveness. 06.09.2026 14min

  Send us Fan Mail Some marriages don’t need more love. They need less defensiveness. Because sometimes your partner says, “That hurt me,” and instead of hearing them, you start explaining why they shouldn’t feel that way. They say, “I need more from you,” and you start listing everything you already do. They bring up their pain, and you bring up their mistakes. Eventually, they stop talking. Not because they stopped caring. Because they stopped believing they could reach you. And listen—valida...
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  What Are You Two Actually Building Together? 30.08.2026 14min

  Send us Fan Mail You can love each other deeply and still stop building a life together. You share the bills. The house. The kids. The responsibilities. But what are you actually building? What are your shared dreams? Your traditions? Your adventures? Your memories? Your vision for the future? Because marriage isn't about losing yourself to become "we." It's about bringing you, bringing them, and creating something neither of you could build alone. Don't just maintain a life together. Support...
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  YOU DON'T BECOME ROOMMATES OVERNIGHT. YOU PRACTICE IT. 23.08.2026 14min

  Send us Fan Mail You don't become roommates overnight. You practice it. It usually starts innocently. Different work schedules. Different bedtimes. Different routines. Kids. And before you know it, you're sharing a house... but not really sharing a life. And the scariest part? The household can still function perfectly while the marriage inside it is starving. I'm not saying you have to spend every waking moment together. I'm not saying separate bedrooms automatically mean s...
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  When Life Is Hard, Don't Make Your Spouse Pay for It 09.08.2026 13min

  Send us Fan Mail Maybe your relationship isn't broken. Maybe you're just exhausted. Sometimes life gets so heavy that the person you love most ends up getting what's left of you. You held it together at work. You were patient with the kids. You answered everyone's questions. You handled the bills. You solved everyone else's problems. And then you come home... and your spouse gets the short answers, the irritation, the silence, the withdrawal. Not because you don't love them. Because you have ...
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  When did we stop flirting with the person we fell in love with? 03.08.2026 13min

  Send us Fan Mail Somewhere between the bills, the kids, the grocery lists, the responsibilities, and everyday life… we can accidentally stop dating the person we're already committed to. But being secure doesn't mean you have to stop pursuing each other. You can be married and still flirt. You can be comfortable and still be playful. You can know they're yours and still make them feel wanted. You can be together for 20 years and still look across the room and think, "Yep. That's my person." ❤...
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  The Greatest Relationship Skill Isn't Communication. It's Self-Government! 27.07.2026 10min

  Send us Fan Mail Most people think the greatest threat to a relationship is poor communication. I don't. I think it's poor character. Because communication doesn't stop you from cheating. Communication doesn't stop you from lying. Communication doesn't stop you from crossing boundaries you know you shouldn't cross. Character does. Somewhere along the way, we've become more impressed by being desired than by being dependable. We've normalized betrayal. We've celebrated temptation. We've treate...
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  Your Relationship Has an Emotional Economy 19.07.2026 9min

  Send us Fan Mail I think we've been measuring love the wrong way. We ask, "How much do they do for me?" But maybe that's the wrong question. Because every relationship has an emotional economy. Every compliment... Every broken promise... Every hug... Every criticism... Every thoughtful gesture... Every ignored moment... They're all transactions. But here's the part no one talks about... You can spend years investing in your relationship... and still leave your partner feeling emotionally bank...
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  Most People Think They're Being Accountable... They Aren't! 12.07.2026 9min

  Send us Fan Mail Everyone says they want accountability in a relationship. But I think most people misunderstand what it actually is. Accountability isn't saying, "Fine... I already admitted I was wrong." It isn't, "I already apologized." And it definitely isn't, "That wasn't my intention." Because admitting you hurt someone isn't the same as caring that you hurt them. Real accountability sounds different. It says, "Help me understand what that felt like for you." "I can see how my actions af...
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  Your Partner Can't Read the Story You're Telling Yourself 05.07.2026 10min

  Send us Fan Mail Your partner can't read the story you're telling yourself. And that might be one of the biggest reasons relationships struggle. They walk in the house quiet... You tell yourself they're upset with you. They forget something important... You tell yourself you don't matter. The event lasts a moment. The story can last for months. And here's the heartbreaking part... Your partner has no idea they're being judged by a story they never helped write. Healthy love isn't about becomi...
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  The Invisible Things Fathers Carry: The Fathers Nobody Checks On 21.06.2026 11min

