Episode 36 - Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner & Toxic Relationships
When is a relationship unsalvageable? When is it too toxic to survive? And how do you pull a dysfunctional relationship out of a nosedive?
On the first-ever episode of The Re-Engineered You we covered Toxic Relationships. Then, over the course of six months, we got better recording equipment, a better studio, and better at writing. So we’re taking another shot at this topic with a Redux of Toxic Relationships. We’re covering subjects like; How to spot dysfunction in a relationship early enough to avoid it. Where our attraction to dysfunction comes from. And how to salvage a dysfunctional relationship if pulling the ripcord and bailing isn’t an option.
We’ll also talk about our own experiences applying the lessons from the first Toxic Relationships episode. And we’ll look at one of the all-time, hands-down, bat-shittingest relationships we’ve ever read about. The explosive, nuclear-meltdown of a marriage between legendary crooner Frank Sinatra and femme fatale Ava Gardner. Here’s a bonus fact we didn’t have time to cover: Sinatra once fired a pistol into a hotel mattress and threw himself to the floor, so Gardner would rush in, thining Sinatra had shot himself.
History Links:
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/10/06/ava-gardner-frank-sinatra-2/#:~:text=Ava%20Gardner%20and%20Frank%20Sinatra%20were%20one%20of%20Hollywood's%20most%20infamous%20couples.&text=Before%20they%20had%20even%20met,star%20in%20her%20own%20right.
https://www.jazziz.com/im-a-fool-to-want-you-the-love-story-of-frank-sinatra-and-ava-gardner/
Science Links:
https://time.com/5274206/toxic-relationship-signs-help/
https://online.king.edu/news/dysfunctional-families/
https://time.com/5411624/how-to-tell-if-being-manipulated/
https://brainfodder.org/facial-expression-contempt/
https://www.gottman.com/about/research/faq/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/05/170518104015.htm
https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-magic-relationship-ratio-according-science/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-there-a-biological-basis-for-the-7-year-itch/