The 200% Marriage Podcast

Meredith & Craig | Road of Life Coaching
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You can build a kick-ass marriage that fuels your career and your business, and Meredith and Craig will show you how.  The 200% Marriage Podcast is the go-to playbook for high-capacity couples who refuse to settle for a "fine" relationship. Meredith and Craig’s unconventional, research-backed frameworks have rescued countless professionals and entrepreneurs from "Roommate-ville." In every episode, they’re giving you their hard-fought secrets, the "Holy Trinity" of connection science (Oxytocin, Adrenaline, and Endorphins), and deeply personal – often hilarious – stories, so you can transform your partnership into an Unstoppable Team. If you’re a new listener, you’re in the right place. Every episode will empower you to ditch the 50/50 scorekeeping myth and help you take a massive step toward a relationship that’s as successful as your professional life. From throwing "challenge flags" on your own b******t to finding the "relationship superglue" in the “fundane” moments, this is relationship coaching for people who hate relationship coaching. Want to know if you're roommates or an unstoppable team? Take the 200% Marriage Quiz at https://the200percentmarriage.com/marriedpreneurquiz and follow the shenanigans at @meredithandcraig.

  1. 21h ago

    148. Squirrels, Hemorrhoids, and Other Marriage Glue (Chapter 27) | The 200% Marriage Podcast

    "The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." — Michael Altshuler When we talk to marriedpreneurs and high-capacity couples about getting intentional and having more fun in their marriage, we hear the exact same excuse on repeat: "Craig, Meredith, I just don't have enough time. Between the business, the kids, and the household logistics, I barely have time to go to the bathroom." Let’s run a quick Scoreboard Audit on that: If you’re looking to find time, you’ll never get it. That’s not how time works. You have to CREATE time. In this briefing, Craig takes the mic to read Part 5, Chapter 27: Squirrels, Hemorrhoids, and Other Marriage Glue. We’re completely dismantling the myth that connecting requires a 4-hour, $500 date night and showing you how bite-sized chunks of daily laughter, un-boring inside jokes, and LeBron James-level celebrations are the ultimate relationship superglue. Inside this Strategic Briefing for Your Team: The 4-Word Reality Check: Why telling your kid (or your spouse) "I don't have time" actually means "You're not my priority"—and how taking 100% responsibility changes your entire schedule. Bite-Sized Connection: How 5-minute daily reps—like grabbing your teammate by the hips for a kitchen dance or hiding a cardboard craft—keep you out of Roommate-ville. 33 Unfiltered MacKay-isms: A hilarious, zero-context deep-dive into the weird, brilliant things Meredith says on the DL (including elevators with chickens, crows being forest bullies, and being hemorrhoid-free since 2023). The LeBron James Playbook: Why the greatest basketball player on Earth has a personalized, unique secret handshake for every single teammate—and why your marriage needs its own go-to celebratory move. Creating Your Marriage Handshake: How to build a custom celebratory rep for when one of you crushes a work project, wins game night, or tags-team dinner to create "us" time. The Play: Stop waiting for a 2-week vacation to start enjoying your marriage. Get intentional in the "fundane" 95% of daily life, run your own race, and build an Unstoppable Team. Don’t you dare settle for fine. 🏔️🚀   "You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing." — Michael Pritchard With a title like Hide the Penis, you might think you’ve finally reached the sex chapter. Hang in there, ya' spicy nugget - that's coming later soon! In this week's episode, Craig takes the mic to kick off Part 5: The Commitment to Fun & Adventure with Chapter 26: Hide the Penis. Here’s the raw truth: Laughing together isn't a nice-to-have "bonus" in marriage - it’s a non-negotiable must-have. When you stop having fun, you disengage, you drift into Roommate-ville, and navigating the hard stuff feels like passing a kidney stone. We’re breaking down why shared laughter in the "fundane" everyday moments is your team’s ultimate secret weapon, and how a silly cardboard craft from 2020 turned into a multi-year, cross-border connection game. Inside this Strategic Briefing for Your Team: The "Fundane" Reality: 95% of life isn't epic vacations or bucket-list summits - it's laundry, bills, and hauling kids to tiddlywinks tournaments. Here's how to inject joy into the mundane. The Origin of "Hide the Penis": The true story of a 2020 pandemic lockdown, a face mask package, a pillowcase surprise, and a late-night retainer lisp ("Goodnight thweetie") that launched a 6-year (and counting...) tradition. The 30-Year "Fun Muscle" Atrophy: The true story of what happened to this couple when they put fun on the back burner for decades until they forget what it even looks like - and how to rebuild that muscle from scratch. The Daily Laughter Commitment: Why we committed years ago to laugh together at least once a day, no matter how chaotic or stressful the schedule gets. Book Cover Easter Eggs: The truth about the purple cardboard penis on the cover of The 200% Marriage book (and the little Canadian maple leaf for our roots). Don't wait for a romantic getaway to start enjoying your marriage. Stop drifting through the day-to-day, get intentional, and build small moments of connection into the ordinary routine. Find something to smile about today - even if it means stuffing a cardboard craft into a sweater sleeve! Don’t you dare settle for fine. 🏔️🚀 -- Resources:  Grab The 200% Marriage Book: Amazon.com ; Amazon.ca   33-day Challenge: https://200percentmarriage.com/33DayChallenge  #200PercentMarriage #UnstoppableTeam #ExtremeOwnership #MacKayisms #LeBronHandshake #Fundane #RelationshipROI #NoSettling #RoommateVille #RoadOfLife

