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How Demanding Love Killed My Marriage | Stacey and Paul Martino (MU Classic)

Sep 17, 2025
In this engaging discussion, Stacey Martino, co-creator of the Relationship Development Method, and her husband Paul share their expertise in transforming relationships. They explore how one person can dramatically change the dynamics of a partnership by fostering genuine cooperation instead of mere compliance. With insights on creating effective family systems and empowering children through natural consequences, they emphasize that personal growth in relationships can fuel both personal and professional success.
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INSIGHT

Closed-Loop Of Relationship Dynamics

  • Relationships act like a closed loop: what you put in predictably returns as a boomerang.
  • Change your input to change the output and stop blaming the other person for your feelings.
INSIGHT

Relationships Are A Learnable Skill

  • Relationship skill is learnable like any other skill such as parenting or sales.
  • Investing time in relational development yields compounding lifelong returns.
ADVICE

Choose The Upward Spiral

  • Choose the upward spiral: do the hard growth work instead of resisting change.
  • The pain of growth is temporary and yields easier, healthier patterns over time.
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