In this episode, John and Vanessa discuss personal growth, the cost of living, supporting each other's growth, why people cheat in relationships, and what's happening behind closed doors in sexless marriages. They emphasize the importance of championing each other's stories and working through challenges in relationships, and conclude with reflections on the ... Show More
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When Your Partner Can’t Meet Your Needs… Do You Stay or Go?
In this module of the video course, we explore what really happens inside relationships when two people are trying — and struggling — to grow.
We talk about emotional language, repair, anger, shutdown, nervous-system responses, and what it means to feel safe with someone for the ... Show More
27m 40s
Nov 24
Going Rogue: The Truth About Becoming Yourself
In this raw, unfiltered reflection, John shares the real story behind going rogue as a therapist — from coffee-shop sessions to walk-and-talks, to breaking every rule therapy school ever taught him.
He explores the lifelong pattern of exchanging truth for membership, the fear of ... Show More
22m 27s
Feb 2022
How Not to Ruin Your Relationships | Drs. John & Julie Gottman
<p>If you care about your long term health and happiness, the quality of your relationships is an area you should focus on. And the good news here is that love – as it applies to friends, family, and romantic partners – is not a factory setting, but instead a skill. Drs. John and ... Show More
1h 8m
Sep 2023
NOT feeling GOOD ENOUGH, breaking TOXIC patterns, Getting over someone you NEVER dated & the truth behind ADDICTIONS | Advice session #7
<p>On todays episode we talk about feeling unworthy or not good enough, why it happens and how to work through it; breaking toxic patterns and why it seems so hard to get our of toxic cycles; getting over someone we never dated and learning how to choose ourselves; and the truth ... Show More
19m 11s
Apr 2022
Esther Perel: Relationships and How They Shape Us (Re-Release) #256
This is the third in a series of re-released episodes from the Feel Better Live More archives. In this conversation, I speak to arguably one of the world’s leading and most original thinkers on modern relationships, the wonderful, Esther Perel, who has long been on my dream guest ... Show More
1h 24m