How to deepen relationships with your partner, friends and family. We’ll explore why healthy relationships are so important and share tips & techniques to ensure your relationships are in tip top shape.

Show Notes

• 1:45 — Why relationships matter
• 4:39 — Impacts of isolation: from prisoners to monks
• 7:33 — Week long silent retreats
• 8:47 — How humans experience loneliness at a cellular level
• 9:54 — Aristotle's Golden Mean and relationships
• 10:54 — 3 keys to defining a good friend
• 14:48 — Ian's story of reconnecting with his best childhood friend after 10 years
• 19:50  — March's story of reconnecting with his first friend since moving to the US
• 22:51 — Ian's theory of why people hate high school reunions & love college reunions
• 25:04 — Uniqueness of experiences = strongest relationships
• 26:21  — How March burst into tears and confessed his undying love for his future wife
• 30:05  — They critical component to March's early relationship with his wife
• 31:32  — Ian explains the "group friend"
• 33:20  — How Ian founded The Brunch Bunch to strengthen his relationships
• 37:12  — How Darren met his wife at his birthday party & told work she was his fiancé before he asked her
• 44:34  — How the Gottman "The Art and Science of Love" workshop strengthened March's marriage
• 48:12  — March's tips from Gottman's "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work"
• 54:51  — Darren & Ian's tips from "The Five Love Languages" by Gary Chapman
• 1:01:48  — Tips for dealing with the physiological responses of stress in relationships
• 1:04:06  — Darren's secret weapon for improving all his relationships
• 1:12:23  — Ian's tips for dating in the modern world
• 1:20:28  — How to use your smartphone to maintain relationships from afar…and invented Snapchat before Snapchat
• 1:26:20 — Ian's story of how pre-planning helps him maintain key relationships
• 1:26:20 — March will experiment with weekly thank you notes to express gratitude
• 1:26:20 — Darren will experiment with trying the Gottman seminar March mentioned

1:26:20 — Ian will experiment with eating alone less often, especially during the work week

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• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
• The Five Love Languages

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