Phil and Maude on Successful Relationships
Each week this podcast talks about some aspect of personal relationships. Phil and Maude believe that conflict-free relationships are possible for everyone, and talk about how they achieve that between them.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 5 minutes
- Episodes
- 112
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
The Balance Between Self-Reflection and Connection in Relationships
MAUDE: Phil and I often write about how important it is to your relationships to get to know yourself and the truths that reflect who you are right now. We have emphasized the need for self-reflectio…
00:03:04 |
Sun 14 Sep 2025
R-E-S-P-E-C-T Is One of the Factors of Peace in Relationships
PHIL: I respect Maude in two different senses of the word. One is that I have great respect for her abilities, her skills, especially the ones I don’t have. (Perhaps it is only the ones I don’t have;…
00:06:05 |
Sun 07 Sep 2025
How to Recognize and Bring Peace Into Your Relationships
PHIL: One challenge in talking about peace is that it is thought of as an absence, a cessation, a lack of activity, as in “the peace of the dead.” I would rather describe it as a state of being. I … …
00:05:45 |
Sun 31 Aug 2025
Connection is the Heart of Peace-filled Relationships
MAUDE: Phil and I recently visited with a dear friend at her home for a scrumptious dinner. The dinner wasn’t the only thing that was delectable that evening. We had a powerful experience of our conn…
00:04:52 |
Sun 24 Aug 2025
How To Deal With The Bumps You Encounter In Your Relationships
MAUDE: The path toward peaceful relationships is not filled with continuous agreement or having the same point of view on all things; at least, it doesn’t always appear to be. More often there are pl…
00:06:28 |
Sun 17 Aug 2025
How Relationships are Your Path Toward Growth
MAUDE: As I continue on this year’s adventure of spending intimate time with those with whom I have deep relationships, I keep learning more about myself. This has been one of the unexpected and prof…
00:05:24 |
Sun 10 Aug 2025
How to Keep Your Relationships Alive
MAUDE: As many of you are aware, I have embarked on an adventure for this next year, birthday to birthday, of spending quality time with each of my closest relationships. (See this previous post.) Do…
00:06:10 |
Sun 03 Aug 2025
How to Find Peaceful Solutions Without Giving Anything Up
After last week’s post, There’s Only One Side in Peaceful Relationships—the Same Side, we thought we’d follow up with a few pages from one of our books. It fascinates us that our themes are so steadf…
00:05:52 |
Sun 27 Jul 2025
There’s Only One Side in Peaceful Relationships—the Same Side
MAUDE: I was reading a note from Anna Drabik, one of my favorite relationship writers on Substack, about compromise. We had an exchange on the topic, which led Phil and me to revisit this subject and…
00:06:24 |
Sun 20 Jul 2025
For Peaceful Relationships, Share Your Opinions But Don’t Be Opinionated
Maude is away with a friend on one of those adventures she described last week (hence the photo), so I’m here writing solo. The other night, as we were settling in for our evening’s entertainment, I …
00:02:58 |
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Do You Give Enough Time and Attention to Your Close Relationships?
I’m coming up on a big birthday, and it has invoked lots of thoughts of what I want to emphasize this coming year of my life. And, no surprise for those of you who know me and follow us, I … Do You …
00:03:42 |
Sun 06 Jul 2025
How to Cut Out Snippiness in Your Relationships
MAUDE: Phil and I have been reflecting on snippiness; both being snippy and being related to in a snippy way. The dictionary defines it as: “a manner of speaking or behaving that is curt, abrupt, and…
00:07:34 |
Sun 29 Jun 2025
How Appreciation and Acknowledgment Open a Path to Peaceful Relationships
MAUDE: On the path toward peaceful relationships, there are two areas we want to explore today: appreciation and acknowledgment. Both of these can be mighty contributors toward peaceful and loving re…
00:04:59 |
Sun 22 Jun 2025
How Does Mutuality Lead to Peaceful Relationships?
Hi, Phil and Maude here. Every week, we sit down and talk until we hit on a theme and jam on what we can say about it. Sometimes a dialogue best captures the essence of the conversation. PHIL: Mutual…
00:07:03 |
Sun 15 Jun 2025
It’s Important to Treasure Each Person’s Uniqueness in Relationships
MAUDE: It is the unique quality of each person that can be the strength of a relationship, and yet it is often the great divider. Usually, when we write about uniqueness and its significance to peace…
00:05:19 |
Sun 08 Jun 2025
Why Honesty is so Important in Creating Peace in Your Relationships
MAUDE: One of the cornerstones of deep and peaceful relationships is honesty. The ability to practice this within a relationship comes from a level of true acceptance of each other and the consequent…
00:05:26 |
Sun 01 Jun 2025
Why Knowing Your Values is so Important for all Your Relationships
MAUDE: I’ve been thinking a lot about my deep relationships with friends, family, and my partner, Phil. What makes those relationships so full of support for my own personal growth, comfort, wisdom, …
00:05:55 |
Sun 25 May 2025
The Art of Undefended Love — How to Create Truly Peaceful Relationships
PHIL: Our approach to writing about peaceful relationships is that we very much write about how we are rather than saying what you should do. We don’t know what you need to change to get here, but we…
00:05:02 |
Sun 18 May 2025
How to See and Be Seen in Your Relationships
“O, wad some Pow’r the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us!” Robert Burns PHIL: Maude met with someone from her past who reminisced about how he remembered her, and this blew Maude’s mind b…
00:04:46 |
Sun 11 May 2025
Be Loving Today – You Can Be Right Tomorrow
PHIL: Maude posted a meme on Facebook: “Be loving today – you can be right tomorrow” that generated an unusually enthusiastic response. Why were people so taken with this attitude? Let’s first consid…
00:07:23 |
Sun 04 May 2025
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