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Small Things Often

Welcome to Small Things Often, a podcast from The Gottman Institute Successful long-term relationships are created through small words, small … Continued

Introduction to the Sound Relationship Workplace

Over these next several weeks, I will transform Dr. Gottman’s Sound Relationship House into the Sound Relationship Workplace.

Sound Relationship Postcards

Send love near and far! Based on the Gottmans’ Sound Relationship House model, this set of postcards provides 32 opportunities to say “I love you,” “I miss you,” or “I’m thinking of you.”

What is The Sound Relationship House?

This foundational theory of The Gottman Institute gives couples the tools they need to have a healthy secure relationship.

The Sound Relationship House: The Positive Perspective

A fundamental principle of maintaining The Positive Perspective in your relationship is to let your partner influence you.

The Sound Relationship House: Build Love Maps

Love Maps help you develop greater personal insight and a more detailed understanding of each other’s life and world.

Building a Sound Relationship House

I’m really excited to shine a light on the early stages of a relationship with a new series we’re calling “New Construction.” Over the next few months, I’ll use this space to speak to how the Gottman body of research informs new relationships, specifically pre-marrieds and newlyweds.

The Sound Relationship House: Turn Towards Instead of Away

Playful bids and enthusiastic efforts to turn towards each other result in heightened levels of positivity during conflict discussions.

How To Remove Fairytale Logic From Your Sound Relationship House

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

Loving Out Loud

Loving out Loud!  Find the Passion Again.  You and your partner must nurture a culture of fondness and admiration to find that spark again. In this all-new series of exercises, activities, and videos, Drs. John and Julie Gottman can show you how to love your partner even better. Upgrade your love life with this research-based series of conversations, skills, and practices designed to enhance the fondness and admiration in your relationship. In this program you will learn:

  • All about the Sound Relationship House and how to build your own.
  • How to ask better questions that lead to richer conversations.
  • Better and more effective ways to express your love.
  • How to get specific about the things you appreciate, and communicate them in ways your partner will really hear.
  • What skills the “Masters of Relationships” practice regularly and how to implement them in your own relationship.

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Substance Abuse: The Uninvited-Invited Guest

Substance abuse can intrude into a relationship and erode it like an unwanted guest.