Relate-Able

Episode 17: Why Prioritizing Your Own Health Matters in Relationships

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 09:11:33 GMT

An important aspect of our relationship to ourselves that we haven’t talked about yet on Relate-Able is our health. It’s just a simple fact that when we feel physically well, we’re more capable of enjoying the time we spend with other people and when we’re depleted, our relationships may feel like more of a burden.

But it’s easy to deprioritize your own health when you’re busy taking care of other people or when the health professionals don’t offer the help you need.

In this episode, Dr. Dana Culp talks about how much the way you care for your body can impact the connection you feel with others, especially as you age (and all of us are aging, no matter what stage of that we’re in right now).

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-17-why-prioritizing-your-own-health-matters-in-relationships/

Additional Resources to Help You Prioritize Your Own Health:

Take Dr. Culp’s free perimenopause assessment to learn if your symptoms might be related to hormone changes
Explore resources or schedule an appointment with Dr. Culp at Thrive Midlife Medicine
Learn more about how Self-Silencing might be impacting your health and relationships
Other resources Dr. Culp mentioned:
Dr. Mary Claire Haver
Dr. Kelly Casperson
Dr. Heather Hirsh
Dr. Vonda Wright

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 16: Getting Out of the Comparison Spiral

Dr. Amber A. Price — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:28:21 GMT

We know that comparison happens. We know that it doesn’t always feel that great. We know that “comparison is the thief of joy” or that the “grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” We don’t need to be told that.

What we want to understand is how we can free ourselves from the spiral of comparison that can overwhelm us with feelings of inadequacy. How we can worry less about what others are doing and feel more comfortable living our own lives. How we can actually spend less mental space comparing and more time feeling good about ourselves.

In this episode we talk about what’s at the root of comparison—why we do it, what is signals, and how understanding that can help us find practical ways to ease that feeling in your life.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-16-getting-out-of-the-comparison-spiral

Additional Resources to Help You Compare Less:

Working on strengthening your sense of self is one of the best ways to reduce comparison in your life
How might self-silencing relate to comparison? Read about 7 common signs of self-silencing.
Related Episode: Quieting the Inner Critic

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 15: From Pressure to Passion in You Sexual Relationship with Ariel Finlinson

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:46:15 GMT

For many women, the sexual relationship can be a complicated one. When you’re busy taking care of kids or other people a lot of the time, sex can start to feel like a chore or like one more person who wants something from you. Or it might be that you felt desire in the past but you can’t seem to find it now and wonder if it’s buried under a big pile of laundry or where it got lost.

You might feel like something is wrong with you that things aren’t as good in the bedroom as you feel like they should be. Or you might feel a lot of pressure around your sexual relationship that’s leaving you disconnected and unsure of what to do next.

In this episode of Relate-Able, we are talking with Ariel Finlinson, a sex educator, about how to move from pressure to passion in our sexual relationship with mindset shifts, small changes, and finding ways to build connection that feels right to you.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-15-from-pressure-to-passion-in-your-sexual-relationship/

Additional Resources to Help You Move From Pressure to Passion in Your Sexual Relationship:

Get Ariel’s free masterclass: Touched Out to Turned On
Read about How to Stop Having “Good Enough” Sex
Find Ariel on IG and her website

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 14: Body Image Isn’t Just About Bodies with Dr. Lauren Barnes

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 10:18:01 GMT

There is a lot of messaging coming at us from many different sources that tells us as women to shrink ourselves. This can be about the size of our bodies with constant pressure on women to be smaller or to lose weight or it can be about our presence with pressure to be accommodating, agreeable, to avoid conflict, or just in general to take up less space.

In this episode with Dr. Lauren Barnes, we talk about how this messaging to take up less space, both physically and emotionally, affects us and how we can use practical strategies to get more comfortable in our own bodies and in our own space and then how that in turn helps us deepen our relationships with other people.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-14-body-image-isnt-just-about-bodies/

Additional Resources to Help You Get Comfortable Taking Up Space:

Read more about How to Get More Comfortable in Your Body
Free Download: 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating
Free Download: Getting More Comfortable In Your Body
Find Dr. Barnes on her website and on IG

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 13: How Reclaiming Myself Changed My Relationships

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 10:24:31 GMT

This episode is a little different than the ones I usually share. I’m not teaching a new idea or giving you something new to think about. I’m not sharing any research directly in this one. Instead, I’m telling you a story—my story—and why it matters so much to the work we’ve been doing on this podcast.

