Stronger Together with Risa Ganel, LCMFT | Relationship Empowerment

One in 8 couples has difficulty conceiving or sustaining a pregnancy. Infertility is a developmental crisis for couples and leaves them grappling with a roller coaster of emotions, difficult decisions, the juggling of medical appointments, increased stress at a time that most of us expect to be simple and exciting.

Risa’s guest today is Dr. Tara Simpson, a licensed psychologist in Maryland. Her special interests include providing counseling to individuals with issues related to reproductive health, including fertility issues, adjustment to utilizing assisted reproductive treatments, pregnancy loss, and postpartum depression. In addition, she works extensively with individuals and couples pursuing treatment using donated gametes and/or gestational carriers. She serves on the Executive Committee of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine Mental Health Professional Group and is a member of RESOLVE.

Dr. Simpson sees patients in her Towson and Columbia offices. If you, or someone you know is struggling with fertility issues, listen in as Risa and Dr Simpson talk about how the support of a therapist who specializes in fertility issues, coping mechanisms and exercise and mindfulness are essential to couples getting stronger together. Dr Simpson can be reached at 410-303-3402 for those of you who are local to the Columbia, Maryland area.

To find a therapist in your area if you are not local to us, The American Society for Reproductive Medicine is a great resource for finding a clinician near you. go to www.asrm.org and complete the form under Resources and select Mental Health Professional.

We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode!

Do you keep setting goals for yourself and get frustrated because you don’t reach them? Do you wish you knew what to do when your excuses keep getting in the way?

Find out how four simple letters, G.O.A.P can be the key to reaching any goal and why the “P” is essential to kicking your excuses to the curb!

If you haven’t already, be sure to listen to episode 012 of this podcast first to help you set up the first steps for success.

If I have to add one more thing to my to do list, I’m going to fall apart!

So many of us feel like that and we also feel like we never get to the things that truly matter to us. It leaves us feeling drained, demoralized, like we’ve messed up and failed.

Join Risa and her extra, extra special guest (you’ll see why when you listen!) and implement her three strategies for stopping the overwhelm. You’ll feel more fulfilled and aligned with your values. It will boost your energy and reduce your stress.

We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode!

Big AHA! moments are not the cornerstone of helping relationships change. It’s the small things that have a big impact. Expressing appreciation will change how you see your spouse and will help you really connect to the true goodness of experiencing something outside of yourself that you spouse brings to you every day. Take notice of it, express appreciation for it and make your relationship stronger! Tune in for 5 tips on how to truly express appreciation to your spouse.

Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. If you’d like to enjoy the day and not run into dashed hopes or unmet expectations this year, tune in for 5 tips that will help you enjoy the day and connect to what it is truly about…LOVE.

We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your topic may just be our next episode!

Only 10% of all therapists evaluate and support the role fitness and nutrition plays in their client’s lives. I’ve been a therapist for 26 years and a fitness coach for 7 years and its long past time I started to combine the two in order to integrate all the parts and support every aspect of your life.

Depression and anxiety, inflammation and exercise are our topic today. Learn about the effects of medication versus exercise in treating depression and anxiety and the role inflammation plays in mental health.

You have in your control the ability to reduce anxiety and depression and with the information and the tools offered in this podcast you can be on your way to feeling better, and improving your relationships because of it.

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I wish I could run a half marathon” or “Wow, it’s so cool that she runs, but I could never do that” or did you make a resolution to get into running this New Year and maybe you’ve fallen off the wagon? Or maybe you just want to meet some really inspiring positive women and expand your circle of friends!

You can do it and there is support out there and it’s free too! Take a listen to this episode of my interview with co-leader of the Howard County chapter of Moms Run This Town, Melissa Kistler. Challenge yourself, enjoy the journey, make new friends, and find a chapter near you no matter where you are. It’s a great way to get Stronger Together.

For more information on Moms Run This Town go to www.MomsRunThisTown.com

It’s inevitable that even in the healthiest marriage you will argue with your spouse. In this Marriage Minute episode, learn one KEY tool that every couple should use to manage those arguments. When your commitment is to the longevity of your relationship, the well-being of your partner and to deepening your understanding of one another, this tool will help you get stronger together!

Is it just a platonic friendship? What are the signs that it’s not? Is a physical affair the only way to betray a marriage? Tune in to this episode to learn some of the signs that indicate an emotional affair may be occurring and how it drains the emotional energy away from your marriage.

Do you put dating your spouse at the bottom of your to do list?

Do you think, “Oh, we’ll get back to that once the kids are out of the house”.

Join Risa and her very special guest to hear why dating your spouse is essential for your kids well-being and the future of your marriage.

Making New Year resolutions is one thing. Remaining resolute and seeing them through is quite another. – Alex Morritt

This time of year is stressful! And, if you’re anything like Risa, the pressure to make New Year Resolutions can add to that stress. We all want to ‘be better” at all kinds of things in 2017, and our inboxes are stuffed to the gills with emails that overwhelm us and make us feel inadequate. This New Year, beat the overwhelm and do it differently. Risa will help you use the physiology of the human brain to employ better, more effective strategies for making New Year Resolutions that stick. Learn the 6 strategies to help you make resolutions that last and find out which food is Risa’s nemesis! When you hear the name, you’ll say “no duh!”