Swoon: Love Lessons With Julie And Gina

You know how hard it is for people to talk about sex? It can be even harder for some people to talk about money! Today Gina and Julie share some of the reasons money feels like such a taboo topic and then offer tips and tools to help you and your partner find ease and common ground when it comes to finances.

Having healthy relationships isn't just about romantic relationships.  The other intimate and meaningful relationships in our lives are essential to our well-being and to learning how to handle all relationships well.  Today Julie and Gina talk about a-romantic relationships and the heartbreaks that come from them.

It's hard to know what to do when you become exes.  What if you want to stay connected?  What if you absolutely don't? This week on Swoon, Gina and Julie talk about how to decide what you need moving forward form your exes.

Anxiety, stress and worry are common experiences, especially during a pandemic. This week on Swoon, Gina and Julie talk about how to best support your partner when they struggle with anxiety.

If you've never experienced depression it can be really hard to understand what your partner is going through when they do.  Today Julie and Gina will walk you through how to respond to your partner and support them when depression pays a visit.

In their combined 23 years as sex therapists Julie and Gina have seen a wide range of sexual interests. Today we're talking about some of the more creative dreams folks have and how exploring fantasy can help you connect more intimately.

Hey, Gina just published a workbook about communication. Today we're talking about it and which communication issues are the most important to address in relationships.

Desire is a critical part of being intimately connected in relationships. Julie and Gina discuss how normal desire concerns are with lots of different people, how to deal with a lack of desire, why desire comes so much more easily early in relationships and three different approaches to desire issues in relationships.

Shame is one of the greatest hurdles to connection and belonging in human relationships.  It's a huge problem in human intimacy, sexual expression, and relationship repair.  Tune in this week while Gina and Julie break down the barriers to connection.

One of the biggest reasons clients come to see us is “communication.” And often they share that what they really want is to feel heard and understood in their relationship. This week on Swoon, Julie and Gina help you learn how to be a better listener. 

Julie and Gina continue their miniseries about how to have tricky conversations. This week they explore conversations about wanting to slow down your relationship and how to talk about exes and past relationships.

Julie, Gina and Jeff, three white mental health professionals talk about how they, and other white therapists, can support the black lives matter movement. The three of them discuss why it's important to show up, even imperfectly, instead of not showing up at all. They share their experiences talking to family members that need to be educated. They provide white counselors with resources to educate themselves and much more. 

Julie and Gina continue to share skills and tools for tricky conversations. This week they explore how to tell your partner you want to go to couples counseling/coaching and how to talk about your STI/STD status.

On this episode of Swoon, Julie and Gina share tips and tools for asking for what you want sexually. They give examples of what often goes wrong and then model different ways to ask for what you want so that all of your fantasies come true.

We're changing things up a bit for the next two episodes of Swoon. Today and next week Julie and Gina will talk through some of the more difficult conversations couples face and give you real-life examples of what to say in tricky situations.

May is International Masturbation Month! On this episode of Swoon, Julie and Gina answer listeners' questions about masturbation and also talk about all of the benefits of self pleasure.

How much time, energy, and money do you spend on couples work before giving up? How to know when fighting to fix a marriage/relationship turns desperate & destructive? Is divorce inevitable for some marriages or are all relationships salvageable? How do you handle pursuer/avoider (or distance/pursuer) dynamic in relationships? What's the difference between asking for reassurance from a partner vs. asking for consent?

Julie and Gina answer listener questions about polyamory and nonmonogamy.  Questions: Tips for maintaining primary relationships during non-monogamy How to manage time in a poly relationship so all partners feel their best? How do you work through jealousy? How to stay feeling connected when your partner is with their other partner(s)? Tips for the “other” person or non-primary partner to stay sane and strong

Julie and Gina welcome Jeff back on the show to talk about penises. They discuss what to do about erectile dysfunction, how to respond if your partner's penis isn't doing what you hoped, and they address the age old question, does size really matter?

Questions: Help! I'm living alone right now. How do I cope? In the age of a pandemic, how can I get touch and non-sexual affection?  I am living in a small space. How can I find time to appreciate my partner? Can I get some tips for communicating with my partner in a small space? How do you keep it fresh during quarantine times?