We explore how medical training strains family life and how five simple pillars can rebuild trust, ease resentment, and create more peace at home. Sarah Payne shares practical tools for calmer conversations, stronger self-talk, and small daily habits that change the tone of love.
• life during medical school, residency, and rotations
• distance and missed milestones as hidden costs
• why resentment is a window into unmet needs
• moving from scorekeeping to solutions as a team
• seeing your partner’s highest version with respect
• daily gratitude as attention training
• stillness for less reactivity and better listening
• one person shifting the whole relationship
• first steps to apply the five pillars today
• Sarah’s book, podcast, and ways to connect
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