Mira Kirshenbaum | The Biggest Myth About Arguments & How to Deal With Finances In A Relationship

In today’s episode, we cover relationships and conflict resolution with Mira Kirshenbaum. Mira is the author of eleven books, the co-founder and clinical director of The Chestnut Hill Institute in Boston, an internationally recognized center for research and psychotherapy for couples, families and individuals, and has been a workshop leader and trainer for medical professionals at Harvard Medical School and other institutions.

Despite what Hollywood tells us, relationships are not easy and are not always pleasant, so why do couples fight, how do we resolve conflicts in a way that both partners can be satisfied with the outcome, and how do we reframe love in the 21st century to be a reasonable goal we can work toward?

What to Listen For

  • Why Do Couples Fight – 1:57 
  • Why do couples fight and what do you need to stop doing to prevent future fights?
  • Why do we imitate the power moves of our parents in our own relationships?
  • What does it mean to feel disempowered in a relationship?
  • How do people use distance to hurt their significant other and what can we do to overcome that?
  • The 8 Core Experiences of Love – 11:00 (starts with AJ saying, “When we think about fights…”)
  • What should you do everyday to build and maintain healthy relationships with the people you care about?
  • What does it mean to be fair in a relationship?
  • What question should you ask to find out how best to support your significant other when you’re not sure what to do?
  • What does it mean to show respect for your significant other?
  • Is passion a one time thing in a relationship, or is it cyclical?
  • Conflict Resolution in Relationships – 28:30 (starts with AJ saying, “Now we had Annie Duke on our show…”)
  • How can you use quantification to solve arguments in your relationships?
  • What is the 1-2-3 method and how can you use it to stop arguments from blowing up?
  • What questions can you ask your partner to better understand their concerns about an issue you two are facing?
  • What are the 2 magic questions you should always be ready to ask when you and your partner are facing an issue?
  • What can you do to handle the financial side of a relationship so it doesn’t ruin a great partnership?
  • What do power moves look like that revolve around money?
  • Reframing Love in the 21st Century – 46:00
  • What is the biggest myth about love in modern times and what can we do to reframe love so it is not based on fairy tales?
  • How much work is necessary for maintaining a successful relationship?
  • What are the 4 kinds of relationships and what can you learn from them so you know what to avoid in the future?
  • What are the most important steps to take and conversations to have before you have children?

Relationships are often portrayed as the happy ending and the beginning of a trouble-free life filled with love and affection. But any healthy relationship is going to take a lot of work and communication – they don’t just happen. People are too different from one another to be able to come to a quick & easy agreement on everything. We all have different beliefs, thoughts, and expectations about love and relationships, and even life. We must be willing to learn about each other and if you want a relationship to last, both of you must put in the work to maintain it.

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Speaker 1: In the world of relationships. We know that the answer to the age old question, if a tree falls in the woods and there's nowhere around, does it make a sound? The answer is no. Not if the tree is like us, people need to feel seen and heard and to feel we exist and to feel we're loved. Most of us are starving for attention from someone who we really care about and who cares about us. If we're starving for that, while we're in a relationship, then we know there's something really wrong.

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Speaker 2: I'm a J and I'm Johnny. Thank you everyone for tuning in let's kick off today's show today. We're speaking with Mira. Kirshenbaum Mira is an expert on conflict in relationships. She's the author of the best-selling book, too good to leave too bad to stay. She's also the director of the Chestnut Hill Institute, which specializes in therapy for individuals, couples, and families, her latest book. Why couples fight a step-by-step guide to ending the frustration, conflict and resentment in your relationships is a handbook on how to navigate the minefield of fights. It just came out and we're super happy to talk with her about it. Welcome to the show. Mira, thank you so much,

Speaker 3: Mira. Why do couples fight?

