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The Magic Ratio: The Key to Relationship Satisfaction

Kari Rusnak

Learn about the 5:1 ratio that will change the way you look at conflict and have you accentuating the positive over the negative.

How to Support Your Partner When You’re Hurting Too

Don Cole

Be there for each other even if you're both in pain. Here are 8 ways to support your partner when you need support as well.

What is The Sound Relationship House?

Jennifer Scott

This foundational theory of The Gottman Institute gives couples the tools they need to have a healthy secure relationship.

Rituals of Gratitude

Jennifer Scott

Create rituals of connection around thankfulness using these four ideas.

Everyday Ways to Reconnect and Nurture Your Relationship

Margarita Tartakovsky

When stress leads to tension in your relationship, find ways to cultivate fondness and admiration.

How to Navigate Social Media as a Couple

Kari Rusnak

Digital boundaries are the lines drawn around healthy and unhealthy use of social media.

Holidays, COVID-19, and Addiction Recovery: Now What?

Robert Navarra

Partners need to address how they will integrate recovery into couple and family life and specifically, manage the holiday season.

What to Do When Your Partner Comes Out to You

Laura Silverstein

A confession about gender identity or sexual orientation within a relationship can bring conflicting feelings. What do you do next?

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

Cheryl Fraser

In this article, Certified Gottman Therapist Dr. Cheryl Fraser continues to debunk love life ideas that you've got to be in the mood and that great love "just happens."

How to Talk to Children and Teens About Uncertainty

Ann-Louise Lockhart

Life can be unpredictable, but you can help the young people in your life learn how to cope.

The Art of Sensual Communication

Terry Gaspard

When you put words to your desire for your partner, you can experience a satisfying relationship in and out of bed.

Rebuilding After Infidelity

Taylor Irvine

Research shows couples can move forward after an affair. But how?

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