{"title":"relationship help guides","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"reconect-after-8","title":"reconect after 8","description":"\u003cp\u003eRECONNECT AFTER 8\u003cbr\u003eThe Digital Detox for Couples\u003cbr\u003eA PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR REDUCING\u003cbr\u003e“PHUBBING” (PHONE SNUBBING), REBUILDING\u003cbr\u003eCONNECTION, AND RECLAIMING\u003cbr\u003eQUALITY EVENING TIME IN A WORLD FILLED\u003cbr\u003eWITH ENDLESS NOTIFICATIONS AND DIGITAL\u003cbr\u003eDISTRACTIONS.\u003cbr\u003e“THE STRONGEST RELATIONSHIPS ARE BUILT\u003cbr\u003eTHROUGH INTENTIONAL PRESENCE — NOT\u003cbr\u003eENDLESS SCREEN TIME.”\u003cbr\u003ePAGE 1 — WHY COUPLES FEEL DISCONNECTED\u003cbr\u003eMODERN COUPLES SPEND MORE TIME PHYSICALLY TOGETHER YET EMOTIONALLY\u003cbr\u003eDISTRACTED THAN EVER BEFORE.\u003cbr\u003ePHONES NOW INTERRUPT DINNER CONVERSATIONS, BEDTIME ROUTINES, AND\u003cbr\u003eMOMENTS THAT ONCE CREATED\u003cbr\u003eCONNECTION.\u003cbr\u003e●\u003cbr\u003e●\u003cbr\u003eSHORTER 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