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Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, welcome back to you On Purpose. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Jay Shetty. Thank you so much for turning up for yourself,

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Speaker 1: If you're single and you're trying to figure out how

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Speaker 1: interesting research today, and the research comes from the Pew

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Speaker 1: To start off with, last night, my wife, my brother

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Speaker 1: all the other stuff of like personality and attractiveness above

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Speaker 1: it when values are truly what it's about in a

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Speaker 1: long term relationship. And so I would love for you

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Speaker 1: to go and become more familiarized with values. I'd love

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Speaker 1: for you to check out my book Eight Rules of Love,

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Speaker 1: which focuses deeply on understanding someone values and them understanding

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Speaker 1: yours as being the core and central part of a

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Speaker 1: healthy relationship. And I want to thank you all again

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Speaker 1: for listening today, for connecting here.

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Speaker 2: I really hope this episode helps you.

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Speaker 1: I hope it serves and supports you, and I can't

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Speaker 1: wait for you to listen to more episodes and on purpose,

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Speaker 1: share this with a friend, pass it along.

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Speaker 2: Thank you so much for listening. I'm always in your

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Speaker 2: corner and I'm forever rooting for you.

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Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, if you love that conversation, go and check

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Speaker 1: out my episode with the world's leading therapist Lourie Gottlieb,

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Speaker 1: where she answers the biggest questions that people ask in

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Speaker 1: therapy when it comes to love, relationships, heartbreak, and dating.

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Speaker 1: If you're trying to figure out that space right now,

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Speaker 1: you won't want to miss this conversation.

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Speaker 2: If it's a romantic relationship, hold hands. It's really hard

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Speaker 2: to argue it actually calms your nervous systems. Just hold

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Speaker 2: hands as you're having the conversation.

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Speaker 1: It's so lovely.