Love Shack Live: Helping Couples Rescue Their Relationships
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 relationship back on track. So if you're struggling in your relationship, make sure to tune in, it could be the best decision you ever make.
Episodes
It’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 relatio...
What if relationships don’t usually end because of one big thing?
What if they end because of the little things no one talks about?
In this episode of Love Shack Live, Staci revisits one of the foundational ideas behind her work as both a relationship mentor and divorce mediator: most couples don’t arrive at the edge of separation because of one dramatic moment. More often, they get there through a thousand tiny disco...
Why do we keep bringing up the same hurt in our relationships, even when we know it is not helping?
In this episode of Love Shack Live, we're unpacking one of the most frustrating patterns couples get stuck in: revisiting the same argument, the same betrayal, the same disappointment, and somehow feeling even worse every time. If you have ever thought, “I am not going to bring this up again,” only to find yoursel...
Have you ever found yourself thinking:
I don’t understand what is happening in my relationship.
You’re trying to communicate, but every conversation turns emotional.
You’re watching your partner pull away, but they won’t actually say why.
Or maybe they ended the relationship… and yet they’re still showing up in ways that make it almost impossible to heal.
That kind of confusion can make you question everything.
And that’s...
Have you ever caught yourself thinking, I love you… but I don’t feel close to you anymore?
That thought can send people into a spiral fast.
Maybe we fell out of love.
Maybe we picked the wrong person.
Maybe this is just what happens after enough stress, enough hurt, enough time, or enough distance.
In this episode of Love Shack Live, we’re unpacking one of the biggest myths in relationships: “we just fell out of love.”
Be...
Why does it feel like no matter how many times you talk about it, nothing actually changes?
You’ve had the conversation. You’ve explained how it hurt. Your partner has explained what they meant. You’ve gone over the problem from every possible angle… and somehow you still end up back in the same place. Same tension. Same shutdown. Same argument.
In this episode of Love Shack Live, we're unpacking one of the bigge...
How do you make peace with a breakup that felt sudden and one-sided, especially when you thought this person was your forever person?
In part 4 of our attachment series, we’re taking a turn into real life.
What started as a plan to wrap up this series by answering your attachment questions shifted after a recent video on sudden breakups struck a massive nerve. The response was immediate. So many people were asking the...
When anxious and avoidant partners try to talk through conflict… it often gets worse.
One person pushes for answers. The other shuts down.
Words start flying around the room. But somehow, no one feels heard.
In this episode of Love Shack Live, we're continuing our series on the anxious-avoidant dynamic by exploring the skills that actually help couples stay connected when conversations get hard.
Because most couple...
If you or your partner struggles with avoidant attachment, shutting down, going quiet, disappearing emotionally when things get intense, this episode is for you. And if you're the anxious attachment partner on the other side: the one who leans in harder, panics when your partner withdraws, and feels like you can never quite reach them, this is for you too.
This is Part 2 of our ongoing series on the avoidant-anx...
Have you ever walked away from a conversation thinking, “Why did I do that… again?”
You care. You love them. You want it to work. And yet when things get intense, you shut down, go quiet, and disappear emotionally.
In this episode of Love Shack Live, we unpack what avoidance really is (hint: it’s not a character flaw) and why shutting down is often a nervous system protection strategy that once worked really well… but...
Sometimes the most meaningful collaborations don’t start as collaborations at all.
Marnie and Patrick originally came to Staci as clients. Two passionate, creative humans who loved each other deeply, but could feel that love alone wasn’t going to carry them through blended family stress, real-life pressure, and the places where communication gets messy.
Fast forward, and they’re not only thriving, they’re living proof...
When a new year starts, a lot of people quietly hope their relationship will feel lighter by now.
Less tension.
Less distance.
Fewer conversations that end in the same painful place.
But if it still feels hard to get through to each other, this episode is your reminder that you’re not broken and you’re not alone.
In this conversation, we unpack the skill that quietly determines whether your conversations create connectio...
You walk into the conversation thinking, Okay, this time we’re talking about money. Or parenting. Or sex. Or the thing you agreed on and nobody followed through.
And somehow you still end up in the exact same place: confusion, defensiveness, frustration, and that familiar emotional hangover that lasts way longer than the argument.
In this episode of Love Shack Live, we unpack the real reason couples keep having the sa...
If you’ve been waiting for the “right time” to talk…
You’re not alone.
A lot of couples don’t look like they’re falling apart. From the outside, life looks fine. But inside, there’s a low-grade tension that never really leaves. You go to bed next to each other. You get through the day. You smile. And you keep telling yourself:
- “I’ll bring it up when things feel less tense.”
- “If I just give it more time, it’ll settle...
It’s a new year, and maybe you caught yourself thinking: This is the year we finally work on us.
Not in a dramatic, “we’re getting divorced” way. More like… you’re tired of the same tension. The same looping conversations. That familiar bracing-in-your-body feeling when you can tell another hard talk is coming.
And if you’re wondering, Why does this still feel so hard if we love each other? this episode is for you.
In ...
When separation comes up, most couples split into two roles fast:
One becomes the Fixer. You want to talk, solve, repair, and close the gap now because the silence feels unbearable.
The other becomes the Escaper. You shut down, pull back, and hope the pressure stops, not because you don’t care, but because you feel emotionally overwhelmed and unsafe in the conversations.
And here’s the trap: both responses make sense… ...
Are you stuck in the question that never seems to get answered: Should I stay or should I go?
Some days your relationship feels warm enough to keep trying. Other days it feels so lonely you can’t believe you’re still sharing the same space. If you’re in that place right now, you’re not alone, and you’re not broken.
In this special rebroadcast of one of our most impactful episodes, we dive into what we call the Land of...
You were told that love would be enough.
That if you just cared more, tried harder, stayed patient, and didn’t give up, your relationship would work itself out. So when the distance crept in, when conversations started going sideways, when you felt lonely sitting right next to the person you love, you told yourself to love harder.
But love isn’t what translates your emotions into words.
Love doesn’t create emotional sa...
Have you ever walked into a holiday gathering with a smile on your face and a knot in your stomach? You’re passing the potatoes, making small talk, and meanwhile you’re sitting on years of unspoken hurt, unresolved conversations, and roles you never quite chose but still end up playing.
In this episode of Love Shack Live, we’re talking directly to you if your relationship (or family dynamics) already feel shaky and t...
When your relationship is already on the rocks, the holidays don’t feel magical. They feel brittle. One sharp comment in the kitchen, one loaded question at the dinner table, and suddenly everyone is walking on eggshells just trying to “get through it.”
In this episode of Love Shack Live, Staci, Tom, and Brooke talk honestly about why the holidays hit struggling couples so hard. They unpack the collision between Hall...
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