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In this Episode…Chandra B explores with Staci Cash the Table Talk Conversation: What are you bringing to the Relationship Table. Do you have your own table…Build the table…or share the table? Are you allowing unworthy guest to sit at your table? Many folks focus on the Tangible items that one brings to the table but what about the Intangible like commitment, conversation/communication, loyalty/trust and vulnerabilities. How do you contribute to the Relationship T...

In this Episode…Chandra B explores Mental Models, Mindsets, and Marriage. Do you feel like your relationship is not quite living up to the images stored in your head. There’s a reason for this and it is likely that your mental model of marriage is outdated and no longer applicable. Maybe your mindset of what makes a good healthy relationship is being challenged and you feel defeated by the challenges your relationship presents. If any of this sounds familiar then...

New Series: Affair Recovery Series: A Journey to HealingWelcome to the Affair Recovery Series: In this series it is my hope to give hope, clarity and direction to those couples that are struggling with the aftermath of an affair. In this series we will explore what constitutes infidelity, the gender differences, why and where couples get stuck when trying to recover, the process of rebuilding trust and forgiveness as well as knowing when to end the relationship or rewrite your lov...

New Series: Affair Recovery Series: A Journey to HealingWelcome to the Affair Recovery Series: In this series it is my hope to give hope, clarity and direction to those couples that are struggling with the aftermath of an affair. In this series we will explore what constitutes infidelity, the gender differences, why and where couples get stuck when trying to recover, the process of rebuilding trust and forgiveness as well as knowing when to end the relationship or rewrite your lov...

New Series: Affair Recovery Series: A journey to HealingWelcome to the Affair Recovery Series: In this series it is my hope to give hope, clarity and direction to those couples that are struggling with the aftermath of an affair. In this series we will explore what constitutes infidelity, the gender differences, why and where couples get stuck when trying to recover, the process of rebuilding trust and forgiveness as well as knowing when to end the relationship or rewrite your lov...

New Series: Affair Recovery Series: A Journey to HealingWelcome to the Affair Recovery Series: In this series it is my hope to give hope, clarity and direction to those couples that are struggling with the aftermath of an affair. In this series we will explore what constitutes infidelity, the gender differences, why and where couples get stuck when trying to recover, the process of rebuilding trust and forgiveness as well as knowing when to end the relationship or rewrite your lov...

New Series: Affair Recovery Series: A journey to HealingWelcome to the Affair Recovery Series: In this series it is my hope to give hope, clarity and direction to those couples that are struggling with the aftermath of an affair. In this series we will explore what constitutes infidelity, the gender differences, why and where couples get stuck when trying to recover, the process of rebuilding trust and forgiveness as well as knowing when to end the relationship or rewrite your lov...

Chandra B. with guest author Adrian Carter sit down and have a real conversation about the unspoken and misunderstood conflict that continues to occur between men and women especially Black Men and Women. This conversation explores the idea of a paradigm shift within the historical context of how men and women relate to one another. Mr. Carter suggests that conflict is typically about needs or values. What the difference between compromising, negotiating and resolving confli...

THIS YEAR THE CHAISE LOUNGE is breaking episodes into 3 different categories… Dating…Building and Improving. This topic can apply to all three but builders and improvers may get the most out of this discussion. Speaking your partners love language fluently… Dr. Gary Chapman developed the Love Languages What are Love Languages and why do they matter… Affirmations...Gift Giving...Acts of Service...Quality Time and Physical Touch. How do we learn the language of our partners so that...

Host Chandra B and author Donna Gray Banks author of erotica Ila's Diamonds (trilogy). This interview leaves no sexual question (stone) left unturned. This conversation will leave you enlightened and inspired...THIS YEAR THE CHAISE LOUNGE is breaking episodes into 3 different categories… Dating…Building and Improving. This topic can apply to all three but Daters may get the most out of this discussion. Introduce topic Sex Lies and Romance. Is talking about Sex and Erot...

Season 4 Of the Chaise Lounge: Relationship and Dating PodcastAs a licensed clinical therapist, my desire is to have truthful dialogue about relationship issues. My aim this season is to explore 3 stages of relationships: Dating (getting acquainted), Building(committing) and Improving maintaining health of your relationship). New episodes are released the 4th Thursday of each month. Occasionally, I will release a 5-part series when a month has 5 Thursdays on a topic re...

Episode Title: F-Series: Fabulous F-Series Reunion Show notes and links and time stamp for quotes: Host Chandra B. has an open and honest conversation with 3 of the 5 Ladies from the original recordings of the F-Series. We are rounding out the topic of relationships the themes that surface throughout the series and their experiences. Concepts of vulnerability and self-awareness are key. Call to action: Email your topic suggestion or Question to: ...

New Series: Ongoing Real Talk TuesdayThis format allows for multiple guest to discuss issues that are affecting relationships. Host Chandra B. attempts to explore each topic by peeling back the layers and having the guest get intimate with the subject at hand. Because there is no script conversations can easy develop into more than the original topic...hence many of these discussion will have multiple episodes or to be continued. These are brief conversation lasting approxim...

Host Chandra B. has an open and honest conversation about Marital Readiness. This episode will change how you think and prepare yourself for marriage. Share it with everyone you know whether they are single and looking, dating or in a long-term relationship/marriage. Marital Preparedness is not Premarital Counseling nor does it equal to Marital Satisfaction. However Pre-marital therapy and the qualities/skills associated with increased marital satisfaction definitely play a ...

New Series: Ongoing Real Talk TuesdayThis format allows for multiple guests to discuss issues that are affecting relationships. Host Chandra B. attempts to explore each topic by peeling back the layers and having the guest get intimate with the subject at hand. Because there are no scripts…so conversation can easy develop into more than the original topic...hence many of these discussion will have multiple episodes or to be continued. These are brief conversation lasting app...

New Series: Ongoing Real Talk TuesdayThis format allows for multiple guest to discuss issues that are affecting relationships. Host Chandra B. attempts to explore each topic by peeling back the layers and having the guest get intimate with the subject at hand. Because there is no script conversations can easy develop into more than the original topic...hence many of these discussion will have multiple episodes or to be continued. These are brief conversation lasting approxim...

In this episode, host Chandra B. interviews Dr. Tina about ways to divorce without Drama. We know that nearly 50% of marriages end in divorce. So why do people still choose to tie the knot? Despite people getting married at an older age the rate of divorce hasn't change in the past several decades...so whats the problem?Chandra B. and Dr. Tina take a hard look at what divorce attorneys are citing as reasons couples are calling it quits. Traditional reasons like Addictions, Violence and Infide...

Host Chandra B. gives her final thoughts on the F-Series as well as explore a few F words that did not make the title...Friends, Flirting, Feedback, Flexibility, Fear and Fool. Email your topic suggestion or Question to: Stormcommunications2019@gmail.comSubscribe to newsletter via my website at newsletter Leave a review on Apple podcast or my website https://stormcommunicationsnconsulting.com/chaise-lounge-podcast/ or Facebook review Invite 1 friends to liste...

The final episode of the F-Series with guest Clinical therapist Emily McIver. Chandra B. and Emily have a candid conversation about the things that make a relationship last forever and those things the have us planning for its funeral. Though they don't completely agree on the role that expectation or the definition of love both make valid points on how expectations and how you define love impacts your relationship. IPV/DV, trauma and other mental health concerns are explor...