38: How to Thrive as a Couple with Psychotherapist Allison

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Walker and Joy welcome Allison Villa, an amazing relationship expert and registered Psychotherapist who specializes in keeping couples thriving throughout parenthood, to the podcast today. Allison teaches busy couples to live with intention and to use simple time-efficient strategies to connect with each other. She has a great deal of relationship information and advice to offer not just to listeners, but, as you will hear, to Joy and Walker as well.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the discussion today, Allison identifies the prime importance of self-care, and explores the concepts of unlearning patterns, being cheerleaders in relationships, and implementing ‘daily love habits’. She also discusses the value of recognizing and vocalizing needs, the reality of ups and downs in relationships, introduces some of the programs which she has available to help couples keep their relationships ‘tuned up’, and reviews the role that self-change plays in them. Allison goes into great detail about what she terms the ‘Relationship Seasons’, describes her family’s move to Mexico, offers strategies for families to employ during the current pandemic, and finishes by offering some general advice for couples. As you will hear, Joy and Walker identify with so many aspects of the information and suggestions which Allison shares today, and you will undoubtedly do the same.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Episode Highlights:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Taking care of yourself as an individual first and modeling that for your child</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Unlearning your own patterns</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Being each other’s biggest cheerleaders in all aspects of life</span></li> <li style="font-weight