{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64753e790754340012f0ff9e/68ca1b6fe87421a033b29a01?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"451. Want to keep joy and connection centre-stage in your relationship? Dr Kathryn Ford teaches us how.","description":"<p>What if, though, we knew the tools and techniques we needed to focus on to keep joy and connection centre-stage in our relationships?&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Dr Kathryn Ford has been working with couples to grow together for over 2 decades to do just that, and in this week’s show you will learn:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why having a vision of yourselves as a couple is important</li><li>How becoming a couple is something that you LEARN how to do</li><li>What a healthy response looks like vs a reaction</li><li>How to argue better - because arguments will happen</li><li>How to be aware of each other’s ‘aperture’</li><li>Whether we can ‘change’</li></ul><p><br></p><p>And so much more!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Kathryn is a wonderful couples therapist of over two decades, and it’s a joy to have her on the show to share her practical wisdom.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Her Aperture Awareness method is also now in a published book, “The Aperture Effect”, and I’ve popped the link in the bio if you fancy reading it - I have. It’s excellent.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Alexx Stuart, your host</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Want to learn more about this week’s guest?&nbsp;</p><p>Website: <a href=\"https://www.kathrynfordmd.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kathrynfordmd.com/</a>&nbsp;</p><p>Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/KathrynFordMD/&nbsp;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/KathrynFordMD/&nbsp;</a></p><p>Their book: <a href=\"https://bit.ly/44Ti3hT&nbsp;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bit.ly/44Ti3hT&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><p>Thank you to this month’s show partners for joining us to help you make your low tox swaps!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/forestsuperfoods/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@forestsuperfoods</a> is back with a very generous offer for all new subscribers: Subscribe to a product you know you take regularly from their organic, wholefood, filler-free supplement range and every month receive a mystery luxe-sized product or supplement - enough for a 7-14 day supply to really test it out, product depending. Link in Bio and change products in your subscription every month - super flexi! <a href=\"https://www.forestsuperfoods.com.au/pages/low-tox-life&nbsp;\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.forestsuperfoods.com.au/pages/low-tox-life&nbsp;</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ausclimate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@ausclimate</a> is our major partner giving you 10% off their range for the whole of 2025, with brilliant Winix Air Purifiers, the best Dehumidifiers I’ve ever used and their new energy-efficient heating, air-circulating and cooling range. code LOWTOXLIFE (also works over and above their sales - pro tip!)&nbsp;<a href=\"https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://bit.ly/ShopAusclimate</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Be sure to join me on Instagram <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/lowtoxlife/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@lowtoxlife</a> and tag me with your shares and AHAs if something resonated! I love to see your thoughts, genuinely!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Want to support the Low Tox Life podcast?&nbsp;</p><p>Free option: Leave a 5 star review wherever you listen to Low Tox Life - thanks SO much!&nbsp;</p><p>Paid + Member PERKS: Join the Low Tox Club - monthly practitioner live masterclasses, a suite of low tox store discounts from around the world and the most supportive and lovely chat group on all low tox topics on the internet: <a href=\"https://www.lowtoxlifecourses.com/offers/YzLXThRQ/checkout\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Check it out and join here</a> for just the price of a coffee per month!&nbsp;</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Low Tox Life 2016"}