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LoveLife Podcast

Doug Weiss & Alvean Lyons

Living your life and loving it: navigating healthy relationships to find and keep that special someone in your life

society & culture relationships

All Episodes

15:06

Can you prevent cheating?

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2025/08/17

As a followup to last week's episode, Alvean and Doug take on the thorny question, can anyone prevent their partner from cheating? Alvean unfolds her now famous dry grass analogy to explain how relationship fare when they are not regularly tended. And Doug tells a story about a marriage that foundered through inattention. For a full transcript, click here: LL13

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12:49

Can love survive infidelity

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2025/08/10

It may be the hardest test of a relationship, when one partner is unfaithful to the other. In this episode, Alvean and Doug discuss how to move on --whether the relationship is at its end or otherwise and how to know the difference between someone that cheated (and why) and someone who is a cheater. For more, and a complete transcript, click here: LL12

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12:44

The Best Advice Ever

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2025/08/03

Doug & Alvean share stories about the best advice they ever received regarding relationships. For a full transcript, click here: LL11

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14:40

Cross Cultural Relationships

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2025/07/27

A lot has been written and said about interracial or inter-religious relationships and the challenges they pose, but really these differences are only a part of what Alvean and Doug describe as cross cultural relationships because they involve more than race or faith, but a matrix of language, behavior social and cultural norms that may be wide or narrowly different between partners. In this episode, Alvean and Doug offer some thoughts on how to energize and remain open to thsoe diferences seeing

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14:24

Blending families

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2025/07/20

Whether as a result of divorce, widowhood, or other circumstances second marriages often face the prospect of combining families. Where children are involved this is a delicate and potentially difficult proposition but also one that can be rewarding and a significant improvement for all involved. The results turn on how well the prospective partners relate to and communicate with their children in the months/years prior to combining their households and families. Alvean and Doug take on this

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14:50

When the woman makes more

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2025/07/13

It has become increasingly common to find that traditional gender roles in the household are no longer --well, traditional. Who is the primary housekeeper, parent, breadwinner? It isn't always what one might expect which raises some questions about how best to navigate the relationship when the traditional roles no longer apply. For many men, being the stay at home father/homekeeper is a delight but for others it is a challenge when one's spouse or partner makes more. And it isn't limited to

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14:53

Am I too Picky

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2025/07/06

Perhaps a friend has said it--maybe it was you: Where are all the good (men/women), I just can't find the one. If you have any self awareness this should lead you to ask the question: Am I Too Picky? You may not be, or you just might but failing to ask the question is an all too common mistake. Let's face it, we dream of finding the ideal person--and once we get to know our intended we no sooner begin to notice the small or larger issues -things we want to change or in extreme cases cannot

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14:38

The Best Way to Say Goodbye

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2025/06/29

We probably should have been more direct. There is no good way to say goodbye--but there are ways to bring a relationship to a close without causing each other deep and lasting pain. In this episode, Alvean and Doug talk about how to do just that--to honestly and transparently acknowledge that for whatever reasons the relationship has run its course and the possibility of resurrecting mutuality is nil. You may remain friends after a time, or not as you both navigate the future but you can and

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15:52

God’s Dating Service

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2025/06/15

You've probably heard people describe someone as a soul mate, or say that their relationship was meant to be. Are their cosmic relationships, those blessed by God, and karmically arranged, or are these simply justifications? Alvean and Doug take on this somewhat controversial subject in this episode, a transcript of which may be found here: LL05

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16:02

What is real?

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2025/06/08

Quite often men and women will question whether their relationships are authentic, or a manifestation of chemistry, the short tem allure of the chase, or some other temporary circumstance. In this episode, Alvean and Doug offer some thoughts on how to recognize a genuine bond, built of real love and respect for one's partner. For more and a full transcript, click here: LL04

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14:35

Loving Relations

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2025/06/01

Building on the previous episode, Alvean and Doug talk about how our role models and family help us to expand our capacity for loving. For a full transcript of the episode, click here: LL03

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15:47

Who are your models?

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2025/05/25

As we go though life we may find various people who will become our role models in life, in our careers and in our relationships. They may be parents or other relatives, friends or simply people we meet along the way. In this episode Alvean and Doug discuss their own role models and offer thoughts on how the identify those who might serve as role models. For a full transcript of the episode, click here: LL02

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15:57

The Passive Aggressive Partner

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2025/05/20

In this episode, Alvean and Doug talk about passive/aggressive behavior and offer insights on how best to address this toxic form of relationship. For a full transcript and more, click here: 68-The Passive-Aggressive Partner

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16:06

Social Media

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2025/05/11

It is a pervasive influence on our lives and some would say not a healthy one. How does participation in social media affect our lives and our relationships for better or for worse? Alvean and Doug discuss the subject and offer some thoughts on how to navigate this fraught space in a healthy and productive manner. For more and a complete transcript, click here: 64-Relationships and Social Media

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16:04

Parenthood

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2025/05/04

Some have said that Parenthood is the last of the unskilled occupations. How do we prepare ourselves, how do we take on the necessary wisdom to raise our children to become successful and happy adults? To answer these and other questions, Alvean and Doug offer real world examples from their own and others' lives in this episode. For a full transcript, click here: 65-Parenthood

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16:05

Moving In Together

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2025/04/27

It is a momentous step and one that can make or break a relationship. Accommodating another person's habits, posessions, and space put our affections to the test and what may be acceptable when we live apart is strained when we live together. In this episode, Alvean and Doug talk about the stresses and pitfalls of moving in together but also the many rewards and sweetness that can accompany this step if couples are prepared. For more on this topic and a full transcript, click here: 63-Moving In

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15:47

Love Languages

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2025/04/20

For some it is acts of service, for others affirmation, gifts of touch, or quality time. These are the ways we express our affection and affirm our love. But they are not always acknowledged, valued or understood by couples and a mismatch between what is desired and what is received can be fatal to an enduring relationship. In this episode, Alvean and Doug discuss the languages of love, how we show and how we receive these gifts--and most importantly how we can align ourselves so that we are

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16:32

Are you an enabler?

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2025/04/13

The path to hell they say is paved with good intentions. Too often we make the mistake of enabling a loved one to continue to harbor destructive --even self destructive habits or patterns of behavior. In this episode, Alvean and Doug talk about the ways in which our good intentions can result in the worst results for those we love. Enabling robs those we love of self determination, reinforces their bad habits, and shields them from the reality of their lives. For more on this subject and a full

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17:35

Your Ideal Mate

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2025/04/06

How many of us have idealized the perfect mate, and found that our dream curdled in reality? That is the question Alvean and Doug tackle in this episode. Is it possible to find such a person, and if and when we do will they measure up to reality? Who is the ideal mate in any event? For more on this and a full transcript, click here: LL62-Your ideal mate

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16:33

Are you a good friend?

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2025/03/30

In a time when friend may mean someone you know on Facebook, what is a good friend and how do you know if you are one? Alvean and Doug talk about friendship and relationships and how the two relate. For a full transcript, click here: LL61-Are you a good friend?

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