Podcast
Love This Way!
Hosted by Shaleea Venney · EN
The Love This Way Podcast delivers honest, healing, and transformational conversations about modern relationships, emotional wellness, and self-worth. No gender wars or back and forth, just solid advice to help men and women to find and sustain healthy love. Because love is a journey and you need direction!
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Your Relationship Has an Emotional Economy
1w ago00:09:57Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailI think we've been measuring love the wrong way.We ask,"How much do they do for me?"But maybe that's the wrong question.Because every relationship has an emotional economy.Every compliment...Every broken promise...Every hug...Every criticism...Every thoughtful gesture...Every ignored moment...They're all transactions.But here's the part no one talks about...You can spend years investing in your relationship...and still leave your partner feeling emotionally bankrupt.Why?Because you've been investing in a currency they don't use.You bought gifts.They wanted your attention.You worked overtime to provide.They wanted thirty uninterrupted minutes with you.You solved their problems.They wanted to be comforted.You said,"I love you."They were hoping to hear,"I'm proud of you."The problem isn't always that we've stopped loving each other.Sometimes we've simply stopped learning what makes the other person feel emotionally rich.Love isn't measured by how much you invest.It's measured by whether your investment makes the person you love feel wealthy.Support the show
Transcribe →Most People Think They're Being Accountable... They Aren't!
2w ago00:09:12Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailEveryone says they want accountability in a relationship.But I think most people misunderstand what it actually is.Accountability isn't saying,"Fine... I already admitted I was wrong."It isn't,"I already apologized."And it definitely isn't,"That wasn't my intention."Because admitting you hurt someone isn't the same as caring that you hurt them.Real accountability sounds different.It says,"Help me understand what that felt like for you.""I can see how my actions affected you.""I'm committed to making sure love looks different next time."Because confession tells your partner you know what you did.Accountability shows them you care what it did.And that difference has the power to heal relationships.Support the show
Transcribe →Your Partner Can't Read the Story You're Telling Yourself
3w ago00:10:58Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailYour partner can't read the story you're telling yourself.And that might be one of the biggest reasons relationships struggle.They walk in the house quiet...You tell yourself they're upset with you.They forget something important...You tell yourself you don't matter.The event lasts a moment.The story can last for months.And here's the heartbreaking part...Your partner has no idea they're being judged by a story they never helped write.Healthy love isn't about becoming mind readers.It's about becoming translators.Instead of asking,"Why did you do that?"Start asking,"What might they be trying to tell me that they don't have words for?"And instead of assuming your partner knows what's in your heart...Tell them.Because sometimes...the relationship you've been praying for doesn't begin when your partner changes.It begins the moment the story changes.Support the show
Transcribe →The Invisible Things Fathers Carry: The Fathers Nobody Checks On
Jun 2100:11:28Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailToday isn't just Father's Day.Today is for the fathers nobody checks on.The ones who carry the weight of the world without telling anyone how heavy it feels.The men who lie awake wondering if they're doing enough.The fathers who cry in the car before walking into the house because their family needs them to be strong.The men who quietly sacrifice things their children may never know about.The fathers who stayed.The ones who kept showing up.I hope you know this today:We see you.We appreciate you.And whether you've heard it lately or not...What you're doing matters.Your children may never fully understand every sacrifice you made for them.But one day they will stand on the foundation you built.And generations will be different because you chose to stay.Happy Father's Day to the men who loved quietly, sacrificed daily, and kept showing up even when nobody was clapping.You are more than what you provide.You are deeply needed.And you are deeply lovedSupport the show
Transcribe →Can You Love Me When It Hurts?
Jun 1400:10:36Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailMost people ask:"Can you love me?"But the deeper question is:Can you love me when it hurts?Can you love me when you're disappointed in me?Can you love me when I'm struggling?Can you love me when I'm not showing up perfectly?Can you love me when life gets hard?Because anybody can love when everything feels good.The real test of love comes when hurt enters the relationship.When expectations aren't met.When mistakes happen.When stress takes over.When two imperfect people have to decide whether they're going to fight each other...or fight for each other.Some people don't stop loving when they're hurt.They stop acting loving.And that's where so many relationships lose their way.The goal isn't finding someone who will never disappoint you.You won't.The goal is finding someone who remembers you're human when you do.Because maybe the deepest form of love isn't being loved when you're at your best.Maybe it's being loved when life is hard...and someone still refuses to turn you into their enemy.Support the show
Transcribe →The Best Parts of Love Are Actually Small
Jun 700:10:00Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailWe spend so much time looking for the big moments in love...The proposal.The wedding.The grand gesture.The expensive gift.But if we're honest?The best parts of love are usually the smallest.Because real love isn't built in one extraordinary moment.It's built in a thousand ordinary ones.And one day, when you look back on the people who loved you well, you probably won't remember every gift they gave you.You'll remember how they made you feel.Seen.Known.Considered.Cherished.Maybe the best parts of love were never supposed to be the loudest.Maybe they were always the smallest.Support the show
Transcribe →Complacency in Relationships: Why Do You Expect Them to Keep Choosing You If You’ve Stopped Showing Up?
May 3100:10:34Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailComplacency doesn’t usually destroy a relationship overnight.It happens slowly.The dates stop.The compliments stop.The flirting fades.The effort gets replaced with routine.And the person you love starts feeling less like they’re chosen… and more like they’re just there.Comfort in a relationship is beautiful.Complacency is not.You chose them.So how long do they have to keep choosing you while feeling like you stopped showing up?Support the show
Transcribe →There’s a Big Difference Between “They Don’t Care” and “They’re Trying”
May 2500:09:11Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailThere’s a huge difference between the spouse who simply doesn’t care…and the one who may get things wrong—but genuinely means well and is trying their best.And if we treat those two like they’re the same…we create pain where there only needed to be patience, perspective, and grace.Not every missed expectation is intentional.Not every mistake means they don’t care.Sometimes your partner is:learning in real timeundoing what they were never taughttrying to love you well with tools they never saw modeled and giving you their sincere effort, even if it’s imperfect.Because there’s a big difference between someone unwilling…and someone growing.And relationships get healthier when couples stop demanding perfection…and start giving each other room to learn.Support the show
Transcribe →Nobody Talks About the Grief Inside Relationships
May 1700:10:46Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailNobody talks about the grief that can exist inside a relationship that never ended.Not all grief comes from breakups.Sometimes it comes from:the romance that never camethe effort that slowly fadedthe emotional connection that changedthe version of love you thought you were buildingAnd the hardest part is…many people carry this pain silently because “nothing bad technically happened."In this episode, we talk about the quiet grief people carry inside relationships, the loneliness of emotional deprivation, and why so many people normalize surviving instead of being deeply loved.Support the show
Transcribe →She Became a Mother… But Did Anyone Ask Who She Became?
May 1100:09:57Tap to summarizeSend us Fan MailMotherhood changes women in ways people rarely talk about.Not just physically.Emotionally.Mentally.Relationally.A woman can deeply love her children…and still miss herself.And that doesn’t make her selfish.It makes her human.In this episode, we talk about the identity shift motherhood creates, how relationships silently change after children, and why so many women feel lost inside roles they love.Support the show
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