Reimagining Love with Dr. Alexandra Solomon

By Dr. Alexandra Solomon

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Reimagining Love is your destination for profound, enlightening discussions about love, family, intimacy, and everything in between—a podcast that gives you the opportunity to reimagine ourselves, our relationships, and our world. Hosted by renowned clinical psychologist, professor, and award-winning author Dr. Alexandra Solomon, featuring solo episodes for you to learn how to identify and understand the role you played in your Family of Origin (FOO), along with heartfelt conversations around relational self-awareness with notable guests from the worlds of therapy, academia, and pop culture. You are empowered to honor and heal painful experiences from the past and to shift patterns so you can cultivate authentic and healthy relationships today.

Episode Date
Connecting Through the Nervous System: Polyvagal Theory with Deb Dana
Dec 09, 2025
“I Think I’ve Outgrown My Relationship!”
Dec 02, 2025
Visualizing Your Best Self: How To Get More Confidence, Clarity, & Connection with Mimi Bouchard
Nov 25, 2025
Carrying the Mental Load: How Unequal Cognitive Labor Can Affect Your Relationship with Allison Daminger
Nov 18, 2025
Nobody Wants This: How to Love Across Potentially Dealbreaking Differences (Part 2) with My Husband, Todd
Nov 11, 2025
Nobody Wants This: How to Love Across Potentially Dealbreaking Differences (Part 1) with My Husband, Todd
Nov 04, 2025
Why Self-Compassion is an Essential Practice with Dr. Kristin Neff
Oct 28, 2025
For Love, In Truth: How to Live Authentically and Find Joy with Dr. Martha Beck
Oct 21, 2025
What To Do When Your Partner Is Struggling (Part Two)
Oct 14, 2025
What To Do When Your Partner Is Struggling (Part One)
Oct 07, 2025
How Healing Your Inner Child Can Deepen Your Relationships with Christine Hassler
Sep 30, 2025
Managing Anxiety: Three Root Causes To Help You Find Relief with Noelle McWard Aquino
Sep 23, 2025
It’s Not Just You: The Myth of Limitless Resilience with Dr. Tasha Eurich
Sep 16, 2025
Navigating Political Polarization: How to Connect Through Curious Conversations with Mónica Guzmán
Sep 09, 2025
Revisit & Reflect: Dr. Thema Bryant on How to Heal through Resting
Sep 02, 2025
Mailbag Episode! Rebuilding After Infidelity
Aug 26, 2025
Dating with Intention and Optimism: How to Get What You Want Out of Love with Case Kenny
Aug 19, 2025
Loving Across Difference: Navigating Identity and Family Relationships Between Cultures with Sahaj Kaur Kohli
Aug 12, 2025
The Power of Parts Work: Embracing All of Ourselves with Britt Frank
Aug 05, 2025
Revisit & Reflect: Drs. John & Julie Gottman on Protecting Connection in Your Relationship
Jul 29, 2025
Mailbag Episode! Trouble in Paradise
Jul 22, 2025
Prioritizing Your Pleasure: How to Rediscover Your Spark with Shan Boodram
Jul 15, 2025
Living Authentically: How to Cultivate Vulnerability, Emotional Safety, and Joy with Jennifer Pastiloff
Jul 08, 2025
Revisit & Reflect: Esther Perel on Reigniting The Spark in Your Relationship
Jul 01, 2025
Mailbag Episode! Blended Families, Long Distance, Talking About the Future
Jun 24, 2025
Step Into Your Purpose: Using Righteous Anger for Good in a Broken World with Shannon Watts
Jun 17, 2025
The Journey of Raising a Disabled Child: Cultivating Community and Self-Compassion with Amanda Griffith-Atkins
Jun 10, 2025
Mailbag Episode! Part One
Jun 03, 2025
How To Disagree With People and Still Love Them: Embracing Nuance in Polarized Times with Brit Barron
May 27, 2025
The Four Types of Connection: Unlocking What Really Matters in Life with Dr. Adam Dorsay
May 20, 2025
“My Family Is a Mess. Will the Dynamic Ever Change?”
May 13, 2025
Should You Share Your Location With Your Partner?
