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Sep 2024
18m 22s

Partner not listening to you? Do this...

NATALIE KENNEDY
About this episode
Does your partner tune you out, or get defensive and withdrawn when you try to get vulnerable with them? Check you're not accidentally repelling them by doing this one thing.
 
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