The Liz Moody Podcast - 9 Questions To Improve Every Relationship In Your Life

Episode Date: February 17, 2025

Our relationships are the key to so much of our happiness. In fact, research shows that people with better relationships live longer and feel happier. But relationships also take work, cooperation, and self-reflection. In today’s mini-episode, I’m giving you nine questions you can use to improve your relationships with yourself, your friends, and your partner. Based on my years of research and knowledge we gained from previous podcast guests, these questions are designed to help you examine your relationships from a new perspective; whether you’re dealing with negative self-talk, feeling underappreciated, or struggling with vulnerability. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order Liz’s book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now!  To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Connect with Liz on Instagram @lizmoody or online at www.lizmoody.com. Subscribe to the substack by visiting https://lizmoody.substack.com/welcome.  This episode is sponsored by: IQ Bar: Text LIZ to 64000 for 20% off all IQBAR products plus FREE shipping. Pique: go to piquelife.com/LIZMOODY for up to 20% off plus a special gift. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast.  This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 304. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello, friends, and welcome to the Liz Moody podcast where every week we are sharing real science, real stories, and realistic tools that actually level up every part of your life. I'm your host, Liz Moody, and I am a best-selling author and longtime journalist. Today we've got a questions episode for you. I love doing questions episodes. Back in January, we did nine questions to make 2025 your best year yet. I know you all love that one too. Asking questions shifts our perception. It stokes our curiosity. It turns on different parts of our brain and it lets you reflect on your unique situation. Also, they're just really fun and these are extra fun because they are designed to improve your

relationships with everyone in your life, including your most important relationship, the one you have with yourself. Sorry, did that sound like a Sex in the City episode? Too bad. Anyway, today we are going to get into nine questions that utilize all sorts of science that I will share with you along the way, designed to enhance your relationships with your friends, with your partner, and with yourself. Let's start with ourselves because it is a really important relationship. I know that was like the moral of the entirety of sex in the city, but it is true and it is

often our most neglected relationship. My sister is a therapist and she is always, always asking me if I'm talking to myself the way that I would talk to a friend. And while it is very annoying. It is also true how absolutely devastating the voice in our own head can be. The voice in my head will say things to me that would turn my best friends into my worst enemies and it'll say them so, so casually. Like maybe my content isn't performing as well as I would like and the voice will sneak in and it'll be like, it's actually because you are unlovable and you always have been. And I'm like, oh, yeah, true. Good point. But if somebody said that to one of my best friends, I would slap them.

You know, I am physically incapable of leaving you without an action step. So if this is something that you struggle with too, the thing that has helped me the most is catching it in the moment, which is so, so important. These thoughts become damaging and build up in the long run when we normalize them. So catching it and saying, wait a second, is that how I want to speak to myself? And then I do a little trick that's used a lot in therapy, which is to ask myself what proof I have that the thought isn't true. Like for me, the thing that turns on the I am unlovable message in my head is strangers on the internet reacting in a certain way to things that I produce. But they don't know me.

And often they've literally been algorithmically chosen to view my content because they will hate it, which creates more engagement on the apps. Zach loves me. My sister loves me. I have so many friends who know me and see me and love me. So I catch the thought and then I try to replace that thought with something truer. Like I can't control these strangers on the internet, but people who know me really love me. And doing that process over and over, catching the thought and then replacing it with something that is truer, is going to rewire your neural pathways to think kinder thoughts in the future, which is why it is so important to catch it as much as possible.

because the thoughts that we think shape our brain structure and thus they shape what thoughts we are more likely to think in the future. Anyway, all of this is to say our relationship with ourselves is the most important one that we will ever cultivate. And most of us go through life treating ourselves the way that we would not treat our worst enemy all day long. And a lot of us want our life to feel different than it does right now, but we're not exactly sure how to get there. So these questions are designed to dig into the root of that. Also, feel free to pause and grab a pen and paper, or you can just reflect on these in your head as I'm saying them, or we have the full list written down with a bunch of bonus questions over at lizmoody.

com. But listen to this episode because you're going to get to hear all of the scientific explanation behind everything as well as all of my personal answers. Okay. Question. One, what is a belief that I have about myself that might not actually be true? One of the biggest mistakes that we make as human beings is not allowing ourselves to grow and change and evolve and regularly checking in with our beliefs is a key part of cultivating the curiosity that allows us to live a dynamic and fulfilling life. Maybe it's a little belief like you don't like hiking. Where did that come from?

When was the last time that you tried hiking? Could you try it again? Or maybe it's a belief that's limiting you in ways that feel silly and little but really cut to our core vision of ourselves. I have a friend who has more of a hippie vibe and she had this belief that she could not go to reformer Pilates. She saw all of the social media posts of Pilates girlies and their cute little matching sets and she was like, there is no way that I would be accepted in this space. But she was really intrigued by reformer Pilates and she kept having this niggling thought, I really want to try that.