Speaker 1: They fight because they want to get their needs met, or they why even have a relationship it's to get your important needs met. So you're going to do whatever you can to get what you want. Unfortunately, we've learned as kids to use power moves in the supermarket, we see some cereal. We want, we have a tantrum and it worked. And so we yell and we do that now. And we do it because we think it's going to be easy. It's going to work. It will. The other person will just smack themselves in the head and say, Oh, what a stupid idiot I've been, of course, you're right. But if you want to mess, keep making power moves because all it leads to is underground warfare or fights. So what kind of person do you want to be? What kind of life do you want to have

Speaker 3: Mira? You know, and reading about the power moves. One of the things that I realized was what were my parents' power moves when they fought. And then of course, I had to also accept that I had taken on some of those power moves as I had grown up and became an adult only to realize in reading that how they were shutting down communication rather than opening it up.

Speaker 2: What is getting at is why do we often mimic what our parents' power moves are in relationships that matter to us romantically, many of us go into relationships thinking and feeling. I don't want to be like my parents. I want to be different. And we see the faults in others. We often don't see the faults that we bring into the relationship.

Speaker 1: That's a really good point. AIJ look what happens is that we don't know what to do. I didn't know. It took me years. I've been doing this work for over 40 years. I've been struggling with this problem since I was a beginning therapist. So I had to use this in my, my own marriage. And we just don't know. We have bad habits based on what we learned. That's what you saw as a kid, what your parents did. And you also so movies and you read books and maybe you were lucky and you had friends, parents relationship that you could observe, but mostly you were formed by these people who use these tactics. And they were very limited, but you didn't know what else to do. Fortunately, why couples fight? We'll give you everything you need. So you don't get stuck in these messy, messy, or distant relationships where you can't get your needs met.

Speaker 2: And I know many in our audience hearing power moves. Think they understand, Oh, it's a power struggle, but there's a quote in your book that really struck me. It's not that anyone wants power. It's just that no one wants to feel disempowered, but from the outside and from the inside as well, it looks and feels like a struggle for power. Can you explain what you mean by that? And how disempowerment comes into it?

Speaker 1: Disempowerment comes into play. Whenever someone says or does something that to a person feels like pressure. Like they're not going to get their needs met. I can't get what I want here. I'm going to have to fight and it's going to be hell and I'm never going to get what I want. That feeling of being squeezed of being paralyzed, disempowers you,

Speaker 2: And that disempowerment in turn leads to resentment and feeling negative feelings about your partner that you're romantically involved.

Speaker 1: Well, it leads to you're insisting on re-empowering yourself. However you can, because you're humiliated. You're made to feel like you're nothing. Now be careful because the other person does not intend this. It's not about the other person's intentions. It's about what you experience, what you feel. Remember, this is just people's feelings. They're reacting to things that could be wrong. The other person never meant that, but it's still how it hits them. They feel disempowered. They re-empower themselves. They yell, they say something disgusting that hurts the other person's feelings. And then the same thing happens for the other person. And it's on and on until you just are sick of the whole thing. And for some people, they make distance and they don't talk about that. They give up and for other people, they keep fighting, but either way, you're not getting your important needs met. And it's bankrupt.

Speaker 4: It's interesting that you bring up distance. I know for myself, that's what I do when I feel disempowered is I retreat and I get quiet and I don't want to yell. I don't want to scream. And part of that was witnessing that in my own household and my dad's reaction to being disempowered and him retreating. How does distance come into play to hurt the other person? And, and how can, if that is our first reflex in these moments of disempowerment, can we work to overcome that

Speaker 1: First trust? The other person, if the person says, wow, please do a duo for, can you say that differently? That's not working for me. No argument, shut up. Stop. At that point, you say, okay, take two. And you do it differently. Doesn't matter. You, you ask a question, you don't go into reaction mode unless you want to mess. I mean, some people really do like to get intensely angry and just looking for a fight. There are, and I've had couples like that. They just want to fight. I remember this old couple. I had their therapists brought them in for a consultation because she couldn't cope with them. And all they wanted to do was fight with each other. It was the highlight of their day. And the therapist said to me, please mirror, help me. I don't know what to do with these people. And I said, leave them alone. They've been doing this for 50 years. This is their fun, but they're not wanting to have a relationship where they can work things out and get their needs met. This is their major need, but that's so unusual.

