Welcome guys and gals to the Man Talks podcast. I'm Connor Beaton, the host and founder of Man Talks.

And on this week's midweek mini episode, we are going to talk about the five questions that you

should ask in a relationship on a regular basis to help maintain the health, connection, and

intimacy that you are wanting in your relationship.

So the reason why I wanted to talk about this is recently I was speaking at a conference and I was talking about intimacy.

And this question actually came up.

One of the guys that was there that was listening to my talk, he asked, you know,

what questions can I ask my partner on a regular basis to make sure that the relationship

is actually in a healthy place because in the past, he had been in a marriage and out of nowhere

she asked for divorce. And he said, I was so caught off guard because I thought that the

relationship was going really, really well.

I thought that everything was okay, but I had no idea that she was so unhappy.

And I guess I hadn't picked up on the signs.

And obviously, you know, there's a communication breakdown that's very apparent in there.

But there is some simple things that we can do to connect with our partner on either a daily,

weekly, or monthly basis that will allow us to still feel connected to them and for them

to feel like we really appreciate and are interested in what's going on our lives.

And let's face it, our lives are more and more complex and busy than ever.

And so it's really challenging for us to feel connected sometimes. our lives are more and more complex and busy than ever.

And so it's really challenging for us to feel connected sometimes when we're working 12 hours a day and we have social functions on the weekend and all of a sudden, you know,

we've hardly seen or spent any real quality time with our partners.

So these are a few simple things, a few simple questions that we can ask in our

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