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Contempt: an extended conversation with John Gottman

The Arthur Brooks Show

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The Biggest Lesson Learned About Romantic Relationships

In great relationships, people seem to have a motto in which what they're saying to their partner is, baby, when you're upset, the world stops and I listen. In relationships that are ailing, the motto is the opposite. They're dismissing their partner's concerns and their partner's needs. That willingness to listen to negativity is what makes a relationship work.

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