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Love Shack Live: Helping Couples Rescue Their Relationships

Staci Bartley, Relationship Expert

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

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#287: Why You Both Think the Other Person Is the...

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2026/10/03

Ask Us A QuestionHave you ever looked at your partner and thought, If they would just stop doing THAT, we would be so good?You can explain exactly why you react the way you do. There’s history behind it. There are things that have happened over and over again. You have evidence.The frustrating part? So does your partner.And eventually you can end up in a relationship where two people are absolutely convinced they’re responding reasonably to the other person’s behavior… while both becoming

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46:31

#286: We’re Back… and Italy Changed How We Think...

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2026/09/26

Ask Us A QuestionWe’re back. ❤️After six weeks away from Love Shack Live and three weeks in Italy, we’re finally back behind the microphones. And we came home with a question we haven’t been able to stop thinking about…“We feel more like roommates than partners.” “I feel alone, even when they’re right there.” “We love each other. We’ve just lost the connection we used to have.”We hear versions of these sentences all the time from people taking the Better Love Quiz.And after spending three weeks in

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64:29

#285: How Do You Know If Your Relationship Is Worth...

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2026/09/19

Ask Us A QuestionOne night, you’re absolutely done.You’ve had the entire conversation in your head. You know what you’re going to say in the morning. You may even feel strangely calm because, finally, you’ve made a decision.Then morning comes.They hand you your coffee without being asked. They do something small that reminds you of who they used to be. Maybe you laugh together for the first time in weeks.And suddenly…Maybe I’m overreacting.Maybe it’s not as bad as I think.Maybe we could actually fix

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57:53

#284: Can You Change Your Attachment Style?

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2026/09/12

Ask Us A QuestionYou know the words by now: anxious and avoidant.Maybe you’ve taken the quizzes, watched the videos, and gotten pretty good at spotting the pattern in your own relationship.And you’re still having the same fight.So what are you actually supposed to do with any of this?In this episode, we’re talking about how attachment styles can help us understand a relationship without turning into permanent labels for ourselves or our partners. We’ll look at why anxious and avoidant people are

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50:54

#283: Why We Wait Too Long to Get Help With Our Marriage

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2026/09/10

Ask Us A QuestionThere's a conversation you and your partner need to have, and it's been sitting under the grocery list and the kids' appointments for a few years now. Not because it doesn't matter. Because you figure they'll be there no matter what, and everything else has a deadline.So here's what we're after today. How come our marriage is the one thing we're ashamed to get help for? You'd hire somebody for the business. You'd find a specialist

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52:31

#282: Six Steps to an Apology Your Partner Can...

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2026/08/29

Ask Us A QuestionYou already said you were sorry. You meant every word of it. And they're still sitting there closed up like you never opened your mouth.I get this question constantly. I've made a mess, it's my fault, and I can't get my person to turn around and hear me. So today I'm not answering how to apologize, or even how to apologize better. You already know how to say I'm sorry. What I want to answer is why it doesn't land, and the reason is specific. Most

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59:31

#281: How Defensiveness Breaks a Relationship Down,...

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2026/08/22

Ask Us A QuestionYour partner finally tells you that something you do hurts them. And before they even finish, you're already explaining. "That's not what happened." "That's not what I meant." "I never meant it that way." "Well, you do it too."That's defensiveness. But, it never feels like defensiveness from the inside. It feels like telling the truth, which is why it can chew through a relationship for years before anyone catches it. And

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53:58

#280: What to Do When Your Partner Says They Need Space

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2026/08/14

Ask Us A QuestionMet the right person, check. Got married, check. Bought the house, check. Had the kid, got the dog, put up the picket fence out front. Check, check, check.And then years in, somebody says, "I need some space. I can't do this anymore."And the other one is standing there going, what the hell? This wasn't the deal. I thought we were doing great. I thought we were knocking it out of the park.If you're the one who just got hit with those words, hold onto this

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57:41

#279: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Navigating the...

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2026/08/08

Ask Us A QuestionThere's a question almost nobody says out loud. Not to their best friend, not to their sister, sometimes not even to themselves in the mirror: "I don't know if I still want to be married."We call the place where that question lives the Land of Maybe. Some days it's yes, some days it's no, and most days it's maybe. Staci calls it hell on earth, and she's not exaggerating for effect. She spent 13 years there in her second marriage. Tom lived

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#278: How to Stop a Fight Before It Escalates: The...

