396. Can You Change Your Partner? With Dr. Alexandra Solomon Renowned relationship expert, Dr. Alexandra H. Solomon, joins to explore a common dilemma in relationships: determining when to accept a partner's behavior and when to advocate for change – and what role you typically play in this dynamic. -How to become a real-life power couple -Whether you’re the changer or accepter role in your relationship -How your childhood could be playing out in your relationship -The importance of understanding your role in relationship dynamics Resources from Dr. Solomon for the Pod Square related to our conversations: dralexandrasolomon.com/hardthings. Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD, is internationally recognized as one of today’s most trusted voices in the world of relationships, and her framework of Relational Self-Awareness has reached millions of people around the globe. A licensed clinical psychologist in private practice, couples therapist, speaker, author, and professor, Dr. Alexandra is passionate about translating cutting-edge research and clinical wisdom into practical tools people can use to bring awareness, curiosity, and authenticity to their relationships. She is the host of the Reimagining Love Podcast and author of Love Every Day, Taking Sexy Back: How to Own Your Sexuality and Create the Relationships You Want and Loving Bravely: 20 Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
What relationship dilemma is Dr. Alexandra Solomon addressing?
Welcome back to We Can Do Hard Things. And today we are really going to try to do something hard and happy and figure out with a remarkable guest we have today how to deal with the question that many of us circle around in our relationships, which is how do we know what to accept and what To try to change. How do we know what we should try to change because we want something better?
And how do we know when we're tipping that point of really asking our person to be someone different than they are? So what the actual hell is going on? And to tell us what the hell is going on is... Alexandra H. Solomon, PhD.
Dr. Alexandra Solomon is internationally recognized as one of today's most trusted voices in the world of relationships, and her framework of relational self-awareness has reached millions of people around the globe. A licensed clinical psychologist in private practice, couples therapist, speaker, author, and professor,
Dr. Alexandra Solomon is passionate about translating cutting-edge research and clinical wisdom into practical tools people can use to bring awareness about what the hell. Curiosity and authenticity to their relationships. She is the host of the Reimagining Love podcast and author of Love Every Day, Taking Sexy Back, How to Own Your Sexuality and Create Relationships You Want,
and Loving Bravely, 20 Lessons of Self-Discovery to Help You Get the Love You Want. She is also a friend of the pod. Thank you for being here, Dr. Solomon. This is a thrill. So happy to be with all of you, truly. Same. When I was thinking about this topic, which I think about With some frequency. My favorite card I ever saw in the card store. On the front it says, get better soon.
And you open it up and it says, I know you're not sick anymore. But I think you could be better. Yes.
Just soon. And like, don't delay.
Just really soon. Get better soon is my message to you. And I just feel like a lot of us are walking around our relationships with the get better soon outlook. We just think you could be better. Just a little. Just a little. Just a little bit better. I am so excited to talk about this idea of what do we accept? What do we change? Can we accept while we change?
Can you kick off the way a person like you would talk about it that isn't? I think you could be better.
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