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How To Share Compassion & Empathy in Intimate Conversation

Ellie Lisitsa

Try these techniques in your own relationship. The results may surprise you.

What Makes Same-Sex Relationships Succeed Or Fail?

Ellie Lisitsa

Today, we'd like to turn our attention to same-sex relationships.

The Art and Science of Love is for Everyone

Ellie Lisitsa

Get your relationship off to a healthy beginning and keep it healthy.

Dr. Gottman’s 5 Tips for Summer Travel

Ellie Lisitsa

Dr. John Gottman emphasizes the importance of vacations as a ritual of connection.

5 Ways to Make Money Work For You

Ellie Lisitsa

This week on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we’ve been tackling the subject of money. As promised in Wednesday’s post, today we will share creative approaches to fight the destructive effects of financial stress on your relationships and help you to strengthen bonds with those you love!

How to Be Mindful About Money

Ellie Lisitsa

Most of us have figured out by now that money is not the ultimate answer.

Homework Assignment: How To Increase Emotional Attraction

The Gottman Institute

See how the stress-reducing conversation helps build emotional attraction and bonds you closer together as a couple.

Homework Assignment: Intimate Conversation

Ellie Lisitsa

At the end of yesterday's poston the 3 Skills (and 1 Rule!) of Intimate Conversation, we promised to follow-up with your Weekend Homework Assignment.

Trust in Relationships is Built and Broken in Everyday Conversation

Ellie Lisitsa

Intimate conversation is about sharing closeness and solidifying emotional bonds.

Dr. Gottman’s 3 Skills (and 1 Rule!) for Intimate Conversation

Ellie Lisitsa

Protect your relationships from unnecessary stressors and weather the storms that come by making emotional connection a priority.

Homework Assignment: Have Great Sex

Ellie Lisitsa

It had been a while since we last discussed sex on the blog, and as Dr. Gottman recommends making a habit of talking about the subject, we decided it was time to share this quizwith you on Wednesday!

Homework Assignment: Six Seconds to Happy Couplehood!

Ellie Lisitsa

Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we share an article written by Theo Pauline Nestor of Match.com that offers to help you "find out how just a few minutes a day doing little things differently — like saying 'hello,' 'goodbye' and sharing a kiss — can change the course of your relationship for the better."