David Lea & Paige Stuart Lea are married in life, love, and business. Their channel shares innovative trauma-informed polarity insight, information, and expertise. Journey through their conversations, teachings and insights on how to effectively heal your trauma through a masculine and feminine energy lens to realize your most extraordinary relationship. In this episode, David, Paige and Kameran sit down to talk about how to know if your marriage, like so many others, is inverted in polarity...
Jun 03, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Barbara Thompson is originally from New Zealand and now lives in Australia, is a passionate and dedicated therapist with a private practice known as Self Care Studio. Barbara specialises in helping individuals understand and nurture the mind-body connection, guiding them to use their intuition to break free from barriers holding them back from living their best lives. With a deep understanding of the therapeutic journey from her own experiences, Barbara is committed to providing compassionate an...
May 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Season 6Ep. 2
Do you or your partner suffer from erectile dysfunction? Is your sex life dwindling or non-existent and you're not sure why? Does your partner struggle with massive shifts in circadian rhythm, take sleeping aides, use alcohol or marijuana before bed? Dr. Elliot Justin, a leading sextech expert and medical doctor talks about the FirmTech cock ring he has created and sold over 12,000 of and how it's helped save sex lives, save actual lives, snuff out medical problems associated with erections, and...
May 21, 2024•42 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Contemplating divorce? Wondering what a life of reconciliation would be like? Want to chat with a couple who was divorced over 3 years and then reconciled? Sherman and Semise Daley are your go to couple for just that. After being married, divorcing and then remarrying, Sherman and Semise talk all about the lessons they've learned, what they would've told themselves before they got divorced, and how they now teach other couples how to build exceptional marriages. To Contact Sherman & Semise: ...
May 14, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Season 5Ep. 13
WOW! I have never been blown away by a guest like I was by the coaching and information Dr. Andrea Vitz provided during this episode. As a hurt healer and an emotional insobriety coach, Dr. Andrea Vitz and I sit down to talk all about how your arguments, behavior, choices, attraction, chemistry and how it all shows up in your marriage and other relationships comes back to your emotional insobriety. I will also say, I've never signed up for a coaching course as quickly as I signed up to heal my o...
May 06, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Oohhhh y'all. Get your notebooks and pens ready! This hour long episode is jam packed with the absolute BEST nuggets around overcoming people pleasing, why you fall into the trap of people pleasing and how to stop requiring your partner to make you happy and how to make yourself happy instead! We dive into how to make your relationship happier by owning your own happiness. Christy Holt is a self-proclaimed Happiness Hussy, adventure guide, podcast host (Create Your Happy, inspiration for conscio...
Apr 29, 2024•1 hr 4 min
In this episode, we are going to break down the importance of maintaining or regaining your individuality while also balancing togetherness. What does that mean? What's it look like and why is it important? Fostering individuality is going to not only keep your own cup full, it's going to keep you interesting and attractive to your spouse. Meanwhile, creating a culture of togetherness is going to keep your relationship strong, growing and prioritized. How do you balance the two? There are 10 fac...
Apr 23, 2024•53 min
This episode features answers to questions that followers and podcast listeners have sent in. The first question is basically asking if validation feels fake instead of calming and connecting, how do you approach validating your partner (who is most likely avoidant)? The second question asks if marriage is "just a piece of paper" and how to avoid divorce if you're engaged but terrified of the possibility. The third question is from a man asking if he should stay in his marriage or leave as he an...
Apr 15, 2024•43 min
Warning. Today's episode may be quite convicting. Emotional safety is a foundational element to having a connected, trusting, fulfilling relationship! Sadly, we are seeing less and less connection with parents and their kids, adults and their friends, and even more so with couples as the divorce rate has risen to 54% post pandemic. Emotional safety is just as important as physical safety and is one of the most important elements to have in order to become your best self just after having your ph...
Apr 08, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 5Ep. 8
In today's conversation, Karen and I talk about her experience with marriage and talking about money, how she became a coach for couples on how to get on the same financial page as your spouse, how to budget and what her top tips for talking about money without arguing are. Money is a hot topic for many married couples and I hope that today's episode alleviates some of the stress and embarrassment that comes with those conversations. Karen and I also talk about her experiences living in Bermuda ...
