How To Create Better Relationships: 6 Surprising Lessons From 28 Years Of Marriage

The Mel Robbins Podcast

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 83 minutes

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In this episode, you are getting the 6 secrets to a lasting partnership. You will learn how to make love last and the key to keeping your relationship successful and strong. Today, Mel and her husband Chris dive deep into the most important lessons they've learned in 28 years of marriage. Mel and Chris share their real-time reactions to each other’s insights as they dive deep into the keys to a lasting relationship. Together, they unpack how to handle resentment and unmet expectations, how to navigate family pressures, personal growth, and much more. Whether you're in a relationship, navigating one, or simply curious about how to build a lasting connection, this episode offers authentic and relatable relationship advice you’ve never heard before. For more resources, including links to the studies mentioned in the episode, click here for the podcast episode page. If you liked this episode and would like to know more about how to build connection that lasts, listen to this episode next: The Best Relationship Advice No One Ever Told You Connect with Mel: Watch the episodes on YouTube Go deeper with Mel’s free video course, Make It Happen Follow Mel on Instagram The Mel Robbins Podcast Instagram Mel's TikTok Sign up for Mel’s personal letter Disclaimer

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0:00.0	Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast.
0:07.8	Today, I am doing something I've never done before. I'm sitting here on my screen and porch in
0:12.3	in southern Vermont and I've been married for 30 years. My husband's name is Chris and I have
0:18.2	never done what I'm about to do today.
0:27.7	See, I've been getting a lot of questions recently about how Chris and I have made our marriage last.
0:36.0	And so I decided what we would do is we would each come up with three lessons that we've learned the hard way after being together for 30 years.
0:36.9	Now, here's the catch.
0:39.2	I have no idea what Chris's three things are. Chris has no idea what my three lessons are. So I have no idea where this is going,
0:45.1	but I do know this. It's definitely going to go somewhere unexpected. And it's also going to
0:51.2	open up some unexpected breakthroughs for you too. Hey, it's also going to open up some unexpected breakthroughs for you too.
0:57.6	Hey, it's Mel. I'm coming in here with my own ad. I am beyond excited to tell you that my new book,
1:03.6	The Let Them Theory, is available for pre-order. Holy smokes. I have never worked harder on anything
1:09.4	in my entire life. I have never been more proud of something
1:12.2	that I have done. I wrote every single word in this book. It's about the most powerful tool I've
1:17.9	ever discovered, the let them theory. And right now, go to let them.com, pre-order your own copy.
1:24.3	And this book, it's going to change how you think about your entire life. And finally,
1:28.9	stop you from getting in your own way. Let Them.com, you won't regret it.
1:38.2	Hey, it's your friend Mel. Welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. It is always such an honor to be able to spend time with you and to be together. And if you're brand new, welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast. It is always such an honor to be able to spend time with you and to be together.
1:46.6	And if you're brand new, welcome to the Mel Robbins podcast family.
1:50.0	I am so thrilled because today I am inviting you to join me and my husband on our screened-in porch here in southern Vermont
1:58.3	where we're going to be sharing lessons from 30 years of being together.
2:03.8	And I'm going to warn you, these are lessons that we have learned the hard way. What I love is we
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