.png)
Love Shack Live: Helping Couples Rescue Their Relationships
Relationships are complex. They are filled with ups and downs, highs and lows. And sometimes, it can feel like you're struggling just to keep your head above water. If you're feeling like this, then it's important to reach out for help. That's where Tom and Staci Bartley come in. As relationship experts, they have helped countless couples overcome the challenges that they're facing. And now, they're here to help you. The Love Shack Live Show is filled with advice and tips that will help you get your relationship back on track. So if you're struggling in your relationship, make sure to tune in, it could be the best decision you ever make.
Episodes
269 episodes
#269: Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Answer Google Can't Give You
Have you noticed how quickly we reach for someone else's answers before we even slow down long enough to hear our own? We Google it. We poll our friends. We scroll for reassurance. And now, we ask AI. Quietly, underneath all of it, something de...
.png)
#268: Guilt vs. Shame: The Emotion That's Secretly Running Your Relationship
It’s 11:30 at night. The fight ended an hour ago. Your partner is asleep, or pretending to be, and you’re lying there replaying everything.What they said. What you said. What you wish you hadn’t said. What you ...
#267: The Granola Test: Why Most Marriages Unravel Over the Little Things
What if relationships don’t usually end because of one big thing?What if they end because of the little things no one talks about?In this episode of Love Shack Live, Staci revisits one of the foundational ideas behind her...
#266: How to Stop Bringing Up the Past in Every Argument
Why do we keep bringing up the same hurt in our relationships, even when we know it is not helping?In this episode of Love Shack Live, we're unpacking one of the most frustrating patterns couples get stuck in: revisiting ...
#265: When Your Partner Shuts Down, Pulls Away, or Sends Mixed Signals
Have you ever found yourself thinking:I don’t understand what is happening in my relationship.You’re trying to communicate, but every conversation turns emotional.You’re watching your partner pull away, but they won’...
#264: Have You Fallen Out of Love? Here's What’s Actually Happening
Have you ever caught yourself thinking, I love you… but I don’t feel close to you anymore?That thought can send people into a spiral fast.Maybe we fell out of love.Maybe we picked the wrong person.Maybe this i...
#263: Why Nothing Changes… Even After You’ve Talked About It 100 Times
Why does it feel like no matter how many times you talk about it, nothing actually changes?You’ve had the conversation. You’ve explained how it hurt. Your partner has explained what they meant. You’ve gone over the problem from every pos...
#262: When Someone You Love Walks Away Without Explaining Why (Part 4)
How do you make peace with a breakup that felt sudden and one-sided, especially when you thought this person was your forever person?In part 4 of our attachment series, we’re taking a turn into real life.What started as a plan to ...
#261: Anxious & Avoidant Couples: 3 Skills That Change Everything (Part Three)
When anxious and avoidant partners try to talk through conflict… it often gets worse.One person pushes for answers. The other shuts down.Words start flying around the room. But somehow, no one feels heard.In this epi...
#260: Avoidant Attachment Style: Why Your Partner Shuts Down and How to Respond (Part Two)
If you or your partner struggles with avoidant attachment, shutting down, going quiet, disappearing emotionally when things get intense, this episode is for you. And if you're the anxious attachment partner on the other side: the one who leans ...
#259: The Truth About Avoidant Attachment... It’s Not What You Think (Part One)
Have you ever walked away from a conversation thinking, “Why did I do that… again?”You care. You love them. You want it to work. And yet when things get intense, you shut down, go quiet, and disappear emotionally.In this episode o...
#258: In Conversation With a Couple: How Relationship Skills Show Up in Real Life
Sometimes the most meaningful collaborations don’t start as collaborations at all.Marnie and Patrick originally came to Staci as clients. Two passionate, creative humans who loved each other deeply, but could feel that love alone wasn’t ...
#257: The Skill You’re Missing That’s Ruining Every “Talk”
When a new year starts, a lot of people quietly hope their relationship will feel lighter by now.Less tension.Less distance.Fewer conversations that end in the same painful place.But if it still feels hard to get thr...
#256: Same Fight, Different Day: How to Break the Pattern (For Real)
You walk into the conversation thinking, Okay, this time we’re talking about money. Or parenting. Or sex. Or the thing you agreed on and nobody followed through.And somehow you still end up in the exact same place: confusion, de...
#255: Hope Is Not a Strategy: Why Waiting for Them to Change Isn’t Working
If you’ve been waiting for the “right time” to talk…You’re not alone.A lot of couples don’t look like they’re falling apart. From the outside, life looks fine. But inside, there’s a low-grade tension that never really leave...
#254: Why Relationship Resolutions Fail (And What Actually Works)
It’s a new year, and maybe you caught yourself thinking: This is the year we finally work on us.Not in a dramatic, “we’re getting divorced” way. More like… you’re tired of the same tension. The same looping conversations. That f...
#253: My Partner Asked for Space. What Should I Do?
When separation comes up, most couples split into two roles fast:One becomes the Fixer. You want to talk, solve, repair, and close the gap now because the silence feels unbearable.The other becomes the Escaper. You s...
#252: The Land of Maybe: The Relationship Phase No One Teaches You How to Handle
Are you stuck in the question that never seems to get answered: Should I stay or should I go?Some days your relationship feels warm enough to keep trying. Other days it feels so lonely you can’t believe you’re still sharing the sa...
#251: The 3 Relationship Skills Every Couple Needs (But No One Teaches You)
You were told that love would be enough.That if you just cared more, tried harder, stayed patient, and didn’t give up, your relationship would work itself out. So when the distance crept in, when conversations started going sideways, whe...
#250: How to Navigate Holiday Conflict When Your Relationship Is Already on Edge
Have you ever walked into a holiday gathering with a smile on your face and a knot in your stomach? You’re passing the potatoes, making small talk, and meanwhile you’re sitting on years of unspoken hurt, unresolved conversations, and roles you ...
#249: How to Navigate the Holidays When Your Relationship Feels Fragile
When your relationship is already on the rocks, the holidays don’t feel magical. They feel brittle. One sharp comment in the kitchen, one loaded question at the dinner table, and suddenly everyone is walking on eggshells just trying to “get thr...
#248: The Dating Rebellion: How to Date Differently After Heartbreak
Have you ever looked around your life and thought, “I didn’t plan to end up here”? Maybe you’re standing in that uneasy space between what was and what’s next, holding on, letting go, or trying to begin again.In this episode of ...
#247: From Roommates to Lovers Again: The Skills That Bring You Back Together
You’re not fighting. You’re just… quiet. The kind of quiet that hums with tension instead of peace. Conversations stay about the calendar, the kids, and dinner, but not each other. You can feel the gap growing even while you sit side by side, a...
#246: When They Ask for Space: The Skills That Keep You Connected
Living together but feeling miles apart.You still share a home. Maybe even a bed. But the real stuff, the fears, the wants, the touch, has gone quiet. You keep telling yourself, “It’s just a phase.” But deep down, you know the dis...
#245: Your Brain on Separation: Why You Are Spinning and How to Stop
If your partner asked for space and your whole body has been bracing ever since, you are not broken. You’re in survival mode.On this episode of Love Shack Live, we’re speaking directly to you, the partner who’s been asked for spac...