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Love for Life Podcast

The Farrows

79 episodes

1 week ago

Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben challenge couples to do what only 15% actually attempt: a proper relationship audit for the new year. While everyone's setting goals for fitness and finances, the hosts argue that your relationship, the foundation of everything else, deserves the same intentional review and planning. The duo gets refreshingly honest about their own 2025, sharing what worked (launching the podcast together, better conflict repair), what...

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Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben challenge couples to do what only 15% actually attempt: a proper relationship audit for the new year. While everyone's setting goals for fitness and finances, the hosts argue that your relationship, the foundation of everything else, deserves the same intentional review and planning. The duo gets refreshingly honest about their own 2025, sharing what worked (launching the podcast together, better conflict repair), what...

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Love for Life Podcast

#79: The New Year Relationship Audit: How to Review Your Marriage and Set Goals for 2026

Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben challenge couples to do what only 15% actually attempt: a proper relationship audit for the new year. While everyone's setting goals for fitness and finances, the hosts argue that your relationship, the foundation of everything else, deserves the same intentional review and planning. The duo gets refreshingly honest about their own 2025, sharing what worked (launching the podcast together, better conflict repair), what...

1 week ago

34 minutes

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#78: Merry Christmas from the Farrows

Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this rapid-fire episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben tackle ten pressing relationship questions in twenty minutes, delivering their most unfiltered advice yet. From mismatched love languages destroying intimacy to wives fantasising about single life three times a week, the hosts cut straight through the complexity to give listeners the honest answers they need to hear. This episode is essential listening for anyone caught between choosing their partner or the...

2 weeks ago

9 minutes

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#77: How to Enjoy a Blended Family Christmas

Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben dive into the blended family challenges that nobody prepares you for, especially during the Christmas holidays. The hosts get raw and real about navigating custody schedules, managing multiple households, and the impossible position stepparents find themselves in when trying to create new traditions whilst honouring old ones. This episode is essential listening for anyone in a stepfamily struggling through the holiday...

2 weeks ago

28 minutes

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#76: AITA: Christmas Confessions from Our Listeners

Talk to Nichole and Ben. From unionised Elves to in-law hideouts in the car boot, our listeners have spoken. And they're not holding back." This week, we're diving into your Christmas confessions the stories you've been too embarrassed to tell anyone else. The office party disasters. The parenting shortcuts. The in-law survival tactics that border on genius (or madness). Let's be honest Christmas brings out the best and worst in relationships. The pressure to perform, to keep everyone happy, ...

4 weeks ago

16 minutes

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#75: How to Not Murder Your Partner During the Holidays: Christmas Survival Guide for Couples

Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben dive into the brutal reality of why the "most wonderful time of the year" often becomes the most relationship-damaging time instead. With Google searches for relationship counselling spiking 40% every January, the hosts get refreshingly honest about how the holidays don't create relationship problems, they mercilessly expose them. The duo breaks down why Christmas becomes a pressure cooker for couples, from the invisib...

1 month ago

31 minutes

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#74 In-laws and boundaries at Christmas

Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben unpack the festive minefield of Christmas boundaries when in-laws expect unwavering compliance with their holiday traditions. The hosts dive deep into a listener's dilemma about wanting to create new Christmas traditions with her husband and daughter, only to face tears, guilt-trips, and accusations of "destroying the family" from her mother-in-law. This isn't just about where to eat Christmas dinner, it's about autono...

1 month ago

15 minutes

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#73 Keeping Score: When Two Careers Kill One Marriage

Talk to Nichole and Ben. You're both working. You're both parenting. And you're both secretly keeping score. This weeks question comes from a couple who look like they've got it together - two careers, two kids, nice house, good jobs. But inside? They're competing instead of collaborating. And it's killing their relationship. When both of you are ambitious and both of you love your kids, how do you decide whose meeting matters more? Whose career gets priority? Who stays home when the ki...

1 month ago

22 minutes

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#72 My fiancé picks his mum over me

Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this episode of Love for Life, Nichole and Ben tackle one of the most common yet unspoken relationship deal-breakers: the overbearing mother-in-law who treats your partnership like a three-person marriage. The hosts don't hold back on what needs to change before she says "I do," getting brutally honest about enmeshment and why red flags before marriage only get worse after. This episode is essential listening for anyone dealing with intrusive in-laws, anyone whose ...

1 month ago

15 minutes

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#71 The sleep divorce (and why it saved our marriage)

Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this episode, Ben and Nichole explore the surprisingly serious world of "sleep divorce" after being forced into separate bedrooms due to Ben's relentless snoring. What starts as a light-hearted discussion about their sleeping arrangements quickly turns into a deep dive into the shocking health consequences of sleep deprivation. The couple discovers that one night of poor sleep causes a 70% drop in immune system killer cells that fight cancer and infections, while ...

2 months ago

26 minutes

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#70: The Real Reason You're Fighting About Housework

Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this episode, Nichole and Ben tackle one of the most explosive conflicts in modern relationships: the mental load debate. When one partner insists they're doing everything asked while the other feels like they're managing a household alone, who's right? If you've ever found yourself in a standoff over whether you should have to ask your partner to notice the overflowing bin, or you're exhausted from feeling like your home's project manager while your partner ...

