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Tough Love

Tough Love

By: Collaborative Studios
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Welcome to Tough Love, the relationship podcast with Stephanie Regan, clinical psychotherapist and relationship expert and Mairead Loughman, Matchmaker and founder of Love HQ.


This podcast is the result of many conversations between us about dating and love where we found that we were both noticing the suffering, loneliness and powerlessness that can lie beneath the search for love.

Although we arrive to the subject from two very different places we saw that some truths and difficulties simply never get aired and that there could be a real benefit in opening a bigger and more frank conversation on these and the realities of dating and building relationships in today's world.

Our focus is to say what needs saying, hence the title ,'Tough Love', but with the purpose of empowering the listener,by hearing common sense and new perspectives.


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Shane Dempsey
Relationships Social Sciences
Episodes
  • S3 EP 11 - Late Daters - Those who have postponed for various reasons.
    Jun 30 2026

    Late Daters - Those who have postponed for various reasons. The good girl / boy syndrome/ Duty / Fear / Separation/ Divorce/ Widows.


    What work must you do on the endings before beginning again.


    Is it live experience or weighty baggage?


    Your capacity to manage.


    Are you ready to date.


    The loneliness factor.


    Have I enough going on in my life? Friends! Work?


    Are you as ready as you think?


    Transitional relationships.


    Consider what you want to feel in this relationship


    Make a list but don't be tight to it. Make a list of positives.


    If you would like more information or if you would like to book a private session with Mairead and Stephanie visit www.toughlove.ie

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    44 mins
  • S3 E10 - Love & Logic: Your Most Asked Dating Questions Answered
    Feb 12 2026

    Both Stephanie and Mairead share their big personal news.

    We answer our most asked questions as a Clinical Psychotherapist and Matchmaker!


    If you would like more information or if you would like to book a private session with Mairead and Stephanie visit www.toughlove.ie

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • S3 E9 - Lonliness
    Mar 20 2025

    On this week’s podcast Stephanie and Mairead are discussing loneliness.


    • The many times that loneliness is more likely to happen.
    • The food map of your connections.
    • The micro connections of your day.
    • Why are we, in Ireland more lonely than our European neighbours.
    • How we can include others and do we forget to do that?
    • Alone and lonely are not the same thing.
    • Do you date from a place of loneliness.
    • The power and enormous value of volunteering
    • The wonderful way women support women.
    • Be kind to others - maybe there is something that you don’t know.
    • Actively include others - playing your part.
    • The loneliness that is part of being in a bad relationship!


    If you would like to book a private consultation with Stephanie and Mairead visit www.toughlove.ie


    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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    33 mins
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