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How to prioritize and simplify your life
The importance of rest and relaxation
The benefits of slowing down
How people should fight
Couples go through harmony, disharmony, and repair. So they will inevitably get into arguments. However, what matters is how you fight. Don't highlight everything negative while taking the positive for granted.
Start by saying to yourself, "What are the one or two things that they have done that I can appreciate?" If you start with that, you will fight differently.
Stay focussed on the one thing that you're upset about at this moment. Don't end up talking about other things.
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Creating routines
Too much is expected of modern relationships: your partner is supposed to fulfil roles that historically used to be spread out within communal structures. Your partner is supposed to be your best friend, lover, psychotherapist, child-care co-worker, and dishwasher.
What is essenti...
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The one thing to improve relationships
While couples are stuck together during this crisis, it's important to know that they'll turn on each other and take things out on each other. This is normal.
Instead of fighting, admit it together, and go from "I and you" to the "we." "What is this doing to us? What d...
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How to respond to the "invisible work"
During the pandemic, being at home with a partner reveals the "invisible work" they're doing, which may be taken for granted. This expanded view of ourselves and our partners can go in two directions.
- In one direction, you are curious and say, "I never knew. I really appreciate ...
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The positive side of a crisis
During disasters, our priorities get reorganised. The extra often gets thrown out. Changes get made. "We will move. We will change jobs. We will live closer to our parents." There are so many new openings.
The cracks in relationships may be amplified, but the cracks can also let t...
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Your Likeability
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Toxic
The hosts in this episode highlight that sometimes being toxic are also the things we don't do. When talking to a friend/boyfriend, we are encourage to ask them what they want so that you can meet halfway. Communication is key to any relationship. As an individual, we must also assess the things ...
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