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Podcast: Conversations with Dr. Jennifer
Episode: Three's a Crowd [Triangulation in Relationships]
Description: Triangulation–is a concept you’re likely familiar with, even if you’re not familiar with the term.
If you’ve ever been frustrated with your spouse and turned to a friend to complain, you’ve triangulated.
Triangulation is our attempt to bring stability to perceived instability in a relationship. As any new cyclist can attest–three wheels are much more stable than two. And relationships aren’t all that different. Dyads (relationships of two) are inherently unstable, and when that instability makes us anxious (as it often does), we can feel the pull to turn to someon...