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The mindbodygreen Podcast

320: Everything you need to know about lifelong love | the world’s leading relationship experts John Gottman, Ph.D. & Julie Gottman, Ph.D.

The mindbodygreen Podcast

mindbodygreen

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

John Gottman, Ph.D., & Julie Gottman, Ph.D.: “This last year has been like a laboratory watching what happens to relationships.”  The Gottmans, arguably the world’s leading relationship experts and founders of the Gottman Institute, join mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to have a happy relationship that lasts, plus: - Why you should take a 20 minute break during conflict - How to have a stellar sex life - How to create a "love map" & why you should - How relationships have changed since COVID - Why you should ask your partner open-ended questions Referenced in the episode: - The Gottman Institute. - Malcolm Gladwell's Blink. - John's research on predicting martial happiness in newlyweds. - Learn more about the Gottman's research on marriage and couples. - Gottman Card Decks App offering questions, statements, and ideas for improving your relationship. - Gottman Referral Network to find a Gottman Method trained therapist in your area. - Videos and exercises to learn the foundations of Gottman principles. - The Gottan's Loving Out Loud video series to take your relationship off autopilot. - Gottman's Love Notes Newsletter. - Julie's op-ed on how bad relationships suffered during lockdown. Our new and improved beauty & gut collagen+ is back in stock! With 17.7 grams of types I and III grass-fed collagen combined with seven other powerhouse ingredients, our one of a kind powder supports glowing skin, strong hair and nails, and a healthy gut.* To get 25% off your first month subscription, don't forget to use the code COLLAGENJASON at checkout. Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.  If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or taking medications, consult with your doctor before starting a supplement routine. It is always optimal to consult with a health care provider when considering what supplements are right for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.

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performance is not guaranteed. Doctors John and Julie Gottman are world-renowned experts in the

0:51.9

fields of marital stability, divorce prediction and quite simply I think they are the best in the

0:58.1

world when it comes to all things love, conflict and relationships. It is beyond an honor to have

1:05.3

them on the show today and I promise there's going to be some life-changing takeaways for all of our

1:10.8

listeners regardless of their relationship status. It's a good one. I am so excited.

1:16.5

John Julie, welcome. Thank you Jason. I am such a huge fan of your work and I read a lot and I

1:27.6

always don't remember everything I read and I first heard of your work when I read Malcolm Gladwell's

1:34.4

Blink back in 2007. So 14 years ago as you were famously able to predict within 15 minutes whether

1:45.2

or not a couple would still be together 15 years later and it is one of the most memorable anecdotes

1:54.3

I've ever read in relationships. So I have to start I feel like that in my mind made your work

2:00.0

famous. So let's start there and talk about that. What do you want to know? Let's talk about that

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15 minutes. You know what happened in that 15 minutes and what did you see that led you to be able

2:12.2

to say this couple is going to make it this couple has no chance with essentially 90 percent

2:16.8

accurate 90 north of 90 percent accuracy which is your first study that Bob Levinson and I did

2:22.4

back in the 1970s we didn't have any predictions we were just we just discovered that when there was

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