13: Repair Attempts

In this podcast episode, my wife and I discuss something known as a repair attempt. It's a term coined by John Gottman. He is a psychologist who has done 40 years of research on relationships and marital stability and divorce prediction. This repair attempt thing relates to the way a couple tries to reconnect after a fight. If you want to get the most out of this episode, here is one way you can do it:

1. Get in a good fight with your partner.

2. Listen to this Neurotic Tornado repair attempt episode.

3. Watch the Gottman video I reference in the podcast. Read up a little bit more on repair attempts.

4. Try to make a repair attempt with your partner.

5. When the repair attempt fails, just watch some sketch comedy as my wife and I did after our fight: Mr. Show; Key & Peele.

6. Tell someone something cool you learned today.

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