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The Love Drive with Shaun Galanos
No-nonsense advice on sex, love, relationships, and dating for hopeful romantics, love cynics, and everyone navigating modern love, hosted by Love Coach Shaun Galanos. The Love Drive is for women tired of toxic love advice and men who want to do better. The antidote to the red pill manosphere, we're making emotional intelligence, honest communication, and healthy masculinity cool again.
Episodes
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosHow to Ask for Anything (Including Sex)
Here it is, folks. The exact way to ask for anything, including sex. Today, I'm breaking down the three-part invite that Dr. Ali Ash and Charlie Glickman…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosHow to Talk about Sexual Health
You are 100% responsible for your sexual health. And when you care for your own, you care for your partner's sexual health as well. If you can't talk about…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosHow to Have Great Sex, with Dr. Alexandra Solomon
Great sex takes work; we rarely stumble across it. Great sex requires the self-awareness to know what we want, the courage to ask for it, and the trust to open…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosHow To Get Your Needs Met
You must learn to advocate for your needs. Because if you don't, who will? This is your work and no one else's. You are 100% responsible for your happiness and…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosLet It Go in 2020
Letting go doesn't mean giving up; it means releasing control over what you have no control over, which is just about everything. Your actions and your…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: You Can't Control Love
Can you let go of control? Can you let go of controlling love, the outcome of your relationship, and ultimately, life? What happens when you let love do what…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosYou Did The Work in 2019
Congrats. You did it. You made a series of changes this year that have led to more love. You are in the race, and that race is a marathon. You are in it for…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: Get Your Needs Met
What does it mean to have your needs met? Can you get clear on what those needs are, and then find language to communicate those needs in a way that is easy…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosNon-Monogamy 101 with Janel Marie Vitale
Traditional relationships don't work for everyone so people look for alternatives and non-monogamy is one of those alternatives. Janel Marie Vitale is a sex…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosRelationships Take Work with Brandon G. Alexander
Relationships take work. I'm wary of anyone who claims otherwise. Some of that work happens in a relationship, and some happens before the relationship even…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: I Outgrew My Partner
What happens when the values you hold dear don't line up with those of your partner? How do you leave a loving relationship, knowing that you deserve more? How…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: Dating After My Ex
Grieving a relationship takes time. And it's OK to start dating when you're still thinking about your ex. And you need to be upfront about it. How can you…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosWelcoming Male Vulnerability with Shana James
What's so scary about a man being vulnerable? How can we learn to accept, welcome, and celebrate men who show us their sadness, their pain, and their soft…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosMaking Love Last with Dr. Robert Sternberg
Your relationship needs intimacy, passion, and commitment if you want it to stand the test of time. Not only that, you need enough of these three qualities to…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosKindness Matters with Roxan McDonald
Kindness matters when it comes to life, relationships, and how we speak to ourselves. Like Roxan says, " anything else ain't shit" and I agree. Roxan McDonald…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosHow to Change Your Life with Dr. Jeremy Goldberg
Change is incredibly hard. There's no doubt about it. And yet, the biggest obstacle to change is often fear. Fear of the unknown, fear of failing, and fear of…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosI Received an Erotic Massage from Shaun Galanos
If you haven't heard part 1, I strongly recommend you start there. One of my former clients shares what prompted her to reach out to me, what the session felt…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosI Gave Erotic Massages with Shaun Galanos
I'm a former erotic masseur. I don't talk about that part of my life very often, but when I do, I record a whole podcast episode on it. Find out what it was…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosStorytime: Heart to Heart with Shaun
Hey, lovebirds. It's been a while since I've shared with you what's happening for me. There's been a lot of growth for me in the last two years (and especially…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: Talk To Your Partner
Communication is the foundation of healthy, fulfilling, and loving relationships. How do you deal with a partner who is uncommunicative? At what point do you…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: High School Sweethearts
How do you navigate moving 3,000 miles away from your high school sweetheart? Do you promise to keep in touch every day? Or do you trust that if you're meant…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: The Great Fear of Being Alone
Our greatest fear is that we'll end up alone. Either our partner will leave us, or we'll never find someone to grow old with. What if we let go of that idea?…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: Online Dating Sucks
Online dating can suck. Especially when you're using it to get an ego boost, or because you're bored. And especially when the folks on the other end of the…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: Staying Present in Your Relationship
How can we stay present when we're waiting for the other shoe to drop? What about when we're terrified of losing the partner we love so much? How can we feel…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosReal Love Stories: Dating with Terminal Cancer
How do you tell the new person you're dating that you're going to die much sooner than you'd planned? What are the effects of long-term cancer treatment on…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosHow to Receive Love with Janne Robinson
It can be incredibly vulnerable to receive, especially if you've been a giver or an over-giver your whole life. To receive means believing yourself to be…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosCultivating Your Pleasure with Euphemia Russell
Pleasure is fundamental to happiness, productivity, and health. And in this hyper-productive world, we're likely to put pleasure on the back burner as we…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosThe Power of Male Vulnerability with Jayson Gaddis
It's nearly impossible to have deeply connected relationships without vulnerability. And unfortunately, we weren't taught how to be vulnerable in school, or…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosHow To Make Friends 101 with Jillian Richardson
Loneliness is a systemic issue, and a huge problem in the United States (and probably around the world). It's hard making friends as an adult, and lots of…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosThe Love Drive on The How To Human Podcast
