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Be Kind, Don‘t Panic, and Have Faith. Psychologist Dr. Bruce Chalmer and educator Judy Alexander talk about relationships, interview fascinating guests, and answer your questions.
Be Kind, Don‘t Panic, and Have Faith. Psychologist Dr. Bruce Chalmer and educator Judy Alexander talk about relationships, interview fascinating guests, and answer your questions.
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Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Love at Any Age: Myra and Seth Barovick - Episode 31
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Sunday Mar 07, 2021
Can love and passion endure at any age? Myra and Seth Barovick are living proof that they can! We interview Myra and Seth about life, love, and family.
Send in your questions: email us at bruce@brucechalmer.com, or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
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Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort


Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Special Purim Episode: Can This Royal Marriage Survive? Episode 30
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Sunday Feb 21, 2021

Can this royal marriage survive? We interview Vashti and Achashverosh, live on the program, and see what we can do.
Send in your questions: email us at bruce@brucechalmer.com, or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
Music: Kol Sason v"Kol Simcha by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort

Sunday Feb 14, 2021
Sunday Feb 14, 2021

Heresy! How can we accuse "The Brady Bunch" of being a disaster for blended families? Well, Judy and Bruce don't totally agree on that proposition. Listen as we consider the issues that blended families face, and take on a listener question.
Send in your questions: email us at bruce@brucechalmer.com, or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort

Friday Feb 05, 2021
Why Should Anyone Get Married These Days? Episode 28
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021

Why should anyone get married any more? You don't need to be married to buy property, have kids, or pretty much anything else. And marriage doesn't guarantee anything--look at the divorce rate! So why do it? We talk about one crucial reason why you should (or shouldn't) get married. Then we handle a listener question on the topic.
Send in your questions: email us at bruce@brucechalmer.com, or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort


Sunday Jan 31, 2021
COVID and Couples: An Interview with Dr. Mark and Nancy Levine - Episode 27
Sunday Jan 31, 2021
Sunday Jan 31, 2021

Dr. Mark Levine is the Commissioner of Health of the State of Vermont, and the pandemic has made him the greatest rock star from Vermont since Phish. We interview Mark and his wife Nancy about their life in the spotlight, the effects of the pandemic on couples, and the outlook for the coming months. Then we handle a listener question.
Send in your questions: email us at bruce@brucechalmer.com, or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort


Friday Jan 22, 2021
How Do I Know When to Call It Quits? Episode 26
Friday Jan 22, 2021
Friday Jan 22, 2021

How do you know when to call it quits in a relationship? We talk about some of our own experiences, and give some guidelines on how to handle this painful dilemma. Then we tackle a listener question.
Send in your questions: email us at bruce@brucechalmer.com, or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort


Friday Jan 15, 2021
What Happened to our Sex Life? Episode 25
Friday Jan 15, 2021
Friday Jan 15, 2021

What happened to our sex life? Well, we're not talking about our sex life (hey, that's between us!), but about a question lots of couples ask. We talk about three different types of issues that come up, and handle a listener question.
The book we mention is Guide to Getting It On by Paul Joannides, illustrated by Daerick Gross Sr.
Send in your questions: email us at bruce@brucechalmer.com, or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort


Friday Jan 08, 2021
Healing Our National Trauma - Episode 24
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021

A special episode: We share our thoughts and feelings--and our deep pain--about the Trumpist insurrection on 1/6/21. And we look toward healing, for the country, for couples, and for us all.
Send in your questions: email us at bruce@brucechalmer.com, or just visit brucechalmer.com. We'd love to hear from you!
And let us know if you'd like to be interviewed on the show! Visit brucechalmer.com/podcast for more information.
Dr. Chalmer's book Reigniting the Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy, and How to Get It Back is available here, or wherever you get your books.
Like this podcast? Review us, like us, follow us, and do all those other kinds of wonderful things to us! It helps people find the show.
Music: Besamim (Spices) by Bruce Chalmer, performed by Fyre and Lightning Consort

Couples Therapy in Seven Words
Be kind, don't panic, and have faith. Everything and anything about relationships.
