Solving Disconnection & Creating Connected Relationships (for Couples & Parents)

About Solving Disconnection & Creating Connected Relationships (for Couples & Parents)

Is it possible to solve the disconnection issues in your relationship? This podcast will explore how to solve it, but here's a hint: it takes ongoing work. The good news is that when we know how to have a harmonious and connected relationship, it feels good and can motivate us to keep doing it. This podcast is for couples and parents. We explore how to help you have a strong relationship with your partner and your kids if you have them. Jason A. Polk is a relationship therapist and a Clini-Coach® based in Denver, CO. He loves helping couples have more connection through this podcast and individualized marriage retreats and couples intensives. He's a father of two young daughters and has helped couples for over ten years. He believes we can simultaneously have a healthy relationship and be great parents.

Publisher

Jason A Polk

Category

health & fitness · kids & family · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

14 Feb 2022

Latest episode

19 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

75 episodes in the feed.

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   19 Aug 2026

   75: Stop Fighting Reality: What You Can (and Can't) Control in Your Relationship

   Send us Fan Mail Host: Jason Polk | Series: Solving Disconnection — Creating Connected Relationships for Couples and Parents Duration: ~5:30 Summary: Jason Polk, a couples therapist and coach with over 10 years of experience, breaks down a fundamental relationship reality: you can't control your partner — and trying to usually backfires. Drawing on a recent training for couples therapists, Jason introduces a simple but powerful framework: in any relationship struggle, you have two choic...

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   23 May 2026

   74: Retaliation: The Disconnection Dance and Losing Strategy

   Send us Fan Mail Couples Therapist and coach Jason Polk explains how retaliation in relationships—making a partner feel bad because they made you feel bad—creates a negative pattern that keeps couples disconnected. He argues retaliation doesn’t build closeness, protect from hurt, or effectively teach, and can instead foster resentment, fear, and lead to controlling dynamics such as an “authoritarian dictator” stance met by a passive, submissive, or resistant rebel stance, increasing str...

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   20 Apr 2026

   73: Communication Tools Every Couple Needs (Part 1)

   Send us Fan Mail Every couple disagrees — the real question is how you handle it. In this episode, therapist and relationship coach Jason Polk shares practical communication tools he's developed over 10+ years of working exclusively with couples, drawing on the work of Terry Real and Stan Tatkin. In this episode, you'll learn: Why self-regulation is the single most important communication skillThe difference between speaking from your anger vs. as a representative of itHow to stay on yo...

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

12 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 44 / 100

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Quality

58

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

77

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