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Surround Yourself With Healthy Couples

David and Constantino Khalaf

Whenever we find ourselves falling into cruise control, we’re reminded that even the best relationships require regular maintenance.

How Your Smartphone Might Sabotage Your Relationship

Katie Golem

Excessive device usage acts as a barrier to quality communication, which leaves partners feeling ignored or unimportant.

How to Raise Critical Thinkers in a World That Desperately Needs Them

Parent Co.

We should be striving to raise kids who ask thoughtful questions, challenge the "experts," and closely examine the answers.

The Best Gottman Relationship Blog Articles of 2017

Chris Dollard

The 10 most read articles on The Gottman Relationship Blog for 2017.

Why Becoming Your Child’s Emotion Coach Begins by Managing Your Own Emotions First

Parent Co.

Helping your kid manage their emotions requires you to learn to manage yours first.

Choose a Partner You Can Be Playful With

Hannah Eaton

Choose to recognize that moving together through space, moment by moment, is a continuously exploratory form of artistic expression as a couple.

Coloring Outside the Lines: Breaking the Stigma of Mental Health in the Black Community

Shantel Patu

Seeking meaningful treatment helped me discover that sometimes there is so much beauty in coloring outside the lines.

Practical, Science-Based Steps to Heal from an Affair

Margaret Rutherford

Working through an affair is tough. It takes tremendous energy and vulnerability on both sides.

Erring in the Direction of Kindness: An Interview with George Saunders

Chris Dollard

Small acts of kindness can be a sort of ritual self-reminding of what we are and what we’re meant to do down here.

Make Intentional Choices to Connect with Your Family

The Gottman Institute

Gottman calls this a family’s “legacy,” which is based on his concept of rituals of connection.

Enriching Your Marriage by Creating Shared Meaning

Terry Gaspard

Create daily or weekly rituals of connection will enable you build shared meaning.

#MeToo: It’s Time to Tell Our Stories

Julie Gottman

Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman offers her own story, her insight, and her hopes going forward.

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