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Love & Relationships

All successful relationships are built on the same premise: The Sound Relationship House theory by Drs. John and Julie Gottman.

is it time for couples counseling? Picture of couple not looking at each other.

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.

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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.

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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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The Story of The Art and Science of Love 2

The Gottman Institute

How two Certified Gottman Therapists created a follow-up workshop to The Art and Science of Love.

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The Perfect Relationship

Jaime Spielmann

Never underestimate the power of making a few small, simple changes within your relationship to develop the skills needed to make your love flourish for many years to come.

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The Three Keys to Passion

Cheryl Fraser

What are the components of the passion triangle?

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Top 10 Gottman Relationship Blog Posts of 2019

Carla Sparks

In 2019, we took a look at the things that challenge relationships, and ways to ultimately make the relationships we choose stronger.

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How to Prepare Your Relationship for Military Deployment

The Gottman Institute

Geographic separation, whether it is for 6 weeks, 6 months, or longer, is inevitably difficult. The key to a successful deployment for any couple is to learn together all you can in order to prepare for your time apart.

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Sleeping With the “Enemy”: Navigating Relationships in the #MeToo Era

Nicole Schiener

Identifying what I needed helped release and transform vicarious trauma into post-traumatic growth.

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Weathering the Winter of Our Marriage

Kristen Manieri

Commitment doesn’t inoculate us against marriage atrophy. In fact, some would argue that it’s the cause of it. But it’s the thing that keeps us in and has us weather the droughts that are an inevitable part of a long marriage.

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Reclaiming Our Stories From Trauma

Jenny TeGrotenhuis

Our past may have written the script, but we can write a new script for how we respond in the present.

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John Gottman and Brené Brown on Running Headlong Into Heartbreak

Kerry Lusignan

The Gottmans and Brené Brown give us a map—a macro perspective of the wilderness of our hearts, and the wildness of love.

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