2 months ago

16 minutes

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#69: Would You Choose Love or Money?

Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this episode of Love for Life, Ben and Nichole are discussing the new film The Materialists, where Dakota Johnson must choose between the broke ex-boyfriend (Chris Evans) or the rich guy (Pedro Pascal), and why the internet's obsession with Team Love versus Team Security is asking completely the wrong question. The real question isn't whether you should marry for love or money, it's what actually makes marriages successful, and why thirty years of relationshi...

2 months ago

28 minutes

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#68: Bitesize - My Partner Is More Interested In Their Phone Than Me

Talk to Nichole and Ben. What does it mean when someone needs a screen more than they need you? We're talking about the partner who claims they need to decompress but really they're choosing to disconnect. The promises to change that last two days. The kids who stop trying to get their parent's attention because they've learned a phone matters more. The loneliness that grows when someone is sitting right next to you but completely absent. Is this about healthy boundaries and downtime or is it...

2 months ago

16 minutes

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#67: The Housework Recession: Why Smart Women Are Opting Out of Marriage

Talk to Nichole and Ben. Divorce improves women's lives when it comes to housework. Marriage improves men's. Female breadwinners do MORE housework than their unemployed male partners. After divorce, women's domestic workload drops. Men's increases. One economist looked at these numbers, did the math on her own marriage, and made a shocking decision: stop dating men entirely. Not out of anger. Out of economics. Dr. Corinne Low's research on gender economics is forcing us to ask a question nobo...

3 months ago

41 minutes

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#66: Are You Normalising What You Should Be Fixing

Talk to Nichole and Ben. When did we start calling 'surviving' a marriage success? This week, Nichole and Ben respond to a powerful listener confession: "Am I the arsehole for wanting more from my marriage?" She's being told by everyone - her mum, her sister, the internet to "focus on the good" and accept that "this is just what marriage is like." But she sees other couples who are genuinely happy and wonders: surely there has to be more than this? In this episode, they break down why we've n...

3 months ago

32 minutes

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#65 The Great Parenting Divide: Gentle V Authoritarian

Talk to Nichole and Ben. In this episode, Ben and the host dive into one of the biggest challenges couples face - when parenting styles don't align. They share their own heated arguments about handling children's behavior and explore shocking research showing 20.3% of UK children now have probable mental health disorders, up 70% since 2017. With 74% of millennial parents practicing gentle parenting globally but only 46% believing it works, there's clearly a disconnect. They discuss how the ne...

3 months ago

56 minutes

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#64: Micro-Romance: Why Small Gestures Are the New Big Love

Talk to Nichole and Ben. Ben and Nichole dive into why micro-romance is revolutionising relationships and why your brain craves it more than grand gestures. What if everything you think you know about romance is wrong? Discover the shocking 86% statistic that's redefining how we show love, plus the neuroscience behind why your brain decides trust in just 100 milliseconds. Ben and Nichole unpack ground-breaking Gottman research proving small beats big every time. From micro-touch to micro-supp...

3 months ago

31 minutes

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#63: Porn, Power & Partnership: What No One is Talking About

Talk to Nichole and Ben. Porn isn’t just a private habit, it’s one of the biggest unspoken forces shaping modern love, intimacy, and even how kids learn about sex. In this raw conversation, Nichole and Ben ask the questions most couples avoid: Is porn killing connection or can it actually save desire?What’s it really teaching our kids about sex, consent, and relationships?Why are so many couples in a “sex slump”… and how do you get out of it?And the truth about secrecy, shame, and what really...

3 months ago

34 minutes

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#62: September Reset: The Real New Year for Parents

Talk to Nichole and Ben. Forget January. For parents, September is the real new year. Back-to-school doesn’t just mean new uniforms and routines it’s a chance to reset your family, your relationship, and yourself for the next six months. In this episode, Nichole and Ben dive into why September is the most important moment to pause, reset, and set intentions. You’ll learn how to stop slipping into survival mode and start building a rhythm that works for you, your kids, and your relationship. W...

4 months ago

26 minutes

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#61:Would I date you now? Dating After Kids

Talk to Nichole and Ben. What would happen if you and your partner had to meet now—on a dating app, with kids, baggage, and all? Would you still swipe right? In this episode Nichole and Ben get brutally honest about dating in 2025 and what it really takes to find (and keep) love when you’re a parent. Here’s what we get into: Dating apps in 2025 → why parents call them “a minefield” and what it really takes to stand out.Dating with kids → the biggest mistakes single mums and dads make, and whe...

4 months ago

39 minutes

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#60: 30 Free Hours Childcare: The Truth About What It Means for Your Family, Finances & Relationship

Talk to Nichole and Ben. It’s being called the biggest boost for working parents in years - 30 free hours of childcare a week. The government says it will save you thousands, give you more career freedom, and take the pressure off at home. But here’s the truth… It’s not really 30 hours a week.It could create just as many problems as it solves.And without the right conversations, it might leave one of you even more burned out than before.In this episode, we’re cutting through the headlines to ...

4 months ago

30 minutes