I’m sharing this because for a long time I had a life that looked good on the outside, but inside I felt overwhelmed, disconnected, and unsure why everything felt harder than it should. If that sounds familiar to you, I hope this episode helps you feel a little less alone—and maybe helps you see what’s possible, too.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-13-how-reclaiming-myself-changed-my-relationships/

Join the Reclaim Program: https://amberaprice.com/reclaim/

Additional Resources to Help You Reclaim Who You Are:

Join the Reclaim program to reconnect with yourself and with your people
Try a 5-Day challenge to feel more like yourself in really small ways
Read about how important autonomy is to your relationships

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 12: The Relationship Skill No One Taught You

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:43:03 GMT

Most women crave deep, meaningful connection, so we pour ourselves into the people we love—caring, serving, sacrificing, and trying to meet everyone’s needs. And yet, so many of us end up feeling exhausted, disconnected, lonely, or unsure why all that effort doesn’t always seem to create the closeness we want. When that happens, we usually assume we need to give more, communicate better, or finally get everything figured out.

But there’s one crucial piece we’re missing: you have to belong to yourself in order to truly connect with others. This isn’t about self-care—it’s about autonomy. Knowing who you are, trusting yourself, and allowing yourself to be a whole person who loves others and owns herself.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-12-the-relationship-skill-no-one-taught-you/

Join the Reclaim Program: https://amberaprice.com/reclaim/

Additional Resources:

Read more about how autonomy functions in relationships
Take a free quiz to help you know where autonomy might be leaking out of your life

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 11: Finding Clarity in Who You Are

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:52:06 GMT

When you’re neck deep in taking care of kids, demands at work, or getting everything done (and it never seems to all be done), it’s easy for the pieces of yourself that used to make you you to fade a little.

Or maybe something in your life has changed—the kids are growing up and need you less often, your job changed, a relationship dissolved, something happened that’s left you a little unsure of who you are now that your roles and responsibilities are different.

If you’re like so many other women, your self-concept may have become a little blurry and you’re not all that sure who you are anymore outside of the roles you play or the things you get done. Hobbies have slipped, preferences are vague or undefined, it’s easier to not make decisions and to just go with the flow…

But having a clear self-concept, knowing who you are really matters for your own well-being and for your relationships.

Luckily, gaining clarity can happen one small step at a time and those small steps can have powerful impacts (and be really fun).

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-11-finding-clarity-about-who-you-are

Join the Free 5-Day Challenge: https://amberaprice.com/challenge

More poetry from Carol Lynn Pearson: https://carollynnpearson.com

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Holiday Mini Episode: The Smallest Things Can Bring the Biggest Relief

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:37:35 GMT

December is a wild ride of emotions — so much to do, so much pressure, so draining and exhausting at times… and also so fun and exciting. We want to be enjoying the magic. And it all gets mixed together into one messy, beautiful, overwhelming month.

In this short episode, I'm sharing one small thing that I dropped from my list this week...and the relief it brought me.

And one super simple tradition that my family loves, that takes very little energy on my part.

If you’re craving even the smallest pocket of relief or ease this week, this episode might feel like a little exhale.

A reminder that you’re allowed to choose the simpler version… and you’re allowed to put something down.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/holiday-mini-episode/

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 10: Feeling the Holiday Magic Yourself This Season

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:58:58 GMT

When you’re the magic maker, it can be easy to end the season feeling more frantic and frazzled than calm and connected. You want to create magic for your people but you are exhausted. And it would be nice to feel the magic too.

This episode is a followup to episode 9 about a simple mindset shift that helps you feel more connected to your people, but this time we’re talking about how you treat yourself. And we’re putting it in a holiday context so that you can feel the magic this year too.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-10-feeling-the-holiday-magic-yourself-this-season/

Additional Resources:

Get The Magic Maker's Guide to Feeling Less Drained this Holiday Season
Listen to Episode 9, the first part of this 2 part series

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 9: Creating Connection without Adding More to Your To Do List

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 10:56:06 GMT

Connection with other people is one of the best parts of life, but sometimes we don't feel as connected as we wish we did. Sometimes our relationships feel surface level or superficial and many people feel lonely—even when surrounded by people.

On top of that, many of us feel incredibly busy and sometimes overwhelmed. We'd like better connection with other people, but we are already pouring so much into caring for others that it feels like what more can we do?

