The science of healthy relationships with John and Julie Gottman | Re:Thinking with Adam Grant

The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. For decades, renowned psychologists John and Julie Gottman have studied–and guided–healthy relationships. They share insights from their research–and their marriage–on how to avoid a relationship apocalypse, handle conflict, and make love last. Their latest book, “The Love Prescription” is out now, and Adam has a field day getting them to demonstrate the differences between good and bad fights. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAG13 The TED Audio Collective videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.

Adam GranthostJohn GottmanguestJulie Gottmanguest

Jan 12, 202344mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: January 12, 2023
Duration: 44m
Channel: Re:Thinking with Adam Grant
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

The TED Audio Collective is a collection of podcasts for the curious. For decades, renowned psychologists John and Julie Gottman have studied–and guided–healthy relationships. They share insights from their research–and their marriage–on how to avoid a relationship apocalypse, handle conflict, and make love last. Their latest book, “The Love Prescription” is out now, and Adam has a field day getting them to demonstrate the differences between good and bad fights. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/RWAG13 The TED Audio Collective videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy (https://www.ted.com/about/our-organiz...). For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com.

SPEAKERS

Adam Grant
host
Organizational psychologist and host of the podcast Re:Thinking.
John Gottman
guest
Psychologist and relationship researcher known for longitudinal studies predicting marital stability and divorce.
Julie Gottman
guest
Clinical psychologist and co-founder of the Gottman Institute focused on relationship interventions and therapy.

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant, featuring Adam Grant and John Gottman, The science of healthy relationships with John and Julie Gottman | Re:Thinking with Adam Grant explores gottmans unpack evidence-based tools for healthier conflict and connection daily The Gottmans describe how their lab research—combining video-coded emotion with physiological measures—enabled unusually accurate predictions of relationship trajectories, including divorce timing and marital happiness.

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