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1921: Mastering Marriage Conflict with Mulligans by Jon Beaty of Gottman on How to Better Understand Your Spouse or Partner

Oct 8, 2023

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Expert on mastering marriage conflict with mulligans, John Beaty, discusses using second chances to correct mistakes and improve relationships. The podcast explores navigating tension, repair attempts, emotional intelligence, and constructing love maps to strengthen marriages.

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Using the concept of a mulligan can help couples recover from disagreements and find a fresh start, preventing conflicts from escalating and damaging the relationship.

Repair attempts, such as recognizing the four horsemen of the apocalypse and building strong friendships, are essential tools for emotionally intelligent couples to de-escalate conflicts and strengthen their emotional connection.

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Using Mulligans to Manage Conflict

In relationships, conflict is inevitable. However, using the concept of a mulligan, like in golf, can help couples recover from disagreements and find a fresh start. Instead of allowing negative tones like criticism or contempt to derail discussions, couples can call a mulligan and reset the conversation. By recognizing their mistakes and avoiding harsh startups, couples can prevent conflicts from escalating and damaging the relationship.

Introduction

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Navigating Tension and Conflict in a Relationship

2min

Repair Attempts, Emotional Intelligence, and Love Maps: Strengthening Marriages

3min

Mastering Marriage Conflict with Mulligans and Building Love Maps

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John Beaty with The Gottman Institute helps you master marriage conflict with mulligans

Episode 1921: Mastering Marriage Conflict with Mulligans by Jon Beaty of Gottman on How to Better Understand Your Spouse or Partner

The Gottman Institute understands that the human family is in crisis, and that all individuals are capable of and deserve compassion. It is their mission to reach out to families in order to help create and maintain greater love and health in relationships. They are committed to an ongoing program of research that increases the understanding of relationships and adds to the development of interventions that have been carefully evaluated. It is their goal to make their services accessible to the broadest reach of people across race, religion, class, culture, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.

Want to improve your marriage in 60 seconds or less? Over 40 years of research with thousands of couples has proven a simple fact: small things often can create big changes over time. Got a minute? Sign up for The Gottman Institute's Marriage Minute at http://OLDPodcast.com/marriage

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