How To Relate

Many people try to answer what makes relationships work. This podcast aims to answer how do we work relationships? I’m Brittani Procknow, a LCSW in private practice working with individuals and couples to live relationally. I’m taking insights from behind closed doors you, as an audience seeking to improve your way of being in relationship to yourself and others. I’m talking to people about everyday concepts including mental health, work, dating, families, friendships, and hobbies and how they influence our relationships. I’m grateful to have you here. Let’s dive in.

How To Relate is a education podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 81 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Unknown Host hosts How To Relate, a education show with 81 episodes published.

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  Episode #87

  Therapists, AI, and Money: Who will Control the future of mental health care? with Dr. Brian Dixon

  Sep 7, 202647 min

  Dr. Brian J. Dixon, MD is a board-certified psychiatrist based in Fort Worth, TX, and founder of Field Guide, a referral and networking platform built by clinicians, for clinicians. Why mental health reimbursement is broken — and how a 1965 Medicare decision still shapes what therapists earn today The case for charging your worth, and how to get comfortable talking about money with clients Where AI helps (and where it falls dangerously short) in mental health care — plus the liability wave he sees coming Inside Field Guide: the referral board, the "rapport score," and why he built the platform therapists actually need What a decade of building (and rebuilding) taught him, and why business coaching and accountability groups matter Navigating clients who trust influencers and supplements over their provider Why now is the best time to be a mental health clinician entrepreneur Connect with Dr. Brian Dixon: ⁠LinkedIn⁠ Therapists Join FeelGuide: https://www.feelguide.network/ How to Relate: Website: ⁠https://www.brittaniprocknow.com/⁠ IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/brittani_procknow⁠ Intimacy Workbook: ⁠https://howtorelate.kit.com/b956780219⁠ Newsletter: ⁠https://howtorelate.kit.com/e9f87bb2dc⁠ Sponsor: Larry's Coffee — ⁠https://larryscoffee.com/relate

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  Episode #86

  Remarry Your Spouse Over and Over Again: The Remarriage Roadmap with Galit and Assael Romanelli

  Aug 27, 202651 min

  What if the question isn't whether your marriage will end, but when — and whether you'll remarry the same person? On this episode of How to Relate, Galit and Assael Romanelli — couple therapists, real-life partners, and the minds behind the Remarriage Roadmap — discuss how long-term relationships actually survive change. In this episode: The "ABCs" that signal a marriage is heading for a rupture: thirds/affairs, boredom, and change What a "third" really is — anything pulling your attention, libido, or energy outside the relationship (a career, a PhD, the kids, a phone, even a "work spouse") The 95/70 dynamic: the unconscious hierarchy every couple shakes hands on early, and how to soften it into equality The four muscles of the Remarriage Roadmap — Play ("yes, and"), Let It Land ("tell me more"), Say the Thing ("part of me..."), and Own Your Shadow ("the truth is...") Why couples confuse being understood with being agreed with, and how differentiation changes that Practical tools you can use tonight: rating a disagreement 1–10 (no fives or sevens allowed), taking hard conversations on a walk, and using playfulness to defuse conflict Their book Feel Free Together and the 8-week Remarriage Roadmap program Connect with Galit and Assael: Website: https://potentialstate.com/ Free toolkit: https://potentialstate.com/toolkit Instagram: @thepotentialstate Brittani's Resources Website: https://www.brittaniprocknow.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/brittani_procknow Intimacy Workbook: https://howtorelate.kit.com/b956780219 Newsletter: https://howtorelate.kit.com/e9f87bb2dc Therapist Threads: https://howtorelate.kit.com/069297fffb Support the show and drink coffee! Proud to have Larry's Coffee as a show sponsor. Keep caffeinated with quality coffee. https://larryscoffee.com/relate