  2. Aug 11

    147. Hide the 🍆 (Chapter 26) | The 200% Marriage Podcast

    "You don't stop laughing because you grow old, you grow old because you stop laughing." — Michael Pritchard With a title like Hide the Penis, you might think you’ve finally reached the sex chapter. Hang in there, ya' spicy nugget - that's coming later soon! In this week's episode, Craig takes the mic to kick off Part 5: The Commitment to Fun & Adventure with Chapter 26: Hide the Penis. Here’s the raw truth: Laughing together isn't a nice-to-have "bonus" in marriage - it’s a non-negotiable must-have. When you stop having fun, you disengage, you drift into Roommate-ville, and navigating the hard stuff feels like passing a kidney stone. We’re breaking down why shared laughter in the "fundane" everyday moments is your team’s ultimate secret weapon, and how a silly cardboard craft from 2020 turned into a multi-year, cross-border connection game. Inside this Strategic Briefing for Your Team: The "Fundane" Reality: 95% of life isn't epic vacations or bucket-list summits - it's laundry, bills, and hauling kids to tiddlywinks tournaments. Here's how to inject joy into the mundane. The Origin of "Hide the Penis": The true story of a 2020 pandemic lockdown, a face mask package, a pillowcase surprise, and a late-night retainer lisp ("Goodnight thweetie") that launched a 6-year (and counting...) tradition. The 30-Year "Fun Muscle" Atrophy: The true story of what happened to this couple when they put fun on the back burner for decades until they forget what it even looks like - and how to rebuild that muscle from scratch. The Daily Laughter Commitment: Why we committed years ago to laugh together at least once a day, no matter how chaotic or stressful the schedule gets. Book Cover Easter Eggs: The truth about the purple cardboard penis on the cover of The 200% Marriage book (and the little Canadian maple leaf for our roots). Don't wait for a romantic getaway to start enjoying your marriage. Stop drifting through the day-to-day, get intentional, and build small moments of connection into the ordinary routine. Find something to smile about today - even if it means stuffing a cardboard craft into a sweater sleeve! Don’t you dare settle for fine. 🏔️🚀 -- Resources:  Grab The 200% Marriage Book: Amazon.com ; Amazon.ca   33-day Challenge: https://200percentmarriage.com/33DayChallenge #The200PercentMarriagePodcast #UnstoppableTeam #ExtremeOwnership #HideThePenis #CommitmentToFun #Fundane #RelationshipROI #NoSettling #RoommateVille #RoadOfLife

