Love for Life Podcast
The podcast for modern couples who want real connection that lasts.
Hosted by relationship and family coach Nichole Farrow and her husband Ben, this show is for couples trying to stay close while raising kids, building careers, and handling the stress of everyday life. Each week, they unpack the real issues behind modern relationships—intimacy, emotional connection, mental load, conflict, communication, and the quiet resentments no one talks about.
With a mix of expert insight and raw honesty, Nichole and Ben give you practical tools to strengthen your relationship, raise emotionally secure kids, and create a life you both actually want. Because working on your relationship isn’t just for when things go wrong—it’s a lifestyle choice that impacts everything. Research shows couples who invest in their connection are 6x more successful and live 4 years longer.
If you’re ready to break generational cycles, ditch the surface-level advice, and do the real work of love—this is your podcast.
Episodes
84 episodes
#84: Why Your Step-Child’s Rejection Is Actually a 'Loyalty Bind' (And How to Fix Your System, Not the Child)
What do you do when the progress you make over a weekend is dismantled the moment your step-child returns home? In this deeply personal episode, Nichole and Ben tackle a listener’s question about dealing with a "poisoned" relationship dynamic a...
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Episode 84
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20:20
#83:The 6x Advantage: Why Your Relationship is Your Most Profitable Business Asset
Everyone wants to be a "Power Couple," but the reality is often more "roommates with a spreadsheet" than a thriving partnership. In this deep dive, Nichole and Ben Farrow strip away the glossy filters to reveal the data-driven strategies behind...
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Episode 83
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29:30
#82: Age Gap Relationships: How to Handle Judgment, Set Boundaries & Protect Your Partnership
In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben address a listener whose friends won't stop making judgmental comments about her relationship's significant age gap. They dive deep into why people feel compelled to question unconventional rela...
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Episode 82
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18:01
#81: Quiet Divorcing: Are You Emotionally Checked Out?
In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben tackle the phenomenon that is quiet divorcing. The term describes what relationship researchers have documented for decades but finally has a name that resonates the slow, mostly invisible retre...
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Episode 81
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34:22
#80: AITA: My Partner Says They'll 'Work On Us' But Won't Tell Me How
In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben dissect a frustratingly familiar relationship dynamic: the partner who promises to "work on us" but refuses to define what that actually means. When a listener's husband declares his New Year's ...
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Episode 80
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20:21
#79: The New Year Relationship Audit: How to Review Your Marriage and Set Goals for 2026
In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben challenge couples to do what only 15% actually attempt: a proper relationship audit for the new year. While everyone's setting goals for fitness and finances, the hosts argue that your relations...
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Episode 79
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34:20
#78: Merry Christmas from the Farrows
In this rapid-fire episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben tackle ten pressing relationship questions in twenty minutes, delivering their most unfiltered advice yet. From mismatched love languages destroying intimacy to wives fantasising abou...
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Episode 78
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9:26
#77: How to Enjoy a Blended Family Christmas
In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben dive into the blended family challenges that nobody prepares you for, especially during the Christmas holidays. The hosts get raw and real about navigating custody schedules, managing multiple h...
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Episode 77
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28:31
#76: AITA: Christmas Confessions from Our Listeners
From unionised Elves to in-law hideouts in the car boot, our listeners have spoken. And they're not holding back."This week, we're diving into your Christmas confessions the stories you've been too embarrassed to tell anyone else. The of...
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16:53
#75: How to Not Murder Your Partner During the Holidays: Christmas Survival Guide for Couples
In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben dive into the brutal reality of why the "most wonderful time of the year" often becomes the most relationship-damaging time instead. With Google searches for relationship counselling spiking 40%...
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31:46
#74 In-laws and boundaries at Christmas
In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben unpack the festive minefield of Christmas boundaries when in-laws expect unwavering compliance with their holiday traditions. The hosts dive deep into a listener's dilemma about wanting to creat...
