This month Drs. John and Julie Gottman published “An Open Letter on Porn,” Joni Parthemer, M.Ed. and Beth Goss hosted a Bringing Baby Home Educator Training here in Seattle, and we hosted a total of 23 trainings and workshops all around the world. We also celebrated the birthdays of our co-founders, John and Julie Gottman.
“Month in Review” is a feature on The Gottman Relationship Blog that gives you the opportunity to recap the news and events of the last month. Below you will find useful information and links from April, including mentions in the media, important announcements, blog postings, class photos, and more.
FEATURED ARTICLE
What does marriage have to do with leadership? If you are married, everything. Nothing will undermine your effectiveness as a leader faster than a bad marriage.
Additional Articles:
- Redbook: 9 Fights You’re Not Having But Should
- Relationship Rules: 4 Things You Can’t Do When You Argue With Your Partner
- Your Tango: 10 (EASY!) Ways To Revamp Your Relationship When It Gets BORING
- Elephant Journal: Four Habits that Signal Relationship Doom
- AsiaOne Women: Will your relationship survive: Experts can predict with startling accuracy
- Simple Most: 7 Scientifically-Proven Secrets Of Happily Married Couples
- Herald-Standard: We’re Having a Baby … Now What?
- Parent Map: But You Expected to Be Happy
- Marriage 365: 30 Questions to Ask Your Husband
- NewsHub: World’s Top Psychologists Give Relationship Advice
- Madame Noire: Do You Know What the Number One Predictor of Divorce is?
- Harvard Business Review: How to Not Fight with Your Spouse When You Get Home from Work
- The Week: This simple thing will increase your performance, stop procrastination, and make you happier
- Independent: What Not to Do on a First Date
- Fight the New Drug: Renowned Therapist Dr. John Gottman Releases “An Open Letter on Porn”
- Huffington Post: 3 Behaviors That Have Helped Me Be a Better Parent
- King 5: 11 books for the engaged, newly weds
- Huffington Post: Steal These 5 Secrets of Extraordinary Couples
- Marriage 365: 2 Ways to Better Communication With Your Spouse
- Power of Positivity: 5 Habits of Deeply Connected Couples
- Independent: The Two Major Complaints That Women Make in Relationships
The gottmans visit new zealand
Earlier this month, John and Julie Gottman traveled to Auckland, New Zealand to present a Level 1 Training to clinicians. During their visit, they stopped by TV3 for an exclusive interview with Kim Vinnell in which they give advice on how to make a relationship work. You can watch the full interview here.
An open letter on porn
Drs. John and Julie Gottman published “An Open Letter on Porn” that addresses the threat porn presents to many modern-day relationships. This post instantly became The Gottman’s most viewed and shared post for the month of April, and was re-posted by several other pages, including Fight the New Drug, as well as referenced in articles, such as “The issue of pornography as a health crisis is gaining national attention” by Desert News. The public response rate for the post was so high that John and Julie Gottman released a follow-up response on Facebook.
Featured Instagram Post
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Featured Class Photo
This month’s featured class photo is from a Level 1 Training presented by Trish Purnell-Webb, MPsych(Clin) in North Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. To see more photos from professional training events around the country, click here.