Why Good Relationships Still Fall Apart - with Monica Tanner

About this episode

Damien Diecke and Monica Tanner discuss the reasons relationships can fail despite love and effort, exploring issues like communication breakdowns and male vulnerability.

Why do relationships fall apart even when there's love, effort, and good intentions? In this episode, Damien sits down with relationship and sex coach Monica Tanner to dig into the patterns that quietly destroy partnerships — from male vulnerability and the fear of being truly known, to resentment, communication breakdowns, and the role sex plays in long-term intimacy. They cover the misconceptions men bring into relationships, why asking for what you want feels threatening (and why that need...

People in this episode

Host: Damien Diecke

Guest: Monica Tanner

Topics covered

• relationships
• communication
• intimacy
• male vulnerability
• resentment
• partnerships

Keywords

• relationships
• communication
• intimacy
• male vulnerability
• resentment
• partnerships
• sex
• long-term intimacy

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