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490: Irrelationships A Way Out of Dysfunction with Grant H. Brenner

Age Less / Live More

Lucas Rockwood

Self-improvement, Education

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Around 20% of people have reported a major breakdown in one or more relationships during the pandemic. This includes romantic couples, but also work, family, and friend relationships strained by distance, differing viewpoints, and lack of human connection. But at the same time, 27% said their relationship with their spouse or partner got better! 

Did the pandemic cause the change or simply reveal what was already there? On this week's podcast, you'll meet a psychiatrist whose private practice and written work focuses on mood and anxiety disorders, and more recently, fixing dysfunctional relationship patterns.  

Listen & learn: 

  • Performer vs. audience dynamics at home
  • The "discovery" process of dysfunction 
  • 40/20/40 communication model 
  • How to create a plan and agreement for security 

Links:

Dr. Brenner's Site

COVID / Relationship Research

ABOUT OUR GUEST
Grant H. Brenner, MD is a psychiatrist in private practice in New York City. He specializes in treating mood and anxiety disorders. He is an author and editor of the book, Creating Spiritual and Psychological Resilience and the co-author of the new book, Irrelationship.

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0:00.0

Can we look at the big areas for personal growth and development?

0:08.1

It's usually health, wealth, and relationships.

0:12.2

And that third one, relationships, I find to be the most challenging because with both

0:16.2

your health and your wealth, your business life, you can work on those all by yourself.

0:20.6

Anytime you want.

0:21.6

Right now, three o'clock in the morning, you can always do that with relationships because

0:24.7

they involve negotiation, compromise, accommodation, because they involve other people, whether

0:29.9

it's a relationship with your intimate partner, whether it's a relationship with your co-workers,

0:33.2

your colleagues, your friends and family.

0:35.5

It's always a really challenging thing because, well, it's not just you.

0:40.2

On today's show, we'll be chatting about your relationships or dysfunctional relationships,

0:44.3

why we get into them, how to think about them, a plan for moving forward and hopefully

0:50.0

solving things when it's possible.

0:52.0

If you're new here, it's the Lucas Rockwood show.

0:53.5

I'm a yoga teacher, a teacher trainer, a serial entrepreneur.

0:56.8

I have three kids, but first and foremost, I'm a student.

0:59.3

I like to learn things, so I go out into the world and find medical doctors like this week,

1:03.2

yoga teachers, meditation teachers, authors, experts.

1:05.6

I try to bring their best work to us here on the show so we can learn new things, get inspired

1:09.8

and hopefully live better lives.

1:11.6

Let's see how it goes.

1:13.2

If you'd like to be on my weekly email list, go to yogabody.com forward slash sign me up.

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