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Something You Should Know about Keeping Love Alive


Couples & Chemistry

April 12, 2013

 

Interview with Mira Kirshenbaum, author of the book Is He Mr. Right?: Everything You Need to Know Before You Commit

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Research shows that chemistry between 2 people is the most important element of a happy, long-term relationship. And there are 5 dimensions of chemistry that all must be working.

 

Mira Kirshenbaum:
They don’t have to be great it’s just pass or fail which is pretty good. Then you have a solid predictor of a happy future together.
 


Mira Kirshenbaum

Putting The Magic Back In Your Relationship

March 29, 2013

 

Interview with Don Rosenthal, co-author of the book Learning to Love: From Conflict to Lasting Harmony

 

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Mike Carruthers:
If you're in a marriage or relationship and you would like it to be better, how do you make things change?
 
 
 
Don Rosenthal:

I would say whoever feels dissatisfied with what's going on can help bring about a change by demonstrating the quality they would like to see more of in the relationship. That's the best way to change your partner.
 


Don Rosenthal

Where Does Love Come From - Part 2?

February 12, 2013

 

Interview with Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, author of the book Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Scientifically speaking love is the result of micro-moments of shared positivity.

 

Dr. Barbara Fredrickson:
We have data to suggest that the more moments like this people have in their day the healthier they become in terms of their cardiovascular functioning. And the more they grow and change and become better versions of themselves.
 


Dr. Barbara Fredrickson

Where Does Love Come From?

February 11, 2013

 

Interview with Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, author of the book Love 2.0: How Our Supreme Emotion Affects Everything We Feel, Think, Do, and Become

 

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Mike Carruthers:
When we feel love towards someone what is that emotion exactly - is it something that comes over time?

 

Dr. Barbara Fredrickson:
Well, love does come over time and yet it’s built up over time through these micro-moments of shared positive emotion - the shared positive emotions that we feel with others.
 


Dr. Barbara Fredrickson

Creating Personal Chemistry - Part 2

February 7, 2013

 

Interview with Leil Lowndes, author of the book How to Create Chemistry with Anyone: 75 Ways to Spark It Fast--and Make It Last

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Anyone who’s been in a long-term relationship knows that the passion dies down – usually in about 18 months.

 

Leil Lowndes:
Why? Because after we do the same thrilling thing with the same person over and over it doesn’t give the same kicks.
 


Leil Lowndes

Creating Personal Chemistry

February 6, 2013

 

Interview with Leil Lowndes, author of the book How to Create Chemistry with Anyone: 75 Ways to Spark It Fast--and Make It Last

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Your eyes meet across the room you feel something magical a special chemistry – what is it?

 

Leil Lowndes:
The chemical reaction you feel is primarily a drug called dopamine rushing into the pleasure center of our brain.
 


Leil Lowndes

The Need For Appreciation In Relationships

December 26, 2012

 

Interview with Jeffry Larson PhD, author of the book The Great Marriage Tune-Up Book: A Proven Program for Evaluating and Renewing Your Relationship

 

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Mike Carruthers:
There's a common, often overlooked, problem in marriages and long-term relationships, and that is…

 

Jeffry Larson:
…the lack of appreciation. People just don't speak up and say the little compliments sincerely that they need to, and then you just don't feel appreciated.
 


Jeffry H. Larson

Expectations Of Marriage

October 16, 2012

 

Interview with Susan Shapiro Barash, author of the book The Nine Phases of Marriage: How to Make It, Break It, Keep It

 

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Mike Carruthers:
Men and women often enter into marriage with very different expectations.

 

Susan Shapiro Barash:
Very much a gender divide it really is a gender divide what you get from your marriage and what you want from your marriage.
 


Susan Shapiro Barash

Relationship Tune-Up

October 5, 2012

 

Interview with Dr. Terri Orbuch, author of the book 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great

 

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Mike Carruthers:
When it comes to keeping a relationship fun and interesting…

 

Dr. Terri Orbuch:
What people forget to do is sweat the small stuff. And I know that sounds opposite to what we’ve heard about.
 


Dr. Terri Orbuch

Instantly Improve Any Relationship

August 31, 2012

 

Interview with Cloe Madanes, author of the book Relationship Breakthrough: How to Create Outstanding Relationships in Every Area of Your Life

 

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Mike Carruthers:
In any relationship we all have the need for security and certainty.

 

Cloe Madanes:
One of the paradoxes of human life is that as soon as you have certainty you have the need for uncertainty, variety - you want some surprises.
 


Cloe Madanes

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