Newly Engaged Couple Learns Invaluable Tools for Conflict Resolution and Intimacy

Speaker 1: Hi. My name is Jamie. This is KJ. We go by Jamie. Speaker 2: We just got engaged, and so when we found out about the Summit of Love, we knew that we had to be here to kick off this amazing period of our lives. Speaker 1: The reason that I wanted to come to this event is I saw Annie and Eben at another talk, and we were so impressed by them that we decided that this was an absolute gift to be able to come and be a part of this experience. Speaker 2: The most delightful thing about the event has just been how fun it is. It's really been focused on bringing out the joy, bringing out the love. Like, yes, there's parts that we're touching on, like, where core conflicts are, but it's all held in such a spirit of beauty and love and our togetherness. Speaker 1: I've been really impressed with the caliber of people that are here. It's been a pretty eclectic mix of personalities that over the last several days, you know, kind of growing close with everybody. And seeing common problems amongst each other has really kind of made me feel better about our own problems, and just learning from each other has been amazing. And Eben and Annie are world-class. Speaker 2: The thing that stands out to me so much about this container is the quality of the love, the quality of the participants. Like, we are surrounded by truly high-performing, super intentional people. And so the gifts that they can bring in their reflections to us and just the ideas and what we're learning from other couples in the group, is that at such a high level of performance that it's, it's unlike any other couples' retreat that I've, I've ever attended. Speaker 1: My biggest takeaway has been something called the soothing technique or the soothing mantra, where when there is a breakdown between us, it's basically an instructional step-by-step process to unwind that break in our connection. And because we are human and we do have breaks in our connection, this tool that we were introduced to is going to be invaluable and quick recoveries. And I'm just... I'm so thankful that I learned this. Speaker 2: I just feel so inspired to show up as an inspiration, to use our relationship as this testing ground for new concepts, to be able to bring back everything that we've learned, and then show it to our community, to our friends. And, and really show the steps that we've walked through and our own journey, not as, as anything to, you know, be embarrassed about, but as a delight and as a success story. There's nothing that feels as good as being in love, and the Summit of Love is by far the most impactful thing that we've ever done as a couple to just upgrade the frequency of love in our relationship. Speaker 1: I think the Summit of Love for me is just a real strong reminder of how I do want to be an excellent husband and how I want to be an excellent teacher to my kids and to my friends, and the tools that I'm taking away from here are going to be shared with my greater community that definitely needs it.