Our relationships go through natural rhythms and cycles just as the rest of nature does. If you can understand that your relationship will go through different seasons, you can better navigate the changes. Listen to this episode to learn about the different seasons of your relationship and life.

In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include:

  • Becoming aware of the patterns in nature and working with them in your relationship
  • Understanding that whatever is happening in your life will change
  • How we can personally change with the seasons of the year and throughout our lives
  • Why we shouldn’t change too many things at once in our relationship
  • And much more!

John G. Cottone, Ph.D., is a psychologist in private practice; a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University; and a researcher with peer-reviewed publications in psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience. He is also the author of a personal growth book entitled “Who Are You? Essential Questions for Hitchhikers on the Road of Truth.”

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Episode Links

John’s Blog on Psychology Today: The Cube

Article: What Are the Seasons of Your Relationship?

Book: Who Are You? Essential Questions for Hitchhikers on the Road of Truth

Book: The Fourth Way

Book: The 5 Love Languages

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