  3. Aug 4

    146. Big Trust Energy (Chapter 25) | The 200% Marriage Podcast

    "The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them." — Ernest Hemingway Most traditional relationship books treat trust like a massive, heavy, science-manual mystery. They’ll promise you a neat little "5 Easy Steps to Rebuild Trust" system. But let’s call BS on that right now: If anyone tells you there’s a one-size-fits-all, 5-step checklist to repair a broken relationship, they’re just trying to sell you something. In this episode, Meredith takes the wheel to read Part 4, Chapter 25: Big Trust Energy. We are completely dismantling the myth that trust is "earned" over time. The raw truth? Trust isn't earned - trust is given. It’s willingly handing your teammate the power to hurt you, and then using daily, intentional choices to strengthen that bond. Inside this Strategic Briefing for Your Team: The Definition of Trust: Why our friend Greg Kimble defines trust as "giving someone the power to hurt you" - and why handing over that power is the only way to actually win together. The "Jar of Marbles" Reality: Borrowing Brene Brown's iconic framework to show how daily deposits put marbles in the jar - and how trust gets chipped away through "death by a thousand cuts" (like not coming home when you say you will). The Financial Trust Breakthrough: A real-life case study of a couple married for 20 years who transformed their financial friction overnight - not because she "earned" trust back, but because he finally made the decision to hand it over. The Quarterback & Offensive Line Analogy: Why an NFL quarterback has to stand completely vulnerable in the pocket and trust his big, beefy O-line -- and why a marriage without that same trust, stinks. Rebuilding After the Glass Shatters: What it actually takes when the jar of marbles gets dumped or completely smashed, and why rebuilding requires both teammates to leave their egos at the door. The Play: Trust isn't built in a vacuum, and it doesn't happen by accident. It’s strengthened every time you fill their Love Account, show up for the weekly marriage meeting, put your phones away, and prioritize your team over your ego. Make the decision to trust your teammate, hand over the keys, and start winning together. Don’t you dare settle for fine. 🏔️🚀 --- Resources:  Grab The 200% Marriage Book: Amazon.com ; Amazon.ca   33-day Challenge:  https://200percentmarriage.com/33daychallenge-419437  Join the Infinite Relationship Mastermind: https://the200percentmarriage.com/irmapplication   #The200PercentMarriagePodcast #UnstoppableTeam #ExtremeOwnership #BigTrustEnergy #ErnestHemingway #JarOfMarbles #HighPerformanceMarriage #RelationshipROI #NoSettling #RoommateVille

  4. Jul 28

    145. Sand in Your Underwear (Chapter 24) | The 200% Marriage Podcast

    "Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired." -  Robert Frost Is this the "sex on a beach" chapter? Absolutely not. (Completely impractical, by the way - sand gets everywhere). But it IS the intimacy chapter. A lot of men's chief complaint in marriage is "we don't have enough sex," but they completely miss why. Generally speaking, men approach intimacy from the outside in (physical closeness leads to emotional closeness), while women approach it from the inside out (emotional closeness is required for physical closeness). If you want more bedroom shenanigans, 100% responsibility starts with looking in the mirror: Have you created a safe space for her to be emotionally vulnerable with you? In this episode, Meredith reads Chapter 24: Sand in Your Underwear. We’re exposing why vulnerability is your ultimate relationship superpower. Inside this Strategic Briefing: The "Outside In" vs. "Inside Out" Intimacy Friction: The fundamental difference in how men and women process closeness - and how to bridge the gap without getting stuck in a stand-off. Why Mind-Reading is NOT a Superpower: How expecting your teammate to "just know" what you need sets them up for failure (and feels about as comfortable as sand in your underwear). The Arizona Mountain Face-Plant: Meredith’s story of tripping down a mountain trail, and discovering a hidden fear of abandonment. Our "First I love you" story: Craig’s vulnerable confession about a stubborn argument before a Nuggets game, walking away in anger, and the moment he realized proving he was "right" mattered way less than loving his teammate. Validation vs. Dismissal: How you respond to your partner's feelings determines whether you're building a connection or a wall. Physical Touch Beyond the Bedroom: Why 20-second hugs and 6-second kisses trigger an oxytocin reset, lower stress, and build the physical bridge to better coitus. Vulnerability isn't weakness - it's courage in action. Every time you choose to hide, dodge a hard conversation, or react emotionally instead of responding productively, you're placing another brick in the wall keeping you out of Connection City (and putting you on the road to Roommate-ville). Grab on for a 20-second hug today, stop expecting mind-reading, and build a safe space for your team to thrive. Don’t you dare settle for fine. 🏔️🚀 --- Resources:  Grab The 200% Marriage Book: Amazon.com ; Amazon.ca   Unstoppable Team Audit:  https://the200percentmarriage.com/unstoppableteam-916705  Join the Infinite Relationship Mastermind: https://the200percentmarriage.com/irmapplication Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meredithandcraig/meredithandcraig #The200PercentMarriagePodcast #UnstoppableTeam #ExtremeOwnership #SandInYourUnderwear #VulnerabilityIsSuperpower #EmotionalSafety #RelationshipROI #NoSettling #The200PercentMarriageBook

