The Barbara DeAngelis Show

Are you too tired for love? Barbara De Angelis dissects the possible causes for infrequent intimacy, additionally offering suggestions that should help couples find the time for love again.

Barbara offers advice to keep a relationship happy, both through challenging times and throughout the best of times when life outside of the relationship is otherwise moving smoothly. Married couple Michael and June Jackson join Barbara to share the new challenges that they've faced and adjustments that they've made since Michael has lost his job.

Men and women think and communicate differently, and those differences can easily kindle animosity in a relationship. An woman in the audience compares talking to her husband to pulling teeth, and some of the male audience members vocally agree that they could give their significant others what they want if they weren't so adamant about changing their men.

If you're a step-parent, you know that the challenges and sacrifices that come with raising children can amplify when the children aren't your own. Barbara shares solutions that'll help create harmony within a blended family.

Children of divorce may feel that their parents' divorces affect their own choices of partners, or even the course of their relationships, in some way. Barbara discusses why children of divorce run high risks of falling into the same traps that their parents did, and how they can learn from their parents' pain.

Why do women still expect rings as an engagement gifts, but hardly ever reciprocate with rings for their men? Barbara gives her take on the tradition and passes the mic to women who share funny stories surrounding their own engagement rings.

Watching football can stir up marital unrest and even contribute to divorce. Barbara commiserates with audience members who share their despair surrounding sports, and dishes tips and tricks that'll help couples tackle any obstacles that game day abets.

During the war in the Persian Gulf, our attention was captured by the frightening images of destruction that were steadily broadcast through the airwaves of television. Barbara holds a special discussion that details how to deal with the complex emotions that an war rouses, and comforts parents with recommendations that should help them explain these harrowing happenings to their children.

After leaving their jobs in order to prioritize their children, many mothers are left feeling unfulfilled. Barbara offers strategies to help moms bolster their confidence and alleviate uncertainty or guilt that they may feel when they step away from the workforce.

Barbara counts down her very own Top Ten List of wrong reasons to engage in sexual intercourse. She passes the mic to some special guests who share stories of instances in which they've exemplified badly, and frankly, hilariously motivated lovemaking.

After a breakup, lingering love often provokes unreasonable reactions from those who have trouble letting go. Barbara passes the mic to audience members who just can't seem to get over their old lovers. One man shares the story of how he kidnapped an ex who wouldn't take him back.

If you have certain friends whose phone calls you dodge, or who fail to take advice that you've given over, and over, and over again, then you're probably tired of trying to rescue or fix them. Barbara speaks with members of the audience who share testimonies of dealing with friends who've begun to drive them nuts with their drastically excessive complaining.

Following a breakup, lingering feelings of pain and anger can hinder the ability to solidify future committed relationships, no matter how much a person wishes to reciprocate their partner's affection. Barbara speaks with couple Deirdre and Steve, who've run into romantic roadblocks that stem from Steve's reluctance to show Deirdre just how much he truly cares.

Barbara proves that a phone call to an ex is rarely just a phone call. Gathering evidence from audience testimonies, Barbara warns that giving in to the curious voice in your head could lead you straight back into bed with your ex.

Who controls the money in your household? The checkbook can cause more conflict in a marriage than everything else combined... that's how powerful money is! Barbara asks audience members to share who controls the purse strings in their relationships, then reveals how those with less sway can retake charge.

Planning our lives is a good way to retain order, especially when we're busy. However, some men accuse women of even planning when they want to get married, often when their partners aren't nearly ready. Women contrarily accuse men of running scared every time that they even hear the dreaded "M" word. Today, Barbara highlights the signs that indicate the right and wrong times to get married.

Mark Fisher recently lost both of his parents, and he shares how he's been coping with such profound loss. Along with input from other orphaned adults, we hear from individuals who face the reality that they too could soon lose their own parents.

In an audience poll, one out of every four women answered that their partners spend too much time with their friends, yet no men gave reciprocal answers. Barbara conducts a love makeover with married couple Anthony and Phyllis in order to help them spend more mutually desired time together.

Barbara divulges how falling in love with who you want your man to be, rather than who he is today, hinders you from realizing your own potential. A woman shares how she attempted to push her boyfriend into finishing college by returning to school herself... even though she already had a degree!

Can nudity wreak irreparable damage upon your children? Barbara discusses the topic of nudity with parents, and together they determine the degree to which their children should be exposed to it.

You may recognize these talented guests from their appearances on the hit daytime soap, "The Young and the Restless." Although you're likely already familiar with the intricate details of their characters' lives, join Melody Thomas Scott, Jess Walton, and Tracey Bregman as they open up to Barbara about their lives off-camera.

Married couple Ed and Bonnie have been together for over three decades, but six years ago, Bonnie's worst nightmare came true when she learned that Ed had been having an affair. Barbara hears both sides of the story, helping the couple rebuild the level of trust that they shared when they were first married.

Despite their old age, Lottie, Mary Ann, Leo, and Christinia have accomplished truly exceptional feats in recent years. Barbara invites these distinguished guests in order to celebrate their achievements and highlight how they've subverted common connotations associated with aging.

Barbara speaks with a husband and wife whose marriage has been affected by their unmatched sexual appetites. She dishes valuable tips that should help couples buff out any major incompatibilities and achieve a mutually satisfactory sexual schedule.

One in every three pregnancies ends in miscarriage, and as a woman passes 35, her chances of suffering a miscarriage increase up to 20 percent. Barbara offers a family's guide to surviving miscarriage, and two women share their stories of experiencing loss that's difficult to fully comprehend and people don't usually discuss.