3075: Marriage is More Than Checking a Box on Your To-Do List by Kristen Manieri with Gottman on Intentional Marriage
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Kristen Manieri discusses the importance of genuine connection in marriage beyond mere efficiency.
Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) — Free. Want to turn today’s episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I’ll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It’s packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3075: Kristen Manieri reflects on how a well-organized marriage gradually became more about efficiency than genuine connection, revealing why simply sharing a home isn't the same as truly being together. Drawing on insights from Gottman and marriage therapy, she shows how small moments of intentional presence can strengthen a relationship far more than checking another task off a list. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://www.gottman.com/blog/marriage-is-more-than-checking-a-box-on-your-to-do-list/ Quotes to ponder: "Our lives are parallel but rarely intersect." "Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the…
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