  Send us Fan Mail Today isn't just Father's Day. Today is for the fathers nobody checks on. The ones who carry the weight of the world without telling anyone how heavy it feels. The men who lie awake wondering if they're doing enough. The fathers who cry in the car before walking into the house because their family needs them to be strong. The men who quietly sacrifice things their children may never know about. The fathers who stayed. The ones who kept showing up. I hope you know this today: ...
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  Can You Love Me When It Hurts? 14.06.2026 10min

  Send us Fan Mail Most people ask: "Can you love me?" But the deeper question is: Can you love me when it hurts? Can you love me when you're disappointed in me? Can you love me when I'm struggling? Can you love me when I'm not showing up perfectly? Can you love me when life gets hard? Because anybody can love when everything feels good. The real test of love comes when hurt enters the relationship. When expectations aren't met. When mistakes happen. When stress takes over. When two imperfect p...
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  The Best Parts of Love Are Actually Small 07.06.2026 10min

  Send us Fan Mail We spend so much time looking for the big moments in love... The proposal. The wedding. The grand gesture. The expensive gift. But if we're honest? The best parts of love are usually the smallest. Because real love isn't built in one extraordinary moment. It's built in a thousand ordinary ones. And one day, when you look back on the people who loved you well, you probably won't remember every gift they gave you. You'll remember how they made you feel. Seen. Known. Considered....
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  Complacency in Relationships: Why Do You Expect Them to Keep Choosing You If You’ve Stopped Showing Up? 31.05.2026 10min

  Send us Fan Mail Complacency doesn’t usually destroy a relationship overnight. It happens slowly. The dates stop. The compliments stop. The flirting fades. The effort gets replaced with routine. And the person you love starts feeling less like they’re chosen… and more like they’re just there. Comfort in a relationship is beautiful. Complacency is not. You chose them. So how long do they have to keep choosing you while feeling like you stopped showing up? Support the show
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  There’s a Big Difference Between “They Don’t Care” and “They’re Trying” 24.05.2026 9min

  Send us Fan Mail There’s a huge difference between the spouse who simply doesn’t care… and the one who may get things wrong—but genuinely means well and is trying their best. And if we treat those two like they’re the same… we create pain where there only needed to be patience, perspective, and grace. Not every missed expectation is intentional. Not every mistake means they don’t care. Sometimes your partner is: learning in real time undoing what they were never taught trying to love you well...
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  Nobody Talks About the Grief Inside Relationships 17.05.2026 10min

  Send us Fan Mail Nobody talks about the grief that can exist inside a relationship that never ended. Not all grief comes from breakups. Sometimes it comes from: the romance that never came the effort that slowly faded the emotional connection that changed the version of love you thought you were building And the hardest part is… many people carry this pain silently because “nothing bad technically happened." In this episode, we talk about the quiet grief people carry inside relationships, the...
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  She Became a Mother… But Did Anyone Ask Who She Became? 10.05.2026 9min

  Send us Fan Mail Motherhood changes women in ways people rarely talk about. Not just physically. Emotionally. Mentally. Relationally. A woman can deeply love her children… and still miss herself. And that doesn’t make her selfish. It makes her human. In this episode, we talk about the identity shift motherhood creates, how relationships silently change after children, and why so many women feel lost inside roles they love. Support the show
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  We’re Not Enemies...We’re Misunderstood 03.05.2026 8min

  Send us Fan Mail It feels like men and women are at war right now… Everyone has a side. Everyone has a story. Everyone has a reason why the other is the problem. But what if we’re not enemies? What if we’re just… misunderstood? Men are carrying pressure they don’t always know how to express. Women are carrying emotional weight they don’t always feel seen for. Both are trying. Both are hurting. In this episode, we break down how misunderstanding turns into division, and how to finally start se...
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  You Don’t Know Your Partner As Well As You Think You Do 26.04.2026 10min

  Send us Fan Mail You think you know your partner… But do you know who they are right now? Or are you still relating to who they used to be? A lot of relationships don’t break because love disappears. They break because understanding stops. People grow. People change. People evolve. And if you’re not paying attention… you can end up loving a version of your partner that no longer exists. In this episode, we talk about how couples slowly drift apart when they stop learning each other, and how t...