May 06, 2025
Wisdom From a Happiness Expert: Simple Truths For a Better Life with Gretchen Rubin
Apr 29, 2025
Crushes, First Love, and Heartbreak: Supporting Teens Through Relationship Milestones with Lisa A. Phillips
Apr 22, 2025
How to Unbreak Your Heart: The Healing Power of Creativity with Hallie Bateman & Suzy Hopkins
Apr 15, 2025
Introducing ‘No Small Endeavor’: How to Have Flourishing Relationships with Alexandra Solomon
Apr 11, 2025
Your Mindset Changes Everything: The Power of Practical Optimism with Dr. Sue Varma
Apr 08, 2025
Finding Abundance: The Expansion That Lives Within with Cathy Heller
Apr 01, 2025
Can You Have an Amazing Career AND an Amazing Relationship?
Mar 25, 2025
Is There an “Effort Mismatch” in Your Relationship?
Mar 18, 2025
From LinkedIn's Everyday Better with Leah Smart: How to Stop Fighting About Work With Dr. Alexandra Solomon
Mar 14, 2025
How to Love Better: Cultivating Growth, Kindness, and Compassion with Yung Pueblo
Mar 11, 2025
Stop, Breathe, Be: Transformative Resets to Curb Stress with Dr. Aditi Nerurkar
Mar 04, 2025
How to Know When It’s Right: The Conversations that Unlock Connection with Lindsay Jill Roth
Feb 25, 2025
From Disconnected to Passionate: How to Get Out of a Sexual Rut with Dr. Kate Balestrieri
Feb 18, 2025
Family of Origin Roles Series: The Rebel (From Critical to Curious)
Feb 11, 2025
Family of Origin Roles Series: The Parentified Child (From Confidant to Consultant)
Feb 04, 2025
Exploring Attachment: Transform Your Relationship Patterns with Thais Gibson
Jan 28, 2025
Your Best Relationship Begins with You: Nine Truths About Love & Self-Acceptance with Jillian Turecki
Jan 21, 2025
Family of Origin Roles Series: The Peacemaker (From Referee to Realist)
Jan 14, 2025
Family of Origin Roles Series: The Struggling One (From Scapegoat to Self-Advocate)
Jan 07, 2025
Bedroom Conversations: Why Great Sex Starts With Great Communication with Vanessa & Xander Marin
Dec 17, 2024
Family of Origin Roles Series: The Easy One (From Accommodation to Authenticity)
Dec 10, 2024
Family of Origin Roles Series: The Perfect One (From Performance to Presence)
Dec 03, 2024
How to Stress-Proof Your Relationship: Strategies for Busy Lives with Elizabeth Earnshaw
Nov 26, 2024
What Role Did You Play in Your Family of Origin? (Re-release)
Nov 12, 2024
Finding "The Self": Exploring Internal Family Systems Therapy with Dr. Richard Schwartz
Oct 29, 2024
High-Functioning Codependency: From Managing to Loving with Terri Cole
Oct 15, 2024
Facing Estrangement? Ask Yourself These Questions
Oct 01, 2024
Healing Relationships: Reclaim the Masculine and Feminine Within with Dené Logan
Sep 10, 2024
The 1% Rule: How We Learn from Relationships with Andrea Miller
Sep 03, 2024
Love and Loss: Expanding Compassion as You Grieve with J.S. Park
Aug 27, 2024
Safe Conversations: The Healing Power of Listening with Dr. Helen LaKelly Hunt and Dr. Harville Hendrix
Aug 20, 2024
Ten Essential Skills for Navigating Conflict (Part Two) (Re-release)
Aug 13, 2024
Ten Essential Skills for Navigating Conflict (Part One) (Re-release)
Aug 06, 2024
The Parent-Child Bond: Removing Blame & Accessing Joy with Dafna Lender
Jul 30, 2024
Midlife Transitions: How to Lean in Rather than Resist the ‘Messy Middle’ with Chip Conley
Jul 23, 2024
Ditch the “Shoulds”: How Feminism Improves Your Love Life with Kara Loewentheil
Jul 16, 2024
Relational Ambivalence: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Part Two) (Re-release)
Jul 09, 2024
Relational Ambivalence: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Part One) (Re-release)
Jul 02, 2024
Mental Health and Relationships in Post-Roe America with Shefali Luthra and Dr. Pooja Lakshmin
Jun 25, 2024
Modern Masculinity: From Toxic to Communicative with Dr. Ish Major
Jun 18, 2024
Rewrite Your Story: Healing from Trauma with Dr. Frank Anderson
Jun 11, 2024
Strategies for a Thriving Long-Distance Relationship (Re-release)
Jun 04, 2024
Money & Marriage: When One Likes to Spend and One Likes to Save with Dr. Scott Rick
May 28, 2024
The Search for Green Flags: Ditch the Dating Myths, Not the Apps with Damona Hoffman
May 21, 2024
End or Mend: Managing Difficult Family Relationships with Nedra Tawwab
May 14, 2024
"I Need Connection & My Partner Needs Space. Now What?"
