Alexandra Stockwell: Curiosity and Honesty are Fundamental for Relationships

When we are young and fall in love, we are eager to find out everything we can about our significant other and we ask and get asked a lot of questions and we receive honest answers from one another. But oftentimes, as we grow old together, and as other things become more important, we tend to believe that we know one another and we stop being curious about their lives and we unconsciously stop being honest with our feelings.

On today’s episode, Alexandra and I are discussing relationships at any age, about the problems with relationship and sexual education in the United States and what do we need to do to have a happy, joyful and healthy life as a couple.

Alexandra Stockwell, MD, is a relationship and intimacy expert and she helps couples create Conscious Partnerships that are juicy, sensual, and dynamic, in order to prevent the “conscious uncoupling” that’s become so common these days. As a wife of 23 years and a mother of four, she believes that the key to passion, fulfillment, intimacy, and success in a couple’s relationship isn’t compromise but rather being unwilling to compromise.

For over 20 years, she has shown men and women how to bring pleasure and purpose into all aspects of their lives, from the daily grind of running a household to successfully growing a business and creating ecstatic experiences in the bedroom.

So, listen to Episode 13 of Rejuvenaging, to learn how Alexandra helps build connected and happy families through facilitating healing and transformation of couples.

Questions I ask:

• Can you give us a little bit of introduction to yourself, by describing your journey to us? (02:55)
• What do you really do on a day-to-day basis? (08:27)
• If gratifying relationship is a learnable skill, why aren’t we doing a better job of teaching it? (10:49)
• Do you work with people who may not be a couple at this point but it's learning how to get back into how to be somebody with their identity as they move forward? (24:14)
• How can people get in touch with you and what is your gift to them? (36:29)

In this episode, you will learn:

• One of the principles that are essential in understanding how being in a relationship is a learned skill. (13:09)
• The meaning of conflict-free and passion-free relationship. (15:17)
• Cultivating curiosity as one of the six essential qualities of conscious partnership. (19:21)
• Growth mindset versus fixed mindset – their impact especially in the third part of people’s lives. (25:30)
• Embracing honesty as one of the six essential qualities of conscious partnership. (29:54)

Connect with Alexandra:

• Website
• Facebook
• Instagram
• LinkedIn

Rejuvenaging Resources:

• https://www.thementalhealthgym.com/
• Book: Dr. Ron Kaiser - Rejuvenaging: The Art and Science of Growing Older with Enthusiasm

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