55 min.
Design Your Love w/ Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh The Dude Therapist
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- Geestelijke gezondheid
Dr. Sara, an expert on relationships, discusses the six ingredients for designing the love people deserve. These ingredients can be applied to all types of relationships, including those with parents, siblings, children, and coworkers. The conversation explores the importance of attraction, respect, trust, compatibility, communication, and growth in maintaining thriving relationships. It emphasizes the need to focus on the right aspects of a relationship and not rely solely on love to save it. The discussion also challenges common misconceptions about sex and physical attraction in relationships. In this conversation, Eli Weinstein discusses the six key ingredients for a successful relationship: respect, vision, trust, compassion, acts of love, and knowing your own blueprint. He emphasizes the importance of setting boundaries and communicating them lovingly and firmly. Vision involves imagining a partnership where two individuals influence and support each other, creating a harmonious relationship. Trust is built on reliability and consistency, and commitment is crucial even when you don't feel like it. Compassion is about being there for the other person without making it about yourself, and acts of love involve making the other person feel special in the way they want to be.
Takeaways
The six ingredients for designing the love people deserve are attraction, respect, trust, compatibility, communication, and growth.
Love alone cannot save a relationship; it requires effort and focus on the right aspects.
Physical attraction is important, but it is culturally constructed and can change over time.
Respect involves continuously learning about boundaries and being respectable oneself.
Trust is built through consistency, reliability, and vulnerability.
Compatibility includes both individual attributes and interpersonal qualities.
Effective communication goes beyond talking and includes understanding and valuing each other's perspectives.
Relationships require growth and evolution to adapt to different stages and challenges. Set boundaries and communicate them lovingly and firmly.
Imagine a partnership where two individuals influence and support each other.
Build trust through reliability and consistency.
Commit to the relationship even when you don't feel like it.
Be there for the other person without making it about yourself.
Make the other person feel special in the way they want to be.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction and Background
02:22 Dr. Sara's Journey into Relationship Work
05:20 The Role of Love in Relationships
09:16 The Focus and Efforts in Relationships
12:13 The Six Ingredients for Designing Love
22:41 Focusing on What Matters in Relationships
24:35 The First Ingredient: Attraction
26:36 The Second Ingredient: Respect
29:21 The Third Ingredient: Trust
31:46 The Fourth Ingredient: Compatibility
34:38 The Fifth Ingredient: Communication
38:03 The Sixth Ingredient: Growth
40:52 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
28:24 Creating a Vision for a Harmonious Relationship
29:21 Building Trust through Reliability and Consistency
35:06 Committing to the Relationship Even When You Don't Feel Like It
41:46 Being There for the Other Person without Making it About Yourself
49:16 Making the Other Person Feel Special
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Dr. Sara, an expert on relationships, discusses the six ingredients for designing the love people deserve. These ingredients can be applied to all types of relationships, including those with parents, siblings, children, and coworkers. The conversation explores the importance of attraction, respect, trust, compatibility, communication, and growth in maintaining thriving relationships. It emphasizes the need to focus on the right aspects of a relationship and not rely solely on love to save it. The discussion also challenges common misconceptions about sex and physical attraction in relationships. In this conversation, Eli Weinstein discusses the six key ingredients for a successful relationship: respect, vision, trust, compassion, acts of love, and knowing your own blueprint. He emphasizes the importance of setting boundaries and communicating them lovingly and firmly. Vision involves imagining a partnership where two individuals influence and support each other, creating a harmonious relationship. Trust is built on reliability and consistency, and commitment is crucial even when you don't feel like it. Compassion is about being there for the other person without making it about yourself, and acts of love involve making the other person feel special in the way they want to be.
Takeaways
The six ingredients for designing the love people deserve are attraction, respect, trust, compatibility, communication, and growth.
Love alone cannot save a relationship; it requires effort and focus on the right aspects.
Physical attraction is important, but it is culturally constructed and can change over time.
Respect involves continuously learning about boundaries and being respectable oneself.
Trust is built through consistency, reliability, and vulnerability.
Compatibility includes both individual attributes and interpersonal qualities.
Effective communication goes beyond talking and includes understanding and valuing each other's perspectives.
Relationships require growth and evolution to adapt to different stages and challenges. Set boundaries and communicate them lovingly and firmly.
Imagine a partnership where two individuals influence and support each other.
Build trust through reliability and consistency.
Commit to the relationship even when you don't feel like it.
Be there for the other person without making it about yourself.
Make the other person feel special in the way they want to be.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction and Background
02:22 Dr. Sara's Journey into Relationship Work
05:20 The Role of Love in Relationships
09:16 The Focus and Efforts in Relationships
12:13 The Six Ingredients for Designing Love
22:41 Focusing on What Matters in Relationships
24:35 The First Ingredient: Attraction
26:36 The Second Ingredient: Respect
29:21 The Third Ingredient: Trust
31:46 The Fourth Ingredient: Compatibility
34:38 The Fifth Ingredient: Communication
38:03 The Sixth Ingredient: Growth
40:52 Conclusion and Final Thoughts
28:24 Creating a Vision for a Harmonious Relationship
29:21 Building Trust through Reliability and Consistency
35:06 Committing to the Relationship Even When You Don't Feel Like It
41:46 Being There for the Other Person without Making it About Yourself
49:16 Making the Other Person Feel Special
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55 min.