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The Big Five — What Thriving Relationships Actually Require
Episode 19: The Big Five — A Framework for Relationship Health
What actually makes a relationship thrive?
In this episode of What We Were Never Taught, Dr. Dan presents The Big Five—five core relationship processes that help explain why some relationships deepen while others slowly deteriorate: connection, continuity, repair, reciprocity, and progression.
This framework applies whether two people have been dating for three months or married for fifteen years. Dr. Dan examines what each process looks like early in dating and how the same process changes across the seasons of a long-term…
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