Relationships are hard, and making them last is even harder. Today we’re exploring finding safety, common principles, and fairness in our relationships, as well as trusting your partner’s experience – and the most important characteristics in a life partner – with a wonderful clinician, teacher, and researcher: Dr. Stan Tatkin.
About our Guest: Dr. Stan Tatkin is an expert on human behavior, and particularly the unique dynamics found in couples relationships. Dr. Tatkin is the creator of PACT: the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy, and the author of six bestselling books, including Wired for Love, Wired for Dating, and We Do.
Key Topics:
- 1:45: The importance of attachment
- 5:30: What happens when children are neglected?
- 9:00: Finding safety in our relationships
- 13:30: How to build safety through physical cues
- 19:10: Apology, and building a culture in our relationships
- 23:00: Finding common principles
- 31:00: Dealbreakers, and entering relationships intentionally
- 37:00: Fairness in our relationships.
- 45:30: Being and staying interested
- 49:15: Trusting your partner’s experience
- 54:50: The most important characteristics in a life partner
- 57:00: What’s the most important thing you do each day for your own well-being?
- 58:30: A message to your younger self
- 1:00:00: Recap
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