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Complex Couples Podcast

Heidi Applegarth

Welcome! This is a space where your marriage matters, your values matter, and your choices matter.I’m Heidi, a couples therapist and founder of Complex Couples Coaching. I help couples navigate complex marriages, especially where mixed-orientation, desire discrepancies, attraction changes, or mixed gender identity play a role. My goal is to help you see your relationship clearly and make decisions rooted in integrity rather than fear.Learn to navigate complicated issues so you can make choices and thrive in whatever choice you make.Join me as I share insights about marriage that specifically apply to your situation.I’ll walk you through complicated issues such as:• What to do when your husband or wife comes out as gay, bisexual or trans• Whether mixed-orientation marriages can thrive or just merely survive• How attraction works and if you have to give it up if you want to stay married• Loss of desire in long-term marriage and how to get it back • Navigating high-conflict

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34 эпизода

  1. Let Responsibility Fall Where It Belongs: Setting Healthy Boundaries in Marriage 16:20
  2. When My Husband Came Out: Our Story of Marriage, Faith, and Choosing Each Other 1:26:01
  3. Talking It Out vs Shutting Down: Who's Actually Healthier? 16:53
  4. What If Standing Up for Yourself Isn’t About Standing Up to Them? 14:29
  5. If Your Marriage Ends, Does That Mean You Didn’t Do Enough? 9:10
  6. Daniel Episode: What Helps (and What Doesn’t) When Someone Comes Out 32:04
  7. Could I have prevented this? 11:10
  8. If You're Gay and Cheating, I Understand Why 7:06
  9. Why This Still Counts as Grief Even If Your Life Looks Normal 10:50
  10. Daniel Episode: When Your Spouse Lights Up Around Someone Else...What Are You Really Seeing? 39:03
  11. When People Feel Sorry for You Because of Your Marriage…Do You Feel Sorry For Yourself? 10:46
  12. I Just Found Out My Spouse Is Gay. Now what? 24:35
  13. What If It Was Never About You? When the Story You're Telling Yourself Isn't the Whole Story. 7:31
  14. Daniel Perspective: What If the Label Isn't the Whole Story? 37:07
  15. Is Your Relationship Your Treasure? Is that a good thing? 11:31
  16. The Self-Deception That’s Easy to Miss and The Power That Is Hidden There 6:32
  17. The Biggest Problem I See In My Office. What If They’re Right? 13:17
  18. Daniel Episode: Post Disclosure Struggles - Seeing Your Spouse in a New Way 33:39
  19. How Do I Convince My Spouse Our Marriage Isn’t That Different? The Problem with Convincing 20:36
  20. Why Some Relationship Conflicts Feel So Personal 15:03
  21. When Something Doesn’t Add Up in Your Relationship: “The Mouth of Regression” 23:00
  22. Daniel's Perspective: How We Decided When and How to Tell Our Kids & What We Would Do Differently 42:33
  23. What It Means If You're Fighting All The Time 18:10
  24. My Spouse Wants To Stay But Says He’s Not Attracted to Me. Now What Do I Do? 18:45
  25. How Can I Ever Be Enough For My Spouse? 17:34
  26. Daniel’s Perspective: Why I Told My Best Friend First and How it Impacted Our Marriage 40:10
  27. My Marriage Isn’t the Same Anymore. Now What? 16:04
  28. A Subtle Dynamic that Destroys Connection in Relationships 11:47
  29. My Spouse Hid His Sexuality. Why Can’t I Get Over It? 23:34
  30. Daniel’s Perspective: A Different Kind of Authenticity 32:02
  31. The Problem with “I Know How You Feel” 5:16
  32. I Just Want You to Want Me: The Hidden Desire Killers in Marriage 13:56
  33. Creating Space for Mixed-Orientation Marriages: Now There’s A Booth for You - Debut Episode 16:21
  34. Welcome to Complex Couples Coaching with Heidi Applegarth 0:23