And finally, one day, she worked up the nerve to go and she loved it. She goes every single week now and not only has no one rejected her from the space, but she has made a ton of new friends, including with the Pilates girlies and the cute sets. So I would love you to take a second to think, are there spaces or activities that you're putting off limits for yourself? Are there career paths that you're putting off limits? The words that I want you to look out for that signal this type of thing are, I'm not the kind of person who. And I want you to take a second to really push up against those words. Says who and when does that belief come from?

and can you test in some way whether it's still true? Question two, what is an action that I take regularly that doesn't actually align with my core values? And this can be either an action that you take or an action that you don't take. Let me explain. I'm a person who really values feeling expansive and spacious, but I'm very guilty of overpacking my days to a point of exhaustion and burnout. I'm saying I'm one kind of person. I'm thinking that I'm one kind of person, but my actions and my life aren't lining up with that. Or another really common one is that a lot of us say that having strong relationships is a core value,

as it should be because, say it with me now, the world's longest study found that strong relationships were the single biggest predictor of health and happiness in our lives, the most cited study ever on this podcast. But despite saying that's a core value, we cram our relationships into the leftover moments of our lives, behind work, behind chores, behind everything else. I love the story of the CEO of Netflix, who has for over 30 years had a hard stop of 5 p.m. on Tuesday nights because that is his date night with his wife. When he wrote about it, he said nothing got in the way of that, no meeting, no conference call, no last minute question or request. He said that he didn't want to be one of those

entrepreneurs who was on their seventh startup and their seventh wife. He identified early on that success to him wasn't just financial or entrepreneurial. It was in the full life that he would be able to create. And this is hugely important. He also wrote, those Tuesday nights kept me saying they put the rest of my work in perspective. I know that we cannot all draw boundaries like a CEO, like a multi-millionaire, billionaire, or whatever he is. But it's worth asking what work you're doing because you truly have to and what work

you're doing because we have been drilled since birth. That productivity is our greatest worth. The Tuesday nights kept him sane and they kept his work in perspective, meaning they made him better at his job. Taking breaks and cultivating our whole selves is not just good for our souls. It's actually good for our outputs. And then the last thing that I want to touch on with this question is that it can apply to a lot of wellness habits. If one of your core values is health, is treating your body a certain way, are there actions that you take regularly that don't align with that?

For me, a big one was eating crap to numb my stress at the end of long days. I value enjoyment. And I wasn't really enjoying this food. I was shoving it into my face while scrolling on social media. I value peace, which this food was not providing me. It was just numbing. And I really value my health, which eating a bunch of chips or chocolate every single day was not working in favor of. I am not a deprivation person, and I do not respond well to being told you cannot have these things. But asking myself instead, does this action I'm taking, eating this thing or not eating this

thing, moving my body, or laying on the couch for hours, do these actions align with my core values? That is something that is way, way more likely to motivate me. Question three, what is one thing my future self would thank me for doing today? There is a psychological phenomenon called present bias, where we essentially think that our future self is going to have all these magical powers and abilities that our present self does not. Our future self will have more time. our future self will have more energy.

Our future self will have more motivation. And in fact, research shows surprise that our future self is the same as our present self, just in the future. And we are making that more true, in fact, by not making choices today that help our future self change. So what is one choice you can make two day in favor of your future self? Could you tidy up before bed? Could you make a plan that they'll get?

get to enjoy? Could you read before bed instead of being on your phone so you get a good night sleep? Could you eat a lot of veggies and protein and fiber so they get to enjoy a strong, energetic body? Just one choice, no need to make a big deal of it. But if every day we made one choice for the benefit of our future self, our lives would improve dramatically. Moving on, shall we talk about questions to ask to improve our romantic relationships? And then we will into questions for friends. The first partner one is a self-reflection one and then the next two are designed to be done with your partner. So what are we on? Question four, I believe. Question four. How do I like to be appreciated? This is such valuable information because we often

feel unappreciated by our partners without taking the time to reflect on what would actually make us feel appreciated. Are there times that you remember really feeling like your contributions were appreciated? Are there times where you felt really loved? What was unique about those times? For me, I feel really appreciated if someone expresses it verbally, and particularly if they call out why I am good at whatever I'm contributing. Like, I so appreciated that you planned that trip for us. you're amazing at finding the best experiences and really taking into account what we both love to do. I know a lot of people's minds might go to the five love languages here, words of affirmation, physical touch, quality time, acts of service, and gift giving. And I will say that I am not a huge