Speaker 2: I would assume not many people look to fight to showcase their love and affection for one another.

Speaker 3: Well, I would also imagine if that is something that you haven't grown up with and you find yourself in a relationship where the other person likes to work through discussions in that manner, it could be quite unsettling. And if you're not used to it, it could be, I could see it easily spilling over. And it's something that is a bit more than just a couples arguing with each other or yelling at each other.

Speaker 1: You're right. That's that's how abuse and violence happened. You're absolutely right

Speaker 2: Now, when we think about fights, we often think about the, the issue was something in the moment, but you write in the book that it's actually much deeper than that. And it relates to the hunger for eight core experiences of love. And I found that really fascinating. I'd love to unpack that for our audience so we can understand what those eight core experiences are. Uh, let's just go through them in the order that we have them in the book and we can unpack for our audience together. And I have some examples how it shows up in my life, for sure.

Speaker 1: Okay. In the world of relationships, we know that the answer to the age old question, if a tree falls in the woods and there's nowhere around, does it make it sad? The answer is no. Not if the tree is like us, people need to feel seen and heard and to feel we exist and to feel we're loved. Most of us are starving for attention from someone who we really care about and who cares about us. If we're starving for that, while we're in a relationship, then we know there's something really wrong. So that's, what's going on when we're having these fights that starving, that hunger for attention, we don't know how to get it and let the a little kid who doesn't know how to get attention, but at least someone is paying attention that way.

Speaker 2: Yeah. I know for myself and my relationship when I get caught up in social media or caught up in work and I'm fully distracted and find myself in an argument about the smallest things, it's realizing that I just haven't given Amy my full attention. And it's just such a core important value for us to feel loved.

Speaker 1: Yeah. What I say is a rule of thumb. Most people spend more time walking the dog or watering plants than they do on their relationships. So if you want to have a healthy relationship, make sure that every day you spend at least 15 minutes giving each other your full attention and probably not best to do it when you come home from work or when you've been working, give to yourself first. And when you're in a better frame of mind, then make sure that you give each other attention and it can be anything. It can be a smile. It can be a neck rub. It can be just asking, how is your day, whatever the other person feels would give them the sense that you're paying attention. Do that ask each other. What would make you feel that I'm giving you my full focus and then do it.

Speaker 4: Now, the second core experience of love

Speaker 1: Is affection. Love without affection is like a son without warmth or food without flavor and food without flavor would make you wonder if it really was any kind of food at all. Affection, kisses touches, affectionate words. Hugs is sex. Any token of love is the tight hole that keeps the ship of love of float, left of affection. That's what we get from strangers. That's one of the things you want from being with someone. Absolutely. Okay. Support. When you can't cope. I pick up the Slack when the wind has been knocked out of your sails. I breathe new life into you when you're not okay, I find out what you need. And then I do that. And you do that for me. And it's not even so much the doing of all this as the being able to count on the other to do this, that makes all the difference. It's like walking along, knowing they're solid ground under your feet. When we have this, we take it for granted when we don't, we're starving for it. And that's what so many people don't have that sense of support from their significant person. And it's heartbreaking.

Speaker 4: I know for myself, I've often relied on actions to showcase support, but it may not often be what Amy is looking for or needs as her support. And I've begun asking how can I best support you in this moment? A lot of times I thought offering solutions to problems was the easiest way for me to support her. When in actuality, just being there to listen, to listen to the emotional venting and be there in that space fully present and giving that attention was the best form of support. And in asking that question of Amy, I got some pretty surprising answers. I think many of us make the mistake that we assume we're supporting by taking action that we would like to see to support us. But they not. That may not often be what our partner really wants in terms of support.

