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Contempt: an extended conversation with John Gottman

The Arthur Brooks Show

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How to Stitch America Back Together

Arthur C. Gottman: I love where we are in this conversation right now because, you know, my admiration for you is unalloyed on the way that you brought people back together. And so, John, if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to see if you would agree based on our conversation with what I'm going to call Gottman's Four Rules for a Better America. Are you willing to let me give that a try? Okay. Yeah, I will. Let's give it a try. Number one is focus on other people's distress and focus on it empathetically. Number two is we have lots of interactions on social media and around the dinner table

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