Stop Being Strangers: Rebuilding the Friendship Your Relationship Lost

8 Chapters · 107 Lessons

  1. 1

    Love Maps: Rediscover Your Partner’s Inner World

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      The Hidden Knowledge Beyond Your Partner's Words

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      What Lives In The Space Between Two People

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      The Brain Science Of Knowing Someone (And Why It Saves Relationships)

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      The Question Most Couples Never Ask (That Changes Everything)

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      How To Actually Build A Love Map (The Practice Nobody Taught You)

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      Failure Transcript: Love Maps Done Wrong

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      Success Transcript: Love Maps Done Right

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      The Territory You Need To Map (And Why It Matters)

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      The Practice That Keeps Love Maps Alive (When Life Tries To Erase Them)

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      The Protection Love Maps Give You (When Everything Falls Apart)

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      The Conversation You Need To Have Tonight

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      Your Turn: Discuss With Your Partner

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    Fondness & Admiration: Make Your Partner Feel Cherished

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      When Taking Each Other for Granted Becomes Your Default Setting

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      The Second Story of the House: Why This Matters More Than You Think

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      The Habit of Mind That Changes Everything

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      Why "Reliable, Responsible, and Dependable" Won't Cut It

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      The Seven-Week Rewiring: Changing the Story in Your Head

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      From Invisible Labor to Visible Appreciation: The Power of Thank You

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      Positive Sentiment Override: The Free Gift That Changes Everything

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      The Physical Reality: Touch, Affection, and Everyday Romance

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      When Fondness Has Died: The Question of Whether to Rebuild or Let Go

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      The Daily Practice: Making Fondness and Admiration Your Default

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      Your Turn: Discuss With Your Partner

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    Bids for Connection: How to Respond Without Missing Your Cue

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      The Microsecond Choices That Build or Break Your Relationship

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      How Scientists Discovered the Secret Hidden in Plain Sight

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      Understanding What Bids Actually Look Like in Real Life

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      The Three Doors That Appear With Every Bid

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      The Emotional Bank Account: Why Small Deposits Create Massive Returns

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      When Life Makes Turning Towards Feel Impossible

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      The Aftermath When Bids Fail: Healing Relationship Injuries

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      When Gratitude Turns to Grievance (and Back Again): What Couples Get Wrong About Appreciation

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      The Hidden Language of Everyday Moments

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      The Sliding Door Moments That Determine Your Future

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      Reclaiming the Art of Noticing

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      Your Turn: Discuss With Your Partner

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    Trust That Your Partner Has Your Back

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      The Question Hiding Inside Every Argument

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      When Trust Becomes the Central Issue (Spoiler: It's From the Very Beginning)

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      The Mathematics of Thinking for Two

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      What Trust Actually Sounds Like (The Questions We're Really Asking)

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      The Daily Architecture of Trust (How Small Moments Create Strong Foundations)

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      When Trust Shatters (The Sound of Something Breaking)

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      The Invisible Work of Thinking for Two

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      Watching Trust Build and Break in Real Time

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      Having the Conversation We Avoid (Naming Trust Directly)

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      Your Turn: Discuss With Your Partner

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    Stop Carrying Stress Alone (And Feel Supported by your Partner)

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      When the World Outside Won't Stop Knocking

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      The Discovery That Changed How We Think About Relationship Success

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      Why "Fine" Is the Most Dangerous Word in a Relationship

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      What Refuge Really Means in a Relationship

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      The Twenty-Minute Buffer That Protects Everything

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      How to Share Your Stress Without Shame or Armor

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      The Listening Skills That Change Everything

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      The Questions That Unlock Deep Understanding

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      For Men: The Hard Truth About Fixing Things

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      For Women: When Their Stress Isn't Automatically Yours

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      When Stress Becomes a Competition: The Wrong Way

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      Understanding First, Then Your Turn: The Right Way

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      Making This Ritual Sacred and Sustainable

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      What Success Actually Feels Like

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      Your Turn: Discuss With Your Partner

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    Rediscovering Play, Adventure, and the Lost Art of Being Silly Together

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      The Statistic That Should Terrify You

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      Your Brain Comes Pre-Wired for Delight

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      The Couple Who Saved Their Marriage With Mud

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      What Happens When Your Life Narrows

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      The Sound of Your Body Laughing

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      The Permission Nobody Gave You

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      When "I'm Too Busy" Becomes Your Default Answer

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      When "Yes, And" Brings Your Relationship Back to Life

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      When Adventure Means Midnight Swims (Or Maybe Just a Different Route Home)

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      Building Systems, Not Hoping for Moments

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      What You Think About When You're Apart

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      The Physics of Relationships (And Why They Always Get Worse Unless You Fight Back)

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      The Cost of Taking Everything Seriously

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      Your Mission (If You Actually Want Your Relationship to Stay Alive)

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      Your Turn: Discuss With Your Partner

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    Building Something Bigger Than Both of You: When Your Relationship Has Purpose and Meaning

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      The Question That Keeps Us Up at Night

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      When Two Worlds Collide

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      The Invisible Meanings That Shape Everything

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      The Struggle That Brought Them Together

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      What You're Building in Four Invisible Pillars

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      The Way Out of Being Stuck Forever

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      The Questions That Change Everything

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      When Your Deepest Self Gets to Show Up

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      What It Actually Sounds Like

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      Writing Your Mission Statement Together

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      The Culture You're Building Every Single Day

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      Your Turn: Discuss With Your Partner

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    Restore Sexual Intimacy Through Connection

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      The Invisible Language of Intimacy

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      The Research That Changes Everything

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      The Foundation Built Outside the Bedroom

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      The Weight of History We Carry

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      Building Your Erotic Love Map

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      The Practical Art of Yes and No

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      The Global Study That Reveals Everything

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      Creating Your Sensual Love Map Through Touch

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      When Trauma Lives in the Present

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      Building Rituals That Sustain Intimacy

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      Your Next Move Forward

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      Your Turn: Discuss With Your Partner

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