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2026/08/01

Ask Us A QuestionYou'd think the loudest person in the room decides where a fight goes. It's actually the calmest. Hang with us, because that one takes some explaining.This week we're answering the question that flooded in after our last episode: "Okay, but what do I do when a fight is actually starting?" Because a fight is a lot like a lit firecracker. Once the fuse burns down, you don't have choices anymore. You've got about 2.2 seconds where you do, and nobody

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59:45

#277: Is This Just a Rough Patch, or Is Our...

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2026/07/25

Ask Us A QuestionSomewhere tonight, there's a couple lying in bed back to back, both wide awake, and neither one is saying anything. They're both asking the same silent question: is this just a rough patch, or is our relationship dying?Maybe you know that question. Maybe you're the one walking on eggshells, always the one trying to start the conversation while your partner shuts down, walks away, or doesn't respond. Maybe you're exhausted and honestly don't know what

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#276: Your Trust Questions, Answered: Clean Slates,...

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2026/07/18

Ask Us A QuestionThey apologized. Maybe more than once. So why do you still go quiet when they walk in the room?After last week's episode on how trust actually gets rebuilt, your questions poured in. And you weren't asking us to re-explain anything. You were asking about the moments where it gets hard: the apology that never turned into repair. The conversation that somehow ended up being about your reaction instead of your hurt. The disgust you didn't expect to feel and can't

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54:11

#275: How to Trust Again After Betrayal (Without...

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2026/07/05

Ask Us A QuestionYou're watching everything they say and do. Reading into every word, every tone. They're showing up, taking accountability, doing the things you asked for, and somehow you feel more panicked, not less. Underneath it all is one quiet question: is this real, or am I about to get hurt all over again?This episode comes from a listener question on one of our trust videos: "When someone has genuinely changed and is taking responsibility now, how do you let them back in

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#274: When Your Partner Won't Change: What to Do Next

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2026/06/20

Send us Fan MailThere's a sentence a lot of us think but never say out loud: "I don't think they're going to change." The second you say it, you feel like you have to do something about it, so you push it back down.This episode sits with that sentence.A couple weeks ago we looked at whether you're an assumer or an asker. This week picks up the harder part: you finally got good at asking, you said it clearly, you said it more than once, and the same thing keeps

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#273: How to Actually Ask for What You Need (Without...

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2026/06/06

Send us Fan MailYou already know you should speak up. That's not the problem. The problem is the moment arrives, your mouth opens, and nothing useful comes out. So you drop a hint instead and hope they catch it. They don't. And you add it to the pile.Last week we talked about being an asker versus an assumer, and the response was huge. But it exposed something: knowing you need to ask and knowing how to ask are two completely different skills. Almost nobody teaches the second one. So

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52:24

#272: Are You an Asker or an Assumer?

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2026/05/30

Send us Fan MailMost of us think we're asking for what we need. We're not. We're hinting, complaining, dropping signals, getting quiet, hoping our partner figures it out. And when they don't, we add another tally to the list of reasons we feel alone in our own relationship.This episode started with a question Brooke saw go viral on TikTok: are you an asker or an assumer? Staci, Tom, and Brooke do a gut check around the table, then unpack why so many of us stopped asking, what

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51:54

#271: Feeling Like Roommates? How to Rebuild...

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2026/05/23

Send us Fan MailThere's a particular kind of loneliness that happens inside a relationship, not outside of it. You still share a home, a bed, a life. But somewhere along the way, you stopped really talking. Not the logistics, those still happen. The real things. The thoughts you used to share without thinking twice now get held back. You measure your words. You wait for a better moment that never quite comes.If that feels familiar, this episode is for you.In this fan-favorite replay, Staci,

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#270: Why Love Isn't Enough to Save Your Marriage...

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2026/05/15

Send us Fan MailYou love them. And still, you’re exhausted.The same argument keeps coming back. The same silence shows up after the fight. The same emotional distance keeps growing, even though somewhere underneath all of it, you still care deeply.That’s the part that can make you feel like you’re losing your mind.If the love is still there, why is this so hard?In this episode of Love Shack Live, Staci, Tom, and Brooke revisit one of the most important questions in relationships: is love alone

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#269: Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Answer Google...

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2026/05/10

Send us Fan Mail 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 deeper is happening: we are losing our relationship with our own inner wisdom. In this episode, Tom, Brooke, and I sit down to talk about what I believe is one of the greatest relationship crises of our time. When we can no longer hear an...

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58:50

#268: Guilt vs. Shame: The Emotion That's Secretly...

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2026/05/02

Send us Fan MailIt’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 wish they would’ve said.And then the thought shows up:“Maybe I’m the problem.”In this episode of Love Shack Live, Staci, Tom, and Brooke unpack one of the most painful emotional loops in relationships: guilt and shame. Most of us were never taught the difference between the

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