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Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Marital Conflict and Gottman's Four Horsemen (2018 Rerun)

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2022

⏱️ 36 minutes

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[Rerun] Dr. Kirk Honda talks about marital conflict and Gottman's Four Horsemen.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, deserving listeners.

0:08.4

I got a call recently from a podcast host or a radio show host who wanted to talk with

0:15.7

me about marital conflict, conflict and couples and the Gotman for Horseman.

0:22.8

And so they sent me the audio just now and so I thought I would just play that for you

0:28.4

for your enjoyment.

0:30.9

So let's get to that.

0:32.5

The person who interviewed me, her name is Leslie Doris.

0:38.9

And her show is called Happily Ever After is just the beginning.

0:43.6

So let's go to that right now.

0:44.9

You know, as I've said many times before, most relationships don't end with a bang.

0:51.2

They're actually victims of what I call death by a thousand cuts.

0:56.8

Another analogy that I also use is the frog in the boiling water.

1:00.6

That if you throw a frog into a pot of boiling water, the theory is it will jump out immediately.

1:06.4

But if you put it into a cooler water and gradually raise the temperature, the frog isn't

1:12.1

even aware of the change and it'll eventually die.

1:15.9

And this is actually what really happens in relationships.

1:19.1

That things start to go a little off track and we don't really notice until finally they're

1:25.1

so off track that somebody just says done.

1:28.2

So the question becomes, what signs of stress are actually happening in your relationship

1:35.6

that you might not be aware of?

1:38.2

And what toll is this incremental negative change taking on it?

1:43.6

And better yet, is there anything you can do about it?

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