  5. Jul 21

    144. Marriage Math and the Holy Trinity of Connection (Chapter 23) | The 200% Marriage Podcast

    "Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love." — Albert Einstein The number one reason couples reach out to us isn't because they had a massive, explosive, Hollywood-style brawl - it’s because they woke up one day and realized they've been quietly drifting into Roommate-ville. They're walking on eggshells, managing logistics, and feeling completely disconnected from the person sitting right across the kitchen island. In this episode, Meredith takes the wheel to read Chapter 23: Marriage Math and the Holy Trinity of Connection. We are breaking down the gold standard of relationship research - Drs. John and Julie Gottman - and translating it into a practical, un-boring playbook you can run in your living room tonight. Inside this Strategic Briefing for Your Team: The "Fine" Trap & Better Check-Ins: Why asking "How was your day?" gets you a mindless "Fine" (Feelings Inside Not Expressed)—and the specific bedtime questions that unlock instant vulnerability. Sweat Equity & The Holy Trinity of Connection: How pairing up for a workout creates a connection cocktail of Endorphins, Adrenaline, and Oxytocin (and why syncing your physiology in the gym mimics the physiological response to better coitus). Bids for Connection: How to spot the subtle, everyday requests for attention and why happy couples turn toward those bids 85%+ of the time. Eradicating the Four Horsemen: The exact antidotes for Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness, and Stonewalling before they poison your emotional safety and burn your locker room down. The 5:1 Magic Marriage Ratio: How to keep your Love Account out of overdraft, why negative withdrawals hit 5x harder than positive deposits. The 75 Hard Lesson: Why things that are easy to do are also insanely easy not to do. The Play: Connection isn't magic - it's math. If your Love Account is in overdraft, you won't have the patience or grace required to give your partner the benefit of the doubt. It’s time to stop surviving, start making daily deposits, and turn your partner into your most elite teammate. Don’t you dare settle for fine. 🏔️🚀 Grab The 200% Marriage Book: Amazon.com ; Amazon.ca   33-day Challenge:  https://200percentmarriage.com/33daychallenge-419437  Join the Infinite Relationship Mastermind: https://the200percentmarriage.com/irmapplication Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meredithandcraig/meredithandcraig #200PercentMarriage #UnstoppableTeam #ExtremeOwnership #HolyTrinityOfConnection #GottmanResearch #MarriageMath #FourHorsemen #RelationshipROI #NoSettling #RoommateVille

