#880: Relationship Tools That Work — Esther Perel, Brené Brown, Dr. Sue Johnson, Terry Real, and More on Conflict, Repair, and Lasting Love

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show. This episode is devoted to one simple question. But simple isn't always easy. Here's the question. How do you stay close? To those closest to you. Over time. That could be your husband, your wife, your co-founder.

could be just about anyone you are close to. Through the inevitable conflict, the misunderstandings, exhaustion, disappointment, change. And so on. In this compilation. We get A greatest hits.

From some of the minds I lean on. for answering this type of question. Esther Perrell begins with the basics, then we move to Brene Brown, who explains why marriage or partnership of any type, frankly, is never fifty-fifty and how to navigate that. Bradfeld describes the monthly life dinners. That have helped him and his wife, Jim Detmer offers a practical way to distinguish observable facts from the stories we all make up. Sheila Heen. Explains how humor and genuine curiosity can serve as tools.

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