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  Episode #85

  Patriarchy, Oppression & Insidious Trauma with Erica Smith

  Aug 14, 202652 min

  Erica Smith returns to How to Relate for a light conversation (haha) on the patriarchy, insidious trauma, and what oppression does to our closest relationships. Why "the patriarchy" surged in cultural vocabulary post-2020, and how it intersects with racism and the need to re-center attention away from marginalized communities Defining the patriarchy: from a "wealthy white men" lens to Terry Real's framework on masculinity, invulnerability, and emotional suppression Boundaries vs. control — how boundary language gets weaponized to manage other people's behavior instead of one's own exposure "Insidious trauma" and death by a thousand paper cuts: the cumulative nervous-system toll of everyday dismissal, code-switching, and hypervigilance Family strategies for safety — advocating in medical settings, "the talk" before a breakup, staying alert in unfamiliar spaces Performative allyship vs. authentic accountability, and why announcing your values isn't the same as living them Affinity spaces: when they help, when they isolate, and why the burden of initiating hard conversations should shift toward the group causing harm Individual-level change as the starting point for structural change — noticing your own nervous system, choosing regulating relationships Erica's Resources: Whole Mentality: https://www.wholementality.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/itsericakendra/ Website: ⁠https://www.brittaniprocknow.com/⁠ IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/brittani_procknow⁠ Intimacy Workbook: ⁠https://howtorelate.kit.com/b956780219⁠ Newsletter: ⁠https://howtorelate.kit.com/e9f87bb2dc⁠ Sponsor: Larry's Coffee — ⁠https://larryscoffee.com/relate⁠

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  Episode #84

  What Past Me Needed to Hear

  Aug 7, 20269 min

  In this solo episode! Reflections on turning 34 — and what it actually takes to stop avoiding the feelings a birthday brings up. In this episode: Why avoidance gives power to the feelings we're trying to escape The quiet aggression of self-improvement culture Oliver Burkeman's Four Thousand Weeks and "letting time use you" Why comparison steals our desires, not just our joy Making peace with — and gratitude for — who you used to be Website: ⁠⁠https://www.brittaniprocknow.com/⁠⁠ IG: ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/brittani_procknow⁠⁠ Intimacy Workbook: ⁠⁠https://howtorelate.kit.com/b956780219⁠⁠ Newsletter: ⁠⁠https://howtorelate.kit.com/e9f87bb2dc⁠⁠ Sponsor: Larry's Coffee — ⁠⁠https://larryscoffee.com/relate⁠⁠ Therapist Threads: ⁠⁠https://howtorelate.kit.com/069297fffb⁠⁠

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  Episode #83

  Enmeshment, Boundaries, and Untangling Family Dynamics with Mary Beth Somich

  Jul 30, 202647 min

  Mary Beth Somich is the founder of Your Journey Through, a boutique group therapy practice in Raleigh (celebrating 10 years this fall) with nine clinicians specializing in family dynamics, enmeshment, and boundaries. She also mentors other practice owners through group coaching and masterminds. In this episode, we cover: Scaling from solo practice to group practice while pregnant during the 2020 pandemic How to validate a course or offer idea before building it (and why niching down matters) Cultural competence in therapeutic recommendations — meeting clients where their actual capacity is Defining enmeshment: the lack of boundaries within a family system, and how it often shows up as mother-child over-attachment when a partner is emotionally absent The role of the "nice guy complex" and people-pleasing in perpetuating enmeshment How to reengage an absent father-in-law/mother-in-law and repair intergenerational patterns What a boundary actually is (and isn't) — Mary Beth's take beyond internet oversimplifications Boomer vs. millennial communication gaps around illness, emotion, and "not wanting to be a burden" Parenting anxiety, perfectionism, and how to discern which parenting advice is actually for you Navigating multigenerational parenting influence (plus a shoutout to the "More Than Grand" grandparent resource) A first practical step if your family dynamics feel tumultuous Connect with Mary Beth: ⁠yourjourneythrough.com⁠ | IG ⁠@yourjourneythrough⁠ | ⁠hello@yourjourneythrough.com⁠ — check her Instagram bio for the Group Practice Mastermind and Therapist to CEO Playbook. Website: ⁠https://www.brittaniprocknow.com/⁠ IG: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/brittani_procknow⁠ Intimacy Workbook: ⁠https://howtorelate.kit.com/b956780219⁠ Newsletter: ⁠https://howtorelate.kit.com/e9f87bb2dc⁠ Sponsor: Larry's Coffee — ⁠https://larryscoffee.com/relate⁠ Therapist Collective: Community for Entrepreneurial Therapists: https://therapistcollective.carrd.co/

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