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How Did Harville Hendrix Save His Own Marriage? · TED Talks Daily

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The couples therapists who nearly got divorced | Harville Hendrix

Couples therapists Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt spent decades teaching the world how to love well … even as their own marriage was falling apart. In this candid, funny talk, Hendrix recounts the yearlong experiment in listening that saved their relationship — and shows how any couple can break the cycle of criticism to rediscover joy. Hosted on…

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  1. Did Harville Hendrix Almost Get Divorced? at 4:52

    Harville Hendrix says he and his partner, Helen LaKelly Hunt, had been married 44 years, and they nearly ended it. Full answer

  2. How Do You Break the Cycle of Criticism in a Relationship? at 7:10

    Harville Hendrix says a couple breaks a cycle of criticism by taking unrelenting negative scrutiny out of the relationship and replacing ordinary argument… Full answer

  3. How Did Harville Hendrix Save His Own Marriage? at 12:50

    Harville Hendrix says the marriage was saved when he and Helen LaKelly Hunt stopped treating each other as a resource and started treating each other as a… Full answer

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