May 07, 2024
Open Marriage: Lessons from Non-Monogamy & Motherhood with Molly Roden Winter
Apr 30, 2024
The Other Significant Others: How to Reimagine Your Friendships with Rhaina Cohen
Apr 23, 2024
Liberated Love: From Codependency to Relational Safety with Mark Groves & Kylie McBeath
Apr 16, 2024
When You're the Affair Partner
Apr 09, 2024
When Shame Blocks Repair
Apr 02, 2024
Conscious Uncoupling: Divorce as an Ending, Not a Failure with Katherine Woodward Thomas
Mar 26, 2024
From Burnout to Balanced: Bringing Self-Compassion to Our Careers with Esther Boykin
Mar 19, 2024
Secure Attachments: The Felt Sense of Love with Julie Menanno
Mar 12, 2024
"Why Can't I Get Over It?"
Mar 05, 2024
Trauma Bonds: Healing from Unhealthy Relationship Dynamics with Dr. Laura Copley
Feb 27, 2024
Love By Design: Why Couples Succeed with Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh
Feb 20, 2024
Are You Ready to Date Again?
Feb 13, 2024
What Role Did You Play in Your Family of Origin?
Feb 06, 2024
Come Together: Cultivating Sexual Connection in Long-term Relationships with Emily Nagoski
Jan 30, 2024
The D Word: An Empowering Approach to Divorce with Kate Anthony
Jan 23, 2024
The Power of Play: Embodying Sex Positivity with Nicoletta Heidegger
Jan 16, 2024
Intergenerational Healing: A Holistic Approach to Breaking Cycles with Dr. Mariel Buqué
Jan 09, 2024
Reflect With Me: Checking In With Ourselves and Our Relationships in the New Year
Jan 02, 2024
"My Partner’s Unhealthy Habit is Driving Me Crazy!" (Part Two)
Dec 19, 2023
"My Partner’s Unhealthy Habit is Driving Me Crazy!" (Part One)
Dec 12, 2023
Guidance for the Newly Single: 5 Strategies for Stability and Healing
Dec 05, 2023
Connecting Self-Care to Community Care: Healing Together with Minaa B.
Nov 28, 2023
The Highs and Lows of Finding "Your Person": Bringing a Sense of Humor to Dating with Julie Krafchick & Yue Xu
Nov 21, 2023
100th Episode: Answering Your Questions!
Nov 14, 2023
Family Dynamics: How to Maintain Your Voice and Your Connection with Your Family of Origin with Julia Samuel
Nov 07, 2023
Kids & Digital Wellness: Parenting in the Age of Screens with Dr. Devorah Heitner
Oct 31, 2023
Desire Differences: What to Do When You and Your Partner Have Mismatched Libidos with Dr. Lauren Fogel Mersy & Dr. Jennifer Vencill
Oct 24, 2023
Love, Acceptance, & Growth: The Insights We Glean from Couples Therapy with Dr. Tracy Dalgleish
Oct 17, 2023
My 9 Favorite Resentment-Busting Strategies
Oct 10, 2023
Navigating Open Relationships: How to Create Agreements that Foster Security and Growth with Jessica Fern & David Cooley
Oct 03, 2023
Help! My Kids Don't Want Me to Date!
Sep 26, 2023
If They Wanted To, They Would
Sep 19, 2023
Let's Talk About "Sleep Divorces"
Sep 12, 2023
Unlocking Pleasure: How Imagination Can Empower and Reignite Us with Gina Gutierrez
Sep 05, 2023
Navigating Life Transitions As a Couple: A Conversation With My Husband, Todd
Aug 29, 2023
I Love Them, But I'm Not In Love With Them (Re-release)
Aug 22, 2023
Inviting a Reluctant Partner into Relationship Work (Re-release)
Aug 01, 2023
Finding Your People: Navigating Friendships in Adulthood with Lane Moore
Jul 25, 2023
Should You Be Friends With Your Ex?
