George Blair-West: 3 ways to build a happy marriage and avoid divorce
George Blair-West: Trois moyens pour construire un mariage heureux et éviter le divorce
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and Thomas Holmes developed an inventory
et Thomas Holmes ont fait l'inventaire
human experiences that we could have.
que les hommes peuvent subir.
et trois : la séparation maritale.
Three, marital separation.
what comes in number seven on the list,
nous devons passer par le numéro sept,
in an institution.
est à la quatrième position.
has been counted twice.
sept est compté en double.
pretty much equated to a marriage.
était pratiquement égale au mariage.
I'm going to be including
je considère sur le même pied
common-law marriages
les mariages légaux,
soon hopefully to become marriages.
même sexe qui vont devenir des mariages.
with same-sex couples,
avec des couples homosexuels
to talk about are no different.
ne sont pas très différents.
est consistant pour tout le monde.
is better than cure.
de prévenir que guérir.
tetanus, whooping cough, measles.
la coqueluche et la rubéole.
au mélanome, aux AVC et au diabète.
for melanoma, stroke, diabetes --
our current divorce rate.
de campagne de sensibilisation ?
our policymakers don't believe
nos responsables politiques ne croient pas
and the way relationships are built
dont se construisent les relations
are Generation X.
font partie de la génération X.
about these issues,
people attract other people
les gens sont attirés l'un par l'autre
analytical and skeptical generation,
analytique et sceptique.
of any generation before them.
comme aucune autre génération précédente.
leur réaction est très différente.
I get a very different reaction.
have relationships that last?
pour nourrir une relation qui dure.
the post- "romantic destiny" era with me,
entrer avec moi de plain pied
for preventing divorce.
pour éviter le divorce.
to prevent divorce at two points:
à deux moments :
in an established relationship;
apparaissent dans une relation établie
before we have children.
avant d'avoir des enfants.
on their devices a day.
sept heures par jour sur leurs appareils.
et c'est sans doute raisonnable,
their face-to-face relationships.
relations en face à face.
the hookup culture,
la culture du coup d'un soir,
the 20-somethings that I work with
les jeunes d'une vingtaine d'années
how it is often easier for them
combien c'est plus facile pour eux
qu'ils viennent de rencontrer
of the institution of marriage.
en dehors de l'institution du mariage.
and get all moral on me,
ne me tombent dessus,
in the American Public Report,
de l'« Americal Public Report » :
prénuptiales à l'âge de 30 ans.
these relationships are happening later.
aient lieu plus tard.
at an average age for women of 20
pour les femmes
et 32 pour les hommes.
the older you are when you get married,
car plus on se marie tardivement,
de se marier plus tard ?
the other two preventers of divorce
à mettre en place les deux autres éléments
to go with tertiary education.
souvent l'éducation supérieure.
kind of get mixed up together.
nous indique
until at least the age of 25.
de se développer jusqu'à l'âge de 25 ans.
and what you're thinking
votre pensée, et votre pensée,
to my mind, is personality.
important à mes yeux,
your personality at the age of 50.
notre personnalité à l'âge de 50 ans.
your personality at the age of 50.
personnalité à l'âge de 50 ans.
mariés jeunes
who got married young why they broke up,
éloignés l'un de l'autre.
of rapid change and maturation.
de changements rapides et de mûrissement.
before you get married is older.
de se marier, est donc de vieillir.
and relationship researcher,
et chercheur relationnel,
with a happy, successful marriage.
un mariage heureux et fructueux.
que je souhaite mentionner :
self-destruct, if this problem is present.
détruisent, si ce problème est présent.
to talk about it here
mesurer quand on sort avec quelqu'un.
you can evaluate while you're dating.
that were the most stable and happy
les plus stables et les plus heureuses
the couple shared power.
se partage le pouvoir.
overseas trips, buying a car,
faire un grand voyage, acheter une voiture
drilled down on this data,
were generally pretty influenceable.
sont en général influençables.
two options here, isn't there?
mis au jour par Gottman
des pères extraordinaires.
votre mari est-il influençable ?
in the decision-making process.
dans le processus de prise de décision.
why couples come in to see me
dans mon cabinet des couples
for 30 or 40 years.
the infirmities and illness of old age.
où la vieillesse les rattrape,
focused on caring for each other.
de prendre soin l'un de l'autre.
that have bugged them for years.
qui les ont énervés toutes ces années.
even infidelities,
même les infidélités
on caring for each other.
for this is reliability,
je puisse trouver, c'est la fiabilité.
to do what they say they're going to do?
pour faire ce qu'il a promis ?
verbally attacked by somebody,
quelqu'un vous agresse verbalement,
a really disabling illness,
qui vous affecte physiquement.
and do what needs to be done
sa chemise et faire ce qu'il faut
cared for and protected?
qu'il prend soin de vous et vous protège ?
isn't doing that for you --
ne fait pas ça pour vous,
to do that for them --
qui prenez soin de lui ou elle,
déjà fragile au départ,
be better off out of it rather than in it.
pourrait paraître plus avantageux.
when it really matters?
pour vous dans les moments qui comptent ?
c'est important pour vous.
commit to do something for your partner.
de réfléchir à deux fois
vis-à-vis de son partenaire.
as much as you can follow through
des promesses que l'on pourra honorer
sound-good-in-the-moment
qui semblent bien sur le moment
to your partner, and you commit to it,
partenaire, et que vous vous êtes engagé,
and high water to follow through.
pour honorer votre engagement.
that I'm saying you can look for.
à prendre en considération.
things that can be built
on peut les construire aussi
la plus importante
the other parent of your children.
sera l'autre parent de vos enfants.
and quirky thing.
grandiose, belle et étrange.
to a romantic, loving heart
un cœur amoureux et romantique
decision of our life.
grandes décisions dans sa vie.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
George Blair-West - PsychiatristDr. George Blair-West is an author, researcher and doctor specializing in psychiatry.
Why you should listen
Dr. George Blair-West specializes in psychiatry in private practice in Brisbane, Australia. He sub-specializes in trauma and relationship/sex therapy. His abiding interest is distilling the latest psychotherapeutic research, honing these insights for impactful delivery through his clinical work, and then sharing them with the greater population.
In the 1990s, as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland, Blair-West published widely on suicide and depression. Needing to lose weight himself, he then turned his focus to the overlooked research into the psychological forces that prevent weight loss. The bestselling book Weight Loss for Food Lovers: Understanding Our Minds and Why We Sabotage Our Weight Loss (translated into Dutch and Chinese) along with related research papers resulted in keynote addresses, a regular spot on the Australian breakfast show Today and media appearances around the world. A children's book on teaching healthy eating habits followed, and in 2010 Blair-West was named one of the "top 20 most influential obesity experts in the world."
Blair-West's 2013 novel The Way of The Quest received three international awards and was about the "how to" of finding one's meaning and purpose in life while building healthy relationships.
Helping people make sense of relationships is Blair-West's most important work. Drawing on his 25 years as a relationship therapist, he is currently writing his fourth book, How to Make the Biggest Decision of Your Life with his daughter Jiveny Blair-West, a dating coach. He and his wife Penny, a psychologist, celebrated 30 years of marriage in 2018.
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