Welcome to the Mutual Victory Podcast Site
We are Matt and Jeannie O'Neill former teachers who share a love of pop-culture, music, European Board Games, trivia, family and LOVE, and we will cover topics that are current in our lives and fun tidbits on this journey of marriage.
Matt was a Social Studies teacher who now is a Librarian.
Jeannie also used to teach in a more traditional setting and now teaches Yoga and trains people to follow their passion as yoga teachers. They both work (from home, together) at Yoga Farm Ithaca an online teaching platform and nonprofit.
Mutual Victory is their Motto and Mantra, it steers their RelationShip!
We're finally ready for another episode. This week we talk about some goofy traditions we've picked up or created from scratch.
Welcome to season 4!!! We kick off the new season by pulling some tarot cards for 2025!
Happy New Years', Friends. M+J talk about some new traditions/rituals/fun ideas to kick off 2025!
This week we talk about why we doing this podcast. What brings us to our cozy chairs and microphones to sit in conversation with each other? Listen and find out.
Happy Thanksgiving, Friends. Matt and Jeannie are both teachers, but they have never actually taught together. That changes in about a week. Jeannie has talked Matt into doing a series of talks toget…
This week's conversation is an extension of a shower conversation. We were speculating on if or how getting a degree of some kinds can make you a better person
The question of the week is 'What's your 50?' meaning, what is the 50% you are responsible for in relationships. It can be hard to take responsibility for things in a committed partnership, so it's g…
Hey Friends. Matt is diving back into some self-awareness books directed toward men and found 'Way of the Superior Man' by David Deida. He and Jeannie talk about the first section their usual balance…
Friends, we're trying something new. We often talk about movies sporadically here at MV, but we're taking an intentional effort this week with our new segment 'Mutual Victory Theater'. Pretty straigh…
Hey Friends. This week we draw a comparison between relationships and classes in school where you start with an A, and have to work hard to keep it.
This week we explore "the haystack method" when it comes to online dating. But before we touch on Batman, Ithaca Reggae Fest, Berkshire Yoga Fest and Jeannie's time in Greece. It's been a busy couple…
And.....we're back. Jeannie has been traveling to Guatemala, Italy and Greece, so getting time to record has been tough, but we're on it. This week we talk about what it's like to live together and w…
This week the topic is romance, specifically, Jeannie wants to know what she does that Matt considers romantic.
Hey, Friends. This week we talk about D&D, as well as other RPGs like Pathfinder and Star Wars. This isn't really too much about the games, but more about why we love them and why everyone should pla…
This week, Friends we talk about hobbies. Hobbies we share and some we have for ourselves.
Friends, this week we talk about marriage communication, more specifically the importance of friendly banter. In our case, the playful banter can sound like a string of movie quotes or intense sweari…
More commonly know as, "picking your battles" this week we discuss how not everything......needs to be a thing. We also talk about the latest season of True Detective and our thoughts on Ken Follett'…
Hey Friends. A few weeks ago we talked about the differences Jeannie and I have in how we grew up. Turns out, there's enough to warrant another episode on the topic.
What's it like to be married to a man who takes nearly everything you say literally, remembers details no one else is aware of, catalogs anything in the house he is able to, and never will ever read …
For two people that get along so well and share many common interests our upbringings couldn't be more different. This week we talk a little about how our childhoods and school experiences were so di…