Do any of you have a celebrity crush? What about someone legendary in your field? OK, do you at least have a favorite podcast?
What I want to tell you about involves a kind of mesh of the three. For years now, I’ve been listening to a podcast called Marriage Therapy Radio. I started listening as a newbie marriage counselor, just wanting to learn as much as I could about couples counseling. The duo in the podcast had a Regis/Kelly-type banter that was entertaining while informative, and they were both expert trainers of the type of Couples Counseling that I mostly follow —The Gottman Method. (See previous blog post).
At any rate, I became something of a groupie — I looked forward to their dropping new episodes on Tuesdays, as well as signed up for every virtual training session I could find that included one of them as a trainer. Fast forward four years or so, and the duo has parted ways, but the male counterpart has kept the podcast going. I’ll take the liberty of calling him “Zach” because (at least in my imagination) we are long-time pals. After all, Zach and I have been meeting for coffee every Tuesday for over 4 years!
For the past 9-10 months, Zach has been trying to find a new platform, so he’s been interviewing couples about their relationships. First, he did a series he cutely called, “And so I married a relationship expert” — it interviewed couples where at least one of them was a marriage counselor. Simultaneously, Zach asked listeners to volunteer if they have interesting stories to tell about their own relationships. I’m still not sure why or how I messaged their Instagram profile because it is very “out of character” for me. But I did. And the producers of the show emailed me back!! They agreed that my husband, Brooks, and I have an interesting love story. I was excited, nervous, star-struck, and… READY for the producers to say we should just skip this whole step and sign me on for a multi-year contract as his new sidekick! (Apologies to his former partner, Laura, but this was my long-time dream…)
While this didn’t happen, my hubby (who was volun-told, but a good sport) and I did get to be Zach’s podcast guests, and you can listen to the newest episode right here!