Dear young married couple, Adam and I recently came across some interesting research that we wanted to share with you.

And this research was about what predicts physical health and a good life.

But what was so fascinating about this research is that it's the longest study of humans in history. So this study is the study of adult

development and it's from Harvard, started in 1938 and extended all the way to 2015. So quite an

extensive study. And they were asking the question, what predicts physical health and the good life?

So the research shows that good relationships are better than fame, economic advancement, and hard work.

Just thing.

How much time do we really put into this life working on our increasing of social

status working on making more money and making it you know having that new car or working hard right

all those things yeah so so important to us but when it really comes down to it, the best predictor of physical health and, you know,

quote, air quotes there, and a good life are good relationships.

So today we're going to talk about what makes a good relationship.

And really, you might be in a good relationship, but find that your relationship

satisfaction is dipping. So why is that? If your relationship satisfaction is dipping, what could it be?

So it shouldn't be a surprise if your current relationship satisfaction is dipping,

if you stopped doing most of the things that originally brought you two together.

Right. This is something we see all the time. Couples come in. They're stressed out. They're

frustrated. They're like, you know, I don't like this person. I love this person next to me, but I don't

like them right now. And we start kind of getting into the weeds and

looking at their relationship. And what we find is that the relationship is dipping because

they stopped doing all the things that originally brought them together. I mean, think about it.

You used to give each other such sweet compliments, used to go on spontaneous

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