101 - Building a Sound Relationship (feat. Dr. Rod Hetzel & Dr. Susan Matlock-Hetzel)

This week, we’re joined by relationship experts Dr. Rod Hetzel & Dr. Susan Matlock-Hetzel who talk us through the Gottman Institute’s Sound Relationship House Theory. They explain how to build trust and commitment in your marriage or partnership, offering ideas like building love maps, sharing fondness and admiration, turning towards instead of away, keeping a positive perspective, managing conflict, making life dreams come true, and creating shared meaning. If that list seemed like a lot, it’s because we cover a ton of ground in this episode! In the intro, Holly gets surprised by a guest!

Things we mention in this episode/other resources:
- The Gottman Institute
- This PDF of the Sound Relationship House is what we’re looking at throughout the episode
- the National Domestic Violence Hotline
- RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network)

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Intro/Outro music for this episode is ‘Fall Down’ by Rivers & Robots.