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Rescuing Your Relationship from Stress

Jon Beaty

When individuals and couples discover functional ways of coping with stress, they can restore emotional closeness, renew intimacy, and revive romance.

The Top 7 Ways To Improve Your Marriage

John Gottman

Although a marriage in trouble is upsetting, it can often be repaired more easily than you think.

Thanksgiving Rituals of Connection

Chris Dollard

Approach your Thanksgiving with some rituals of connection already in mind. Here are some ideas to help you plan.

Attachment and Differentiation in Relationships: An Interview with Ellyn Bader, Ph.D.

Kyle Benson

Differentiation requires the risk of being open to growth and being honest not only with your partner, but also with yourself.

How a Parent’s Affection Shapes a Child’s Happiness for Life

Parent Co.

Research over the past decade highlights the link between affection in childhood and health and happiness in the future.

To Love, or to Like?

Shantel Patu

”Like” is a word that is underrated, while the word “love” steals all of the attention.

Dating Your Wife with Kids Under Five

Tamara Patterson

Dating will not just keep you both close to each other, but its positive effects will model a strong and healthy relationship for your children, thus creating a happy home.

Noticing, Understanding, and Getting to the Root of Our Triggers

The Gottman Institute

As we practice noticing and understanding our overreactions, we become more attuned to the triggers that caused these reactions in us.

4 Simple Ways to Nurture Closeness in Your Family

Kelsey Down

Try incorporating these simple tips into your daily life to foster closeness among your family.

Gottman Method Couples Therapy Established as Evidence-Based Treatment for Same-Sex Couples

The Gottman Institute

This outcome study is the first of its kind, and it displays the strengths of same-sex relationships to the scientific community.

Turning Toward Your Partner as an Anchor

David and Constantino Khalaf

Turning toward each other goes beyond accepting each other’s bids.

3 Daily Rituals That Stop Spouses from Taking Each Other for Granted

Verily Magazine

Daily rituals keep the sense of connection strong in marriage and assure that romance, affection, and appreciation are a part of your married life every day.

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