Partnership Aligned
When you're ready to do the inner work it takes to have the deepest of connections with your partner, this podcast will show you how. This show offers women a deep dive into the inner workings of a healthy, committed partnership. Elana Israel, Relationship and Intimacy Coach, plunges underneath the surface of everyday relationship challenges and tackles the underlying fears and pains that must be worked through in order to feel relaxed and aligned. Episodes will cover self-empowerment and authenticity, better communication, deeper intimacy and radical self-acceptance. The show will also examine how past relationships affect the present, handling difficult conversations, respectful fighting and spiritual tools that create powerful shifts. Elana has 10+ years’ background as a master’s level therapist and is a certified life coach. She also brings in her own experience and growth, sharing wisdom from both professional and personal involvement with these topics.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 111
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Ep 90 - 5 Ways to Connect With Your Partner Today
Are you and your partner in the roommate zone? If so, this episode is for you.
I usually dive into the deeper side of relationships but there is a time and place for focusing on little behaviors too.
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Ep 89 - Are You & Your Partner in Different Relationships?
Ever walk away from a convo with your partner only to realize later that you both had COMPLETELY different takeaways from it?
How could they possibly have walked away from that experience without seei…
Ep 88 - Create the Sex Life You Crave
Does sex feel like a chore for you? A box to check off... kinda like laundry?
Been there, done that. Won't do it again.
In this episode, I empower you to tune into what turns you on, communicate it wit…
Ep 87 - Let Your Partner In
Does your partner know you? I mean REALLY know you?
Are you honest and real with them about how you feel? Do you open up but only to a point? Do you shut down often?
What would happen if you let your …
Ep 86 - Change Your Marriage Story
How do you describe your partner and your marriage? When you think and talk about your relationship, do you use empowering verbiage or do you speak like a victim?
On this episode, I teach you a tool c…
Ep 85 - Fix Your Marriage Without Fixing Your Partner
I'm here to bust the myth that both partners need to be working on the relationship in order for it to improve 🤯
Don't believe me? For years, I've been helping women do just that by teaching them a sp…
Ep 84 - Skip the Resolutions & Create Lasting Change
New Year, New Focus! 🥳
Forget resolutions, let's celebrate your 2023 wins and set a mindful course for 2024. In this episode, I challenge you to invest in your marriage. Why? Because a strong relation…
Ep 83 - Don't Give Up; You Are The Solution (with Brianna B.)
Unpopular Opinion: It only takes one person to fix a relationship!
If you are in a relationship or in a marriage where your partner is not in a position to work on themselves, either because they don'…
Ep 82 - How To Have a Great Holiday With Your Partner
Studies show that couples fight more during the holiday season. This is interesting since the holidays are supposed to naturally breed happiness and cheer, right?
Wrong.
Because our expectations are u…
Ep 81 - Power Dynamics
Do you feel like the power dynamic is lopsided in your marriage? The most common form of power dynamics that I coach on is when one partner makes the money and the other holds down the fort at home.
T…
Ep 80 - The Silent Treatment
The silent treatment was always my go-to. Before I had actual tools to handle conflict and disappointment, I just shut down.
For me, this was a learned behavior... and I had NO IDEA how damaging it w…
Ep 79 - Unshackling Yourself From People Pleasing (with Marina Pearson)
Do you say yes when you really want to say no? Do you feel the need to "save" your loved ones? Do you hide your real self in order to please your partner?
If so, you're most likely a people-pleaser.
H…
Ep 78 - Overcoming Hard Times in Marriage (with Melanie Shenberger)
Melanie used to regret marrying her husband and now she hates being away from him. The work she did in between is the answer to overcoming hard times.
Many women have expectations for marriage that si…
Ep 77 - 3 Signs Your Marriage is Improving
Feelings aren't facts. So how you're feeling about your marriage today doesn't actually dictate the state of your marriage.
But in psychology, we actually do have three measuring sticks for improvemen…
Ep 76 - Your Thoughts & Feelings About Your Thoughts & Feelings
When you feel sad and hurt, do you allow yourself to feel those feelings? Or do you have all kinds of judgmental opinions about how you SHOULD or SHOULDN'T feel?
The way you talk to yourself about you…
Ep 75 - Fears That Cause Disconnect in Marriage
We all have fears. But certain fears REALLY keep you stuck. Some common ones are fear of rejection, fear of being let down, and fear of conflict.
Having these fears is not the problem. It's when you …
Ep 74 - Five Steps to Creating Healthy Boundaries (with Heather Claus)
Boundaries has become a buzz word. Social media has portrayed boundaries as an aggressive protection tactic. But those of us who are educated and trained on boundaries know that nothing could be furt…
Ep 73 - The Secret to Ending the Conflict
This is a replay of one of my most popular episodes from back in the day. The secret to ending the conflict with your partner is not a specific communication strategy. Those can be helpful but only w…
Ep 72 - Preventing the Point of No Return (with Claire Jorgensen)
How do you know if your marriage is save-able vs. reached the point of no return? According to today's guest, as long as there is ANY kind of communication - even bad communication - there is still h…
Ep 71 - Freeing Yourself From Co-dependency
Does your emotional state depend on your partner's emotional state?
If you need them to be ok in order for you to be ok, you are codependent. The most painful part of codependency is the self-abandon…