We often hear that love is something that you feel, that you just "know" when you've met the "right" person.  Jake and I offer a different perspective in this final episode of Better Wife Better Life!  We talk about all things related to love and communication in our own life and some of our goals for the future.

How we experience our partner's behaviors and words can very much be influenced by whether we are looking for our partners to mess up or whether we are believing the best about them.

Conflict is rarely about the actual topic and often more about the underlying unmet needs of ourselves and our partners.

All relationships go through some ups and downs.  Learning the art of resiliency can help a couple come out even stronger during the tough times!

Skills of adaptability and flexibility help couples grow closer together and throughout the entire relationship as situations change, people change and life happens!

As we wind down the last few episodes of our podcast, Meredith continues building some of the building blocks for healthy relationships and communication.  She will cover the role of assertiveness and learning how to speak up in today's episode.

Meredith talks briefly about the role of boundaries in dating or marriage relationship.

Can you guess the #1 reason for conflict in a relationship?  It's not money, sex or communication...it's unmet expectations!  Meredith provides examples and practical suggestions for navigating this source of conflict in relationships.

Meredith describes various types of intimacy in relationships and shares encouraging words of how to improve relationships that may be lacking in these areas.

Meredith talks about the Gottman Method principle of Accepting Influence, especially in times of conflict.  It's really important to put the relationship above the individual agendas of each partner.  "Yield to win" is a way of doing this with many different topics that come up in conflict.