Apr 01, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 7
In this episode, I talk about a new course that I've just launched on learning to manage emotions, notice, name and share them and how to get signed up for that. The meat and potatoes of the episode is all about the three things your marriage needs to thrive according to Dr. John Gottman and his many years of research on the subject. I break down those three into the visual of a house consisting of trust, commitment and friendship. I talk about how to build all three and how you may be damaging ...
Mar 25, 2024•49 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Susana Demore is my guest on this week's episode. She and I sit down to talk all about her diagnosis with breast cancer, her treatment and the specific ways that her husband truly lived out the vows "in sickness and in health". Susana and I talk about the habits that were created in that time after her diagnosis, after her treatment and after she heard the words "cancer free". What was next? How did all of the stress of that journey, moving from Dubai to the US, having a toddler and life in gene...
Mar 14, 2024•58 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Is Mental Load just a buzzword? Why is it important in a marriage/relationship? Why is it so overwhelming to the default partner/parent? What are some examples of minimum standard care? Why is understanding the whole process of conceiving the plan, planning the plan and executing the plan a big deal? Why is my partner pissed all the time? Why won't my partner have sex with me? This is why! If at any point you're stressed out by all the questions I'm asking in this episode, this is exactly what i...
Mar 04, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 4
In this episode, I talk in depth about the five needed attributes to really appreciate your spouse. Do you truly accept your partner for who they are or only for who you want them to be? Do you understand their heart? Do you know them well enough to understand their intentions versus their impact? Do you affirm your spouse enough? Do you appreciate and affirm them for who they are or only what they do? Are you completely honest and authentic with your partner? Do you have secrets and lies that y...
Feb 26, 2024•47 min•Season 5Ep. 3
To donate financially to the podcast: Venmo: @Kameran-Thompson Cashapp: $KameranThompson Stress or worry cloud our daily lives, preventing us from enjoying the quality of relationships we want. This anxiety can lead to missed moments, becoming overly reactive, and a sense of isolation from the ones we care about most. But the solution is not to ignore or suppress these feelings. And simply “trying harder” using willpower never works. If you want a more present, joyful, and connected 2024, real s...
Feb 19, 2024•49 min
TRIGGER WARNING- Divorce, DV, Abuse, Trauma Abuse isn't talked about enough. In this solo episode, I talk about statistics surrounding abuse, types of abuse and my own story as a survivor of several kinds of abuse. I talk about divorce and how it traumatizes someone. I talk about betrayal trauma, reactive abuse and something almost no one talks about- post-separation abuse, which is how the abuse doesn't stop after you get a divorce and in fact, it may even get worse. Does that mean you should s...
Feb 12, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 1
***TRIGGER WARNING*** abuse, trauma Girisha Andrea and I sit down together in this episode to talk about so many topics that we're both seeing as relationship coaches. We dive deep into abusive relationships, what's causing them and how to overcome the abuse to create a new and healthy relationship. **NOTE- Girisha and I both encourage you to leave and seek help and safety immediately if your safety is compromised.** We talk about sexual pleasure and how to increase that in your marriage, uneven...
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 62
In today's episode, Ann Kaplan, parenting coach, and I sit down to share real stories of our own parenting experiences. I polled my IG followers as well as a few of the great dads that I know and love and had them tell me what they struggle with the most as a dad. Those questions/situations were then discussed (anonymously of course), on this episode. We also dive into parenting with connection while also keeping discipline as a pillar of parenting well. If you are a parent, and especially a dad...
Jan 22, 2024•1 hr 21 min•Season 4Ep. 61
In this episode, Kayla and I sit down to talk about so many topics plaguing moms today. We discuss mom guilt, not taking care of ourselves before we're pouring into everyone else and how to shift that dynamic. We discuss anxiety- why it happens to the best of us, what causes it and how to overcome it. Kayla and I get off on a small tangent that turns into a connection opportunity for listeners and their spouses. We discuss whether you can see movies when people talk or whether you just hear word...
Jan 15, 2024•58 min•Season 4Ep. 60
If you've ever thought about quitting your W2 job and pursuing something greater, working with your spouse, or wondered if you have the mindset needed for an exceptional marriage, this episode is for you! If you've got small kids and you're working from home, trying to juggle all the roles of life, parenthood, entrepreneurship, and taking care of yourself, this episode is for you! This episode is packed with nuggets to help your marriage, both a husband and a wife's perspective on many issues we...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 59
Jessica Watterud is a licensed clinical counselor, a blood specialist and certified in EMDR. She's passionate about sleep as it is the gateway to being more productive, processing your trauma, making sound decisions and ultimately living your best life. Jessica and I dove deep into several rabbit holes in this episode. With two healers in the marriage and family realm, it was bound to happen. We talked about trauma, childhoods, improving sleep without the use of sleep aides, building habits that...
