Talks on Love Playlist (2/5): Even healthy couples fight — the difference is how | Julie and John Gottman
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🗓️ 12 June 2026
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Can conflict actually bring you and your partner closer? It depends on how you fight, say Julie and John Gottman, the world's leading relationship scientists. They share why the way couples fight can predict the future of their relationships — and show how anybody can transform conflict into an opportunity for deeper connection and understanding.
This episode originally aired in 2024.
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| 0:00.0 | June is LGBTQ Pride Month for many around the world. |
| 0:04.1 | It's a time to celebrate the fight for rights and the many forms love and relationships |
| 0:08.4 | can take. |
| 0:09.6 | In honor of this, today we're dropping five of our favorite TED Talks from the archive on love |
| 0:15.1 | and relationships. |
| 0:16.5 | Happy listening. |
| 0:20.8 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity. Happy listening. |
| 0:26.0 | You're listening to TED Talks Daily, where we bring you new ideas to spark your curiosity every day. |
| 0:27.6 | I'm your host, Elise Hugh. |
| 0:30.6 | I'll be honest, I don't get starstruck very easily. |
| 0:32.9 | I do live in Los Angeles, after all. |
| 0:38.4 | But at TED 2024, there were two speakers who I just had to go say hello to when I saw them. |
| 0:40.4 | John and Julie Gottman. |
| 0:41.3 | See, there's John and Jordan. |
| 0:45.7 | I just say I'm so starstruck seeing you all. |
| 0:47.1 | Big fan. |
| 0:50.7 | You're responsible for so many of our relationships staying intact. |
| 0:52.1 | So we're getting better. |
| 0:53.2 | So thank you both. |
| 0:54.1 | See later. So, or getting better. So thank you both. See later. |
| 0:57.2 | So fan girl. |
| 0:58.7 | I got to ask you to take a picture. |
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