Hey everyone and welcome to the Psychology Podcast. I'm especially excited for today's

episode. For one, we are relaunching the podcast with Stitcher. They're one of the leading

podcast networks and we're really looking forward to working with them to bring the

podcast to the next level. Second, I'm really excited about our guest today, the Stair

Parallel. The Stair is a psychotherapist and a New York Times bestselling author recognizes

one of today's most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. In this

episode, I talked to a Stair about love and relationships, especially in the age of

a global pandemic. A Stair also offers her perspective on how to keep passion alive during

her marriage, as well as affairs, getting to the root cause of why people cheat. We also

tackle the essence of the words eros and freedom, and we touch on the topics of soulmates,

affairs, masculinity, and a Stair's practice as a cross-cultural therapist. I've been looking

forward to this conversation with a Stair for years and I'm delighted to finally be able

to bring it to you all. So without further ado, I bring you a Stair Parallel.

Stair, it's so great to chat with you today. I've been looking forward to this for years,

actually. It's pleasure to be here. You're patient. You've been very patient. I have been

in, you know, my mom told me patients often pays off. So I'm very excited to chat with

you. Why is rumored? I remember at the American Psychological Association conference, we were

also captivated by your keynote. We were at the front row and we came up to you afterwards

this couple of years ago. I don't know if you remember this. We didn't expect you

know, you'd actually show up. We just wanted to invite you to our division 10 social for

our art thing. And then you came in, I think with your husband, you came in with your husband,

and we're like, oh my God, is there a kid to our social? You made our lives. So I just want

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