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Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Building The Perfect Relationship with Dr. Stan Tatkin

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.82.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Relationships are hard, and making them last is even harder. Today we’re exploring how we can be happier and healthier in all of our relationships with a wonderful clinician, teacher, and researcher: Dr. Stan Tatkin. About our Guest: Dr. Stan Tatkin is an expert on human behavior, and particularly the unique dynamics found in couples relationships. He’s the creator of PACT: the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy, and the author of six bestselling books, including Wired for Love and We Do. Life After COVID Summit: Join Dr. Rick Hanson, Forrest Hanson, and a roster of world-class experts during this FREE three-day online event to explore our life after COVID. Click here to learn more about the Summit and register now. Key Topics: 1:45: The importance of attachment.  5:30: What happens when children are neglected? 9:00: Finding safety in our relationships. 13:30: How to build safety through physical cues.  19:10: Apology, and building a culture in our relationships. 23:00: Finding common principles.  31:00: Dealbreakers, and entering relationships intentionally. 37:00: Fairness in our relationships.  45:30: Being and staying interested. 49:15: Trusting your partner’s experience.  54:50: The most important characteristics in a life partner. 57:00: What’s the most important thing you do each day for your own well-being? 58:30: A message to your younger self. 1:00:00: Recap Sponsors: From Dr. Hanson: The Foundations of Well-Being brings together the lessons of a lifetime of practice into one year-long online program. Podcast listeners can use the code BEINGWELL25 at checkout for an additional 25% off! Please don't hesitate to apply for a scholarship if you're in need.  Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month!  Explore your creativity at Skillshare.com/BEINGWELL and get a free trial of their Premium Membership. Want to sleep better? Try the legendary Calm app! Visit calm.com/beingwell for 40% off a premium subscription. Connect with the show: Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Subscribe on iTunes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hansen.

0:10.6

If you're new to the podcast, this is where we explore the practical science of last

0:15.0

and well-being.

0:16.1

And if you've listened before, welcome back.

0:18.3

I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hansen, so dad, how are you doing today?

0:22.5

I'm good and delighted actually to be able to speak with my friend and someone I've learned

0:27.4

a lot from who's truly a master in this field of relationships, Dr. Stan Tatkin.

0:34.3

This is a special episode.

0:35.7

Yeah, we've been really looking forward to this one, which is going to focus on building

0:39.3

stronger relationships.

0:40.8

And as you said to help us do that, we're joined today by a wonderful clinician and teacher

0:45.8

and researcher.

0:47.6

Stan is an expert on human behavior and particularly the unique dynamics found in couples' relationships.

0:54.0

He's the creator of PACT, the Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy, which combines

0:58.9

attachment theory, developmental neuroscience, and even arousal regulation into one highly

1:04.5

effective, truly therapeutic approach.

1:07.2

Stan's also written dozens of academic articles and six best-selling books, including

1:12.3

Wired for Love and We Do.

1:14.6

So Stan, thanks so much for joining us today.

1:16.6

How are you doing?

1:17.6

I'm doing great.

1:18.6

Thank you guys.

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