Today we’re talking about relationships: The struggles couples are facing right now, communication strategies to help improve things, and what we’ve learned about our own relationships in quarantine. Couples are navigating totally new and unprecedented stressors in their relationships right now due to COVID-19, so we called in relationship therapist Elizabeth Earnshaw, who helps her clients and hundreds of thousands of social media followers develop healthier relationships everyday.

Liz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and founder of A Better Life Therapy in Philadelphia. She helps couples through issues like betrayal, grief, loss, and trauma, while teaching the art of communication.

Tune in for Part 1 of our relationship deep dive to hear more about:
- What we’ve learned in our relationships: 1:49
- How to manage long distance relationships: 10:15
- How to handle quarantining with your partner 24/7: 15:05
- How to use this time together to reconnect: 18:35
- How to avoid Dr. Gottman’s Four Horsemen, AKA the four toxic conflict styles of Criticism, Defensiveness, Contempt and Stonewalling: 19:51
- How to deal with life’s stresses as a team: 32:04
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