#283 | How Childhood Shame Shows Up in Adult Intimacy: Exiles, Protectors, and the Way Through
Your partner reaches for you, and something inside pulls back. Not all of you. A part of you. In this solo episode, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Todd Creager talks about the young part that ...
17 Aug 8min
#281 | Self-Led Parenting: How to Stop Reacting and Start Leading From Calm
Why does your child's meltdown sometimes bring out a version of you that sounds exactly like your own parent? Marriage and Family Therapist Todd Creager breaks down self-led parenting, a concept roote...
3 Aug 11min
#280 | When Your Partner Triggers You: The Hidden Part of You That's Really Reacting
Why does a small comment from your spouse sometimes set off a reaction that feels way bigger than the moment calls for? Todd Creager, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 30 years of exp...
27 Jul 6min
#279 | Why Your Partner Goes Silent: Understanding Stonewalling Through an IFS Lens
When your partner shuts down in the middle of a hard conversation, it's easy to read it as punishment — as coldness, stubbornness, or not caring. What if that's almost never what's actually happening?...
20 Jul 9min
#278 | You're Not Fighting Your Spouse — Here Are the 3 Parts That Are
What if the fight you keep having with your spouse isn't really about dishes, money, or who said what last Tuesday? What if the two of you aren't even fighting each other at all? In this solo episode,...
13 Jul 10min
#277 | Why Trying Harder Is Making Your Marriage Worse
What if the thing you've been doing to fix your relationship is actually what's keeping it stuck? Most couples hit a wall. You've read the books, planned the date nights, promised to listen better — a...
6 Jul 12min
#276 | The Inner Critic in the Bedroom — What's Really Blocking Your Desire
What if the thing getting in the way of your sex life isn't a physical problem — it's a protective one? In this solo episode, licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Todd Creager takes a candid, ground...
29 Jun 8min
