EPISODE · Aug 3, 2025 · 46 MIN

17. How to Function Better in Your Marriage

from Balance your Brain: Couples Therapy and Relationships with James Christensen · host James Christensen

Catherine Roebuck and I talk about what it looks like to improve your brain functioning, and how one person's functioning affects everyone around them. In this conversation: What Catherine noticed in me after six months apart Being present with what you're actually doing, instead of worrying without acting Why brain function is contagious between partners, and between parents and kids Collaborative vs. combative alliances Slowing down enough to leave a space between impulse and response "I'm too damaged to do better" and other ways we tell ourselves we have no choice With Catherine Roebuck. Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts, or watch on YouTube. Read the full transcript

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Catherine Roebuck and James Christensen on what improved functioning looks like: more peace, more relaxed in your own skin, and less guarded.

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