  6. Jul 15

    143. Conflict Without Combat (Chapter 22) | The 200% Marriage Podcast

    "Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." — Desmond Tutu Let’s get real for a minute: You are married to another human being. You are going to have conflict from time to time. That’s just the way it is. But here is the massive mental unlock we are dropping on you today: Conflict isn't a red flag in your relationship - it's actually a green flag. It means you both feel safe enough to show up fully as yourselves without shrinking to appease the other person. The problem isn't the conflict. The problem is that most couples treat arguments like a high-stakes courtroom drama where they try to "lawyer" each other. If you’re trying to win an argument, by definition, you’re trying to make your teammate lose. And if your teammate loses, the team loses. In this briefing, we are breaking open Part 4, Chapter 22: Conflict Without Combat. Craig takes the mic to install the tactical rules of engagement your team needs to navigate the "Big Four" (money, parenting, sex, and extended family b******t) without accidentally burning the locker room to the ground. Inside this Strategic Briefing for Your Marriage: The Rules of Engagement: The non-negotiable big three - no name-calling (even if they’re kinda acting like a dipshit), no yelling, and why using your partner's vulnerabilities as grenades destroys trust faster than anything else.  The 9-Year-Old Post-it Confession: Meredith hops in with a hilarious story about a kid's massive, floor-pounding hissy fit, a sticky note, and why even grown-ups suck at apologizing.  Apologies are for Impact, Not Intention: Why saying "I didn't mean to" doesn't fix a pile of hurt feelings - plus a quick tutorial on running a real, no-BS apology (and why the word "BUT" is completely banned). Conflict is inevitable, but combat is a choice. Your relationship isn't a zero-sum courtroom. The next time things get heated, take a breath, and remember: It is always both of you versus the problem, never you versus your teammate. 🤝🏔️ Don’t you dare settle for fine. --- Resources:  Grab The 200% Marriage Book: Amazon.com ; Amazon.ca   Unstoppable Team Audit:  https://the200percentmarriage.com/unstoppableteam-916705  Join the Infinite Relationship Mastermind: https://the200percentmarriage.com/irmapplication Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meredithandcraig/meredithandcraig #200PercentMarriage #UnstoppableTeam #ExtremeOwnership #ConflictWithoutCombat #HighPerformanceMarriage #DesmondTutu #ApologyPlaybook #RelationshipROI #NoSettling

  7. Jul 7

    142. Don't Tackle Your Teammate (There’s a Time and Place for That) (Chapter 20) | The 200% Marriage Podcast

    "Individuals play the game, teams win championships." — Bill Parcells If you watch elite championship teams right after a high-stakes victory, the post-game interviews always sound exactly the same: “We stayed disciplined. We didn't take bad penalties. We won the turnover battle.” In plain English, it means they didn’t beat themselves. Yet, so many of us routinely commit catastrophic, unforced errors at home - turning our connection into a domestic battlefield where we try to win arguments at the expense of our teammate. In this episode, we are wrapping up 5 Rules to be an Unstoppable Team section with Chapter 20: Don't Tackle Your Teammate (There’s a Time and Place for That). Craig takes the mic to break down the fifth and final rule of an Unstoppable Team: Unstoppable teams don't beat themselves. We’re revealing the mechanics of the "Scorekeeper's Weapon" and breaking down a deceptively simple, walk-in-the-park breakdown that unlocked the ultimate relationship cheat code: Radical Benefit of the Doubt. Inside this Strategic Briefing for High-Capacity Couples: The "Income Weapon" Trap: A real-life case study of a couple whose earning status became a tool for scorekeeping at home - and why forcing your teammate to lose means you are actively sabotaging your own team.  The "Chitchat" Storm Clouds: The story of a sunny afternoon walk in the park that suddenly turned into a literal thunderous atmosphere when a simple question about a girls' trip triggered a breakdown - and the exact phrase that sparked an instant repair.  The Reticular Activating System (RAS) at Work: Why your brain is wired to make you "right," and why looking for scams, slights, or signs that your teammate is undermining you ensures you will find them every single time. 🕵️‍♂️🔍 The Three-Bullet Hurt Metric: The exact 3-step filter to run through the second you feel hurt by your teammate: Was it an accident? Did you misinterpret the data? Or did something from your past just get triggered?  If you won't offer the absolute benefit of the doubt and assume positive intent from the one person you chose to do life with, who else on Earth is ever going to get it? Stop treating your living room like a zero-sum game, throw out the pitchforks, and start tackling the problem instead of tackling your teammate. Don’t you dare settle for fine. 🏔️🚀 ---- Resources:  Grab The 200% Marriage Book: Amazon.com ; Amazon.ca   Join the Unstoppable Team Briefing on LinkedIn for tactical drills on Thursdays:  https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter-follow?entityUrn=74335705  Join the Infinite Relationship Mastermind: https://the200percentmarriage.com/irmapplication Do Your Unstoppable Team Audit: https://the200percentmarriage.com/unstoppableteam #The200PercentMarriagePodcast #UnstoppableTeam #ExtremeOwnership #DontTackleYourTeammate #HighPerformanceMarriage #BenefitOfTheDoubt #RelationshipROI #NoSettling #AssumePositiveIntent

