The Cabrera Lab Podcast #85: Love, Marriage, and Mental Models: Systems Thinking in Relationships
Sep 17, 2025
Discover how six systems thinking principles can enhance your relationships! The hosts reveal the importance of recognizing and naming mental models for better communication. They discuss the Love-Reality Loop, urging couples to face tough truths together. Learn to focus on patterns rather than isolated incidents to resolve issues. Embrace simple family rules like honesty and invest in personal growth to strengthen connections. By making relationship practices intuitive, couples can enjoy effortless harmony.
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We Live In Mental Models
- Mental models are not reality; they are the way we see reality and they shape our behavior.
- Recognizing models reduces ego battles and opens space for collaborative sense-making.
Use DSRP To Compare Models
- Use DSRP language to map and compare each other's mental models explicitly.
- Test whether relationships you assume in your model actually exist before acting on them.
Love Reality: Face Facts Together
- Face reality together before making big decisions and gather more evidence if needed.
- Then decide what agency you have and what actions can alter the situation.