{"podcast":{"title":"What Healthy Couples Know That You Don't: Relationship Advice and Respect","slug":"what-healthy-couples-know-that-you-don-t-relationship-advice-and-respect-173880","podcast_index_feed_id":173880,"rss_url":"https://rhodasommer.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://therapyideas.net","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/2/e/4/62e49edce6022777d959afa2a1bf1c87/812x812.jpg","author":"Rhoda Sommer on Relationships","episode_count":173,"summary":"Relationships matter. Do you want to know the nitty gritty of what makes a relationship work? Get your answers to relationship questions. Learn how to keep respect alive & well, because lack of respect is why people get divorced. Learn what builds trust & how to recover from infidelity, drama or codependency. Advice from psychotherapist Rhoda Sommer based on over 35 years of working with couples. www.therapyideas.net","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T18:19:17.928500+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-healthy-couples-know-that-you-don-t-relationship-advice-and-respect-173880"},"episode":{"title":"Why Your Relationship Isn't Working: The Hidden Trap of Expectations, Neediness & Fantasy","slug":"why-your-relationship-isn-t-working-the-hidden-trap-of-expectations-neediness-fantasy","published_at":"2026-06-03T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-healthy-couples-know-that-you-don-t-relationship-advice-and-respect-173880/why-your-relationship-isn-t-working-the-hidden-trap-of-expectations-neediness-fantasy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-healthy-couples-know-that-you-don-t-relationship-advice-and-respect-173880","url":"https://www.therapyideas.net/details/why-your-relationship-isnt-working-the-hidden-trap-of-expectations-neediness-fantasy/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/rhodasommer/171AussieSimone.mp3?dest-id=356377","summary":"Most people don't enter relationships intending to sabotage them. They come in hopeful, open, and often deeply ready for connection. But beneath that readiness is a quiet architecture—unspoken expectations, emotional needs we may not fully understand, and a version of love shaped more by imagination than reality. Over time, that architecture can start to strain the relationship itself.","meta_description":"Most people don't enter relationships intending to sabotage them. They come in hopeful, open, and often deeply ready for connection. But beneath that read…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2841,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-healthy-couples-know-that-you-don-t-relationship-advice-and-respect-173880/episodes/why-your-relationship-isn-t-working-the-hidden-trap-of-expectations-neediness-fantasy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-healthy-couples-know-that-you-don-t-relationship-advice-and-respect-173880/why-your-relationship-isn-t-working-the-hidden-trap-of-expectations-neediness-fantasy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}