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Homework Assignment: Six Seconds to Happy Couplehood!

Dr. Ellie Wilde

Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we share an article written by Theo Pauline Nestor of Match.com that offers to help you "find out how just a few minutes a day doing little things differently — like saying 'hello,' 'goodbye' and sharing a kiss — can change the course of your relationship for the better."

K is for Kissing

Zach Brittle, LMHC

My first kiss was with an older woman. Older at least in the sense that she could drive and I couldn’t. It was after a football game one Friday night.

Homework Assignment: Learn To Trust Yourself

Dr. Ellie Wilde

Trusting our partners is not the same thing as giving up all control.

How To Remove Fairytale Logic From Your Sound Relationship House

Dr. Ellie Wilde

Fairytale stories give us faulty logic about relationships. It's not about finding purpose in someone else. It's about loving yourself.

Creating A Culture of Appreciation

The Gottman Institute

Follow this exercise to learn how to appreciate one another.

The Importance Of Integrity

Nate Bagley

Integrity is the true source of deep love, adventure, and even self-confidence.

J is for Judgment

Zach Brittle, LMHC

J is an eight-point Scrabble letter. Only Q and Z are worth more. Turns out there simply aren’t a lot of words that start with J.

Homework Assignment: The Gottman Island Survival Game

Dr. Ellie Wilde

Many couples fail to make headway on solvable problems because they don't know how to compromise. To learn compromise, you must accept influence.

Imagination and Surprisology

Dr. Ellie Wilde

Tania Luna shares her experience of immigrating to the United States from Ukraine as a little girl.

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