Jul 18, 2023
Strategies for a Thriving Long-Distance Relationship
Jul 11, 2023
Healing from Collective Trauma: Marking the Anniversary of the Highland Park Shooting with Audrey Grunst
Jul 04, 2023
Embracing the Bittersweet: The Beauty of Longing and Impermanence with Susan Cain
Jun 27, 2023
Breaking Patterns & Moving Forward: The Science of Stuck with Britt Frank
Jun 20, 2023
How to Stop Overthinking Your Relationship: Tools for Progress & Peace with Alicia Muñoz
Jun 13, 2023
Cultivating Contemplation: How Wonder Helps us Heal with Cole Arthur Riley
Jun 06, 2023
Modern Family Values: How to Be the Parents We Want to Be in a Busy World with Dr Yael Schonbrun
May 30, 2023
Getting Real About Pleasure: Reclaiming Desire with Dr Laurie Mintz
May 23, 2023
How to Bring Relational Self-Awareness to a First Date
May 16, 2023
12 Strategies for Swiping with Relational Self-Awareness
May 09, 2023
Why You're Frustrated with Dating Apps
May 02, 2023
Finding Yourself Again: The Truth About Codependency with Melody Beattie
Apr 25, 2023
Identifying Patterns & Getting Curious: Dating Mindfully with Jordana Abraham & Dr. Naomi Bernstein
Apr 18, 2023
"I'm Thinking About Getting Back Together With My Ex." (Part Two)
Apr 11, 2023
"I'm Thinking About Getting Back Together With My Ex." (Part One)
Apr 04, 2023
Gender, Family, & the Home: Why "Fair Play" Helps Our Relationships Thrive with Eve Rodsky
Mar 28, 2023
The Neuroscience of Pleasure: Why Good Sex Matters with Dr. Nan Wise
Mar 21, 2023
Dealing with Breakup Regret
Mar 14, 2023
How to Get Closure After a Breakup
Mar 07, 2023
Building a Home Within Ourselves: From Surviving to Thriving with Tara Schuster
Feb 28, 2023
Breaking Family Patterns & Healing Wounds: The Origins of You with Vienna Pharaon
Feb 21, 2023
"Right Person, Wrong Time"
Feb 14, 2023
Is Your "Situationship" Working?
Feb 07, 2023
Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness: The Connection Between Thriving Relationships and A Fulfilling Life with Dr. Marc Schulz
Jan 31, 2023
Masculinity & Vulnerability: How Men's Healing Helps All of Us with Connor Beaton
Jan 24, 2023
Evolving Together: Updating Our Relationships with Our Parents with Daniel Maté
Jan 17, 2023
People-Pleasing vs. Brutal Honesty: When & How to Share Feedback with Your Partner
Jan 10, 2023
When Having "No Filter" Hurts A Relationship
Jan 03, 2023
Moving Through Our Emotions: Cultivating Joy & Resilience with Erica Hornthal
Dec 13, 2022
Is Work Stress Taking a Toll on Your Relationship?
