Intimacy, Emotional Baggage, Relationship Longevity, and More – Esther Perel on The Tim Ferriss Show
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Intimacy, Emotional Baggage, Relationship Longevity, and More – Esther Perel on The Tim Ferriss Show
Lessons from my conversation with Dr. Sue Johnson
1. Criticism Is a Bid for Connection: When your partner criticizes or becomes passive-aggressive, they're not trying to hurt you. They're asking "Where are you?" Sue explains that demanding partners are desperately seeking connection: "If the other person doesn't... See more
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The key to successful relationships is to stop keeping score and instead focus on being the partner you aspire to be.
TRANSCRIPT
The second is, and this is kind of the most important, is, and I didn't learn this, and this was the biggest unlock, I think, for me in terms of my relationships with my partner and my friends and my parents, was to put away the scorecard.
And that is, relationships are a transaction to a certain extent. You might be providing economic security
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