An Otter’s guide to help couples listen & talk
An Otter’s guide to help couples listen & talk
An Otter’s guide to help couples listen & talk
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An Otter’s guide to help couples listen & talk
An Otter’s guide to help couples listen & talk
An Otter’s guide to help couples listen & talk
Created from over 30+ years of experience helping couples navigate thousands of complex and intimate conversations about every imaginable aspect of coupling. Follow the Otters, Biscuit & Breezy, as you train to listen & talk your way through extraordinary Ottersations with one another.
Created from over 30+ years of experience helping couples navigate thousands of complex and intimate conversations about every imaginable aspect of coupling. Follow the Otters, Biscuit & Breezy, as you train to listen & talk your way through extraordinary Ottersations with one another.
Created from over 30+ years of experience helping couples navigate thousands of complex and intimate conversations about every imaginable aspect of coupling. Follow the Otters, Biscuit & Breezy, as you train to listen & talk your way through extraordinary Ottersations with one another.
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The Gold Standard for couple’s communication
What is The Swim Buddy Playbook?
What is The Swim Buddy Playbook?
What is The Swim Buddy Playbook?
16 robust Pages (Page = Chapter) that will train you to more
thoughtfully listen and talk with one another about your lives. You will watch other couples feast on some of the same delicious Ottersations you will soon be having with your partner.
You will be introduced to the groundbreaking Listen-Talk Swim Buddy Agreement, Three Anchors for staying calm and curious in Ottersational waters, a Listening Lifesaver, a Talking Lifesaver, thought-provoking ideas, practical tools, and Otter letters, followed by captivating questions for you and your Swim Buddy to wade into.
16 robust Pages (Page = Chapter) that will train you to more
thoughtfully listen and talk with one another about your lives. You will watch other couples feast on some of the same delicious Ottersations you will soon be having with your partner.
You will be introduced to the groundbreaking Listen-Talk Swim Buddy Agreement, Three Anchors for staying calm and curious in Ottersational waters, a Listening Lifesaver, a Talking Lifesaver, thought-provoking ideas, practical tools, and Otter letters, followed by captivating questions for you and your Swim Buddy to wade into.
16 robust Pages (Page = Chapter) that will train you to more
thoughtfully listen and talk with one another about your lives. You will watch other couples feast on some of the same delicious Ottersations you will soon be having with your partner.
You will be introduced to the groundbreaking Listen-Talk Swim Buddy Agreement, Three Anchors for staying calm and curious in Ottersational waters, a Listening Lifesaver, a Talking Lifesaver, thought-provoking ideas, practical tools, and Otter letters, followed by captivating questions for you and your Swim Buddy to wade into.
Couples Swim Program — Weekly Sessions
A weekly program designed for partners who want to improve their swimming and their connection—together.
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Couples Swim Program — Weekly Sessions
A weekly program designed for partners who want to improve their swimming and their connection—together.
Join the Couples Program
Couples Swim Program — Weekly Sessions
A weekly program designed for partners who want to improve their swimming and their connection—together.
Join the Couples Program
How it works
1
Elevate conversations with your Swim Buddy (romantic partner) by subscribing to weekly Ottersation Starters 🦦, delivered by The Otters & Dr. Bruce.
2
Receive Ottersation Starters every Wednesday at 5PM via text message & email, right before date night.
3
Reignite your emotional connection with your Swim Buddy, one meaningful Ottersation at a time.
7/10 Couples Don’t Make it*
7/10 Couples Don’t Make it*
7/10 Couples Don’t Make it*
When looked at over a 40-year period, only 3 in 10 couples stay together*
When looked at over a 40-year period, only 3 in 10 couples stay together*
When looked at over a 40-year period, only 3 in 10 couples stay together*
Of the 3 who stay together, how many would, actually, report being happy?
Of the 3 who stay together, how many would, actually, report being happy?
Of the 3 who stay together, how many would, actually, report being happy?
Of the 7 who choose to end their relationship, how do they view themselves, and how do they view relationships going forward?
Of the 7 who choose to end their relationship, how do they view themselves, and how do they view relationships going forward?
Of the 7 who choose to end their relationship, how do they view themselves, and how do they view relationships going forward?
Learn how to Listen to your Swim Buddy
Learn how to Listen to your Swim Buddy
Learn how to Listen to your Swim Buddy
More couples can make it.
More couples can make it.
More couples can make it.
More couples can enjoy each other.
More couples can enjoy each other.
More couples can enjoy each other.
Those who uncouple can keep their dignity.
Those who uncouple can keep their dignity.
Those who uncouple can keep their dignity.
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Learn how to Talk to your Swim Buddy
Learn how to Talk to your Swim Buddy
Learn how to Talk to your Swim Buddy
What if you could learn to talk to your Swim Buddy in a way that they would want to listen more?
What if you could learn to talk to your Swim Buddy in a way that they would want to listen more?
What if you could learn to talk to your Swim Buddy in a way that they would want to listen more?
What if your Swim Buddy could learn to talk to you in a way that you would want to listen more?
What if your Swim Buddy could learn to talk to you in a way that you would want to listen more?
What if your Swim Buddy could learn to talk to you in a way that you would want to listen more?
What if both of you could feel less alone, more connected to each other?
What if both of you could feel less alone, more connected to each other?
What if both of you could feel less alone, more connected to each other?
