Most relationships that break never get repaired. Not because people don't care, but because no one knows how to actually do it. James and Brad Newman do — because they've had to, twice.

Brad helps coaches and consultants sell out their programs and live events, and he was James's very first coach. Their relationship has moved through two chapters — coach and client, then client and coach — and both times, something ended without a real conversation about why. In this episode, they finally have that conversation, and walk through what it took to come back together with more honesty and trust than before.

They talk about why repair only works when both people are willing, how conflict can actually build intimacy instead of destroying it, and why naming an uncomfortable truth — even when it feels like the end — is usually what gets you  ...