One would think it would be obvious, but the importance of warming the heart, and developing greater compassion and kindness as personal traits, is often overlooked in our important relationships. Dr. Hanson draws on 35+ years of couples counseling experience to teach us how to do just that.

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Timestamps:

0:45: The less obvious reasons to be compassionate and kind.

5:00: The difference between compassion and kindness.

9:00: Loving at will.

11:30: Ways we can increase our capacity for compassion and kindness.

14:00: Respecting the boundaries of others.

16:30: Compassion and kindness while maintaining clear boundaries.

18:10: The protection of warmheartedness.

19:35: The difference between doing a negative thing and receiving a negative response.

20:45: Being loving inside yourself.

21:35: Two equally valuable ways to be loving and kind.

22:40: Loving others helps heal our wounds around love.

24:15: Recap

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