Initiation: Who Reaches, Who Pulls Back, and Why
Almost every couple navigates it, and almost nobody talks about it openly: the vulnerable dance of initiation. Who reaches for whom, who tends to pull back, and the quiet hurt that builds around it ov...
6 Jul 21min
Lighting (Safe but Sexy) Fireworks in Your Marriage
Today we open the July series on sexual intimacy, and there's no better week for lighting the (safe but sexy) fireworks. Not the ones in the sky, the ones in your marriage. Christa dismantles the myth...
1 Jul 22min
The Foundation Before the (Sexual) Fireworks
This is the turning point of the Summer of Intimacy, the bridge from everything we have built in June into the sexual intimacy series beginning in July. But this episode names something deeper that ha...
29 Jun 22min
Two Essential Paths to Intimacy: Joy and Connection
In this crowning summer episode every listener needs to lean in for, Christa unpacks the two paths back to each other: connection, the path of being deeply known, grounded in John Gottman's research o...
24 Jun 20min
25 Years In: What I've Learned About Intimacy
Today Christa talks through 25 years of marriage to Wes - and instead of a typical teaching episode, we're reflecting on the story arc of marriages that thrive. Christa shares a lessonn about her own ...
22 Jun 24min
Subscriber Series: The Container Method - Emotional Safety for Every Type in Marriage (Free to All This Week!)
This week's deep dive is FREE for everyone, and we mean everyone. Whether you're a longtime Collective member or brand new here, this one's a gift. We're going deeper into emotional processing contain...
17 Jun 19min
What to Do When Sharing Backfires: Emotional Processing Containers
When you finally open up and say the vulnerable thing that needed to be said and shared, what next? Often, your spouse gets defensive, shuts down, or fires back, and now you're less likely to ever sha...
17 Jun 16min
Hiding in Your Marriage: What It's Quietly Costing Your Connection
Do you tell your spouse every sip of coffee, every flirt at the grocery store, every small moment of frustration? Probably not, and that is not automatically a problem. But there is a real difference ...
15 Jun 23min
