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This Is Why We Fight

by Mamamia Podcasts · 18 episodes

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This isn't a show about therapy. It is therapy. Each episode, you're invited to be a fly on the wall for a raw, unscripted, and intimate session with a real couple. These are the conversations that usually happen behind closed doors - the painful truths, the confusing patterns, and the hard-earned breakthroughs that define a relationship. This is the sound of two people fighting for a future together.

Latest episodes

  1. How To Have A 'Good Fight' In A Relationship

    Have you ever had a fight with someone that starts off small but then suddenly turns super personal, like you’re back in primary school, trading playground insults? In this episode…

    27 min
  2. How A 'Temporary' Sea Change Cemented A New Path For Jo Yates

    Sometimes, a pivot isn't triggered by a failure. Sometimes, it happens when you’re winning. You can have the perfect life on paper - the apartment by the beach, the successful busi…

    37 min
  3. Lize Ratliff Had Her Dream Job — Then She Walked Away From It

    What happens when you're not just climbing the ladder, but standing at the very top? For Lize Ratliff, that meant achieving her dream job as Head of Podcasts at Mamamia, after 10 y…

    34 min
  4. Why Georgia Louise Uprooted Three Kids To Go Back To Uni

    What happens when a six-month holiday turns into a 14-year life chapter? You pack a bag for a gap year in the snow and accidentally stumble into a whole new world - a career, a hus…

    36 min
  5. Leisel & Ellie [Part 2 of 2]: Can They Repair After Estrangement?

    This mum & daughter have been asked to reflect on the default behaviours that keep them stuck in the unhelpful dynamic they’re in when conflict arises, and what to seek more positi…

    1 h 14
  6. Leisel & Ellie [Part 1 of 2]: Big Blow Ups & Silent Treatments - A Mum & Daughter Trying To Reconnect

    Leisel & Ellie used to be quite close, the kind of mother and daughter that shared clothes and loved spending time together. But, after a series of traumatic events, they went thro…

    1 h 17
  7. Beth & Wayne [Part 2 of 2]: Can They Find A New Way Forward?

    Beth & Wayne have been asked to examine how co-dependancy, emotional frustration and a low-tolerance for conflict actually create more miscommunication in their marriage, often inc…

    1 h 25
  8. Beth & Wayne [Part 1 of 2]: An ADHD Diagnosis, An Injury, And Miscommunication.

    Beth & Wayne are in a happy marriage, and consider each other best friends. But, even the healthiest relationships can take a tumble when unforeseen changes enter the picture, and…

    1 h 16
  9. Carla & Gwen [Part 2 of 2]: Can These Sisters Repair Their Rift?

    How do siblings who have drifted so far apart find their way back to each other? Especially when they have very different ideas about how their foundation fractured in the first pl…

    1 h 14
  10. Carla & Gwen [Part 1 of 2]: Different Realities & A Broken Sisterhood

    Family estrangement can be an extremely painful experience - something that sisters, Carla and Gwen, know all too well. While they were closer in their younger years, an adult rela…

    1 h 08
  11. Emma & Sam [Part 2 of 2]: Do They Have A Future Together?

    Long-term partners, Sam & Emma, are working on reconnection, clarifying their priorities, and trying to find alignment about what’s next for them after their kids move out of home.…

    1 h 13
  12. Emma & Sam [Part 1 of 2]: Long Term Love & Growing Apart

    Emma & Sam have been together for many years, raising four kids in a blended family. With the last teenager about to move out of house, Emma & Sam are looking down the barrel of an…

    1 h 14
  13. Ethan & Mel [Part 1 of 2]: Crossed Boundaries, A Break-Up & A Situationship

    Ethan and Mel's relationship could be described as an on-again off-again situationship. Now, they are trying to decide if they should be on-again. But first, they have to understan…

    1 h 19
  14. Ethan & Mel [Part 2 of 2]: Should This On-Again-Off-Again Couple Be On-Again?

    Ethan and Mel are learning how their previous relationships have shaped them, and how their very different emotional and cultural backgrounds impact their relationship. In this ses…

    1 h 11
  15. Kate & Dean [Part 2 of 2]: Will They Separate Or Can They Repair The Rupture?

    Kate & Dean understand that before they can begin to heal their sexual relationship and reconnect intimately, that they need to go back to basics and salvage a foundational friends…

    1 h 18
  16. Kate & Dean [Part 1 of 2]: Sex, Shame & Broken Trust

    Many years and two children later, Kate and Dean's marriage is teetering on the edge of separation. In this session, Sarah attempts to help Kate and Dean navigate the foundational…

    1 h 24
  17. Samantha & Marie [Part 2 of 2]: Will Samantha Walk Away Forever?

    Marie has important truths to share about why she couldn’t be the mother Samantha deserved when she needed her most. Samantha, in turn, needs Marie to understand the trauma and con…

    1 h 08
  18. Samantha & Marie [Part 1 of 2]: A Mother & Daughter Estranged For Years

    All Samantha wants is to understand why her mother wasn’t there for her. All Marie wants is a chance to make things right with her daughter — and to be part of her granddaughter’s…

    1 h 18
  19. Jess & David [Part 2 of 2]: Is There Actually Room for Jess in David’s Life?

    Their homework was simple: go to an event together and practise building trust. But it doesn't go to plan. In this session, Jess & David's attempt to reconnect spirals into conflic…

    1 h 05
  20. Jess & David [Part 1 of 2]: Different Definitions Of Cheating

    When it's just Jess and David, everything is fabulous. But in public, Jess feels like a secret. David doesn't post photos of them, he hasn't introduced her to his family, and she b…

    1 h 08
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