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Today we’re talking about relationships. More specifically, we’re talking about a helpful tool Adee and Michael have been using to stay connected and maintain a healthy, strong relationship.

The Rule of 3 exercise comes from authors and relationship experts Gay and Katie Hendricks. It’s a series of four questions to be answered with your partner. Each person answers all four questions fully (in a journal), and then you share the answers with each other. 

This exercise (which is all about owning what you could be doing to strengthen your relationship and better support your partner) requires a bit of vulnerability. It will ask you to recognize where you could be contributing to some of the conflicts or issues within your relationship.

But ultimately, we know you’ll find this exercise to be empowering and helpful for deepening your connection with your partner.

Try out the exercise and let us know on social media what you think! 

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Topics: 

• 01:25 – Where the Rule of 3 Exercise came from (authors Gay & Katie Hendricks)
• 02:45 – Why it’s great to work on your relationship when things are going well
• 07:15 – Introducing the Rule of 3 Exercise
• 08:37 – Introducing the four questions involved in the exercise
• 09:31 – Michael’s example from the exercise
• 14:31 – Adee’s example
• 19:58 – Big difference between owning something vs. being told about it by partner
• 22:27 – If we want issues in our relationships to be resolved, complaining won’t help

Links:

• Gay and Katie Hendricks