Dec 06, 2022
Love Stories: My Best Friend Ali
Nov 29, 2022
We All Deserve Support: Making Therapy Accessible & Healing from Heartbreak with Dr. Joy Harden Bradford
Nov 22, 2022
The Sweetness of Self-Care: Baking by Feel with Becca Rea-Tucker
Nov 15, 2022
Caring For Ourselves & Each Other: How We Heal with Alex Elle
Nov 08, 2022
Tending to "Little You" & Exploring Your Family of Origin
Nov 01, 2022
Love Stories: Building a Life Together with Elise & Suz
Oct 25, 2022
Getting Present: Tuning Into Your Body with Dr. Hillary McBride
Oct 18, 2022
"I Love My Partner, But Their Family is Toxic!" (Part Two)
Oct 11, 2022
"I Love My Partner, But Their Family is Toxic!" (Part One)
Oct 04, 2022
Love Stories: Leading with Purpose with Julie Lythcott-Haims
Sep 27, 2022
How to Love Well: The Little Things that Change Everything with Drs. John & Julie Gottman
Sep 20, 2022
Coming Home to Ourselves: The Path to Thriving with Dr. Thema Bryant
Sep 13, 2022
Talking About the Future: Navigating a Pace Discrepancy
Sep 06, 2022
Love Stories: Partnership & Parenthood with Cathy & Todd Adams
Aug 30, 2022
Loving and Loving Again: Personal Evolution in Relationships with Mark Groves
Aug 23, 2022
Tuning into You: How Self-Reflection Creates Healthy Relationships with Emmalee Bierly & Jennifer Chaiken
Aug 16, 2022
Relational Ambivalence: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Part Two)
Aug 09, 2022
Relational Ambivalence: Should I Stay or Should I Go? (Part One)
Aug 02, 2022
Love Stories: Toddcast
Jun 28, 2022
Getting to Zero: Conflict & Repair with Jayson Gaddis
Jun 21, 2022
Learning to Cherish: From "You & Me" to "Us" with Terry Real
Jun 14, 2022
Disrupting the Underfunctioning/Overfunctioning Dynamic
Jun 07, 2022
Love Stories: Permission for Pleasure with Al Fine, Co-Founder & CEO of Dame Products
May 31, 2022
Understanding Ourselves: The Challenge & Gift of Therapy with Lori Gottlieb
May 24, 2022
Self-Advocacy in Action: Finding Your Voice in Relationships with Nedra Tawwab
May 17, 2022
Reaching the Summit: The Challenges & Possibilities of Modern Love with Dr. Eli Finkel
May 10, 2022
We Need to Talk About Ghosting
May 03, 2022
Love Stories: Writing Relationships with Novelist Monica Ali
Apr 26, 2022
Somatic Abolitionism: Understanding Racialized Trauma Through the Body with Resmaa Menakem
Apr 19, 2022
Relational Authenticity: How Boundaries Protect Us, and Connect Us with Terri Cole
Apr 12, 2022
Ten Essential Skills for Navigating Conflict (Part Two)
Apr 05, 2022
Ten Essential Skills for Navigating Conflict (Part One)
Mar 29, 2022
Relational Health: Loving with the Brain in Mind with Dr. Mona Fishbane
Mar 22, 2022
Tending to Loss: What We Get Wrong About Grief with Megan Devine
Mar 15, 2022
What Women Lose in Marriage: The Case for a Radical Awakening with Dr Shefali Tsabary
Mar 08, 2022
"I Love Them, But I'm Not in Love With Them"
Mar 01, 2022
From Performance to Pleasure: A New Vision for Sexuality with Dr. Emily Nagoski
Feb 22, 2022
From the Inside Out: Attachment Theory & Mindful Parenting with Dr. Dan Siegel
Feb 15, 2022
Values & Communication: The Next Sexual Revolution with Cindy Gallop
Feb 08, 2022
Can We Rebuild After Infidelity?
Feb 01, 2022
Love Stories: Recovering from Infidelity with Kristi Born & Rainier Wylde
Jan 25, 2022
Discernment in Dating: Cutting Through the Noise with Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh
Jan 18, 2022
Reclaiming Pleasure: Trauma, Healing, & Communicating Boundaries with Holly Richmond
Jan 11, 2022
Working Through Jealousy as a Couple
Jan 04, 2022
Love Stories: Embodied Sisterhood with Drs. Lindsay & Lexie Kite
Dec 28, 2021
Relocating for Love: Finding Agency in Accommodation with Vienna Pharaon
Dec 21, 2021
Dating Again: Healing the Past, Embracing the Present with Elizabeth Earnshaw
Dec 14, 2021
(Re)Gathering for the Holidays
Dec 07, 2021
Love Stories: Unconditional Love with Moe Ari & Sandra Brown
Nov 30, 2021
Getting Your Needs Met: Relationship Boundaries with Shadeen Francis
Nov 23, 2021
Dating & Dealbreakers: Lessons from Reality TV with Nick Viall
Nov 16, 2021
Difference as a Bridge: Cross-Cultural Love with Dr. Adia Gooden
Nov 09, 2021
Inviting a Reluctant Partner Into Relationship Work
Nov 02, 2021
Loving Through Crisis: How We Reconnect with Esther Perel
Oct 26, 2021
Trailer - Reimagining Love
Sep 30, 2021