Key ideas from Dr Paul Eastwick

• Building lasting relationships is extremely difficult despite the importance of attachment and compatibility - 'the heartbreak is really, really tough' - Matt
• Matt's upcoming book Bonded by Evolution releases February around Valentine's Day, offering evolutionary perspectives on relationships
• The Christine McCallum 2017 study on attractiveness and divorce prediction is considered an outlier by relationship researchers
• Most relationship advice relies on 'pop psychology pulled out of my ass explanations' rather than data-driven research - Matt
• Matt co-hosts the Love Factually podcast with Eli Finkel, analyzing movies through relationship science every couple weeks
• Maintenance markets and maintaining relationships share similar challenges - both require sustained effort and are 'really tough'