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Addiction Recovery and Shelter-in-Place: What Do I Do?

Robert Navarra

Addiction expert and Certified Gottman Therapist Dr. Robert Navarra shares advice for couples in recovery during COVID-19.

Gottman Relationship Recipes

The Gottman Institute

Try these relationship recipes out at home—you probably already have all the ingredients you need!

Redefining Individuality and Togetherness During Quarantine

Hannah Eaton

If you want to enhance your sense of self and your romantic partnership during this time, consider exploring these five strategies.

The Gift of Presence: A Mindfulness Guide for Women

The Gottman Institute

In her new book, co-founder and CEO of the Mindsight Institute Caroline Welch takes readers on a mindfulness journey to help them de-stress and cultivate inner peace.

Keeping it Together While Social Distancing

Stacy Hubbard

These days, each passing moment brings a strange and new reality. To solidify and strengthen an existing relationship or continue to get to know someone, this is also an opportunity to get curious and focus on the things you appreciate.

Set Yourself Up for Success Before Taking The Art and Science of Love Online

The Gottman Institute

Tips to help you and your partner get most out of your self-guided workshop experience.

How Early Attachment Styles Can Influence Later Relationships

Lucy Fry

There are more layers and complexities to contemporary attachment theory, but for the moment, let’s just say there are four main attachment styles — secure, insecure-avoidant, insecure-anxious and disorganised.

More Than Money

Vagdevi Meunier

Disagreements about money often get stuck at the practical level and deeper levels of meaning, history, or world views are not explored or understood fully.

How to Find a Couples Therapist Who Can Actually Help You

Kyle Benson

Tips to help you find a competent and effective couples therapist.

Is it Time to Go to Couples Counseling?

Kyle Benson

There are telltale signs that signal you and your partner could benefit from couples counseling.

The Pursuer-Distancer Dynamic

Terry Gaspard

While all couples need autonomy and closeness, many partners struggle with the pursuer-distancer dance and feel chronically dissatisfied with their degree of intimacy. When the pattern of pursuing and distancing becomes ingrained, the behavior of one partner provokes and maintains the behavior of the other.

How to Heal from Past Relationships

Stacy Hubbard

What role did the Four Horsemen, relationship phases, flooding, and perpetual problems play in your past relationships?

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