The Pilot’s Wife - Long-Term Relationship Tips With Amy McLaren

In our lives we have sources of income, sources of food, sources of security and so on. Our marriages are also a source, and the benefits we receive from our marriage rely on a reciprocal cycle of give and receive.

But what do we do when it feels like we're always giving but the other person isn't? Here's a 4-step process to repair and restore that give and receive cycle back into our relationships. This technique also works across...

"You're going to be married forever so you want it to be good if that's the case."

"Sometimes we've already decided in our mind what that person's already thought, or what their conclusions are. We actually haven't asked them."

Annika and Peter work together as Pastors of a successful local church - so they need to have a successful marriage! In this episode they generously share some of the insights they've had to gain and some of...

It's super important to be happy in your marriage. You can and should be happy in marriage not because your marriage is good but because you are happy and have mastered the art of being happy.

How do I do that when I constantly have to pick up after people, do more than my fair share of washing, or get nagged at by my spouse?

Live in the Gain, not the Gap! Listen on for a simple plan that I'm now using since I read The Gap & Th...

"It's very much a mindset thing." "There is a solution to every problem. You should not give up!"
Yolandi and Ockie climbed out of a rough place in their marriage to a place of high satisfaction and enjoyment. Today they are generously sharing how they did it. Listen in on a come-back journey that can enrich even the most successful relationships.
Note: there is a small mention of faith in God somewhere in here. For those  ...

With much awaited anticipation, Amy today welcomes her husband Josh as a special guest on the Pilot's Wife show, for the 50th episode. Hear his perspective on the three things he notices most in couples and their relationships.

Amy and Josh also talk about the one thing they would say (if they could only say one thing) to encourage couples around the world. And there are some analogies from within the cockpit that can be applied to...

Take a chill break from whatever you are doing, and have a listen to this chilled "free time" chat from Amy McLaren on a couple of relationship musings.

Amy takes a social psychology phenomenon to do with crowds, and wonders if the same thing doesn't happen even when there's just two, not even a crowd.

She also chews the fat about contingency planning, given what Josh has been working through at his job this past week.

(Backing tra...

Has anyone ever asked you the rhetorical question: "What did you expect?" with the meaning that you shouldn't have expected anything other than what you got?

In this episode Amy invites couples to actually seek the answer next time someone asks them that. And she invites the male listeners to go against a social norm (in the privacy of their own home of course).

Plus, find out how many millions make a billion (oh, you already know?...

A whole lot of our communication is non-verbal. When we are having a heated discussion, the non-verbal stuff actually blocks the real message getting through. This is often why the argument goes around in circles without getting resolved: because the real message isn't getting through.

Amy gives a hack for either type of non-verbal communication style - both body language, and tone, which can be applied in any relationship to trump...

Happy New Year! If you're anything like Amy, you've experienced a number of relationships around you, maybe including yours, suffering from some kind of argument or tension over Christmas.

It brings about the topic of when relationships feel like they are going in a downwards spiral, how to recognise if this is the pattern or if it's just a temporary, seasonal phenomenon, why it's happening and what to do about it.

Be encouraged by...