364. The 6 stages of any relationship ft. Thais Gibson
The Psychology of your 20s
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4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Something we may not know is that relationships typically follow a fairly similar life cycle. Author and relationship expert, Thais Gibson has articulated this idea in her new theory on the 6 stages of relationships, and how to know which you're in and when to break away. We discuss:
- How long should you date before you ask for a label?
- Why the honeymoon phase can’t last (and why that’s a good thing)
- Why does every couple need to have that one “big” fight?
- Why do so many couples break up at the 2-3 year mark?
- When do you know someone is right for you for the long haul?
- What the longest married couples know that we don’t....
Plus so much more!
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. |
| 0:02.5 | Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:08.5 | Hello everybody. |
| 0:10.0 | I'm Jemma Spike and welcome back to the psychology of your 20s, the podcast where we talk |
| 0:15.4 | through the biggest changes, moments and transitions of our 20s and what they mean for our psychology. |
| 0:28.3 | Hello everybody. Welcome back to the show. Welcome back to the podcast. It is so great to |
| 0:33.4 | have you here back for another episode. Today, we welcome back one of our favorite, my favorite |
| 0:40.7 | guests. She has been on the show so many times. She is one of the global experts on attachment style, |
| 0:48.9 | relationships, how to find healthy love. She's written two books. She has coached thousands of people and has done more research on this than probably any |
| 0:58.7 | other person. |
| 0:59.7 | The other day, I got an email from her about this new theory that she's been working on. |
| 1:04.3 | It's called The Six Stages of a Relationship. |
| 1:07.8 | And I just knew we had to talk about it because it is incredibly accurate. First |
| 1:12.2 | of all, it is so accurate how it represents almost every relationship we find ourselves in. |
| 1:18.0 | And I also think that learning about these six stages, especially in our 20s, what they represent, |
| 1:24.0 | what they mean could help us all be more realistic about love and also understand |
| 1:30.2 | the highs and lows of dating and the highs and lows of devotion and being with somebody long-term. |
| 1:38.9 | Without further ado, here she is. Tais Gibson, welcome to the psychology of your 20s again. Thank you for having me. |
| 1:47.9 | You're one of my favorite people to chat with and join podcast with and just honestly catch up with. |
| 1:53.1 | So it's really nice to be here. No, it's so lovely every time you come on the show. And you've been on a |
| 1:58.6 | couple of times. You're like my go-to attachment style expert. I love your in-depth knowledge. I love how you talk about these topics. |
| 2:07.8 | I've kind of spoiled my next question, which is tell the listeners a little bit about yourself and |
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