13 episodes

“Relationship D-I-Y: where you can build your relationship skills and THRIVE.” Drawing from her 26 years of experience as a therapist and a partner, Dr. Julie Colwell, psychologist, author, and beloved teacher, guides you to discovering a whole new way to have any kind of relationship. Whether you’re relating to your partner, your parents, your kids, your co-workers or yourself, these podcasts will teach you simple, effective, powerful tools so that you who you really are while you are truly and authentically connected, whoever you’re with.

"Relationship DIY" DIY Relationship Skills with Julie Colwell, PhD‪.‬ "Relationship DIY" DIY Relationship Skills with Julie Colwell, PhD.

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“Relationship D-I-Y: where you can build your relationship skills and THRIVE.” Drawing from her 26 years of experience as a therapist and a partner, Dr. Julie Colwell, psychologist, author, and beloved teacher, guides you to discovering a whole new way to have any kind of relationship. Whether you’re relating to your partner, your parents, your kids, your co-workers or yourself, these podcasts will teach you simple, effective, powerful tools so that you who you really are while you are truly and authentically connected, whoever you’re with.

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    Power Tool #1: The Inner Map

    Power Tool #1: The Inner Map

    If you know me, you know how much I appreciate having the right tool for the job. I love the satisfaction of getting the perfect wrench to loosen that darn rusted nut, or having the instructions specify “drill using a 5/16” bit” and having THAT EXACT BIT. Similarly, I’ve amassed a whole chest of tools […]

    Meditation: Reactive Brain to Creative Brain

    Meditation: Reactive Brain to Creative Brain

    Use this meditation to shift out of Reactive Brain and into Creative Brain.

    Podcast #10: Creating a Powerful Relationship Between You and You

    Podcast #10: Creating a Powerful Relationship Between You and You

    In this podcast, Dr. Colwell describes a tool that will give you true power in your relationship with yourself: Finding yourself on the Inner Map. Once you locate yourself (by noticing your thoughts as they reflect your inner state) you can learn to generate a new, more expanded state.

    Relationship DIY Podcast #9: Show Up!

    Relationship DIY Podcast #9: Show Up!

    Life gives us ongoing opportunities to make a choice: Do we go to sleep, relying on automatic responses, just getting by? Or–what about showing up? Dr. Colwell tells you how to take this step into aliveness and creating flow in every relationship.

    Relationship DIY Podcast #8: Get to the shore!

    Relationship DIY Podcast #8: Get to the shore!

    Have you ever felt like you were getting swept away by emotion? Had an interaction with someone where one (or both) of you were going DOWN? In this podcast, Dr. Colwell takes you through a concrete, easy-to-remember picture about what to do when in an emotional flood: Just get to the shore!

    Relationship DIY Podcast Episode #7

    Relationship DIY Podcast Episode #7

    The SHIFT: Moving from Reactive Brain to Creative Brain. The skill for getting out of relationship conflict is to notice when you’re in Reactive Brain and then know how to move into Creative Brain. In this episode, Dr. Colwell gives you an introduction to this powerful ability.