Myths Keeping You Stuck: Intimacy, Passion & What Actually Makes Love Last with Monica Tanner

About this episode

Jojo Cottle and Monica Tanner discuss common myths about love and intimacy that may hinder relationships.

What if everything you've been told about love, intimacy, and compatibility is actually working against you? In this episode of Inside Out, Jojo sits down with relationship coach and RLT trained therapist Monica Tanner, host of the Secrets of Happily Ever After podcast and author of the bestselling book Bad Marriage Advice, to bust the biggest myths around relationships, intimacy, and passion. They dig into why differences between partners create passion (not problems), what intimacy actually...

People in this episode

Host: Jojo Cottle

Guest: Monica Tanner

Topics covered

• relationships
• intimacy
• passion
• love
• compatibility
• myths

Keywords

• love
• intimacy
• relationships
• passion
• myths
• compatibility
• coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Bad Marriage Advice, Secrets of Happily Ever After

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