Top 10 Ways to Ruin Your Relationships

Change Your Brain Every Day

Dr Daniel Amen

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode of Change Your Brain Every Day, Dr. Daniel Amen and Tana sit down to discuss sure fire ways to ruin your primary relationships. Did you know that having good relationships can help you be healthier and happier—and even live longer? It’s true! In addition to how great it feels to be in a positive, warm, and satisfying relationship with another person, it’s actually helpful to your brain and body as you age. Conversely, people who are in unhealthy relationships filled with conflict and stress can become more vulnerable to sickness and earlier death.

00:00 Intro

02:10 Responsibility

04:12 Blame/Sovereignty

06:24 Talking Over One Another

08:01 Defensive Ninja Moves

10:53 Cheating/Mistrust

11:34 Sponsor

12:44 RELATING

24:07 Summary

26:56 Condescending Attitudes

27:51 Contempt

28:13 Criticism

28:48 Love is Just a Feeling

29:54 No Forethought = No Foreplay

31:46 Practical Tips

33:41 Wrap Up

Transcript

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0:00.0	I don't know most people know of the people who file for divorce 75% or women.
0:06.0	Because we tolerate tolerate tolerate done.
0:08.6	But it's also because you have greater access to the right side of your brain.
0:12.1	So the right side of the brain is the part of the brain
0:15.5	that recognizes trouble.
0:17.2	The left side of the brain is in denial,
0:20.8	and it's the happier side of the brain gender differences I know you're not supposed to talk about
0:27.3	these days but you know the truth the truth will set you free. Male brains are different than female brains.
0:35.0	Every day you are making your brain better or you are making it worse.
0:41.0	Stay with us to learn how you can change your brain for the better
0:46.4	every day. So welcome back to the Change Your Brain Every Day podcast where we give you practical tips and tools to have a better brain, a better body,
0:58.1	better relationships, and a better life.
1:01.8	And today, we're going to tell you how to ruin your relationships and then hopefully
1:08.6	you're smart enough to do the opposite of what we tell you. Now both town and I have been in bad relationships,
1:20.0	relationships that were not good, so we are masterful at learning how to mess things up.
1:28.1	But we just celebrated our 16th wedding anniversary. We've been together 19 years. We adore each other and
1:37.2	really want to talk about what works from a neuroscience perspective.
1:45.9	Because if you want a better brain every day,
1:49.6	you need to decrease the stress.
1:52.1	Your relationship is causing you and in large part it's because you are not taking a hundred percent responsibility for your relationship.
2:07.2	You want to explain that just a little bit?
2:09.8	I do.
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