Speaker 1: Absolutely. What you have to do is really down to your toes. And most importantly, make sure that the other person sees you, seeing her hears you hearing her and lets you know that you've completely understood. How do you do that? Ask questions. And then you say, have I understood? And she'll let you know if you have left out anything important, but that's not enough. We've known that forever. What I did in why couples fight was I made sure that people had a solution to the problems that come up. So that support. Isn't just words. It's you come up with a plan, you discuss the options. Then you take it for a spin. You see how it would work out in real life. You, you make it all concrete, no. You want, you want a plan that people can live with and know that this is going to work so much is crap. You know, where you just being told things that you can never do. It has to be real coming from listening to the person and doing the correct. One, two, three minutes,

Speaker 2: Dark emotions are real to us. And when we invalidate someone's emotions or discount them, we're really causing them great pain. If you're feeling those emotions

Speaker 1: Well, they're feeling like they don't exist. Like you're saying they're nothing. They don't matter. Yeah. Okay. Respect is another core experience of love in a relationship. Respect has a very special meaning. There are things about you that you take pride in and things you feel sensitive about respect is what you feel when your partner actually tells you that they value what you're proud of and do not disrespect the things about you that you feel sensitive about. So if I put a lot of effort into working out whatever the results are, losing weight or whatever it is, I'll feel good. If my partner notices and values how hard I've worked at it. And if I still have a fat in spite of all of that and feel badly about this, my partner will respect those feelings by never making me feel even worse. That's respect seeing the person and showing them that you love them in spite of what they're feeling badly about. And you would never use it to hurt

Speaker 2: Them. Very powerful feeling

Speaker 1: Cherished is another experience of love. We all want someone to think we're wonderful beyond our ability to really justify that we want the person who says they love us to think we're wonderful. And to cherish us just for being who we are. That's beautiful. And the last of the eight core experiences of love is passion. When passion is like a flower, something that no matter how Laureus it is, we'll inevitably with a rep. And some people think that some people think it's like sunsets, some sunsets, a glorious and beautiful and some are just ordinary, but ultimately there's no end of glorious sunsets. The truth is that passion over time is like both people always ask me that just passion disappear. And no, of course it fades a bit with time and age. Of course it varies according to people's personalities, that's all true. But there is a core experience of love, a sense that in some consistent, meaningful way, you and your partner are hot for each other and that like beautiful sunsets that can keep going on till the day you die.

Speaker 4: I think that's so important to realize that if you take the view that it just Withers and dies, you're not even paying attention or looking for those sparks of passion and know they may wax and wane. They can be sparked in many different ways. Maybe not how they were sparked originally when you met, but they're always present in love.

Speaker 1: Exactly. If you can delight in the other person in who the things about them that you found wonderful and stay connected to that, that's like a river that runs through the relationship from the beginning to the end.

Speaker 4: It's certainly nothing to be discounted. Now we had Annie Duke on our show and she explained that we're not really good at describing our real intentions. And it's often creating a lot of miscommunication and she advocated bringing a level of quantification into our conversations to help us better understand each other. And I really resonated with your passion by numbers exercise to help us understand each other better. Because oftentimes we use words that we ascribe immense meaning to, but may fall flat on the person we're communicating with. How can we use quantification to help us solve arguments in our relationship?

Speaker 1: We all know what numbers mean on a scale from one to 10, where zero to 10, we know that 10 is better. You know, a little kid knows two cookies and better than, but we don't know what words mean when people say, Oh, I'm not, I like it, but I'm not sure how much, but if they say a five out of 10, you know that it's 50, 50, that's very clear. The clearer people are the easier it is to get their needs met. So it becomes critical to bring in as much clarity as you can, especially when you're wanting to use the one, two, three method.

Speaker 2: Well, I think that's a great segue into the one, two, three method. I know that I've attempted to use it in solving a recent argument and I'm excited to unpack it for our audience because I certainly feel it helped me immensely.

Speaker 1: Well, to show you the three step process for resolving conflict in the one minute version one step one is before you begin to discuss solutions, make sure each of you understands what the other thinks and feels about the issue you're facing take all the time you need. Sometimes it takes a minute. Sometimes it takes hours, but you have to make sure that you have completed that step. Step two, come up with plenty of options. Be sure you've put as many options as you can on the table. The more options there are, the more likely you'll get an option that you both can agree on. And the third step is before you will arrive at a final agreement, take different options and explore exactly how they would play out. Ask questions. What are their pros and cons? How would it look in your current life? Make sure that that test run is as thorough as it can be. What will happen as, as you're going through this, the best option will just come up. It's there because you've taken the time to pay attention to your real needs. And you've done it in a thoughtful, loving way

Speaker 2: When it comes to step one, I often feel like I want to rush through that and get to the solutions. I'm very solution oriented. I would rather smooth out conflict or arguments and solve it quickly. How can I learn to slow down and what are some good questions that I could ask my partner, Amy, to better understand her and step one instead of rushing to step two.

