Empowered Relationship Podcast: Your Relationship Resource And Guide: ERP 322: How To Develop Empowered Love

ERP 322: How To Develop Empowered Love — An Interview with Linda Bloom

May 31, 2022

There are a lot of moving parts in relationships, such as your background, having children, career, previous relationships, and so on. So, how can you cultivate a more secure and intimate relationship with your partner? Should you lower your standards and expectations in order to avoid disappointment? Linda Bloom strongly disagrees with this notion.

In this episode, Linda talks about how she and her husband took their relationship to the next level after a five-year irreconcilable difference gridlock and how they are now helping other couples cultivate an empowered relationship.

Linda Bloom, L.C.S.W., is a psychotherapist and marriage counselor who teaches relationship workshops. She is the co-author of four books including the best-selling 101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married (over 100,000 copies sold). She is a regular teacher at Esalen Institute and Kripalu, with over 600 blogs on Psychology Today with over 10 million hits, and over 100 videos on her YouTube channel.

Check out the transcript of this episode on Dr. Jessica Higgin's website.

In this episode

6:45 Linda and her husband's journey to becoming an empowered couple that inspires other couples.

10:01 What true empowerment entails.

13:42 Limiting beliefs that keep people from gently and consistently co-creating a highly romantic relationship.

18:52 Lowering expectations versus encouraging one another to become their best selves.

22:37 Traits and characteristics of couples who have empowered relationships.

33:16 How to manage differences: the growth mindset.

40:45 Finding psychosocial support.