Guides
Guides: Lessons from the Mastering Love Podcast
Key ideas and quotes from Christina Weber's conversations with relationship experts on the Mastering Love podcast, formerly Deepen with Christina.
Podcast guide · Ken Page
Ken Page on Discouragement Fatigue and the Wave of Distancing
On episode 106 of Christina Weber's podcast, psychotherapist Ken Page, author of Deeper Dating, names the two patterns that most derail people looking for love: discouragement fatigue and the wave of distancing. His fix is to measure progress by whether you're becoming more self-treasuring, vulnerable, and discriminating, and to keep asking one question: does my soul feel safe with this person?
Podcast guide · Kimi Inch
Kimi Inch on Conscious Kink: Safety, Play, and Desire
On episode 108 of Christina Weber's podcast, Austin somatic therapist Kimi Inch, founder of &More, explains conscious kink as consensual, creative play built on attunement. Her keys: a regulated nervous system comes before pleasure, every exercise is an invitation you can decline, and desire is learned in the body, not from a book. Christina shares what she learned at Kimi's four-day immersion.
Podcast guide · Dilia Jelen
Dilia Jelen on Loving Again After Divorce
On episode 62 of Christina Weber's podcast, Dilia Jelen describes a divorce that left her starting over from zero and took about three years to heal. Her lessons for loving again: be completely transparent, including about money; don't make a new relationship carry the fears of the old one; stay open to someone you'd once have ruled out; and build an equal, supportive love where neither person tries to control the other.
Podcast guide · Roxy Ruse
Roxy Ruse on Why Desire Fades: Safety, Trust and Repair
On episode 142 of Christina Weber's podcast, WeDeepen's Roxy Ruse explains why desire faded in her 15-year marriage. After ruling out medical causes, she found the cause was a lost sense of safety and trust, because hurts went unrepaired. Her advice: treat repair as a practice, slow down and stay present in the discomfort, and make it safe for your partner to be fully themselves.
Podcast guide · Derek Hart
Derek Hart on How Couples Repair: Say What's Hurting
On episode 29 of Christina Weber's podcast, couples coach Derek Hart explains that most struggling couples aren't incompatible; their communication stopped working years ago. Repeated fights are about the bond feeling at risk, not the topic. His approach: slow down, say the one sentence that's been held in, and let your partner take it in. Three to five of those moments, he says, can make a couple feel secure again.