Stronger Together with Risa Ganel, LCMFT | Weekly Inspiration to Strengthen Yourself Emotionally, Physically and in Your Most Important Relationships.
Relational empowerment, inspiration, information, tips, and support from an expert who helps you ignite every aspect of your life: Your marriage, friendships, fitness, health, emotional well-being, career, and excitement for life and love. Each focused episode is designed to give you strategies and action steps you can use as an individual and as part of a couple – helping you become a stronger person, partner, parent, and the best version of yourself in everything you do. Highly effective Marriage Therapist for over a quarter century, Entrepreneur whose private practice is consistently voted Best Therapy Practice of Howard County Maryland since the inception of the category (2014, 2015), Fitness Coach, Marathon Runner, LLS Fundraiser, Wife, Mom and Stepmom, Risa Ganel, LCMFT shares with you her insights and knowledge, with warmth, candor and humor like she does with her clients and even her best friends. The Stronger Together Podcast is relationship coaching, personal empowerment, fit life coaching, inspiration and more from a trusted, compassionate professional who is passionate about helping couples strengthen their lives together. This podcast will feel like you just got off the phone with your wisest friend, who’s in it with you and just gets it!
Episodes
One in 8 couples has difficulty conceiving or sustaining a pregnancy. Infertility is a developmental crisis for couples and leaves them grappling with a roller coaster of emotions, difficult decisions, the juggling of medical appointments, increased stress at a time that most of us expect to be simple and exciting.
Risa’s guest today is Dr. Tara Simpson, a licensed psychologist in Maryland. Her special interests include providing c...
Do you keep setting goals for yourself and get frustrated because you don’t reach them? Do you wish you knew what to do when your excuses keep getting in the way?
Find out how four simple letters, G.O.A.P can be the key to reaching any goal and why the “P” is essential to kicking your excuses to the curb!
If you haven’t already, be sure to listen to episode 012 of this podcast first to help you set up the first steps for success.
If I have to add one more thing to my to do list, I’m going to fall apart!
So many of us feel like that and we also feel like we never get to the things that truly matter to us. It leaves us feeling drained, demoralized, like we’ve messed up and failed.
Join Risa and her extra, extra special guest (you’ll see why when you listen!) and implement her three strategies for stopping the overwhelm. You’ll feel more fulfilled and aligned ...
Big AHA! moments are not the cornerstone of helping relationships change. It’s the small things that have a big impact. Expressing appreciation will change how you see your spouse and will help you really connect to the true goodness of experiencing something outside of yourself that you spouse brings to you every day. Take notice of it, express appreciation for it and make your relationship stronger! Tune in for 5 tips on how to t...
Love it or hate it, Valentine’s Day is right around the corner. If you’d like to enjoy the day and not run into dashed hopes or unmet expectations this year, tune in for 5 tips that will help you enjoy the day and connect to what it is truly about…LOVE.
We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/podcast and your top...
Only 10% of all therapists evaluate and support the role fitness and nutrition plays in their client’s lives. I’ve been a therapist for 26 years and a fitness coach for 7 years and its long past time I started to combine the two in order to integrate all the parts and support every aspect of your life.
Depression and anxiety, inflammation and exercise are our topic today. Learn about the effects of medication versus exercise in tre...
Have you ever thought to yourself, “I wish I could run a half marathon” or “Wow, it’s so cool that she runs, but I could never do that” or did you make a resolution to get into running this New Year and maybe you’ve fallen off the wagon? Or maybe you just want to meet some really inspiring positive women and expand your circle of friends!
You can do it and there is support out there and it’s free too! Take a listen to this episode ...
It’s inevitable that even in the healthiest marriage you will argue with your spouse. In this Marriage Minute episode, learn one KEY tool that every couple should use to manage those arguments. When your commitment is to the longevity of your relationship, the well-being of your partner and to deepening your understanding of one another, this tool will help you get stronger together!
Is it just a platonic friendship? What are the signs that it’s not? Is a physical affair the only way to betray a marriage? Tune in to this episode to learn some of the signs that indicate an emotional affair may be occurring and how it drains the emotional energy away from your marriage.
We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Leave us a voice message right on our website. It’s quick and easy at www.togethercoup...
Do you put dating your spouse at the bottom of your to do list?
Do you think, “Oh, we’ll get back to that once the kids are out of the house”.
Join Risa and her very special guest to hear why dating your spouse is essential for your kids well-being and the future of your marriage.
We’d love to hear what topics you want us to talk about! Use the contact form on our website at www.togethercouplescounseling.com/contact-us and your to...
Making New Year resolutions is one thing. Remaining resolute and seeing them through is quite another. – Alex Morritt
This time of year is stressful! And, if you’re anything like Risa, the pressure to make New Year Resolutions can add to that stress. We all want to ‘be better” at all kinds of things in 2017, and our inboxes are stuffed to the gills with emails that overwhelm us and make us feel inadequate. This New Year, beat the o...
Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn here. –Marianne Williamson
This is Us…Risa’s favorite show on TV and she just had to talk about the episode called The Trip. Fear takes over and we see how, in one family when they operate from fear it has ripple effects and gets in the way of love and connection. This is something we all struggle with, including Risa. Hear her candidly share her own recent struggle with fear and...
It’s ironic how we feel most ALIVE when our heart skips a few beats! While routines and predictability are important to our well-being, it is essential that we balance that stability with novelty. When was the last time you tried something new? In this episode, Risa talks about the importance of trying new things to enrich your life physically, emotionally and in your most important relationships. Make it part of your plan to find ...
As huge fan of the musical, Hamilton, Risa invites you to Talk Less….Listen More. As Risa stated in Episode 000, though this is not a political podcast, many of our relationships are being impacted by the divisive election campaign and results of 2016. Holiday gatherings are contentious, adult children aren’t talking to their parents and friendships are being challenged. In this episode, Risa invites you to find ways to talk less, ...
Welcome to the Introduction episode of the Stronger Together Podcast.
Risa Ganel, LCMFT is your host and each week will provide empowerment, encouragement, information, tips, free resources, and support from an expert who helps you ignite every aspect of your life: Your marriage, friendships, fitness, health, emotional well-being, career, and commitment to life and love.
Each focused episode is designed to give you strategies and a...
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