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The School of Greatness

940 Love, INTIMACY and Relationships During Isolation with DeVon Franklin

The School of Greatness

Lewis Howes

Mindset, Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Mental Health, Education, Greatness, Fitness, Celebrity, Health, Inspiration, Success, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Business, Money, Self Care, Celebrity Interview

4.822K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

“In a relationship, we expect one season to always be the season.” QUESTIONS How do we stay connected and loving without hurting each other in these times of isolation? (1:42) What do you think is a good portion of time away from your partner? (5:21) What are the lessons you have learned within your relationship? (9:31) How do we implement peace over panic during these times? (19:28) How can we cultivate intimacy without sex? (39:17) What do you do for your family to make things better in your partnership everyday? (45:13) YOU WILL LEARN Why setting expectations for each day is important for the relationship (4:36) Why the model relationship has to be imperfect (9:41) How having a genuine commitment to your partner is essential (13:48) How understanding control will give you peace (22:21) Whether communication or sex helps a relationship become better (28:21) Why focusing on how this isolation will help us is important (38:12) How helping your partner find success will help your relationship (48:12) How praise and gratitude will help you navigate your pain (54:31) LINKS MENTIONED The Wait: A Powerful Practice for Finding the Love of Your Life and a Life You Love Byron Katie If you enjoyed this episode, show notes and more at http://www.lewishowes.com/940 and follow at instagram.com/lewishowes

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0:00.0

This is episode number 940 with New York Times bestselling author,

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Devon Franklin.

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Welcome to the School of Greatness.

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My name is Louis Howe's former pro athlete, Turnly Style Entrepreneur.

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In each week we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness.

0:23.0

Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let the class begin.

0:30.0

Byron Katie said, my experience is that the teachers we need the most are the people we are living with right now.

0:42.0

Oh, I love that. And right now is the perfect time to learn and grow the most, especially with the person you're spending the most time with.

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Now I don't know about you, but I've been living with my girlfriend for a few months now.

0:57.0

And just moving in had its challenges. It's been a beautiful experience and overall amazing, but man, that I need to learn patience, that I need to learn communication, that I need to learn all these different things.

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And both of us need to learn a lot. And even more so right now for couples, for people who are dating, who people who are in marriages.

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Some of you might be going through very, very stressful times right now. And I wanted to bring on someone who is an expert at this who truly knows how to master relationships.

1:29.0

His name is Devon Franklin and he is an award-winning film and TV producer, New York Times bestselling author, international speaker, preacher, and spiritual success coach.

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He's the president and CEO of Franklin Entertainment best known for the film's miracle from heaven.

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Heaven is for real and New York Times bestselling book, The Weight, which he co-wrote with his wife Megan Good.

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And with a commitment to uplifting the masses through entertainment, he has quickly become a force in the media as well as a leading authority on faith, spiritual wellness, and personal development.

2:03.0

And in this episode, I ask him a lot of personal juicy questions about his own intimate relationship with his wife and advice for single people who may feel uncertain about relationships during social distancing.

2:16.0

We talk about the importance of setting up individual and self-care time while you're living with your partner.

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All the amazing lessons that he is currently learning right now that he still needs to master in his relationship, the importance of intent, clarity, and flexibility in your relationships to grow and thrive, and the power of men staying committed to the well-being of the women in their lives and so much more.

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This is going to be a powerful, juicy, lovable episode.

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Make sure to share it with a girlfriend, a guy friend, someone who you know is in a relationship who wants to thrive or someone who's struggling in a relationship right now and needing some more guidance and support.

2:56.0

Just send them the link, LewisHouse.com slash 940 or copy and paste the link on Apple Podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening to this and text a friend right now.

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