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Nov 2020
58m 5s

What Makes a Good Marriage?

Goop, Inc. and Audacy
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Eli Finkel, PhD, is a psychology professor at Northwestern University and the author of the fascinating book The All-or-Nothing Marriage, which explores the surprising things that make marriages fulfilling and what can put them on the rocks. Today, he joins host Elise Loehnen to chat about how the definition of an ideal marriage has shifted over time, what h ... Show More
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