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The Top Myths about Lust and Love and How They can Ruin your Sex Life (Part One)

Cheryl Fraser

If you're worried your sex life is over, sex therapist Dr. Cheryl Fraser is here to dismantle the beliefs that mess with your head and your bed.

How To Change Your Own Contempt

Ken Fremont-Smith

You may not even be aware of how you are acting or speaking out of contempt—often it can feel like you are being genuine. Dr. John Gottman realized there needs to be a path that leads to a culture of appreciation, and that is by expressing your feelings and longings.

Gottman Relationship Recipes

The Gottman Institute

Try these relationship recipes out at home—you probably already have all the ingredients you need!

The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women

The Gottman Institute

In her new book, co-founder and CEO of the Mindsight Institute Caroline Welch takes readers on a mindfulness journey to help them de-stress and cultivate inner peace.

How Early Attachment Styles Can Influence Later Relationships

Lucy Fry

There are more layers and complexities to contemporary attachment theory, but for the moment, let’s just say there are four main attachment styles — secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-anxious and disorganised.

Is it Time to Go to Couples Counseling?

Kyle Benson

There are telltale signs that signal you and your partner could benefit from couples counseling.

The Pursuer-Distancer Dynamic

Terry Gaspard

While all couples need autonomy and closeness, many partners struggle with the pursuer-distancer dance and feel chronically dissatisfied with their degree of intimacy. When the pattern of pursuing and distancing becomes ingrained, the behavior of one partner provokes and maintains the behavior of the other.

How to Heal from Past Relationships

Stacy Hubbard

What role did the Four Horsemen, relationship phases, flooding, and perpetual problems play in your past relationships?

The Story of The Art and Science of Love 2

The Gottman Institute

How two Certified Gottman Therapists created a follow-up workshop to The Art and Science of Love.

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