Welcome to Episode Number 54!
The intersection of romance and brutal honesty is our topic today.
We all sell our partners on ourselves, when we first meet - it’s part of how we seduce one another and fall in love. There’s nothing wrong with that. That said, it’s also possible to withhold too much about ourselves in that stage. As we’ve seen so many times on this show, healthy relationships require complete and direct communication.
Our guests today, Matthew and Sophie-Charlotte, are a fascinating balance of these two ways stages of love. One is the undying romantic optimist; the other is an unrepentantly honest realist. And the fascinating way in which their relationship comes together is the theme of our show.
If you would like to learn more about Matthew (he can teach you how to race motorcycles), you can find his website at www.speedgrins.com.
Sophie-Charlotte is the author of the bestselling book: Mobilized - The Formula For Mobile Success, and you can learn more about her at www.scmoatti.com.
In other news, I’m excited to announce that we’ve been asked to create a pilot radio program based on our podcast. I can’t disclose the details yet, but I can tell you that it’s going to involve a listener call-in segment. We’re looking for questions from listeners about relationships. So if you have a question or you’d like some advice about your relationship, give us a call and leave a message at (415) 483-5112. We might be able to include you in our pilot!
Special thanks to Shure Microphones for donating their brand new MV-51 model that’s specially made for podcasters. We used it to record our intro and outro today, so if you like the sound, you know where to find it.
If you like what we’re up to here at together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together - we’re on a mission to crush shame, and we’re just getting off the ground, so every penny helps. Thank you!
Welcome to Episode 53!
We all hold an ideal vision of our future selves, romantic or otherwise. By definition, the ideal is never the reality. Our interview today is about coming to terms with what we really want, as expressed by what we actually create for ourselves. Our couple, Rachel and Greg, have a life they love, and one Rachel at least never would have planned in her twenties. But it’s perfect; I’ll let them tell you the details.
In other news, I’m excited to announce that we’ve been asked to create a pilot radio program based on our podcast that will involve a listener call-in segment. We’re looking for questions from listeners about relationships. So if you have a question or you’d like some advice about your relationship, give us a call and leave a message at (415) 483-5112. We’ll get right back to you, and we might be able to include you in our pilot!
Special thanks to Shure Microphones for donating their brand new MV-51 model that’s specially made for podcasters. We used it to record our intro and outro today, so if you like the sound, you know where to find it.
If you like what we’re up to here at Together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together. We’re on a mission to crush shame, and we’re just getting off the ground, so every penny helps. Thank you!
You can’t say the wrong thing to the right person. Our episodes this week are about speaking our truths. In Part 1 of our interview with Rae and Morgan, we heard about an inner truth that just “popped out of Rae’s mouth” on an early date. Today we’ll hear about some deeper truths—around sexual desire in particular, and sexual desire for people other than our spouse—that are often difficult for couples to face.
So while our interview today focuses somewhat on non-monogamy, the more significant issue at hand is one of honest, courageous communication. I do believe that the non-monogamous have a lot to teach us all about relationships, simply because they’re engaged in exponentially more relationship dynamics than the monogamous. And I’ve written an article on that topic in our magazine this week called What the Monogamous Can Learn from The Polyamorous.
Another word for freedom is nothing left to hide. Thank you Rae and Morgan for reminding us all about that.
If you like what we’re up to here at Together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together. We’re on a mission to crush shame, and we’re just getting off the ground, so every penny helps. Thank you!
Welcome to Episode 51!
Our episodes this week are about speaking our truths. Sometimes they’re obvious and just pop out as did the surprising statement Rae made to Morgan on one of their first dates, which we’ll hear in Part 1 of our interview today. Sometimes they’re more deeply buried and take a little longer to surface, as with the realizations Rae and Morgan uncovered around sexuality, which we’ll discuss into in Part 2 on Thursday.
Our guests this week, Rae and Morgan, tell us about intimacies that couples don’t often share in public. As always, I’m honored and humbled by their willingness to be transparent.
Another word for freedom is nothing left to hide. Thank you Rae and Morgan for reminding us all about that.
If you like what we’re up to here at Together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together. We’re on a mission to crush shame, and we’re just getting off the ground, so every penny helps. Thank you!
