150. Couples Therapy: The Tools You Need with Dr. Orna Guralnik

We Can Do Hard Things

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I hit rock bottom. It felt like a brand new star. I'm not the problem. Sometimes things fall hard. And it took some time, but I'm finally fine. Because we're adventurers and heartbreaks. A final destination. We stopped asking directions. And to be loved, we need to be known. Through the joy and pain that our lives bring, we can do hard things. So thank you for pushing me to the edge. That's what we tend to do to people. You're the best. Thank you for your show. All right. Bye.

1. What we are really fighting about when we’re fighting about the dishwasher.

2. We can stop asking whether what’s missing is a “want” or a “need” – and the question to ask instead.

3. How to use what most frustrates you about your partner to bring you closer.

4. How to start thinking of our partnerships as our own mini political systems.

5. What to do if your partner won’t go to therapy, or if you’re feeling invisible in your relationship.

About Dr. Guralnik:

Dr. Orna Guralnik is a psychoanalyst and writer, who serves on the faculty of NYU PostDoc, National Institute for the Psychotherapies, the Stephen Mitchel Center, and the editorial boards of Psychoanalytic Dialogues and Studies in Gender & Sexuality. Her writing centers on the intersection of psychoanalysis, dissociation, and cultural studies. She has completed the filming of four seasons of the Docu-series Couples Therapy, airing on Showtime.

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