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Your Relational Memory Sucks! The Peak-End Rule & Love

Are you remembering your relationship accurately, or just holding onto the emotional high and the painful goodbye?

In this episode of The Voyage Cast, host Eddie Eccker unpacks how our brains actually remember love, heartbreak, and everything in between. Drawing on powerful research from Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman and memory expert Elizabeth Loftus, Eddie explores the Peak-End Rule—the idea that we remember only the most emotionally intense moments and how things ended, not the full story.

You’ll learn:

• Why one fight or a painful ending can distort an entire relationship
• How memory is shaped more by emotion than fact
• Four actionable steps to create new emotional “peaks,” repair ruptures, and end well—whether it’s a conversation or a connection

If you’ve ever wondered why you keep replaying one argument, clinging to a perfect beginning, or struggling to move forward after a breakup, this episode is for you.

🎧 Listen in to learn how to rewrite the story—truthfully, compassionately, and with intention.

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