Season 4
Episodes
Dating and Relationships in Modern Times
This episode on dating is a multi-generational look at what is different now. Mother and daughter, Christie and Maya are sharing a conversation that brings to light technology and dating, differences between now and...
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Sex, Intimacy and Connection...Key Elements in Relationships
Sex, Connnection, & Intimacy
This episode is the last in a multi-part series on relationships. Christie Bemis shares her SPARCS© Model in working with couples and the last S=Sex. We explore why so many...
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Communication 101 in Partnerships
Communication Skills.
Christie shares her SPARCS© model in working with couples. Today's show focuses on C=Communication Suite of Tools and Techniques to increase your level of connection, resolve conflict and...
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Realized Dreams in Relationships
Realized Dreams.
Christie shares the SPARCS© Model in working with couples with the focus of today's show on R=Realized Dreams. We all come into the partnership with dreams of our own, dreams for our family and...
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Are You Tuning In or Are You Tuning Out?
Attunement.
It is a powerful tool in all relationships. It makes our partner feel heard, important, seen. It makes us feel validated and that we matter. It is a skill researched by the Gottman Institute in why...
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Cultivating Relationship Play and Pleasure
Play and Pleasure
Do you make this a priority in your life? In your relationships?
Life and relationships can get very serious. There are a lot of moving parts to relationships and often play and pleasure with our...
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Foundations for Relationships: Feeling Safe
All relationships require an element of safety in order to dive in deep and create intimacy. Feeling safe in your body is foundational. And, feeling safe with your partner requires some key components. In this Ignite...
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Putting the SPARCS© Back Into Your Relationship
SPARCS© is how I work with couples. It is based on two decades of working with couples in relationships and includes what I feel are the key components to making relationships last. S=Safety P=Play & Pleasure...
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Identifying and Resolving Weaponized Incompetence in Your Relationship
Weaponized Incompetence has been getting milliions of views when hashtagged on tik tok.
Why?
Because so many women can relate.
It leads to resentment, anger and disconnection in relationships and eventually...
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Feeling Safe In Your Body
Do you feel safe enough?
Is your nervous system regulated? Or, always running a little high alert?
Our sense of feeling safe in our bodies is such an important skill to have. And, yes, it is a skill that can be...
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The Myth of Someday
Someday.
When the kids are grown.
When my mother passes.
When I have enough money to...
The myth of someday for women is real. The desires you put off waiting for the perfect alignment of things in your...
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Recommended Books for Intimacy
I get asked all the time, what books do you recommend to understand my body better? To have better sex? To deepen my intimacy and create better communication? Well, here they are, my favorite books to do all that in...
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