Relocating for Love: Finding Agency in Accommodation with Vienna Pharaon

12/21/21 • 51 min

How do we know when we are too accommodating in relationships, or not accommodating enough? Dr. Alexandra invites therapist and friend Vienna Pharaon on the show to talk about major life transitions and how they can impact our intimate partnerships. Together, they answer a question from a listener who is struggling to adjust to a new city and lifestyle, after having moved where her partner is doing his med school residency.

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Vienna Pharaon’s e-course, “The Origins of You”:

http://www.newyorkcouplescounseling.com/

Vienna Pharaon’s Instagram, @mindfulmft

https://www.instagram.com/mindfulmft/

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Vienna Pharaon’s e-course, “The Origins of You”:

http://www.newyorkcouplescounseling.com/

Vienna Pharaon’s Instagram, @mindfulmft

https://www.instagram.com/mindfulmft/

Previous Episode

Dating Again: Healing the Past, Embracing the Present with Elizabeth Earnshaw

A listener question about dating after divorce spurs a fascinating discussion between Dr. Alexandra and guest expert Liz Earnshaw, a marriage and family therapist and author of the new book I Want This To Work. Liz and Dr. Alexandra offer encouragement and possibilities to this listener as he considers looking for love in this new chapter.

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Referenced in this episode:

Liz Earnshaw's book: I Want This to Work: An Inclusive Guide to Navigating the Most Difficult Relationship Issues We Face in the Modern Age

https://bookshop.org/books/i-want-this-to-work-an-inclusive-guide-to-navigating-the-most-difficult-relationship-issues-we-face-in-the-modern-age/9781683647959

Gottman’s “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse”

https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen-recognizing-criticism-contempt-defensiveness-and-stonewalling/

Next Episode

Love Stories: Embodied Sisterhood with Drs. Lindsay & Lexie Kite

For this special Love Stories episode, Dr. Alexandra welcomes identical twins Dr. Lindsay Kite and Dr. Lexie Kite to Reimagining Love. Lindsay and Lexie received PhDs in the study of women’s body image and have become leading experts in body image resilience and media literacy. Dr. Alexandra dives deep with the Kites to hear about their childhood growing up as identical twins, tracing how the challenges and joys of their sisterhood led them to the important work they do today and how their relationship has evolved through every stage of life.

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More Than a Body: Your Body is an Instrument, Not an Ornament by Drs. Lindsay and Lexie Kite

https://bookshop.org/books/more-than-a-body-your-body-is-an-instrument-not-an-ornament-9780358645573/9780358229247

The Kites’ website:

https://www.morethanabody.org/about-us/