Josh TrentIdentity Transformation Architect and award winning Host of the Wellness + Wisdom Podcast—a decade-strong show with over 750 episodes and 15M downloads.

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18 May 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube clip (uploaded May 18, 2023 by Josh Trent) presenting relationship advice: relationships function as a two-person psychological system where each partner's actions immediately affect the other. The speaker argues that operating as a one-person system creates a threat cycle—if one prioritizes only themselves, the other will mirror that stance, causing mutual harm—so respect and formal consideration between partners is essential.

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Relationships is where we grow up. If we do, we'll do the right thing even when it's the hardest to do and that is growing up in orienting towards a two person psychological system which coupling should be. I know that my fate is tied to yours. Every everything I do is going to affect you which is going to affect me immediately. Therefore I can't operate as a one person system without threatening you because as soon as I do I give you the idea that I care only about myself and my interests. I couldn't give a shit about yours. You're going to do the same and then we square off and that's the beginning of the threat system that accrues. I can't screw you without screwing myself. Anything I do to you is going to happen to me. That's why it's a two person psychological system. Two individuals that are two generals, two bosses have to respect each other, be formal enough to respect each other.