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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.
Love Shack Live: Helping Couples Rescue Their Relationships
#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, when you felt lonely sitting right next to the person you love, you told yourself to love harder.
But love isn’t what translates your emotions into words.
Love doesn’t create emotional safety when conversations get tense.
And love alone can’t bridge the gap between two people living in very different emotional worlds.
Skills do.
In this episode of Love Shack Live, we sit down to break down the three core relationship skills that most couples are missing when they feel disconnected, misunderstood, or stuck in the same painful patterns.
You’ll learn:
- Why loving each other deeply still isn’t enough to prevent conflict and emotional distance
- The #1 skill couples need to stop reacting and start understanding each other
- How emotional safety actually works (and why most couples don’t have it)
- Why differences in perspective create so much conflict and how to stop taking everything personally
- How unresolved emotional “messy dishes” pile up and quietly erode connection over time
Through real client stories and honest conversation, this episode shows why relationships don’t fail because of a lack of love. They struggle because no one taught us the skills required to communicate, regulate emotions, and truly understand one another.
If you’ve been asking yourself:
- “Why do we keep having the same fight?”
- “Why do I feel so misunderstood?”
- “Why does love feel harder than it should?”
This episode will give you clarity, relief, and a different way forward.
Love is real. It matters.
But skills are what make love safe, lasting, and livable.
Love Isn’t Enough. Skills Get You Through the Holidays.
If the holidays already feel heavy and you’re trying not to spiral, you don’t need more information. You need tools you can use in the moment.
That’s why I created the Holiday Survival Bundle: the Holiday Stress Test + 3 micro-skill programs to help you calm the tension, communicate more clearly, and stay connected when things get stressful.
$97 or 2 payments of $55: https://stacibartley.com/holiday-bundle-nc