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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to have reunion conversations

to reconnect with your family or your work team

after time apart.

Sonia Lubomirski suggests having a reunion conversation with your spouse in her book,

The How of Happiness, a scientific approach to getting the life you want, which is the source of several other

tips we talked about last week.

When you meet again in the evening, she says, have a reunion conversation in a low stress setting, and listen.

She acknowledges that this is tricky for couples with young children and suggests coming

home 15 minutes before the babysitter leaves or just letting your kids

watch a show or play a video game for a while.

That way, you can carve out time for you and your spouse to connect.

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