Debunking the Worst Relationship Advice (and what to do instead)

What’s the worst relationship advice you’ve ever heard? Let’s debunk that bad advice and replace it with what really works in love.
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What’s the best and worst relationship advice? Find out on the podcast with Monica Tanner, a Relationship Coach and host of the Secrets of Happily Ever After podcast. She transforms marriages with simple communication, connection, conflict resolution and commitment strategies. Her mission is to lower the divorce rate and improve marital satisfaction. Through her engaging podcast, new Amazon Best-Selling book, Bad Marriage Advice, vibrant social media community, and couple’s coaching practice, Monica’s expert guidance has impacted thousands of couples, by helping them ditch resentment and roommate syndrome and get back to living their happily ever after love story.
In this episode:
- The worst relationship advice
- The top 3 secrets to happily ever after
- The cure for “Roommate Syndrome”
EP 699: Monica Tanner – Debunking the Worst Relationship Advice (and what to do instead)
What’s the worst relationship advice you’ve heard?
Don’t sweat the small stuff. Where do you think the big stuff comes from? Learn how to skillfully talk about things that are small before they get big.
Learn how to compromise. We expect more from relationships than we ever did before. Compromise is a lazy way to solve a problem where no one gets their needs met. Collaborate instead, which means get curious. What about this is important? What do I value most about this? Put it all out there and get creative with your solution.
Don’t go to bed angry. This is vastly misunderstood. Late at night, couples often get into it, and then one person goes to sleep and the other can’t sleep because they’re falling apart. Get curious with yourself about why you’re angry. Abandonment issues? Catastrophizing. Talk about that. Come up with a solution together.
You host a podcast called the Secrets of Happily Ever After. What are the top secrets?
The secret to happily ever after is having compassionate understanding for your partner’s reality. Your partner is separate from you and sees reality differently. Can you be compassionately curious about each other’s reality? Friends first, partners second.
Why do couples fall into what you call “roommate syndrome”, and how can they stop?
Roommate syndrome is what happens when two people have been living together a long time and are living as roommates, because communication doesn’t go well after the honeymoon phase is over. We don’t have the skills on our own to communicate properly. Couples haven’t run out of things to talk about, they just don’t know how to communicate effectively. Get some skills to bring up difficult topics.
What are your final words of advice for anyone who wants to go on their last first date?
We are built for connection. We all want to find our special someone who can witness our lives. There’s nothing more important than learning the skills of connection.
Connect With Monica
- Websites https://monicatanner.com Book Website: https://badmarriageadvice.com
- IG https://instagram.com/monitalksmarriage
- YouTube https://youtube.com/@secretsofhappilyeverafter
- Free Gift https://monicatanner.com/300dates
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