Talk with Francesca

Rick Manabat is a seasoned sexual addiction therapist known for cutting through shame and getting to the real story underneath compulsive behavior. His work focuses on helping individuals and couples understand the...

Imagine you’re sitting on your couch, living your best life, maybe contemplating what to have for dinner or finally finishing that book, when a notification pops up. It’s a name you haven’t seen in two decades. It’s...

(Be Careful What Lawn You Water) It’s a tale as old as time: the classic case of the "Grass is Greener" Syndrome. You have a partner who is kind, consistent, and follows the rules, yet you find yourself peering over the...

The Oxygen and the Icing: Why We Need to Stop Downplaying Sexual Incompatibility Let’s stop the polite nodding and get real: Sexual incompatibility isn’t “shallow.” In the world of "serious" relationships, we’re often...

Let’s talk about something most people experience… and almost nobody admits. You’re happy at home. You’ve got a solid relationship. You love your partner. And then there’s… him. The guy at work. It starts small. A look...

Keith Zlomsowitch waited more than 30 years to tell his story in STALKED: It Could Have Been Me. He shares the threats, stalking, and emotional turmoil he and Nicole endured at the hands of O.J. Simpson and how, in that...

A question came up recently on Love Bites that stuck with me: What happens when one partner says, “If you were a real man, you’d talk about your feelings”and the other shuts down completely? That comment is a low blow...

In An Accidental Career, Hal Eisner chronicles his life from his early years in Pittsburgh and Dallas to a remarkable 43-year tenure as a television news reporter in Los Angeles. His journey through radio and television...

Third-quarter 2023 Google Trends indicated a 2,400 percent increase in searches for “AI girlfriends.” Millions of people are currently in what they consider to be serious relationships with AI. Thousands have engaged in...

Have you ever been in a relationship where it feels like your every move is being monitored even though you’ve done nothing wrong? Not in an obvious, dramatic way. More subtle than that. A missed call becomes a problem...

We don’t usually question our relationships when they’re obviously broken. We question them when they’re just not quite right. When there’s still love. Still history. Still moments that make us think, “Maybe I’m...

Stephanie Coontz was active in the Free Speech and civil rights movements; her work has been cited in the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision on same-sex marriage rights. She has also testified...

Stephanie Coontz was active in the Free Speech and civil rights movements; her work has been cited in the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision on same-sex marriage rights. She has also testified...

There are seasons when a couple’s future shifts because the emotional landscape around them is changing in unexpected ways. A parent falls ill, responsibilities multiply, or a family experiences a loss that quietly...

Just yesterday I received a question from a listener that tore my own heart apart. His wife of 27 years has been cheating on him for a year with his boss. And….he’s having nightmares. Tragic. Let me start by...