fan of them. There is a ton of controversy around them, which I will not get into here, but it is an easy Google. And moreover, they're just really limiting. When I had done, John and Julie Gottman on the show, they said that they were not a fan of the love languages because there are a million ways that we show and receive love and appreciation. So think about what those really are for you. And then if you would like a bonus point here, share what you figure out with your partner. Okay, getting into our interactive questions, which are designed for you to ask your partner and your partner to ask you. Question five, if you had to give a PowerPoint presentation right now, what subject would it be on? While this feels like a really silly and light question,

it actually gets to a concept that was created by the Gottman's called bidding. A bid is any attempt to connect to another person, whether it's sending a text or sharing a funny story or even just making eye contact. And the Gottman's found that people either turn toward or engage positively, turn away or ignore or turn against or reject bids. And how we respond to bids is a huge factor in predicting the long-term success of our relationships. In one really, really famous study, the Gottman's observed newlywed couples over six years. And they found that those who were still together responded positively to each other's bids an average of 86% of the time, while those who eventually divorced only did so 33% of

time. So while the PowerPoint question might feel innocuous, it gives you insight into a subject that your partner is really excited about, and then you can look for opportunities to turn towards your partner's bids about that subject in the future. In general, recognizing bids is a relationship superpower, being able to notice when people are trying to connect, and then turn toward them does not take that much time. It does not take that much energy. You're just looking up from your phone, you're just saying, oh, tell me more about that. It's these little, little actions, but it absolutely transforms your relationships. When you think about strength and resilience, like your ability to feel energized, to recover well, to stay strong as you get older,

what do you think that actually comes from? Most people say working out are good nutrition, and yes, of course that matters. But there is a biological foundation underneath all of that that most people are completely overlooking. I have been diving deep into this lately with the team at timeline and what I've learned has genuinely shifted how I think about my own health. Every single movement that your body makes, every step, every workout, every muscle contraction depends on energy produced at the cellular level. And at the center of that is your mitochondria. Here's the thing that nobody tells you, certainly nobody told me, starting around age 30, our mitochondria naturally become less efficient, more get damaged, more become slender, more become

and over time that impacts your energy, your strength, your recovery, and your resilience. Most of us respond by pushing more. We're like noticing these things and we're adding in more protein. We're trying to fix it with more supplements. We're trying to do harder workouts. And those things do help. But timelines research suggests that we also need to be supporting the cellular machinery underneath. And that is exactly what their supplement mitopure does. It contains Eurolithin A, which helps your body clear out damage mitochondria and support healthier ones so that your cells can produce energy more efficiently. Because this is happening to your cells, it's going to impact your entire body, your immune system, your muscles. One study found that taking

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They're also Okotech certified, which is the gold standard. I look for it in any mattresses, sheets, or towels that I buy, which means the materials have been rigorously tested. for harmful substances. You can actually look for the Okotech standard 100 label right on the product, and I love this part. It includes a traceable certificate number and the name of the testing lab so you know exactly what you're getting. There are no toxic chemicals. There's no harmful off-gassing.

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Yes, we have to get into sex if we are talking about relationships. For most relationships, sex is the thing that we do differently with our romantic partner than we do with anybody else. and it's a really important part of intimacy. My friends, Vanessa and Zander, they have a podcast called Pillow Talks that you should definitely, definitely listen to it has amazing sex advice. But they have this analogy that's like, if someone served you steamed broccoli for dinner every single night, are you going to be excited about dinner? Are you going to be raring to come to the table the next day?

But a lot of our sex lives are like steamed broccoli. They're not inherently bad. they give us some basic nutrients, but they're not something that we crave, that we are stoked to show up for again and again. This question is designed to add some sauce, some spice to your broccoli. So you are excited about what's on the table so that you want to come to the table. And if you can't come up with anything, you can do some fun research together. You can watch sexy movies. You can read books.

You can listen to podcasts together. That is actually one of my very favorite life hacks, especially if you were more uncomfortable bringing this type of stuff up. Just put on a podcast like Vanessa and Xanders or Sex with Emily, one of the Liz Moody podcast ones where I interview any of those people because I have many and then use that podcast as a jumping off point for conversations. And then try things together. What delightful homework. There are so many resources out there for making our sex lives feel exciting and delicious, feel like the opposite of steamed broccoli, but you have to prioritize it in the first place to get there. Being able to openly talk about our sex lives is critical.

