Nothing is more destructive than a toxic relationship. It’s more dangerous than a bad diet, a lack of exercise, and even smoking. Energy-sapping relationships don’t just mess with your mental health, they also shorten your life.

But how do you build a thriving, long-term relationship that grows stronger each year, instead of one that devolves into resentment, or worse, passionless?

Well, that’s what I reveal in today’s episode.

You’ll discover the 5 key relationship skills you need to master to build a relationship that doesn’t just survive, but thrives—despite the obstacles you and your partner will encounter.

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Show Highlights Include:

• This is the ONLY way to prevent your relationship from self-destructing in a blaze of fights, resentment, and bitterness (or slowly devolving into a passionless, lifeless partnership) (0:56)
• Why getting triggered at innocent, passing comments by your partner can be a good thing for your relationship if you do this after (2:06)
• How relying on your significant other to fix how you feel slowly poisons your relationship down to the roots (3:00)
• Try this simple “I, not you” technique when discussing your emotions with your partner to avoid unnecessary conflict (4:29)
• How to bounce back after an emotional rupture in a way that actually strengthens your relationship (9:44)
• This mindset is one of the best predictors of a successful, long-term relationship and one that ends in misery (12:38)
• The “time out” secret for de-escalating a conflict that’s heating up too rapidly (17:32)

For more about David Tian, go here:
https://www.davidtianphd.com/about/

Emotional Mastery is David Tian's step-by-step system to transform, regulate, and control your emotions... so that you can master yourself, your interactions with others, and your relationships... and live a life worth living. Learn more here:
https://www.davidtianphd.com/emotionalmastery

The longest running study in history has proven, with 80+ years of data to back it up, that your relationships are the single most important factor for your longevity, happiness, and even your career.

Here’s the problem:

The reverse is also true. In fact, being in a bad marriage can shave off 12 literal years of your life. To make matters worse, most people never think that their relationships alter their health, longevity, or success.

In today’s show, you’ll discover how exactly a bad marriage shaves off years of your life, how a strong marriage doesn’t just increase your lifespan, but your success too, and why your relationships are more important than your bank account, your job title, and your VO2 max.

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Show Highlights Include:

• Why achieving (and surpassing) your fitness and financial goals won’t keep you happy, fulfilled, or even alive (only THIS will…) (0:58)
• 3 ways a toxic relationship shaves off actual years of your life (2:04)
• How the “slow drain” trap men often find themselves in erases 12 years from your life (7:24)
• The weird way a strong marriage supercharges your career growth and wealth (11:03)
• The rarely-talked about #1 most powerful asset for achieving lasting success (13:26)
• How to get the health and success benefits of marriage even if you’re single (15:36)
• This is the most important predictor of your health, happiness, and fulfillment—proven by 80+ years of data (20:20)

For more about David Tian, go here:

https://www.davidtianphd.com/about/

Emotional Mastery is David Tian's step-by-step system to transform, regulate, and control your emotions... so that you can master yourself, your interactions with others, and your relationships... and live a life worth living. Learn more here:

https://www.davidtianphd.com/emotionalmastery

Therapy is one of the best ways to better understand yourself, your emotions, and your past. Especially with how they impact your present.

Until it’s not.

Staying in therapy for too long can turn into an endless loop of processing feelings without ever moving forward. It makes you feel stuck in a victim mindset, haunted by your past, instead of actively working to change your present and future.

In today’s show, you’ll discover what to do next after therapy to best move forward, unlock personal growth, and create the life you want to live.

Listen now.

Show Highlights Include:

• 4 massive limitations of therapy that can actually make it take longer to grow from your past (0:44)
• The insidious “Therapy Trap” many who go to therapy fall into that keeps you stuck in place (and what to do after therapy to make real change) (3:19)
• 3 reasons why leadership coaching leads to more growth and confidence than therapy ever could (5:48)
• Asking yourself this simple question when you feel stuck instantly frees you from this feeling (10:57)
• How taking full responsibility of your past empowers you to change your present and future (even if everything wasn’t solely your fault) (19:27)

For more about David Tian, go here:
https://www.davidtianphd.com/about/

Emotional Mastery is David Tian's step-by-step system to transform, regulate, and control your emotions... so that you can master yourself, your interactions with others, and your relationships... and live a life worth living. Learn more here:
https://www.davidtianphd.com/emotionalmastery