Why Couples Stop Having Sex (And How to Fix It) - Lisa McFarland

<p><strong>After Years Walking With Couples, a Relationship Coach on What Most People Get Wrong, How to Fight Well, and Why the Grass Is Greener Where You Water It.</strong></p><p>Lisa McFarland is a relationship coach who has spent years helping couples move from disconnection back to closeness, and who went on her own marriage journey over a decade ago before doing this work. In this warm, funny and genuinely useful conversation, she breaks down why relationships drift, how to argue without damage, and the small daily habits that keep love alive.</p><p>Ryan sits down with Lisa for a conversation that anyone in a relationship, or wanting one, will take something from.</p><p><strong>What we get into:</strong></p><ul><li>Why relationships take conscious effort once the honeymoon chemicals fade</li><li>The &quot;mental load,&quot; and the conversation couples need to have about it</li><li>Why 80% of arguments are never actually resolved, and what to do instead</li><li>Attachment styles, and why we&#39;re sometimes drawn to chaos over security</li><li>How to do &quot;healthy conflict,&quot; and the ten-minute rule that stops fights escalating</li><li>Why &quot;I&#39;m sorry you feel that way&quot; is not an apology</li><li>Why you should never make the big decisions at 10 at night</li><li>Why men and women often need connection in different orders</li><li>The daily micro-habits: the six-second kiss, the daily hug, the drip-drip of care</li><li>Love languages, responsive desire, and why good intimacy starts long before the bedroom</li><li>Loving someone versus being in love, and why that moves up and down</li><li>The one thing that predicts whether a couple will still be happy in 20 years</li></ul><p>Ryan Curtis is a former Irish MMA fighter who was paralysed from the neck down and told he would never walk again. Made in Chaos exists to platform guests who&#39;ve turned adversity into hard-earned wisdom worth sharing.</p><p><strong>Follow:</strong> @madeinchaospod | @chaoscurtis</p><p>🖊️ Sponsored by <strong>The Ink Factory</strong>, Temple Bar. theinkfactory.ie | @theinkfactory</p>