If you aren't listening to the How To Human Podcast with Sam Lamott, here's your chance. I'm airing the episode we recorded together in November of 2018. Sam…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosLove and Depression with Joëlle Pouliot
Today we're talking about love and depression. How can we love when we're struggling with a mental health issue? How can we support those we love when they're…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: You Can't Meet My Needs
Asking for your needs to me bet can be scary because the risk is that your partner will say no. And sometimes, it's easier to stay in a relationship that sort…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: Dating is Hard
Dating is hard. How are we supposed to show interest, but not too much? Is it best to be pursued or to be the pursuer? What if you don't want to date online?…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosRaising Boys to be Better Men with Rachel Giese
Whether we're telling boys to "man up" or warned that "crying is for girls" young men are subjected to damaging messages about manliness: they must muzzle…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosUnderstanding Female Infidelity & Desire with Dr. Wednesday Martin
The data is wrong. Forever we've been told that men are more sexually promiscuous and have a need to 'sow their oats' while women are more fulfilled in…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosThe Over-Sexualization of Women with Lili Boisvert
From clothing to flirting, from our fascination with youth and innocence to the orgasm gap, every aspect of women's lives is dictated by their status as sex…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosPolyamory Beyond Jealousy with Marie-Claude L'Archer
Jealousy can be one of the most frustrating emotions that you'll face in your relationship. It can drive you to insanity. But what if you'd found a way to turn…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosStorytime: My First Sex Party (Her Side)
Remember the story of my first sex party? There were two main characters in that story; the woman with the red fishnet dress, and the one with curly hair in…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosA Buddhist Perspective on Love with Susan Piver
Relationships are hard, messy, and confusing, and they will never stabilize. Bummer, but there's a light at the end of the tunnel. Susan Piver is a meditation…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosStorytime: My First Sex Party
Welcome to Storytime, a new segment from The Love Drive. Today, the story of both my first and second sex parties: how terrified I was at both, why you should…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: I Want to Get Married
Julia is in love with a much older man. They met when she was in her early twenties and they never expected it to last this long. Julia has dreamed of getting…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: Part 2 of Making Space
This is part 2 of Making Space For Someone New. If you didn't listen to last weeks episode, I recommend you do to get the full story. On today's episode…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: Make Space for Someone New
Samantha is in love with a man who in many ways meets her needs. But in a few very fundamental ways, he does not. Samantha struggles with meeting new people…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosReal Love Stories: Erica's Baby Steps to Opening up Your Relationship
Erica met her then boyfriend at the age of 19 years old. She walked into Chemistry 101 and was immediately smitten by the tall, quiet, hunk of a man. She was…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosAuthentic Seduction Skills with Dr. Alison Ash
We can't flirt and seduce like we use to. The landscape is changing and what we used to get away with no longer works. It's time to step up our seduction game…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosIntuitive Eating and Magical Diets with Jenna Hollenstein
What would it look like if we approached food, eating, and how we view our bodies not with restriction, fear, and shame, but rather with love and compassion?…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosConnecting to Female Pleasure with Emilie Guimond Bélanger
Emilie Guimond Bélanger is a sex coach, founder of the Institute of Desire in Montreal, and a teacher of Orgasmic Meditation. She grew up having painful…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosHealing from Sexual Assault with Coco McKenzi
Coco McKenzi is an inspirational speaker, sexual assault survivor, and transformational coach who has helped hundreds of women over the last 3 years live their…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: Communicating Needs in Bed
The woman I'm speaking to today doesn't like the way her partner touches her, nor does she like to give the kind of touch that he wants. Are they doomed to…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosSetting Healthy Boundaries with Silvy Khoucasian
Silvy Khoucasian is a relationship coach with a passion for helping individuals and couples have healthier relationships with themselves and others. She also…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosThe Dichotomy of Traditional Masculinity with Galen Erickson
Galen Erickson is a men's relationship coach and facilitates workshops and men's circles in Seattle, WA. We discuss what it means to be a man in today's world…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosHow to Love Bravely with Dr. Alexandra Solomon
Dr. Alexandra Solomon is a love nerd, there's no denying it. She's dedicated her life to the pursuit of learning about love and teaching those around her how…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: Ending a Toxic Relationship
Is the juice worth the squeeze? Are you putting work into a relationship that is no longer serving you? Are you trying to find a way to make something work…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosLove Letters, Read Aloud
This episode is for all the lovebirds who rebel against Valentine's Day. The single ones, the ones in relationships, the ones coming off massive heartbreaks…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosOvercoming Limiting Beliefs and Behaviors with Elise Carr, MA
Elise Carr, MA is the host of the Sacred Guidance with Stella Muse podcast and a mentor and guide who helps people find their true purpose in life. If this…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosResolving Relationship Conflict with Ashley Miller, MFT
Ashley Miller, MFT is a psychotherapist and addiction specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. She shares with us client stories, and some of her personal…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosRecovering From Codependency with Ivy Kwong, LMFT
Ivy Kwong is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and Relationship Coach specializing in self-love and recovering from codependency. Ivy shares with us…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosThe Joy of Giving Massage with Shai Plonski
We often give massage to receive, but Shai is a firm believer that you can get as much joy from giving a massage as you can from receiving one. His new…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosThe Best of 2018: Platonic touch, self-love, and calling in 'The One'
Are you touched starved? Do you wish you could change something about your body? Are you looking for 'The One' at the expense of building intimacy with others…
The Love Drive with Shaun GalanosFree Love Advice: Dating Unavailable People
Are you dating someone who's not quite right for you? Do they satisfy your needs in one way but not in the way that's important to you? Well, I would say…