Taking control of our our lives is the topic of our show today. This episode is part 2 of an interview with Ahri and Jay Golden. Listening to part 1 will give you more context for what’s going on in today’s interview, but this episode does stand on it’s own.
Today we’re discussing Ahri and Jay Golden’s unique approach to managing conflict. I don’t want to give it away, so I’ll let them describe it for you.
We’ve also released several magazine articles that sync up with our show. One is called My Husband’s Three Wedding Rings, and the second is called My Relationship Has No Future, and That’s Okay. You can find both of those on our website www.together.guide/magazine. Let us know what you think.
You can learn more about Ahri at her website: http://www.ahrigolden.com/ - she’s a radio producer and photographer, and you can see her work there.
You can learn more about Jay at http://wakingstar.com/ - Jay works with companies and organizations to craft the stories that tell the world who and what they are.
If yo like what we’re up to here at together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together - we’re on a mission to crush shame, and we’re just getting off the ground, so every penny helps. Thank you!
Choosing romance and creating partnership, rather than simply finding those things - that is what we’re discussing in week’s episodes. There is an idea we all live with to some degree that love is something that just happens to us. That it’s a matter of luck or happenstance. But most of us also have a sense that we’re much more in control than we let on. Where that line is drawn between control and luck is an ongoing mystery. And it’s a mystery that our couple this week, Ahri and Jay Golden, absolutely love to explore. From the story of how they met and created their marriage (which comprises episode 1), to their very unique approach to managing conflict (which is episode 2), this couple works to take responsibility for their own lives, and it shows.
We’re also releasing three articles this week that dovetail with our episodes. They’re all about intentionally taking control of our experience of our own relationships, and you can find them on our website: www.together.guide/magazine. I hope you’ll read them and let us know what you think.
You can learn more about Ahri at her website: http://www.ahrigolden.com/ - she’s a radio producer and photographer, and you can see her work there.
You can learn more about Jay at http://wakingstar.com/ - Jay works with companies and organizations to craft the stories that tell the world who and what they are.
So with that, let’s go to part 1 of our interview with Ahri and Jay Golden.
If you like what we’re up to here at together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together - we’re on a mission to crush shame, and we’re just getting off the ground, so every penny helps. Thank you!
Welcome to Episode 48!
This week’s episodes are about creating equality in love and at work. Today’s installment is Part 2 of an interview with Emily and Rob, spouses and business partners who live and work together 24/7, and who have created several successful, venture-backed businesses. If you haven’t heard Part 1, you might want to go back and listen because it will give you more context for today’s discussion. That said, today’s episode is primarily about Emily’s decision to return to her maiden name after first taking Rob’s last name when they married. And that decision, which every married couple faces, stands on its own.
Emily’s decision, and Rob’s response to her decision, are inspiring to me personally, and I hope you enjoy this interview.
So with that, let’s go to Part 2 of our interview with Emily and Rob.
You can learn more about the company that Emily and Rob operate together at https://din.co/
The article that Emily wrote is available here: Why I’m Returning To My Maiden Name
If you like what we’re up to here at Together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together. We’re on a mission to crush shame, and we’re just getting off the ground, so every penny helps. Thank you!
Welcome to Episode 47!
This week’s episodes are about equality and gender in love and in work– what are the roles we’re expected to play, and what happens when we shake those up? Our couple, Emily and Rob know quite a bit about this topic. These two have been together nonstop since they met in college. And not only are they married, but they have founded and run several major venture backed companies together, and now operate a company called Din as co-ceos.
The expectations and demands these two face as a result of not just being a couple, but of running large fully staffed organizations, and by having taken capital from professional investors are not insignificant. You might think those demands are contradictory, but not for these two. Somehow Emily and Rob manage to both be both successful partners and to remain completely head over heals for one another.
In our conversation we explore not just how they manage the dynamic of working and living together 24/7, but how they handle the balance of power at work, and how that impacts their priorities as a couple.
Emily recently wrote an article on Medium called Why I’m Returning To My Maiden Name. We’ll talk with her about that article and that decision in part 2 of our interview on Thursday.
If you like what we’re up to here at together, please consider supporting our crowdfunding campaign at patreon.com/together - we’re on a mission to crush shame, and we’re just getting off the ground, so every penny helps. Thank you!