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Your marriage

What keeps a marriage well is not the big gestures. It is knowing each other, turning towards each other in ordinary moments, staying regulated when it gets hot, and repairing quickly when it goes wrong. Most of the practices here take under five minutes.

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Rebuilding trust Five minutes Any ordinary day Clear all

Theme · Rebuilding trust

Knowing your partner 6 Shared spiritual life 4 Rituals of connection 3 Listening and understanding 2 Rebuilding trust 1 Staying regulated in conflict 1 Affection and touch 1

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 2 Five minutes 1 Twenty minutes 2

When · Any ordinary day

After a row 6 Any ordinary day 1

Do not try to restore the old marriage. Build a new one, on honesty, transparency, and witnessing each other's truths.

The relationship before cannot be recovered as it was. Aim instead for a second marriage, to the same person, on firmer ground.

Five minutesRebuilding trustGottmanQur’an 30:21