Dating, marriage, in-laws, cheating, starting over: relationship talk with counselor and officiant Agnes Amisano.
Agnes and Ryan talk about first-encounter nerves in a new relationship, including Agnes’s own early dates with her husband and six common reasons people feel anxious before a first physical encounter after a long break. Agnes offers four ways to ease that stress, and the episode closes with a short
Recorded in person, Agnes and Ryan trade stories about how relationships begin, stall and restart. Agnes tells how she met her husband online 16 years ago and how they broke up several times in the first year, along with some bad first dates and the emergency phone call exit. They also talk about th
Ryan interviews Agnes about her book Forbidden Love, a prequel to Seven Rings, One Love, set in post-war rural Poland and based on her family’s history. They discuss how generations of women were bound by what people would say, how choices and forgiveness can break repeating patterns, and how Agnes
In the August 7, 2026 episode, Ryan plays a pharaoh character while he and Agnes work through a list of 15 relationship red flags that seem small at first, such as demanding instant replies, blaming every ex, insults disguised as jokes, fake apologies, and treating privacy as secrecy. Agnes also des
Agnes and Ryan work through a list of things married men commonly regret: avoiding conflict, leaving chores to a wife, breaking trust, staying in a marriage too long, not going to therapy sooner, hiding money, not expressing appreciation and overlooking small daily gestures. The conversation covers
Ryan and Agnes open with Ryan on using AI tools to build projects, then spend most of the episode on how readers and relatives reacted to Agnes’s books, including a mature scene that upset some family members. The conversation moves to women’s agency in marriage across generations and cultures, how
Agnes, speaking as a relationship coach, walks Ryan through five habits that help couples stay together: praying or meditating together, playing together while knowing your limits with alcohol, serving each other with small acts, not keeping score, and a daily kiss. They discuss how couples of diffe
Agnes and Ryan discuss behaviors that can wear down even a loving, long-standing husband or partner, including nagging and belittling him in public or in front of the children, dismissing his feelings, turning every disagreement into a fight, controlling his time and not reciprocating emotional supp
On Juneteenth 2026, Agnes tells Ryan about officiating a wedding as an interfaith minister, how she personalizes ceremonies, and vow wording such as obey and till death do us part. Ryan explains what Juneteenth commemorates and compares it with Jamaica’s emancipation day on August 1. They swap stori
Agnes returns from an anniversary and birthday trip through Italy and shares stories from Milan, Lake Como, Palermo’s catacombs, Rome and the Amalfi Coast, including a mass at St. Peter’s Basilica where a priest scolded her at communion. She and Ryan also talk about how fellow immigrants go quiet wh