How to Battle Your "Relationship Dragons", with Dr. Sharon May
Change Your Brain Every Day
Dr Daniel Amen
4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2019
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
When we argue with our loved ones, whether it be a spouse, significant other, or child, it's often something under the surface that's the real issue. According to Dr. Sharon May, we all have our dragons, and sooner or later they will emerge in all our relationships. In this second episode in a series with Dr. May, she and the Amens discuss what you can do to confront those dragons, regardless of whether they are a loved one's or your own.
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| 0:50.0 | Welcome back. We are still here this week with our friend Dr. Sharon May and this is just so interesting. |
| 0:55.4 | I love this idea of the safe haven marriage and how to argue and be heard. |
| 1:01.4 | And one of the techniques you talked about in the last |
| 1:03.8 | podcast that really struck me that hit home |
| 1:06.8 | was about your dragons or never about your dragons right what the argument is |
| 1:12.3 | never about the dragon, it's the |
| 1:13.3 | dragon behind it. And so when you said that, it really hit me because that's just such a, that's |
| 1:19.6 | been a powerful thing. I know, I'll give you an example. I was arguing with my three year old at the time or four year old. She was just a |
| 1:27.2 | very she was a handful when she was little and there was a point where I got so |
| 1:30.8 | frustrated because she was so stubborn that I did thank God |
| 1:34.2 | I didn't say it out loud but in my head I'm just like you're just like your dad. |
| 1:37.6 | So the arguing triggered something from the past and it was such a toxic thought. How can I possibly then relate |
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