Speaker 1: Well, first of all, if you think that step one will work, if you don't take the ton, you're misleading yourself. You're living in a, because if you haven't unpacked, it you've really understood the way you understand things that you need. If you can't get to that level, then you're just, when you make an agreement it's built on sad, why will you follow through? So first thing you have to know is tough. None of these, again, you don't have a choice. You have to make sure that you thoroughly understand the way to do that is to say what you understand and then say, have I left anything out what's missing? Tell me more, how can I put myself in your place and see walking your shoes and understand what it is from your point of view? Is there anything that this isn't for you? It's not just what it is, but also what's missing here.

Speaker 4: I was basically exactly looking for those questions to explore that more, to deepen my understanding of where Amy is coming from in that I, in my rush to get the step too often, don't spend enough time really thinking about the deeper meaning and get caught in the tiny detail that sparked the argument versus looking at those core experiences and where the argument might be coming from.

Speaker 1: What you can do a J is do, you can ask Amy to write down the three most important needs that she has with respect to this issue. I find that people are much more coherent and they bring a complexity to things when they're writing that they often don't have. I know I do compare it to speaking. So that would give her a chance to really be comprehensive. It doesn't have to take time and then you can read it and you can go over it and tell her what you want to just scanned. And that way you're getting much faster to step two.

Speaker 4: Yeah, I could definitely see that working and I'm much the same in writing allows me to think through it, to be really thoughtful before writing it, instead of just rushing to, again, move on and move through the argument as someone who tends to avoid conflict, even though I know how to manage it and the science behind it, I still default to that as a bad habit. So I could see writing it and asking for it in writing back could be really helpful to manage that miscommunication.

Speaker 1: Glad I could help in

Speaker 4: Step three. How important is it that an equal number of solutions are given? Is there a balance that needs to be met there? Uh, again, talking about power imbalances, I could see one side being really willing and forthright and giving solutions to the problem. And maybe because of that power imbalance or disempowerment, the other party feeling on interested or unable to give their real solutions.

Speaker 1: If someone isn't giving options, what's often the case is they're not feeling safe enough to speak their truth. And you have to talk about that obstacle. You have to say, what can I do to make you feel that it's worthwhile to take a risk and say what you really want? How can I help? What do you need? The two all-purpose magic questions are, how can I help? What do you need?

Speaker 4: Those are very powerful questions, especially if you're fully present and willing to respect the answers that you receive. I think the last question that I have for you, and it's something that Amy and I are now sitting with is money and how to handle the inequalities that are found in almost every relationship around money. I know Amy and I, up until this point in our relationship were engaged, but not yet married. We've had to postpone now twice due to COVID and, uh, we've kept separate accounts and our finances have allowed us a level of independence from our family and, and are very important to us. What do you recommend a couple do around money and its inequalities to manage any potential arguments, disagreements, or power imbalances?

Speaker 1: Step one is no power moves, whatever you do, make sure that you are listening down to your toe who's and you're really there for the other person's point of view, ask questions, a million questions. How would that look as for what you do? I always recommend that people keep their money separate. They have three accounts, they have each their own, and then they have a shared account if they can possibly afford it. But there are so many problems that people have with money and all of these, the eight core experiences of love, the power moves. The money is the place, money and sex and kids is the place where it happens. So wherever you can see, if you can set up structural changes and the structures will work for you. So some people who have, um, incomes that are pretty close, one of them will pay all the bills and they save the other person's salary.

