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Marriage, Intimacy & Healing with Andrew & Lara Pilcher

Marriage, Intimacy & Healing with Andrew & Lara Pilcher

Written by: Andrew and Lara Pilcher
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If your marriage feels more like a roommate situation than a real connection… if stress, parenting, or unspoken tension has crept in… or if you’ve wondered, “Is this really all we have left?” — this podcast is for you. Marriage, Intimacy & Healing is a real-couple podcast for partners who want honest conversations, practical marriage advice, and a path to deeper connection — without therapy-speak or oversimplified tips. Each week, you’ll get grounded guidance to help you: ✨ Rebuild trust, intimacy, and emotional closeness ✨ Communicate with more honesty, less shutdown ✨ Navigate marriage stress (including parenting challenges) ✨ Find calm together — even when life feels overwhelming 👩‍🦰 Lara is an ICF Professional Certified Life Coach (PCC), specializing in emotional alignment and relationship growth. 👨‍🦱 Andrew is a Doctor of Physical Therapy (equiv.), an international educator in performance health and pain science, specializing in how stress, burnout, and disconnection show up in the body — and how couples can return to calm. Together, we bring real tools, real stories, and real hope to couples who want more than surface-level connection. As best friends, happily married for 20+ years, raising kids, and navigating international moves, we know what it’s like to build a thriving marriage under real-life stress. Whether you’re in a tough season or just feeling stuck in the day-to-day, this podcast is here to help you move forward — with practical strategies, nervous system insights, and the reminder that you’re not alone. Because marriage was never meant to be disconnected, and healing is possible — even if it feels hard right now.Copyright 2026 Andrew and Lara Pilcher Hygiene & Healthy Living Psychology Psychology & Mental Health Relationships Self-Help Social Sciences Success
Episodes
  • Healing After Betrayal: Can You Really Trust Again?
    Jan 7 2026

    Betrayal breaks more than trust — it shatters a sense of safety. Whether the betrayal was sexual, emotional, financial, or a pattern of hidden truths, the path forward can feel overwhelming. In this episode, we unpack what it really takes to heal, rebuild trust, and create a safer marriage than you had before.

    ⭐️ In This Episode You'll Learn:
    1. Why betrayal creates long-term emotional + physical triggers
    2. The real reason apologies aren’t enough
    3. How to rebuild safety through honesty, consistency, and reassurance
    4. How the nervous system responds to betrayal
    5. The simple steps couples can use to begin healing today

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    Start rebuilding trust today with the 3-Minute Marriage Reset:

    https://andrewandlara.com

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    Healing after betrayal is possible — but it requires rebuilding trust with wisdom, not wishful thinking. This episode gives you clear tools, compassionate guidance, and a grounded view of what healing actually involves.

    If this conversation spoke to you, share it with your spouse so you can grow together.

    ⭐️

    Free BMH Marriage Reset: https://andrewandlara.com/

    And if this episode resonated with you and you want to support the deeper work we’re doing to restore marriages and creative lives, we’d love for you to consider partnering with us through Creative Restoration International. Your support helps us bring healing tools, resources, and hope to families and creative souls around the world.

    Learn about Creative Restoration International: https://creativerestorationinternational.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewandlara

    Website: https://andrewandlara.com/

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    24 mins
  • Why Your Marriage Feels Distant — and How to Get Close Again
    Dec 31 2025

    Do you ever feel like you’re living alongside your spouse instead of truly with them?

    Marriage drift happens quietly — not through conflict, but through the gradual loss of emotional presence. You’re functioning, you’re managing the home, but the warmth feels thinner than it used to.

    In today’s episode, Lara and Andrew unpack why drift happens, the nervous-system patterns behind emotional distance, and the simple shifts that help couples feel close again.

    Download your free 3-Minute Marriage Reset:

    https://andrewandlara.com

    In this episode, you’ll learn:

    1. Why marriages drift even when nothing is wrong
    2. The subtle body cues that signal emotional distance
    3. Two simple tools that rebuild closeness
    4. How to reconnect in small, everyday moments

    If this episode encouraged you, share it with another couple who might need hope today.

    🔗 Show Notes

    Free BMH Marriage Reset: https://andrewandlara.com/

    And if this episode resonated with you and you want to support the deeper work we’re doing to restore marriages and creative lives, we’d love for you to consider partnering with us through Creative Restoration International. Your support helps us bring healing tools, resources, and hope to families and creative souls around the world.

    Learn about Creative Restoration International: https://creativerestorationinternational.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewandlara

    Website: https://andrewandlara.com/

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    25 mins
  • Marriage in the Middle Years: Staying Close Through Change
    Dec 17 2025

    ❤️ The middle years of marriage can be beautiful — and brutally demanding. Careers, aging bodies, changing energy, growing kids, and the slow drift into parallel lives can leave couples feeling disconnected without knowing why.

    We’re Andrew and Lara Pilcher — married 20 years, parents of two, and a couple blending clinical Body–Mind–Heart understanding with real marriage experience.

    This episode will help you understand the pressures of the middle years and give you grounded, compassionate tools to rebuild closeness, connection, and intimacy.

    ✨ Download your free Body–Mind–Heart Marriage Reset (BMH Reset)

    Your guided shift to reconnect and soften communication.

    👉 https://andrewandlara.com/

    🎙 In this episode:

    🟣 Why the middle years strain marriages

    🟣 The slow drift into parallel lives

    🟣 How to stay close when you’re exhausted

    🟣 Navigating intimacy in a changing season

    🟣 BMH strategies to rebuild connection

    🔗 Show Notes

    Free BMH Marriage Reset: https://andrewandlara.com/

    Learn about Creative Restoration International: https://creativerestorationinternational.com

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewandlara

    Website: https://andrewandlara.com/

    This podcast is part of our nonprofit work through Creative Restoration International — restoring homes, strengthening marriages, and renewing hearts.

    If you believe in funding meaningful restoration work, learn more at https://creativerestorationinternational.com

    marriage, midlifemarriage, middleyears, marriagehelp, intimacy, BMHreset, AndrewAndLara

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    22 mins
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