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The Perfect Relationship

Jaime Spielmann

Never underestimate the power of making a few small, simple changes within your relationship to develop the skills needed to make your love flourish for many years to come.

The Three Keys to Passion

Cheryl Fraser

What are the components of the passion triangle?

How to Prepare Your Relationship for Military Deployment

The Gottman Institute

Geographic separation, whether it is for 6 weeks, 6 months, or longer, is inevitably difficult. The key to a successful deployment for any couple is to learn together all you can in order to prepare for your time apart.

Sleeping With the “Enemy”: Navigating Relationships in the #MeToo Era

Nicole Schiener

Identifying what I needed helped release and transform vicarious trauma into post-traumatic growth.

Weathering the Winter of Our Marriage

Kristen Manieri

Commitment doesn’t inoculate us against marriage atrophy. In fact, some would argue that it’s the cause of it. But it’s the thing that keeps us in and has us weather the droughts that are an inevitable part of a long marriage.

Reclaiming Our Stories From Trauma

Jenny TeGrotenhuis

Our past may have written the script, but we can write a new script for how we respond in the present.

John Gottman and Brené Brown on Running Headlong Into Heartbreak

Kerry Lusignan

The Gottmans and Brené Brown give us a map—a macro perspective of the wilderness of our hearts, and the wildness of love.

A Letter to My Younger Self on My Wedding Day

Shantel Patu

Here are a few things I’ve learned about love and life over the last 23 years of marriage.

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