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🗓️ 17 June 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Every close relationship hits turbulence at some point. Conflict is inevitable.
That’s why the real magic of secure, emotionally mature relationships isn’t about avoiding conflict. It’s about having the tools to come back together and repair.
Repair requires us to be proactive because the work needs to begin long before it is actually needed. You can’t build a bridge in the middle of a storm (aka, a conflict). Having the ability to repair after disconnection or disagreements is everything. In this episode, I’m teaching you how to create a repair kit so you can prepare to handle conflict much more productively.
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0:00.0 | Well, hello there and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole Show. |
0:04.0 | I want to start with a question. |
0:06.0 | How are you at conflict? |
0:10.7 | Like, are you a good fighter? |
0:13.1 | Are you a fair fighter? |
0:14.7 | Are you a dirty fighter? |
0:16.5 | And more importantly, how are you at coming back together after conflict? |
0:22.6 | What kind of a repairer are you? |
0:25.4 | Because that is exactly what this entire episode of the Terry Cole show is about, |
0:30.5 | which is about how to repair after rupture. |
0:34.3 | Because it's really not about having a conflict-free relationship because, hello, that does |
0:39.8 | not exist, probably. It's about what are your skills to repair? And I'm walking you through |
0:48.3 | how to create a repair kit. I'm teaching you how to a repair kit date night. It's going to be so much fun. You're going to |
0:56.7 | learn so much about your person. So before we get into it, I just want to say thank you so much |
1:01.3 | for being here. I appreciate you guys so much. I'm feeling very nostalgic. Many of you know |
1:05.3 | were coming up in September on 10 years of this pod. |
1:13.1 | And wow, time flies when you're having fun. |
1:13.9 | I can tell you that much. |
1:19.6 | But I just appreciate this community so much, like-minded, like-hearted, good people doing good stuff in the world, caring about your mental health, all the things. |
1:24.6 | I just appreciate you. |
1:26.2 | That's all I'm saying. |
1:26.9 | And if you appreciate me, |
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