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The Jayson Gaddis Podcast

SC 207 - Gender, Self-Reflection & Self-Care - Alexandra Solomon

The Jayson Gaddis Podcast

Jayson Gaddis

Relationships, Society & Culture

4.7999 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

According to professor and therapist Dr. Alexandra Solomon, engaging your partner in conversation about their past experiences is one of the best things you can do to keep your relationship sexy and exciting. Listen in to find out why!

  • Who is Dr. Alexandra Solomon? [6:00]
  • Alexandra Defines "Relational Self-Awareness" [8:00] 
  • Are Some People Just More Interested In Self-Awareness? [10:00]
  • How Gender Norms Encourage Defensiveness [13:00]
  • Alexandra’s Theories About Why People Avoid Introspection [23:00]
  • How To Start Investigating Your History [31:00] 
  • Why It’s Never Okay To Use Stories From Their Past Against Them [37:00]
  • Things Alexandra is Learning Her Own Marriage [40:00] 
  • Why Self-Care It Vital To A Healthy Partnership [42:00]
  • Relational Themes Dr. Solomon Is Seeing Working With Students [49:00
  • Getting Better At Relationship To Bring About Social Change [55:00]

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Transcript

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0:00.0

In romantic movies, romantic comedies, you don't see them unpacking how the impact of childhood

0:06.2

is shaping their experience of this moment.

0:08.8

So somehow it feels super unromantic, but in some ways, like it's,'s oh my God what could be more romantic? So, Hey, what's up, Campers?

0:35.0

Jason Gatis here with another episode of The

0:39.4

Relationship Schools Smart Couple Podcast.

0:42.4

Campers, you ask?

0:44.0

Exactly.

0:45.0

That's what I call my kids, okay?

0:49.0

I say, what's up, Campers?

0:50.0

We like to go camping. It's cute. It's endearing guys. Relax, okay? When you have kids, you get really dorky and silly. Some of your parents know this. I think one of my

1:06.5

favorite parts about myself is being around my children and being a total goofball with them.

1:16.4

At some point I got to bring them on the podcast. We'll have some fun.

1:23.0

Okay, welcome back, glad you're here and grateful that you are the kind of person that wants to learn about human intimacy and that you're not going to just rely on your past history

1:36.5

and your implicit memory and the reactivity in your nervous system to just act out, right?

1:44.0

When you get triggered and when you get upset and activated by people.

1:48.0

Don't you think people are really challenging human beings?

1:51.0

Man, they are. Geez, oh mighty. So check this out. In this

1:58.6

episode I've got a guest returning for the second time.

2:04.4

And I love this woman.

2:06.3

She is one of our ambassadors here at the relationship school,

2:10.5

Alexandra Solomon.

2:12.4

She wrote a book called Loving Bravely. If you haven't bought that and read it, I highly recommend it.

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