My guest today is a return guest back to talk about his new book Naked Marriage: Uncovering Who You Are and Who You Become Together. In episode 26 we talked about Growing Up and Being Yourself In Your Relationship. If you are yet to tune into that one, check it out. You’ll learn a lot about the foundation Dr. Corey speaks to in this episode.
Dr. Corey Allan is a husband, father, author, speaker, as well as a Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Ph.D. in Family Therapy.
He has a private practice in McKinney, TX and is the founder of simplemarriage.net, an online resource aimed at helping marriages not just survive, but thrive as well as Sexy Marriage Radio – a weekly show aimed at heating up the marriage bed. As of their 5 year anniversary of the show, Corey and his co-host Shannon Ethridge have received over 3 million downloads. Just the number of listeners speak to the wealth of insight and information they provide.
Corey’s book, Naked Marriage goes through 13 marriage myths and the truth behind them. It’s a great book and sheds some light on common marriage myths and how to see them from a new perspective, ultimately creating a marriage built on personal growth and true partnership. I really enjoyed diving into the book and it has opened some new doors for me on how to see marriage and relationship in a new, empowering light.
In this episode we will unpack some of these myths and so much more.
We dive into topics like
- What is marriage really designed to do?
- How marriage actually challenges us to be better people
- The meaning of a naked marriage
- Being real in your relationship
- The myth of My Spouse Completes Me
- The importance of two complete people coming together
- How My Spouse Completes Me shows up in conflict and arguments
- Learning to not react to certain anxieties and triggers
- Breaking down the myth of Happy Couples Do Everything Together
- How our spouse is not supposed to care about everything we care about
- Unpacking the idea of emotional fusion and what Corey calls emotional Siamese Twins
- The power of creating a life you choose with love
- The difference between a successful and unsuccessful fight
- Where conflict can be our greatest teacher
- How to base agreements on core values, not just surface level circumstances
- The myth of Boundaries Keep Us Apart
- How we teach people on how to treat us
Connect with Corey on social media
Resources
- Sexy Marriage Radio Podcast
- Pick up Corey’s new book Naked Marriage: Uncovering Who You Are and Who You Become Together on Amazon
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