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What Couples Who Last Actually Do
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After seven weeks of understanding what's breaking, I want to spend this final module on what works. Not in theory. In practice. In the daily, unglamorous reality of two imperfect people choosing each other again. Gottman has studied thousands of couples over four decades. The ones who stay togethe...
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In this lesson you will learn:
- Gottman's 5:1 ratio requires deliberate positive actions, not waiting for positive feelings
- The weekly State of the Union ritual (appreciations, one conflict, one request) creates a container for hard conversations
- Daily rituals of connection (goodnight, departure/reunion, date) prevent the drift into parallel lives
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