Why Keeping the Peace May Not Be the Best Thing & Other Relationship Advice (with my husband Mac)

The Dr. Leaf Show

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Get a free Cleaning up your Mental Mess workbook when you sign up for my weekly newsletter at drleaf.com Early bird tickets on sale now for my 2021 Mental Health Retreat: https://www.drleafconference.com SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast my husband Mac and I talk about how we manage stress in our own relationship, how we live and work together, and why keeping the peace isn’t always the best thing to do in a relationship. Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/why-keeping-the-peace-may-not-be-the-best-thing-other-relationship-advice-with-my-husband-mac OFFERS FROM OUR SPONSORS: -BiOptimizers Magnesium: or an exclusive offer for my listeners go to http://www.magbreakthrough.com/leaf and use DRLEAF10 during checkout to save 10% on your order. -Daily Harvest (my favorite food delivery service!): Go to daily-harvest.com and enter promo code DRLEAF to get $25 off your first box! -Four Sigmatic (the best superfood drinks and coffee!): Get up to 40% off + Free Shipping on select bundles. To claim this deal you MUST go to Foursigmatic.com/DRLEAF. PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS: 2:34 How to manage everyday stressors that can impact your relationships 3:00 What do you do if you are constantly around someone who frustrates you? 3:30 We can’t always control what happens to us, but we can control what is in us 4:40, 11:00, 19:00 How resolving arguments can improve your mental and physical health 8:00 Why assumptions are dangerous 8:22 Why keeping the peace isn’t always a good thing 11:00 The blister study: what does it tell us about arguments and why is important? 13:30 Why we need to get comfortable with being uncomfortable and facing our relationship issues 13:50 What happens in the brain and body when we don’t resolve arguments or issues 18:20 The number one reason we shouldn’t be afraid of conflict 25:00 Why we should always ask for clarification and be willing to shift our perceptions 29:00 Why we should give ourselves and others grace 31:50 The power of self-reflection and how it can help resolve arguments 36:00 The most dangerous statement to make during an argument 41:50 Why we should do an argument “autopsy” Get my new book Cleaning up Your Mental Mess here: https://www.cleaningupyourmentalmess.com Download my new and improved brain detox app here: https://neurocycle.app Follow me on social media for daily mental health tips & strategies: -Instagram: @drcarolineleaf: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolineleaf/- -Facebook: Dr. Caroline Leaf: https://www.facebook.com/drleaf -Twitter: @drcarolineleaf: https://twitter.com/DrCarolineLeaf -Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/drcarolineleaf If you enjoyed this episode please leave a 5 review on iTunes, Google Play, or wherever you are listening! And don't forget to subscribe and share this podcast with friends and family! I love seeing your posts on social media! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dr Caroline Leif and this is my husband Mac Leif and welcome to my podcast today
0:10.3	cleaning up your mental mess.
0:12.2	And today Mac's going to be helping me discuss an important topic and that is how do you
0:17.7	deal with those chronic day to day stresses that when people are living and working together,
0:23.3	especially in this time of the pandemic where there's so much is changing online, so we
0:27.5	are living together, working together, things have changed, there's so much more pressure,
0:31.8	all those little chronic stresses that can lead to little arguments and unresolved issues.
0:36.6	Well, we're going to talk about that today and I am so pleased that you're joining me today.
0:40.4	Thank you for joining me today to discuss this.
0:43.4	We have so much fun together.
0:44.6	We love together and work together 24-7 and if anyone I believe can talk to the subject
0:50.5	of how to resolve issues and how to deal with just being together all the time and dealing
0:55.6	with unresolved issues and how to resolve them and conflict and cumulative stress, I believe
1:00.5	we can speak to that because we've pretty much always worked together and we've been married
1:04.8	for 33 years and we've been together for 34 and a half years.
1:08.7	So it's quite a long time.
1:10.4	So but before we begin, I just want to remind you that this podcast is for educational
1:16.0	purposes and not medical advice and if you need medical advice, please seek the correct
1:21.2	medical professional to help you.
1:23.7	One more thing before you begin, this year we are doing our conference live last year we
1:29.4	had to do virtually and I'm so excited we didn't live.
1:32.3	Oh yes, I think people are ready for this.
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