In this conversation with Dr. Rebecca Clarke, we discuss a way to change the level of connection you feel...that has nothing to do with adding more to your to-do list and can be done anytime, anywhere in about one minute.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-9-creating-more-connection-without-adding-to-your-to-do-list/

Additional Resources:

Read more about How to Have Healthy Relationships With Others
Learn about how self-silencing often gets in the way of real connection: Self-Silencing 101
Check out this podcast episode: The Importance of YOU in Your Relationships

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 8: Doing Less without the Guilt

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:12:21 GMT

If you had a day entirely to yourself with absolutely no expectations of productivity on you — no chores to do, no one else’s needs to see to, now worries that you weren’t getting enough done, just you and your time and whatever you wanted to do — what would you do?

And how do you feel when you think about it? Like it would be a dream come true? Or does it make you anxious (because for so many of us, rest feels like a luxury we have to earn — not something we’re simply allowed to have)?

We already talked in episode 5 about doing it all and still not feeling like it’s enough. We talked about why we sometimes feel that way—how easy it is to tie our sense of self-worth to getting things done so that feeling productive feels like safety and rest feels like risk.

Today we’re doing to build on the why behind not feeling like enough and putting it into permission to act. Permission to do less and lose the guilt and even find joy in doing just that.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/8-doing-less-without-the-guilt/

Additional Resources:

When you’ve lost little pieces of yourself and need help feeling like you can safely do less without feeling selfish, the Reclaim program is a great place to start
If you’re a mom who has a hard time prioritizing yourself sometimes, this article about making time for yourself as a mom might be just the thing

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 7: Self-Silencing: What It Is, Why Do We Do It, & How to Stop

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 10:54:01 GMT

You have a good life — and you know it. You’ve got people you love and people who love you back. You’ve got opportunities, routines, responsibilities. From the outside, everything looks fine.

But lately, it feels like you’re running on empty — doing all the right things, carrying all the right responsibilities — and still feeling strangely disconnected.

In this episode, we’re talking about a quiet pattern that can erode our sense of self and the connection we feel with others. It’s called self-silencing — the habit of quieting your needs, opinions, or desires to keep the peace or meet expectations. Most of us don’t even realize we’re doing it. But over time, it leaves us feeling disconnected — from our people, and from ourselves.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/7-what-is-self-silencing-how-do-i-stop

Additional Resources to Help You Stop Self-Silencing:

Here is the Self-Silencing Quiz that I mentioned several times in the episode to help you spot which pattern is showing up most for you
Here is a hub of self-silencing resources, a Self-Silencing 101 to help you understand it and start to change
Join the Reclaim program to get guided help spotting and changing self-silencing in your own life and relationships

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 6: Noticing the Good Without Ignoring What’s Hard

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:37:49 GMT

Life is busy, messy, and full — and sometimes it feels like the hard stuff takes up all the space. But every now and then, there’s a quiet moment that catches you off guard — a small laugh, a warm kitchen, a simple night that just feels good. Those little glimmers can change everything, if we actually notice them.

In this episode, I’m joined by Rachel Nielson from the 3 in 30 Podcast to talk about how to find those “flecks of gold” in your everyday life — without pretending everything’s fine.

We’re digging into how to see the good and be real about what’s hard, and why that balance can help you feel more grounded, grateful, and connected to the people you love.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/episode-6-noticing-whats-good-without-ignoring-the-hard

Additional Resources:

Two 3 in 30 episodes with Amber as a guest:
How to Plan for an Energizing Not Exhausting Holiday Season
Self-Silencing: What Is It & How Can We Stop Doing It?
Join the 30-Day Challenge for gentle, daily prompts to reconnect with yourself — not by doing more, but by doing differently

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 5: When Doing Everything Right Still Isn’t Enough

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 10:07:07 GMT

You’re doing all the things — taking care of everyone, getting the work done, staying kind, showing up. You check the boxes, juggle the lists, and somehow still end each day with that whisper: “I didn’t do enough.”

You’ve tried to fix it by doing more, controlling more, organizing more… but that sense of “not enough” never goes away. And it’s exhausting.

In this episode, we talk about why more effort isn’t the answer, what’s really fueling that inner pressure to “do it right,” and how to start changing the way you measure your worth — so you can finally exhale and feel like yourself again.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/5-when-doing-everything-right-isnt-enough/

Additional Resources to Help You Feel Like Enough:

Take the Self-Silencing Quiz to spot which pattern keeps you in “doing more” mode — and how to start loosening it
Join the 30-Day Challenge for gentle, daily prompts to reconnect with yourself — not by doing more, but by doing differently

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 4: Quieting the Inner Critic

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 08:49:20 GMT

If you've ever driven home after a party or after lunch with a friend and replayed something you said or did that made you feel dumb, you know what we're talking about with an "inner critic." And it's relatable because we all do things we are embarrassed about and things that get that inner critic talking loudly.

