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Relationship School Podcast

Learn street level, practical tools to have better relationships from a real dude who is a solid husband and father. Jayson Gaddis, founder of The Relationship School, interviews couples, experts, neuroscientists, therapists, coaches, and everyday people to help you have the best relationships possible. Watch your long-term partnerships, family relationships, friendships, and work relationships get better. Jayson offers a fun action step at the end of each episode. Let's do this people! Let's learn how to love bigger! The world needs it.
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Now displaying: December, 2020
Dec 29, 2020

As 2020 winds down, what are you hoping to see what happens in the new year with your relationship? Maybe you want to rekindle the romance. Or maybe you want to start a family.

Whatever your hopes and dreams are for the new year, in this podcast, my wife Ellen and I give you four important questions to start the new year.

Here is one of the questions: Why are you together? In other words, what is the purpose of your relationship? Listen in as we unpack this question along with the other three.

Shownotes:

  • 0:45 4 questions to find the purpose of your relationship
  • 3:30 Why are you in a relationship with your partner?
  • 7:35 What do you want from your relationship?
  • 9:30 Where do you want to go in your relationship?
  • 11:25 How are you going to get where you want to be?

 

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Dec 22, 2020

Did you know the longest study conducted by Harvard University on human behavior found that the single biggest determining factor of a well-lived life was based on the quality of relationships the participants had?

In today’s podcast, I give a few more examples of human behavioral studies showing how relationships affect the overall quality of life. I also give tips on how moving forward with your relationships with yourself and others are going to fit into all the challenges that lie ahead in the new year.

Dec 16, 2020

Ever wonder what makes a successful couple? This week, my wife and I welcome back a returning guest Christine Hassler (and her partner!).We hosted this fun Q&A related to growth in relationships, marriage & raising kids.

Here’s one of the questions we answer in this podcast: What should I do if I'm growing, but my partner isn't? If you want to know the answer to this question, I invite you to listen to this interesting podcast.

Shownotes:

  • 3:25 Introduction Christine Hassler and Stefanos Sifandos
    5:00 How Christine and Stefanos met and the evolution of their relationship
  • 18:10 Deciding to commit to a long-term partnership
    21:25: How being involved in self-development jobs affects their relationship
  • 28:55 How having kids impacted their relationship
  • 31:55 Dealing with taking care of others instead of yourself
    38:45 How does it feel to work with your partner
  • 50:00 What to do when you are putting in the work but your partner is not
  • 57:45 How the pandemic impacted their family dynamics
  • 1:09:20 Action Step

Useful Links:
https://stefanossifandos.com/

https://christinehassler.com/

https://relationshipschool.com/training

 

Dec 8, 2020

Ever wonder why oxytocin is called the “Love Drug?” This week, Dr. Sue Carter, author of "Attachment and Bonding: A New Synthesis” joins me in a very interesting discussion on why oxytocin is one of the primary glues that keeps long-term relationships together.

According to Dr. Sue Carter, without oxytocin, we probably would not have been able to evolve into the complex creatures that we are today. If you have always wanted to know the relationship between oxytocin and attachment dynamics, you’ll want to check this out.

Shownotes:

  • 2:50 Introduction - Dr. Sue Carter
  • 10:15 Pair bonding, relationships and the origins of oxytocin
  • 19:40 Oxytocin fluctuations and a sense of safety
  • 17:45 The influence of oxytocin on our relationships
  • 34:40 Effects of oxytocin on men and women
  • 39:15 Action Step

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Dec 1, 2020

In this week’s podcast, my wife Ellen and I continue the discussion on attachment dynamics and give tips for all you ‘pursuers.’ 

If you are the pursuer in your relationship who always wants to connect with your partner, especially under stress and anxiety, we want to help you learn how to communicate your need for connection better so you don’t drive the other person further away.

Here are two very important questions I ask all couples to think about:   

Do we want the same kind of relationship? What do you really want out of the partnership? 

Listen in as we answer these questions. 

Shownotes:

  • 1:45 Being there for yourself
  • 5:20 Understanding your partner’s position
  • 8:40 Letting your partner know that you care and want to understand them
  • 11:35 Don’t expect others to behave as you want them to
  • 13:20 You and your partner should act as a team
  • 18:25: Action Step

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