Speaker 1: Whatever the two of you think is fair. I can't tell you what to do, but you have to have a thorough of it. And if one of you makes a power move and you know, it's a power move because the other person says, I feel that's a power move with the meaning of the communication is the response it elicits. And then you say, okay, I'll say it differently. You do take two until you unpack it. Think of it. Yeah. I have two images that I find a really helpful for people. If you go into a dark room, you're likely to trip over things. So when you walk into a room, first thing you have to do is turn on the lights, turn on the light. So you don't trip. Turning on the light is asking all these questions, turning on the light is not making any assumptions, turning on the light.

Speaker 1: It is finding out what is going to really do it for the other person and working very hard to make that happen, taking into account what you need. You both. The only way it's gonna work is if you're both getting your important needs met. That's why you can't just negotiate. Negotiate with negotiation works when people are never going to see each other again, but the two of you are going to have to make love. So it has to be something that both of you feel great about not only the end result, but the whole process you went through. So medic communicate at the beginning and find out how should we do this?

Speaker 4: When we think about romance in movies and in novels and in, in modern history, it's often colored in a way that there is a perfect match for you. There's the one and it will be smooth sailing. And if there are problems in your relationship, then you're in the wrong relationship. And many of us in turn, turn to divorce and break up quickly. Or maybe we don't even settle down with people who are a good fit for us because we're constantly searching for Mr or Mrs. Right? Does that line up with your experience in couples and how much work goes into managing a successful romantic relationship?

Speaker 1: Well, you have to stop the power moves and you have to use the one, two, three method. Now we know that that can make many relationships work. Look, there are four kinds of relationships. There are the relationships where there's a lot of good stuff and some bad stuff, but these people are willing because there's so much good stuff, work things out. And that's, you know, that's what we're hoping for. There are those relationships where there's not much good stuff and a lot of bad stuff. And people stay in them because of transaction costs of getting out the psychological and financial changes, difficulties that would happen. Um, people like their lifestyle and they have a wonderful solution, which is distance. You're not making love as often, there are problems with sex and you can't talk about it just don't make love as often. You don't, you can't talk without having the fight. Well, you just don't talk. Distance is the perfect can solve any problem until the ultimate distance, which is divorced.

Speaker 4: Yeah, I think many of us, and certainly in our audience have realized that the modern fairytales, that we've been taught growing up around finding that perfect person and that a perfect relationship exists with no adversity and no conflict. And no argument has led us to break things easily, to not commit to relationships and be unwilling to put in the work necessary. And in the book you talk about it much like you would maintain anything in your life like a car relationships need you to be constantly checking in with the other person, listening fully deepening your understanding of the other person. As you're both growing in that relationship. They're not static.

Speaker 1: Absolutely. If you don't keep it alive, it'll die. You don't have any choice. You either put in the work, you learn new skills. You find things that you both care about together that bring you closer. You make a life together that satisfies both of your needs. But up until now, people haven't known how to do that because when there's conflict, we run, a lot of us are conflict folks. And it sounds like you are a Jenny's last year reading. Cause, um, that's it. I didn't know this stuff I had to learn.

Speaker 4: And it's something that I'm conscious of and working on. And I'm thankful that I have a partner who's patient with me and understanding of those patterns in my own life. As I try to learn more about the patterns in her life, you, you brought up obviously money and sex and the third one being children, as I'm looking to start a family with Amy, I would love any insights around getting prepared to raise children and at least being on the same page. I know that parenting, especially trying to figure that out after you've given birth and had the child is very difficult. So what are your recommendations for those in the audience who are looking to start a family and want to have a fantastic experience in raising their children and being understanding and an agreement with one another.

Speaker 1: Talk to each other about it, ask a lot of questions, start up with your visions of what family life would actually be like on a day to day basis. What are your hopes and dreams for it? If your visions of that family life are not aligned, then you're going to have real problems. Remember family life and love being a couple are very different things. Some people can have great family relationships with each other, but they can't make it as a love couple and vice versa. So you have to, you have to think of them as completely separate relationships basically, and figure out what it is that you each want. And if the two of you can find, use the one, two, three method, can you come up with a plan so that you are all in alignment when the kids actually come? Because once they come, everything changed.