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What We’ve Learned About Couples
What We’ve Learned About Couples
What We’ve Learned About Couples
Couples want to talk more
Couples want to talk more
Couples want to talk more
Just look around the restaurant at the other couples. What do you see?
Just look around the restaurant at the other couples. What do you see?
Just look around the restaurant at the other couples. What do you see?
Couples can be trained
to listen better
Couples can be trained
to listen better
Couples can be trained
to listen better
Better listening = More talking
Better listening = More talking
Better listening = More talking
Investment matters
Investment matters
Investment matters
Invest as much in training to listen and talk to one another as you invest in other areas of your lives, including finances, health, and children
Invest as much in training to listen and talk to one another as you invest in other areas of your lives, including finances, health, and children
Invest as much in training to listen and talk to one another as you invest in other areas of your lives, including finances, health, and children
Don’t delay
Don’t delay
Don’t delay
On average, couples wait six years after the onset of issues to seek help*
On average, couples wait six years after the onset of issues to seek help*
On average, couples wait six years after the onset of issues to seek help*
Clarify the Agreements
Clarify the Agreements
Clarify the Agreements
People start jobs with more clarity than relationships. Let’s clarify our agreements to listen & talk to one another
People start jobs with more clarity than relationships. Let’s clarify our agreements to listen & talk to one another
People start jobs with more clarity than relationships. Let’s clarify our agreements to listen & talk to one another
*Gottman, J. & Silver, N. (1999). The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide
from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert. New York: Three Rivers Press.
*Gottman, J. & Silver, N. (1999). The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide
from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert. New York: Three Rivers Press.
Reconnect with your Swim Buddy now
Reconnect with your Swim Buddy now
Reconnect with your Swim Buddy now
Let the Otters & Dr. Bruce train you to Listen and Talk to one another
about everything that matters to both of you.
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A brief glimpse into The Swim Buddy Playbook
A brief glimpse into The Swim Buddy Playbook
A brief glimpse into The Swim Buddy Playbook
Our
Agreements
Anchoring
The Swim Buddy Lifesaver:
Training To Listen
The Swim Buddy Lifesaver: Training To Talk
Listening From The 80/20 Mindset
Talking To Satiate
The 7 Appetites
The Quality Of
Our Friendship
Our Nitty Gritty Pearls
How We Navigate Our Panoply Of Differences
My Relationship To My A.B.S.S. Angst Blue Salt Stoke
My Relationship To Your A.B.S.S. Angst Blue Salt Stoke
Our Sexual Dynamics
Our Financial Dynamics
Division of Labor:
What Kind of Roommate Am I?
Do We Want Kids?
How We’d Raise Kids?
Our Dreams & Fears
Dr. Bruce Rumsey
Dr. Bruce Rumsey
About the Instructor
About the Instructor
About the Instructor
His parents divorced and remarried one another before he was born. His parents, again, legally separated when he was 10 years old and reunited one year later. It was a relationship with lots of love and challenges.
Dr. Rumsey has been in a relationship over 30 years, and they have five grown children. It’s been really good and really painful. During certain seasons, it has felt impossible to continue on. At other times, being apart has seemed unimaginable.
With a Ph.D. emphasis in Marriage & Family Therapy, and over 30 years of counseling couples, men & women, Dr. Rumsey brings approximately 80,000 hours of observations, experiments, and takeaways from these intimate conversations to bear on this absolutely one-of-a-kind training guide for couples - specifically, you two - to listen and talk to one another.
His parents divorced and remarried one another before he was born. His parents, again, legally separated when he was 10 years old and reunited one year later. It was a relationship with lots of love and challenges.
Dr. Rumsey has been in a relationship over 30 years, and they have five grown children. It’s been really good and really painful. During certain seasons, it has felt impossible to continue on. At other times, being apart has seemed unimaginable.
With a Ph.D. emphasis in Marriage & Family Therapy, and over 30 years of counseling couples, men & women, Dr. Rumsey brings approximately 80,000 hours of observations, experiments, and takeaways from these intimate conversations to bear on this absolutely one-of-a-kind training guide for couples - specifically, you two - to listen and talk to one another.
His parents divorced and remarried one another before he was born. His parents, again, legally separated when he was 10 years old and reunited one year later. It was a relationship with lots of love and challenges.
Dr. Rumsey has been in a relationship over 30 years, and they have five grown children. It’s been really good and really painful. During certain seasons, it has felt impossible to continue on. At other times, being apart has seemed unimaginable.
With a Ph.D. emphasis in Marriage & Family Therapy, and over 30 years of counseling couples, men & women, Dr. Rumsey brings approximately 80,000 hours of observations, experiments, and takeaways from these intimate conversations to bear on this absolutely one-of-a-kind training guide for couples - specifically, you two - to listen and talk to one another.
Want to reconnect with your partner? Want to feel close again?
Let the Otters train you to listen and talk to one another about everything that matters to you.
Join The Waitlist
Want to reconnect with your partner? Want to feel close again?
Let the Otters train you to listen and talk to one another about everything that matters to you.
Join The Waitlist
Want to reconnect with your partner? Want to feel close again?
Let the Otters train you to listen and talk to one another about everything that matters to you.
Join The Waitlist
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Who should use the app?
What is included with my subscription?
How do I get paid?
Is my personal information safe?
How can we get in touch?
An Otter’s guide to help couples listen & talk
An Otter’s guide to help couples listen & talk
An Otter’s guide to help couples listen & talk
