n this episode of the Relationship Anxiety Podcast, your host McKell Kristen explores the power of approving of your partner.   This episode covers... ✨ How the negativity bias in our brains leads us to nitpick and find flaws in our partners. ✨ The importance of shifting our focus to gratitude and approval to improve our mindset and connection. ✨ Practical steps to practice noticing and vocalizing what we appreciate in our partners and our lives. ✨ McKell shares a personal story about how her brain flipped into nitpicking mode when she was engaged. ✨ A comparison between two days, one spent focusing on disapprovals and another focusing on gratitude. ✨ Insights from Dan Sullivan’s book The Gap and the Gain, on living in gratitude for what we already have. ✨ How "habituation" causes us to tune out the good in our lives, including our partners. ✨ Ways to build the muscle of gratitude in small areas of life. ✨ Encouragement to see more of the good in your relationship by intentionally approving of what you already have. Listen now and start practicing and cultivating your approval power