4 Mind-Blowing Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship (All Backed by Science!)
The Model Health Show

4 Mind-Blowing Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship (All Backed by Science!)

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 24, 202635 min

We know that having healthy social bonds is the best way to improve your health and well-being. For most people, their romantic relationship is the primary form of bond and connection in their life. On today’s show, you’re going to learn about four science backed ways to strengthen your relationship. On this episode of The Model Health Show, you’re going to learn what science says about building a healthy relationship. You’ll hear about sharing things like media and other experiences can strengthen your relationship, and the power of regularly sharing meals together. You’ll learn about the scien...

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And it got me thinking about the science going on behind the scenes on why we still like each other.

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My wife and I just celebrated our 19 year wedding anniversary in 22 years together. And it got me thinking about the science going on behind the scenes on why we still like each other. Why do we keep wanting to do this? Why do we have such a healthy and thriving relationship? Because as you know, relationships can be incredibly complex, dysfunctional, but they can

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also be powerful and loving and supportive and add to our longevity in ways that nothing else can. And so I put together four mind-blowing, science-backed ways to strengthen your relationship. And I dug around in our relationship to find out some of these things that we were doing, often unconsciously, that many other successful couples are doing as well. And I think that

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that these are going to be incredibly helpful, but they're also going to be fascinating. Number one to kick things off is based on an intriguing study

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