# Keeping Your Marriage Strong with gerry Arango Deely\

Recording Date: June 6, 2025

Keywords: disability, Our Parallel Paths, Gerry Arango Deeley, Gerry Anderson Arango, Dr. Geralyn Arango Deeley, marriage, strengthening marriage, communication, strong partnerships, resiliency

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Summary:ion this episode of Our Parallel Paths Gerry shares 7 principles for making marriage work, based on her own experiences, and sharing from the research of Drs. John and Julie Gottman. These include enhancing love maps, nurturing fondness and admiration, turning towards each other, letting your partner influence you, solving solvable problems, overcoming gridlock, and creating shared meaning.

Gerry shares her personal experiences from her two marriages, and discusses the additional challenges that can arise when supporting a loved one with an intellectual disability or autism. She highlights research showing that uplifts, respite care, and open communication between partners are important for maintaining marital quality in these situations.

Topica lIndex:

• Introductions [00:00]
• Gerry shares about her marriages [2:18]
• Dr. John Gottman - Seven Principle for Making Marriage Work [03:07]
• Commitment [12:08]
• Applying principles to those on the Parallel Path [12:57]
• Additional supporting research [16:09]
• Alexis Irazoque on Expressible.com/ Isler Taylor, Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities [17:34]
• The Importance of Uplofts [19:02]
• The importance of Resite [22:08]
• What About Siblings... does this apply? [24:16]
• Lee Woodruff, AAQRP article [27:25]
• Closing [30:20]

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