We continue our conversation from last week about the book The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman.

Principle 4: Let Your Partner Influence You

Principle 5: Solve Your Solvable Problems

Using the book by John Gottman called "The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work", we are talk about the science behind how happy couples interact.

We start with the first 3 principles:

1. Enhance Your Love Maps (Be best friends.)

2. Nurture Your Fondness and Admiration

3. Turn Toward Each Other Instead Of Away

These 10 signs of a healthy relationship are going to help you better understand why a relationship is feeling good and healthy or why it isn't. These signs hold true for any relationship - romantic, family, work, friends, your pet etc.

Relationships are harder for some of us. In this weeks episode we look at advantages and disadvantages you had growing up that may make it harder for you to have a healthy relationship. We also talk about how relationship skills are learned, which means that even if you recognize relationships are harder for you than other people it’s still possible for you to learn how to have a healthy relationship.

This week we dive into a real-life couple example.

One of the best things we can do for our relationships is to learn how to help ourselves feel better when we aren’t okay. 

In this episode we talk about the steps you can take to help yourself feel better when you aren't feeling like yourself.

It doesn't matter how attracted you are to someone - physically or emotionally or magnetically - they have to treat you well in order to be in a relationship with you. We know that. But sometimes, especially when we think someone is our soulmate, we focus on the fantasy of the relationship instead of the reality of how we are actually being treated.

We dive into what acceptance is (it's looking at the facts and reality of something) and how to accept your partner and yourself.

What you are thinking and feeling before you bring up a problem MATTERS. In this episode we explore how you think about yourself and how you think about the other person affects how you show up when you bring up an issue.

This week we go Q&A style. We talk about:

-looking for red flags on the first few dates

-how to know if you are compatible

-checking your partner's social media

-being in a situationship

-fear of setting boundaries

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