About this episode

Amanda Louder discusses six patterns that can lead to the end of marriages and how to recognize and address them.

After thousands of hours on Zoom with couples, I can usually tell by the second or third conversation which marriages are going to make it. It has almost nothing to do with the size of the problem. In this episode I walk through the six patterns I watch for, what each one sounds like on a call, and what to do if you see your own marriage in one of them. Recognizing one is not a verdict. It's information you can work with. Here is this episode's worksheet.

People in this episode

Host: Amanda Louder

Topics covered

• marriage
• relationship patterns
• couples therapy
• communication
• conflict resolution

Keywords

• marriage
• couples
• therapy
• communication
• conflict
• patterns
• relationships

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