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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."

Homework Assignment: Learn To Trust Yourself

Ellie Lisitsa

Trusting our partners is not the same thing as giving up all control.

How To Remove Fairytale Logic From Your Sound Relationship House

Ellie Lisitsa

Fairytale stories give us faulty logic about relationships. It's not about finding purpose in someone else. It's about loving yourself.

Creating A Culture of Appreciation

The Gottman Institute

Follow this exercise to learn how to appreciate one another.

The Importance Of Integrity

Nate Bagley

Integrity is the true source of deep love, adventure, and even self-confidence.

Homework Assignment: The Gottman Island Survival Game

Ellie Lisitsa

Many couples fail to make headway on solvable problems because they don't know how to compromise. To learn compromise, you must accept influence.

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