Dec 11, 2023•58 min•Season 4Ep. 58
Today I sat down with Zach Watson who calls himself the Recovering Man Child to talk about how he coaches men to lessen the mental load for their partners, lessen the resentment for themselves and their partners, create healthier communication habits, and increase emotional intelligence. In this candid conversation, Zach and I talk about the 81% divorce rate if a male has low emotional intelligence in a marriage, how men respond to coaching better than counseling or therapy and how men feel rese...
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 57
Kate Evans has spent twenty years empowering women to see their true self that is hiding under their fears, shame, perfectionism, and unrealistic expectations. Her aim is to help you see yourself clearly for the first time. All of the answers you're looking for are inside of you already. But she knows how hard it is to find them on your own with all of that other noise getting in the way. Her job is to help you quiet down all of those crappy thoughts so you can see what she already knows about y...
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Does your marriage feel stale, disconnected, like there isn't any depth to it anymore? Most likely, it's because you're only having 2 of these 6 types of conversations every week. In this short episode, you will learn all about the types of conversations the proper 5 finger apology resources to spice up your marriage and your time in the bedroom the most important part of conflict For more info on the monthly membership email coaching@recognizingpotential.com For $10 off your first order of Amar...
Nov 06, 2023•36 min•Season 4Ep. 55
Blending a family can be one of the hardest things you can do. Nobody actually knows what they're signing up for, how to get the kids to listen and respect the step-parent and it can create a lot of conflict between partners. So what's the secret? Brittney P, a certified step-parent coach and teacher breaks it down and talks about resentment, boundaries, how to navigate the waters of blending smoothly, how to get rid of the shame that comes with all the feelings of being a step-parent and how to...
Oct 30, 2023•43 min•Season 4Ep. 54
***TRIGGER WARNING: ADDICTION & ABUSE *** Today's episode was a solo episode answering questions that people sent in asking for coaching around different topics, questions, or scenarios they need help with. 1:30- A question regarding alcohol abuse and how it impacts every part of their marriage. I talk about how addiction of any kind breaks down trust. In my coaching, I use Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and the Gottman method The Sound House example. In order to have a healthy marriage, trust ...
Oct 25, 2023•53 min•Season 4Ep. 53
***TRIGGER WARNINGS: SUICIDE, ALCOHOLISM*** Todd & Kelcey Postlewait are former coaching clients of mine that came to me in the fall of 2022 needing radical transformation. They were hours away from filing for divorce and knew that they couldn't continue with the emotional rollercoaster they'd been on for years. They didn't want to continue the legacy they had started for their son. They wanted a healthy marriage but didn't have the next steps to make it happen. They wanted each other, wante...
Oct 16, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 4Ep. 52
Maggie Chapman is an academic advisor at CU Boulder, a pilot wife and a mom of two. As a passion project, she became a sleep specialist with Rocky Mountain Sleeping Baby and found her life's calling. Not only did Maggie help our family personally when Zayn was 16 months old and had never slept well, she's helped hundreds of other families teach their children to sleep and sleep well whether they were infants or well into their elementary school years. Sleep is an essential part of helping a pers...
Oct 09, 2023•48 min•Season 4Ep. 51
In this episode, we are talking about pride. Pride is not just the arrogant "look at me, see me, respect me, love me" boastful kind. It also includes fear. I give you examples of what pride looks like in your marriage, how it shows up, what it does and how it deteriorates your marriage, and how to eliminate the problem. I get very real and raw about my own marriage giving you examples of what my husband did and how he showed up, what I did, how I messed our marriage up and, in the episode, I sho...
Oct 02, 2023•42 min•Ep. 50
Kevin & Bree Bailey spent $100, 000 on a divorce only to reconcile in the final moments of said divorce. They tell their story, how they went from divorcing and a nasty deposition to helping couples restore their marriage! They talk about their walks with God, how God is first in their marriage and marriages are truly under attack right now. What happens when you separate marriages? What's causing such a decline in dating and remarriage after divorce? We talk in depth about the steps needed ...
Apr 11, 2023•46 min•Ep. 49