But what if you knew that the inner critic was just trying to protect you? What if it was about keeping you safe from the perceived dangers of rejection or failure? The power of the inner critic in making you feel bad can be quieted when you can recognize that it's just trying to protect you but doing it in the wrong way. Then you can learn to recognize this, reframe it, and replace it with true thoughts.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/4-quieting-the-inner-critic

Additional Resources to Help You Quiet the Inner Critic:

Read: Why You Replay Conversations in Your Head
Related podcast episode: Getting Out of the Comparison Spiral
Take this free quiz to discover what may be driving your inner critic and find resources to help you feel more confident in yourself and your relationships.

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 3: Finding Yourself Again When You Feel Lost

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 08:28:42 GMT

Here are some actual phrases that women have said to me this month that might sound familiar to you too: “I kinda feel like I’ve lost myself!” or I want to start “feeling like a main character again” or I want to stop “hiding in my relationships.”

Do you see a common thread in those words like I do? These women want to feel like themselves again. They want to feel like they know who they are and like they can show up in their own lives and not feel like they are disappearing or lost. But sometimes they worry that they will ruin their relationships if they prioritize themselves in any way.

But the great news is that research shows that knowing who you are and feeling like you can be yourself is crucial to having good relationships. In this episode, we talk about why you might feel a little lost, why that can be a problem, and small ways you can start to feel like yourself again.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/2-setting-healthy-boundaries/

Additional Resources to Help You Find Yourself Again If You Feel Lost:

Remember that small steps matter. I've set up a 30-Day Challenge that will help you do this is small and doable ways over one month
Read about How to Stop Feeling Like You're Losing Yourself in Motherhood
A letter to The Woman Who Can't Remember the Last Time She Had an Hour to Herself
My example of losing myself in friendship that I referenced in the episode: The Slow Boil of Bad Boundaries

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 2: How to Set Boundaries without Feeling Like a Jerk

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 08:13:40 GMT

You're pretty sure you need better boundaries, but you don't like to feel like you are disappointing people and you aren't all that sure what your boundaries would be if you DID set them. Plus, sometimes when you speak up for yourself, you just end up feeling like a jerk and wishing you hadn't said anything at all.

On top of that, boundaries can be a bit of a buzzword these days and gets misused and watered down a lot. It might help to know that setting healthy boundaries actually makes relationships stronger and you can do it without feeling guilty.

In this episode, we review what boundaries are not, what they are, and one simple thing you can do today to help you set better boundaries now (so that your relationships can get stronger).

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/2-setting-healthy-boundaries/

Additional Resources to Help You Set Healthy Boundaries:

Lacking boundaries is closely tied to self-silencing. As you work to set healthy boundaries, taking this free Self-Silencing Quiz can help you spot personal ways that you could strengthen yourself.
Read about 3 Ways You Can Set Healthy Boundaries in Relationships
Or check out this story from my own experience of Examples of Setting Boundaries (or in this case, doing a bad job of it)

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here:

Episode 1: The Importance of You in Your Relationships

Dr. Amber A. Price — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 06:19:00 GMT

Welcome to the Relate-Able podcast! This podcast is for women who are ready to reconnect with themselves so they can experience deeper, more fulfilling relationships in their lives.

In this intro episode, we're talking about whether the old cliché that you've got to love yourself before you can love other people is actually true.

Spoiler alert: it is, kind of.

It's not just about having high self-esteem though. (Arrogance doesn't make for great connection.) It's got more to do with where you pin your sense of worth, how willing you are to take care of yourself, or taking time to know yourself and do things that give you purpose and excitement. Because when you really know who you are and can show up in relationships as your full self (strengths AND weaknesses), then your relationships will flourish.

Relate-Able is here to help you do just that—get more clarity on who you are and more confidence in yourself so that you can have amazing relationships, whether that's in your marriage, your motherhood, your friendships or family relationships or anywhere else.

Make sure to subscribe so that you can remember to listen in each week as we work on reclaiming ourselves so we can reconnect with our people to become more Relate-Able.

Episode Page: https://amberaprice.com/1-you-and-your-relationships

Additional Resources to Help Develop Yourself in Your Relationships:

You might like this article about How to Stop Feeling Like You’re Losing Yourself in Motherhood
Or this on What It Means to Be a Woman in 2025

You can find more resources from me about reclaiming yourself and reconnecting in your relationships here: