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Couples Therapist: “The One Rule Every Relationship Must Live By” - Stan Tatkin -#1146

Modern Wisdom

13 HOURS AGO
Modern Wisdom

Modern Wisdom

13 HOURS AGO

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Dr Stan Tatkin is a psychologist, couples therapist, researcher and author. How can couples effectively navigate and repair emotional wounds? While many believe it’s best to sleep on a conflict, could repairing the rupture quickly actually be healthier? W...

Highlights

Stan Tatkin explains why lasting love depends less on fluctuating feelings than on deliberate relationship design, rapid repair, shared purpose, and practiced ways of protecting one another under stress.
00:53
Love must be earned daily
03:38
Feelings cannot carry a relationship
07:22
Couples need to plan for their devils
12:27
A shared purpose keeps people together
16:13
Priorities govern a couple’s life
19:50
Repair before the memory hardens
24:37
Boundaries protect the community
32:28
Secure functioning is mutual care
34:53
Change the future to change the past
44:46
Never do relationship stuff by text
48:54
True incompatibility is wanting different futures
54:53
Curiosity is the flame
58:56
Partners can make each other worse
1:01:46
A relationship needs principles that cannot be violated
1:05:03
Touch toes, even when angry

Chapters

Designing love beyond fluctuating feelings
00:00
Repairing injuries and restoring secure partnership
19:39
Memory, communication, and compatibility
36:54
Keeping long-term love curious, cooperative, and secure
53:46

Transcript

Chris Williamson: Hello, friends. I'm bringing a brand new live show across the UK and Ireland this October. It's stories, psychology, audience Q&As, and whatever happens when thousands of overthinkers voluntarily leave the house and end up in the same roo...