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I wanted to open the show talking a lot about some relational stuff.

I really was tracking this one topic and as the universe does at times, it started flooding

me with different articles related to this one core concept.

I guess the most common piece of it is just relationships, but it was really looking at marital

loneliness.

That was the initial entry point.

You know, I do couples and marital and sex therapy. That's my specialization. Actually, I think

it's the most important part of someone's psychological well-being. It's the entry point where we

learn everything about someone. When we look at their relational life, their relational history,

it's where all of our trauma is, also shows us where our work is. But the issue

of marital loneliness, it's such an interesting concept because I guess on the outside, for those

that maybe are single or newly dating or haven't been or aren't in a long-term relationship,

it's a very foreign concept. A lot of people would be stumped by that. How can you be in a

relationship with someone as long as you have, having spent the time

with them that you have, possibly living with them?

And maybe haven't gone through some major life events, job loss, illness, death, financial

concerns, and maybe cohabitating, maybe even raising children.

How could that couple have loneliness? So many things

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