Prioritizing them is critical. And making sure that it is something that gives you true pleasure is vital to the health of your relationship. So ask your partner, what is something that turns you on that. I do not know about. The answer might surprise you. Okay, last but certainly not least, let's talk about our friendships. Question seven is designed for self-reflection. Am I showing up for my friends the way that I would want them to show up for me? I want to be brutally honest. I think some of us, not all of us, get sad that our friends aren't being particularly supportive or just good friends to us in general when in fact we are not being that great of friends to them. Do you celebrate their wins

in the same way that you would want them to celebrate yours? Do you create a safe space for them to be truly vulnerable, which we will get into more in a second? Do you reach out to them to plan activities as much as you want them to reach out to you? Being the friend that you want to have is one of the best ways to grow deep, satisfying friendships. I want you to be brutally honest with this question and then see what actions you can take with the answers that come to you. The next two questions you can do with your friends. They are designed to be interactive. I love an interactive question. Question eight, what is one recurring plan we could make together or a hobby that we could learn together? This question is based off the research of Dr. Jeffrey Hall at the University of Kansas who found that

casual friendships form after about 50 hours of interaction, friendships deepen into true friendships after about 90 hours of interaction, and best friendships take around 200 hours of quality time together. That is not a small amount of time to spend, which is where recurring plans come in. They make sure that you have that guaranteed time together to deepen your relationship on a regular basis. If you hang out beyond that, great, but at least this is on the calendar. The quality of the time spent also really matters. So many of us have friendships where we get together and we sit at a table or a bar and we catch up on our lives. And then when we've run out of things to report on, we go home. Relationships are built not from reporting on experiences,

but having shared experiences together. Don't go to. Don't go to. a restaurant with your friends. Go to the grocery store and pick out secret ingredients that the other person has to cook in a chopped challenge. Don't go to a bar. Go try rock climbing for the first time together. Even if it's awful, that negative experience is going to bond you. Anyone who has made great friends at a really shitty job can attest to that. I'm raising my hand here. But today, make one plan for something that you can do together at least once a month, ideally not sitting at a bar or at a restaurant, and watch your friendship reap the huge rewards. And finally, our last question, what is something that you've struggled with or are currently struggling with that you haven't shared or I wouldn't know from the surface? This question taps into the volumes and volumes of research that shows that vulnerability brings people closer together.

And I want to highlight something here. I think a lot of us think we're being vulnerable with our friends when really we are stopping just short. And I say this from personal experience. Let me tell you a quick story. I consider myself an extremely open person. I will talk about my childhood trauma. I will talk about my drug years, no problem. But recently, I had a conversation with a friend about an event that we were both attending that was going to be filled with the type of people that just really

push my insecurity buttons. And particularly for me, because this was an event that was at a beach, this event pushed my insecurity buttons about my body. Look, I am the, your body is for living, not looking person. I have done a lot of work healing my relationship with my body, but I am also a human being and the idea of being in a swimsuit around a bunch of people who looked like models, some of whom literally were models, was making me feel terrible about myself. I spent a really long time debating whether I should even talk to my friend about it because it made me feel like such a loser. Like, would she suddenly look at my body in a different way?

Would she notice things that she hadn't noticed before? Would she think that I was less evolved in my thinking because I was insecure about this thing? But finally, I mentioned it to her, and she was like, oh my gosh, I have been feeling the exact same way. And we made a vow that we, A, would not intentionally change our bodies in any way for the event, which was so helpful in the months leading up to it. And B, that at the event, we would continually remind each other that we were there to have fun, to enjoy ourselves, and to not let something like the size of our thighs get in the way of that.

And we really did that when we went and feeling like I had this buddy who understood what I was feeling, who even felt it too, who could support me, who I could support back, massively changed my experience. I had a really good time. She did too. It wasn't like a 10 out of 10 event, honestly. But it was fun. It was enjoyable.

And it's because I was actually vulnerable. I think a helpful litmus test for vulnerability. is if it pushes right up against the edge of discomfort. Vulnerability doesn't feel easy because that's what makes it vulnerability. For me, talking about my childhood trauma, talking about all these crazy, weird experiences that I've had in my life isn't really vulnerability because it's not uncomfortable because I'm not sharing the deepest parts of myself. I'm not allowing somebody else to embrace the parts of myself that I feel shame about. And that's one of the things that makes vulnerability so, so healing.

So I challenge you, share something that you are truly struggling with for this question, even if it's embarrassing, even if you are worried about being judged. Because breaking through to the other side of that, showing somebody your whole self, letting them see you, letting them hear you, and letting them say, I love you, I love all of that. That is how real friendships are formed. All right. These will all be written out over on lizmoody.substack.com. And I will also put some bonus cues there for improving relationships with your parents, with your coworkers, with your kids, and more. We also always share action steps and bonus content for every single podcast episode on our newsletter over at lizmoody.substack.com. So I promise, promise, promise that it is worth your while to sign up. Also, make sure that you are following the podcast on Apple Podcasts on Spotify or on YouTube because we have some great episodes coming up that you do not want to miss, including a deep

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