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I don't know that you've ever shared that on a podcast. I don't know. It's just thank you for being so vulnerable. Well, I actually think I brought it up quite a few times.
Because I'm still not over it.
Well, well, well, we are so excited to be joined today by Allie Bullock. Allie Bullock is a licensed marriage and family therapist, the head of relationships at the number one couples app paired that has helped 4 million couples globally stay in love. And she's the creator of relationships with Allie, her popular social presence with over 300,000 followers across platforms.
Allie is also a proud wife to her husband, Sean and mom of three kids. So she's practicing what she preaches every day. You guys, I really wanted to bring Ali on because I feel like you share so much wisdom for people who are in the trenches of actual like everyday monogamy marriage relationships. And I feel like we're fed so much advice for dating. Totally.
And so much advice for like how to get the guy, how to get him to commit. But what do we do when we got the ring on our finger, you know, and it's a couple of years in and different problems arise.
Yes.
So many different problems. So I feel like this episode is just going to be so valuable for all of our listeners who are in committed relationships and want to keep them thriving. And also, I think, to have some wisdom as they embark on, you know, getting married and creating a great life in partnership with someone.
Yeah, I think it'll be so helpful for people who maybe even aren't in a serious relationship now or who aren't in that phase of life yet, because once you're in that phase of life, you want to maintain it. You would hope to stay married forever. So we're so excited to have you. Thank you for being here. Thank you both so much for having me. I feel so honored.
I love this podcast, and I'm so excited to be here with you. Of course. Okay, so I think the best way we can serve our audience is really go through the questions they had for you and try to get to as many of them as possible. So let's just start off with a banger. And I think one of the most popular questions we get, which is how do you keep the spark alive?
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