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Episode 74
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15:36
#73 Keeping Score: When Two Careers Kill One Marriage
You're both working. You're both parenting. And you're both secretly keeping score.This weeks question comes from a couple who look like they've got it together - two careers, two kids, nice house, good jobs. But inside? They're co...
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Episode 73
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22:09
#72 My fiancé picks his mum over me
In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben tackle one of the most common yet unspoken relationship deal-breakers: the overbearing mother-in-law who treats your partnership like a three-person marriage. The hosts don't hold back on what n...
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Episode 72
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15:16
#71 The sleep divorce (and why it saved our marriage)
In this episode, Ben and Nichole explore the surprisingly serious world of "sleep divorce" after being forced into separate bedrooms due to Ben's relentless snoring. What starts as a light-hearted discussion about their sleeping arrangements qu...
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Episode 71
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26:08
#70: The Real Reason You're Fighting About Housework
In this episode, Nichole and Ben tackle one of the most explosive conflicts in modern relationships: the mental load debate. When one partner insists they're doing everything asked while the other feels like they're managing a household a...
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Episode 70
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16:41
#69: Would You Choose Love or Money?
In this episode of Love for Life, Ben and Nichole are discussing the new film The Materialists, where Dakota Johnson must choose between the broke ex-boyfriend (Chris Evans) or the rich guy (Pedro Pascal), and why the internet's obsession...
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Episode 69
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28:08
#68: Bitesize - My Partner Is More Interested In Their Phone Than Me
What does it mean when someone needs a screen more than they need you? We're talking about the partner who claims they need to decompress but really they're choosing to disconnect. The promises to change that last two days. The kids who stop tr...
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Episode 68
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16:02
#67: The Housework Recession: Why Smart Women Are Opting Out of Marriage
Divorce improves women's lives when it comes to housework. Marriage improves men's.Female breadwinners do MORE housework than their unemployed male partners. After divorce, women's domestic workload drops. Men's increases.One econ...
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Episode 67
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41:53
#66: Are You Normalising What You Should Be Fixing
When did we start calling 'surviving' a marriage success?This week, Nichole and Ben respond to a powerful listener confession: "Am I the arsehole for wanting more from my marriage?" She's being told by everyone - her mum, her sister, the...
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Episode 66
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32:36
#65 The Great Parenting Divide: Gentle V Authoritarian
In this episode, Ben and Nichole dive into one of the biggest challenges couples face, when parenting styles don't align. They share their own heated arguments about handling children's behaviour and explore shocking research showing 20.3% of U...
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Episode 65
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56:15
#64: Micro-Romance: Why Small Gestures Are the New Big Love
Ben and Nichole dive into why micro-romance is revolutionising relationships and why your brain craves it more than grand gestures.What if everything you think you know about romance is wrong? Discover the shocking 86% statistic that's r...
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Episode 64
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31:51
#63: Porn, Power & Partnership: What No One is Talking About
Porn isn’t just a private habit, it’s one of the biggest unspoken forces shaping modern love, intimacy, and even how kids learn about sex.In this raw conversation, Nichole and Ben ask the questions most couples avoid:Is porn ...
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Episode 63
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34:46
#62: September Reset: The Real New Year for Parents
Forget January. For parents, September is the real new year. Back-to-school doesn’t just mean new uniforms and routines it’s a chance to reset your family, your relationship, and yourself for the next six months.In this episode, Nichole ...
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Episode 62
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26:08
#61:Would I date you now? Dating After Kids
What would happen if you and your partner had to meet now—on a dating app, with kids, baggage, and all? Would you still swipe right?In this episode Nichole and Ben get brutally honest about dating in 2025 and what it really take...
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Episode 61
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39:32
#60: 30 Free Hours Childcare: The Truth About What It Means for Your Family, Finances & Relationship
It’s being called the biggest boost for working parents in years - 30 free hours of childcare a week. The government says it will save you thousands, give you more career freedom, and take the pressure off at home.In this episode, we’re ...
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Episode 60
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30:25