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How Your Smartphone Might Sabotage Your Relationship

Katie Golem

Excessive device usage acts as a barrier to quality communication, which leaves partners feeling ignored or unimportant.

The Best Gottman Relationship Blog Articles of 2017

Chris Dollard

The 10 most read articles on The Gottman Relationship Blog for 2017.

Why Becoming Your Child’s Emotion Coach Begins by Managing Your Own Emotions First

Parent Co.

Helping your kid manage their emotions requires you to learn to manage yours first.

Practical, Science-Based Steps to Heal from an Affair

Margaret Rutherford

Working through an affair is tough. It takes tremendous energy and vulnerability on both sides.

Erring in the Direction of Kindness: An Interview with George Saunders

Chris Dollard

Small acts of kindness can be a sort of ritual self-reminding of what we are and what we’re meant to do down here.

Make Intentional Choices to Connect with Your Family

The Gottman Institute

Gottman calls this a family’s “legacy,” which is based on his concept of rituals of connection.

Enriching Your Marriage by Creating Shared Meaning

Terry Gaspard

Create daily or weekly rituals of connection will enable you build shared meaning.

#MeToo: It’s Time to Tell Our Stories

Julie Gottman

Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman offers her own story, her insight, and her hopes going forward.

The Top 7 Ways To Improve Your Marriage

John Gottman

Although a marriage in trouble is upsetting, it can often be repaired more easily than you think.

This Is Why Your Kid’s Not Listening to You

Parent Co.

Parenting is acknowledging children’s feelings. Not dismissing. Not minimizing. Just acknowledging.

To Love, or to Like?

Shantel Patu

”Like” is a word that is underrated, while the word “love” steals all of the attention.

Dating Your Wife with Kids Under Five

Tamara Patterson

Dating will not just keep you both close to each other, but its positive effects will model a strong and healthy relationship for your children, thus creating a happy home.

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