Is there someone in your life that you love dearly and they vote differently from you? And their choice to vote so differently is making it hard for you to be close to them? Love them, even?

I had a marriage therapist ask me to do a podcast episode about our nation’s polarization because it is ending marriages. This is my attempt at this difficult topic. I’m going to talk in the episode as if it’s your partner that votes differently because that’s a huge struggle for people right now. But if it’s not your partner, each time I say “Partner” or "Sweetheart," I invite you to substitute the person’s name with whom you struggle.

In this week’s episode of my podcast, I tell you a story about when I realized my husband and I believed RADICALLY differently. My marriage has gotten stronger and stronger because I leaned into the difference rather than fighting it or pretending it didn’t exist.

Habit for Your Happily Ever After

This week’s habit for your happily ever after is to keep your body calm so your heart can remain open.

Date Night Discussion

How are your partner’s political opinions an example of love? A different way to put love into the world? When you start with this question, and you keep your animal body calm, and you remember (and reimagine the animal body feeling of that love) you can be genuinely curious. 

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