When To Get Serious In A New Relationship: Part 2 of 2

A Higher Branch

Today we are joined once again with Australia’s most sought-after Psychotherapist, Melissa Ferrari.

In this episode, Sam Makhoul and Melissa Ferrari shares with us topics such as, how do you know when you have found the one, when do you know when to have sex and get intimate with someone you have just started dating, how do you know it’s time to commit to someone long term and how do you prepare to meet the parents.

The pair also discuss:

• What if one partner is not satisfied sexually in the relationship
• What if one partner only wants to have sex in a relationship and the other wants to make love
• A silver lining to COVID and connection
• Agreements/Guiding Principles
• Distractions in relationships
• What if a person isn’t ready to commit in a relationship
• Pro-Self and Pro- relationships
• How do you know when you have found the one
• What is one person doesn’t want to have children in a relationship
• Is sex important in a relationship
• When do you know to be intimate with someone when you start dating
• Taking risks in short-term relationships
• How do you prepare to meet the parents in a new relationship
• What is the ‘Management of Thirds’
• What if the parents don’t approve
• What if your partners family means a lot to them
• The benefits of relationships

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Short for time? Skip ahead using the below timestamps:

00:47 – What if one partner is not satisfied sexually in the relationship

3:11 – What if one partner only wants to have sex in a relationship and the other wants to make love

4:06 – A silver lining to COVID and connection

5:11 – Agreements/Guiding Principles

5:29 – Distractions in relationships

7:18 – What if a person isn’t ready to commit in a relationship

10:07 – Pro-Self and Pro-relationships

12:12 – How do you know when you have found the one

13:01 – What is one person doesn’t want to have children in a relationship

14:01 – Is sex important in a relationship

17:05 – When do you know to be intimate with someone when you start dating

20:05 – Attractions

21:29 – Taking risks in short-term relationships

22:30 – How do you prepare to meet the parents in a new relationship

24:09 – What is the ‘Management of Thirds’

24: 57 – What if the parents don’t approve

25:24 – What if your partners family means a lot to them

26:26 – The benefits of relationships

27:38 – Melissa Ferrari’s contact details

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