422: Mastering Relationship Skills with Dr. Stan Tatkin
The Adult Chair
Michelle Chalfant
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2024
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Could your relationship benefit from a deeper connection? Join us for a conversation with Dr. Stan Tatkin, co-founder of the PACT Institute and renowned for his psychobiological approach to couple therapy. We explore his inclusive approach to modern relationship structures. Dr. Tatkin reveals his secrets for maintaining excitement in long-term relationships and offers advice on living authentically, fostering self-love, and operating from your adult mindset.
Ever wondered why you’re attracted to certain people? Dr. Tatkin explains the fascinating neurobiological roots behind our unconscious attraction to partners who mirror our emotional upbringing. We discuss the crucial role of presence, attention, and curiosity in sustaining intimacy beyond the initial spark.
Discover how shared purpose and mutual protection are the cornerstones of a thriving partnership. Dr. Tatkin emphasizes the "couple bubble" concept, where mutual support and unwavering commitment are paramount. We explore the importance of aligning values, setting mutual goals, and maintaining a cooperative dynamic to ensure a fulfilling and sustainable relationship.
In this episode, you will hear:
- Deep dive into Dr. Tatkin's updated book, "Wired for Love"
- The role of presence, attention, and curiosity in sustaining relationships
- Exploring 'pillow talk' for deeper emotional bonds
- Understanding unconscious partner attraction and its neurobiological roots
- The significance of mutual goals, shared visions, and the "couple bubble"
- Practical advice for building resilient and fulfilling long-term partnerships
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| 0:00.0 | Are you someone who is in some part of your life feeling stuck or overwhelmed, unfulfilled, |
| 0:09.4 | maybe you lack passion or purpose in your life and you just don't know what else to do or where to go to change |
| 0:15.8 | things. Here's the answer. You've got to learn how to live from your true self. When we live from our true self, we live with greater |
| 0:25.4 | clarity on how to move forward and we become aware of the choices that we |
| 0:29.7 | need to make to create the change that we want. Our relationships of all kinds will improve. |
| 0:36.4 | We live a life with greater purpose and passion and so much more. So the question |
| 0:42.2 | is this, how do we live from our true self? How do we truly |
| 0:46.8 | awaken this part of us? Well, I have created it for you my friends. It's called The Academy of Awakening. |
| 0:55.0 | This is a place where you will learn how to awaken and live from your true self |
| 1:00.0 | and transform your life. Head over to the Academy of Awakening.com. |
| 1:07.0 | Each month we're going to have new spiritual teachers |
| 1:10.0 | and experts in the field of mental and emotional health as well as physical health |
| 1:15.0 | coming into the academy where you're going to be able to interact with them directly. |
| 1:20.1 | You're also going to get hot seat coaching from myself, live Q&As, meditations, and so much more. |
| 1:29.0 | If you're someone that's ready to expand your comfort zone and transform your life, come check out the Academy of |
| 1:34.8 | Awakening. That's at the Academy of Awakening.com. Once again, the Academy of Awakening.com. The Academy of Awakening.com. |
| 1:45.4 | Hey guys, I hope that you enjoy the show today. |
| 1:48.1 | It was incredible. |
| 1:50.8 | Dr. Stan Tackkin brought his A game. We had an incredible show with him. I asked all the questions. We had a lot of emails come in and post in social media about what questions they wanted me to ask |
| 2:05.6 | Stan and I got them all in. But at the end of the show, we did a whole live Q&A for the people that are |
| 2:11.6 | part of the Academy of Awakening membership. So if this interests you, go check |
| 2:16.7 | out the Academy of Awakening.com. It is so much more than being able to join me live for the live Q&As at the end of the |
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