  8. Jun 30

    141. Comfort or Connection (Chapter 21) | The 200% Marriage Podcast

    "The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off." — Gloria Steinem Most people believe the ultimate marriage commitment is simply surviving the decades out of pure obligation - staying together through the grind, even if you are entirely unhappy, disconnected, and operating on default programming. But staying together just for the sake of a vow is a recipe for silent resentment, and life is too short to settle for a relationship that is just running on fumes. In this episode, we are diving deep into Part 4, Chapter 21: Comfort or Connection. Craig reads the chapter he wrote to break down the third major phase of building an Unstoppable Team: Choosing the discomfort of honest connection over the safety of false comfort. We are pulling back the curtain on our most terrifying professional crisis in 2020, revealing how we almost let a failing venture fracture our connection, and sharing the exact framework you need to address the heavy, unsaid friction in your household today. Inside this Strategic Briefing for High-Capacity Couples: The Obligation Trap: Why standard marriage vows trick couples into surviving instead of thriving, and why real commitment means actively watering the relationship garden every single day.  The NFL Challenge Flag Strategy: Our original, signature tool to stop a bad decision in its tracks. Learn how to throw the red flag to pause, realign, and challenge a toxic situation or structure - without ever attacking your partner's character.  The "Wet Socks" of Avoidance: Why human biology hardwires us to crave immediate comfort and avoid hard truths, and how hiding from critical conversations acts as the hidden fuel destroying your intimacy. The High-Emotion vs. Low-Intelligence Law: A critical refresher on Sharon Lechter's cognitive law, proving why peak emotional states ruin rational execution, and how to use a structured Weekly Team Meeting to engineer 95% of domestic friction completely out of your calendar. The Play: Real love isn't passive - it’s an act of voluntary discomfort. If you love your teammate, you must be willing to bite the bullet, step onto the field, and say: "I love you enough to have this difficult conversation, because protecting 'Us' matters more than hiding in my comfort zone." Stop waiting for your day-to-day life to become completely unlivable before you speak up. Throw the challenge flag, pack up the emotional scorecards, and run the plays that build a lifetime asset. Don’t you dare settle for fine.  ------------- Resources:  Weekly Team Meeting Template: https://the200percentmarriage.com/weeklyteammeetingtemplate Weekly Team Meeting Podcast Episode 107: https://roadoflifecoaching.com/podcast/b/episode107  Grab The 200% Marriage Book: Amazon.com ; Amazon.ca   Unstoppable Team Audit:  https://the200percentmarriage.com/unstoppableteam-916705  Join the Infinite Relationship Mastermind: https://the200percentmarriage.com/irmapplication Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meredithandcraig/meredithandcraig #200PercentMarriage #UnstoppableTeam #ExtremeOwnership #ComfortOrConnection #TheChallengeFlag #HighPerformanceMarriage #WeeklyTeamMeeting #RelationshipROI #SharonLechter #NoSettling

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You can build a kick-ass marriage that fuels your career and your business, and Meredith and Craig will show you how.  The 200% Marriage Podcast is the go-to playbook for high-capacity couples who refuse to settle for a "fine" relationship. Meredith and Craig’s unconventional, research-backed frameworks have rescued countless professionals and entrepreneurs from "Roommate-ville." In every episode, they’re giving you their hard-fought secrets, the "Holy Trinity" of connection science (Oxytocin, Adrenaline, and Endorphins), and deeply personal – often hilarious – stories, so you can transform your partnership into an Unstoppable Team. If you’re a new listener, you’re in the right place. Every episode will empower you to ditch the 50/50 scorekeeping myth and help you take a massive step toward a relationship that’s as successful as your professional life. From throwing "challenge flags" on your own b******t to finding the "relationship superglue" in the “fundane” moments, this is relationship coaching for people who hate relationship coaching. Want to know if you're roommates or an unstoppable team? Take the 200% Marriage Quiz at https://the200percentmarriage.com/marriedpreneurquiz and follow the shenanigans at @meredithandcraig.

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    Meredith & Craig | Road of Life Coaching
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    148
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