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🗓️ 8 April 2020
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Word is that child abuse and domestic violence are on the rise right now due to people being stuck at home.
And, if China is any indication, divorce could increase a lot once we are through this. “Shelter in place” is a great move with a big downside for some people.
If you are stuck at home with people that are difficult, including a roommate or partner, lockdown isn’t that fun. In fact, it can bring out the worst in us.
So, my wife and I thought we’d record a short podcast with some tips for couples who are feeling stuck at home
Plus, if you have children, there’s a bonus section at the end of this podcast with my kids!
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| 0:00.0 | A lot of us do go into survival mode and we go pro-self. |
| 0:04.8 | We just think about ourselves. |
| 0:06.7 | Or maybe we are overly oriented toward other people and we forget about ourselves. What's up everybody? Welcome back to another episode of the |
| 0:34.1 | relationship schools podcast. I'm your host Jason Gatis here with my |
| 0:37.6 | beautiful wife Ellen. Welcome. Thank you. Yeah. |
| 0:41.0 | So that you're here we wanted to record a podcast to help the couples on lockdown here. |
| 0:47.4 | Yes. |
| 0:48.4 | Because, tight quarters. |
| 0:50.4 | Yeah. |
| 0:51.4 | Oh my God. |
| 0:52.4 | No space. No space for a lot of people. I think I just told you about or you told me about the divorce rate in China is like skyrocketing. I don't know about skyrocketing but it's going up. |
| 1:04.0 | The headline is what I said skyrocketing. Okay. Oh no. Yeah it makes sense. |
| 1:10.0 | Right. Yeah. I also |
| 1:15.0 | going up. |
| 1:17.0 | So you know guys, we're really trapped here in tight quarters and depending on how you live and where you live |
| 1:24.9 | it's it can really be extremely intense. I feel like we're grateful because or I'm |
| 1:31.5 | grateful because we live in a pretty spacious |
| 1:33.2 | town yeah where we can walk to nature yeah we also have a house that where we can |
| 1:39.6 | take space and it feels like I don't have to have you in this be in the same room when I'm |
| 1:43.9 | taking space right you know totally all those little things and we're not |
| 1:49.6 | already in a contentious situation that's difficult to navigate, you know, because if you |
| 1:54.8 | started lockdown in that situation then this is even worse. So... Oh my gosh totally. |
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