Speaker 4: Excellent advice. And we thank you so much for joining us. We love asking every guest one last question. What do you believe your X factor is? What is it that sets you apart and has created such great success for you and your career? It could be a skill set or a mindset that has allowed you to master relationships.

Speaker 1: Well, it's not that I'm smart because I'm not. I'm just someone who rapped on and wanted to know my curiosity from the time I was a kid. I remember I used to study the salamanders I'd hunt for them in this summer, and I studied them and I just wanted to know everything there was to know about it. So that, that sense of wonder at how amazing things were and refusing, refusing to accept anything that wasn't evidence-based. And wasn't a real that I could trust the true truth. And I would say, you know, I've worked on this power book since I was a kid, I was a refugee kid and we were very poor and I saw disempowerment everywhere. I was a girl. All I saw was disempowerment. And I wanted to understand how, what worked and what could be done. And people don't have to be victims of it. They don't have to suffer. We can change it. So maybe what it is that hard work that I'm willing to do. And I do it with my whole heart. Anyone who knows me knows

Speaker 2: I can definitely tell that. And thank you so much for your steadfast pursuit of the truth. When it comes to managing and creating happy and healthy relationships, the book is fantastic and we're excited for our audience to check it out. And we appreciate you for stopping by.

Speaker 1: Thank you so much. Thank you. My pleasure. [inaudible]

Speaker 2: I have to say Johnny, I learned a lot about why Amy and I fight and how to start overcoming some of those, you know, minimal conflicts that shouldn't lead to blow up.

Speaker 3: Yes. And I particularly loved that when she started reciting from her book, you can tell the fire and passion that is within Mira, that she still has at her young age,

Speaker 2: Especially with all of her experience. Putting together this guide for couples is incredible.

Speaker 3: This week, shout out, goes to Julie's studios for writing us on Instagram. They write your podcast is truly amazing. I discovered it a few weeks ago and now listening to it every night before I go to sleep. It's so thought provoking and stimulating. Thank you so much and keep up the great work, you know, aging, that's the kind of stuff I love because that's what I do. I listen to podcasts before going to bed and I want to have great thoughts, warm feelings and fresh ideas for when I wake up. So I'm glad to know that other people see our podcasts and the way that I view other people's pockets.

Speaker 2: Well, some podcasts definitely put me to sleep and I'm glad to hear that ours is not one of them.

Speaker 3: Absolutely. I'd also like to shout out everyone who's been coming over to our YouTube channel subscribing and sharing. It's been great. It has been our task in the new year to put a lot of effort and attention into our YouTube channel. We've been making specific how to content and lessons straight from our classes on YouTube, as well as teasers and video of the podcast. So check it out. You can subscribe@theartofcharm.com slash YouTube.

Speaker 2: No, we're always excited to hear from you all. You could also send us your thoughts, but go into the art of charm.com/questions. You can email us questions@theartofcharm.com and always find us on social media at the art of charm

Speaker 3: Goodbye doll conversation and hello, deeper connections, sound familiar, professional

Speaker 2: Or personal conversations, leaving you feeling invisible or misunderstood. Knowing exactly what needs to be said, but never having the right impact. When it said wishing things could be,

Speaker 3: Be different. Here's the thing. You can become a better communicator show up as your best self and build meaningful relationships that take your life and career to the next level.

Speaker 2: Bottom line is that communication is more than knowing the right things to say, it's a skill and no one ever gave you the tools to succeed. That's why we created captivate and connect.

Speaker 3: Check it out@theartofcharm.com slash captivate

Speaker 2: Inside. You'll learn the proven framework to become a better communicator and create unforgettable. First impressions, move past boring, small talk, and have meaningful conversations and finally show up high value. No matter the situation

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Speaker 2: Now, before we go, could you do us a huge favor here at the art of charm had an over to Apple podcasts and rate this show. It helps us get great guests like Mira. And of course it allows us to keep growing this show.

Speaker 3: The art of charm podcast is produced by Michael Harold and Eric Montgomery until next week. I'm Johnny and I'm AIJ have a good one.

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