Love in Practice with Emily Gough and Kelly Gardner
Hosted by married couple Emily Gough, a relationship coach, and Kelly Gardner, an embodied leadership coach, Love in Practice explores the real, raw, and messy work of love. We share stories from our own relationship and guide you through building emotional intimacy, navigating conflict, co-creating interdependence, and healing wounds to create deeply loving partnerships rooted in trust, respect and growth. Love isn’t perfect, but showing up for it daily is always worth the practice.
Episodes
13 episodes
The Hidden Reason Intimacy Disappears in Relationships
Does "being honest" with your partner constantly lead to defensiveness? In this episode, we dive into the East direction of the Relational Compass to explore why expressing needs in relationships often gets misconstrued as criticism.We b...
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Episode 13
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35:28
Your Childhood Survival Strategy is Killing Your Relationship
In this discussion, we explore how one's childhood experiences, particularly growing up with a single mother, can profoundly shape their perception of others' needs.For many high-achievers, "people-pleasing" or being "easy-going" was ori...
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Episode 12
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43:22
Why Being a Leader at Work Makes Your a "Bully" At Home
If you’ve ever been called a "know-it-all," a narcissist, or felt like you were "lawyering" your partner, this episode is for you.High-achievers often rely on authority and "being right" to succeed in business, but that same strategy act...
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Episode 11
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42:19
Is It Intuition...Or Is It Anxiety?
So what's the deal? Is it intuition… or is it anxiety?This question shows up in nearly every relationship, especially when trust, fear, or old wounds get triggered.In this episode, we unpack:• The real difference between in...
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51:15
If I Heal My Trauma, Will My Relationship Finally Work?
So if you heal your trauma, will your relationship finally be "fixed"?Not necessarily.In this episode of Love in Practice, we unpack why trauma work alone doesn’t automatically heal your relationship, and how the real issue often ...
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Episode 9
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40:12
Why Communication Won't Fix Your Relationship And This Will
Why communication won’t fix your relationship and how nervous system regulation, trust, and pattern work actually create lasting change.🧭 Take the Relational Compasshttps://www.lipcouples....
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Episode 8
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52:27
The Real Reason You Fight and How to Repair It
Conflict is going to happen in a healthy relationship. And more often than not, conflict starts with something laughably small – from doing dishes, to making food, and even how to decoratively light a podcast. But underneath the menial cause of...
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Episode 7
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1:12:57
The Silent Power Struggles Every Strong Couple Faces
Every strong couple has them. Those tiny, invisible battles that shape connection, safety, and trust. In this episode we break down the unspoken power dynamics that show up in even the healthiest relationships: the triggers, shutdowns, leadersh...
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Episode 6
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1:04:38
The Savior Trap: How Over-Functioning Kills Intimacy
We're taking you back in time! This episode originally aired in December 2023 on Emily's podcast, Room to Grow as we unpacked two of the p...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:06:47
Why Couples Repeat the Same Fights & How to Break the Cycle
In this episode of Love in Practice, we dive into the hidden emotional patterns that quietly shape our relationships, often without us realizing it. From the subtle ways shame shows up, to the moments we flip into grandiosity, to the i...
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Episode 4
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1:02:48
Hope After Heartbreak: Our Love Story
We're taking you back in time! This episode originally aired in September 2023 on Emily's podcast, Room to Grow. It was the first time we ...
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1:15:51
I Thought I'd Healed That - Until Deep Love Showed Both of Us Otherwise
You can do all the healing work in the world, and then real love shows up to find out if you really meant it.This episode dives into the beautiful and brutal reality of what happens when old patterns meet new love, and when the very pers...
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Episode 2
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1:05:05
The Practice of Love is the Point: Now the Real Work Begins
Perfection isn’t the point; devotion is. It’s our commitment to the practice of love that keeps bringing us back to each other, again and again, even on the hard days.In this opening episode of Love in Practice, we’re inviting y...
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Episode 1
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