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Relationship Alphabet: O is for Opportunity
O is for OpportunityBy Zach Brittle, LMHC Whenever I work with pre-marital couples, we spend a fair bit of time pondering whatever a marriage actually is. Is it a social contract? A political...
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The Importance of Autonomy in Your Relationship
In Monday’s post on The Gottman Relationship Blog, Zach Brittle explained that "O is for Opportunity." Marriage, as he described it, is an opportunity to build your own Sound Relationship House and...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Taking Care of Each Other by Taking Care of...
Relationships are vital to our health and happiness. With that said, our relationships with ourselves are no less important than our relationships with others. As we discussed on Thursday, autonomy is...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Turn Towards Your Child
Ask parents what their favorite part of summer is and you’re likely to hear "having fun with the kids!" Building that connection can be a blast with the sun out and freedom in the air. Today, we’d like...
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Relationship Alphabet: P is for Problems
P is for ProblemsBy Zach Brittle, LMHCJohn Gottman’s research revealed that about ⅔ of relationship problems are unsolvable. One of my favorite questions for couples is whether that statistic is...
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The Relationship Between LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers
The Relationship Between LeBron James and The Cleveland CavaliersBy Michael Fulwiler"We had five great years together and one terrible night," Gilbert told James, and so started the process of...
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5 Things Zebras Can Teach Us About Fighting Stress
In Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers*, a highly acclaimed guide to stress (for humans), Dr. Robert Sapolsky speaks about the latest discoveries in the field of stress physiology. From this wise and witty...
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6 Arguments All Married Couples Have
6 Arguments All Married Couples HaveBy Michael Fulwiler In The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, Dr. John Gottman lists the 6 most common areas of marital conflict. He explains that, “even in...
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Featured Blogger: Casey and Meygan Caston
Marriage Requires Being Intentional 365 Days a Year By Casey and Meygan CastonBetween our parents and step-parents there are 11 marriages that have ended in divorce due to lying, affairs, addictions,...
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Relationship Alphabet: Q is for Questions
Q is for QuestionsBy Zach Brittle, LMHCI have to confess, when I opened up my column to your questions, I was really hoping to get a bunch of benign inquiries like: What’s your favorite novel? Where...
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5 Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship This Labor Day Weekend
5 Ways to Strengthen Your Relationship This Labor Day WeekendBy Michael FulwilerIn the United States, Labor Day weekend is a time for fun, friends, and family. It’s a time for camping trips, barbeques,...
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Relationship Alphabet: R is for Repair
R is for RepairBy Zach Brittle, LMHCRepair is easily my favorite concept in the entire Gottman encyclopedia. Typically, we think of repair in terms of what we have to do to a car or a washing machine...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Repair Attempts
As Zach Brittle explained in his “R is for Repair” column on Tuesday, in relational terms, repair is less about fixing what is broken and more about getting back on track. Dr. Gottman refers to repair...
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The Four Parenting Styles
The Four Parenting Styles By Michael FulwilerWith school starting up again, we would like to turn our attention to the relationship between parent and child. As Dr. Gottman explains in Raising an...
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What Style of Parent are You?
What Style of Parent are You? By Michael FulwilerAs promised on Wednesday, today on The Gottman Relationship Blog we provide a self-assessment to determine your parenting style. Are you a Disapproving...
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Relationship Alphabet: S is for Sex
S is for SexBy Zach Brittle, LMHCThe idea of me writing about sex is kind of comical. My wife will be the first to tell you that I don’t possess any kind of particular expertise. It’s not a criticism....
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Meet Jeremy Cowart, the Most Influential Photographer on the Web
Meet Jeremy Cowart, the Most Influential Photographer on the WebBy Michael Fulwiler Jeremy Cowart is having a good year. Recently named the most influential photographer on the web by Huffington Post,...
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Reflections on Doing Gottman Method Couples Therapy with a Native American...
Via Matika WilburReflections on Doing Gottman Method Couples Therapy with a Native American PopulationBy Michael Brown, Certified Gottman Therapist I have often been asked by colleagues...
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Announcing The Gottman Relationship Checkup
Announcing The Gottman Relationship CheckupBy Michael FulwilerAfter years of planning, writing, coding, and troubleshooting, we are excited to announce that The Gottman Relationship Checkup will launch...
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Relationship Alphabet: T is for Turning
T is for Turning By Zach Brittle, LMHCI have this picture in my brain. It’s kind-of a flowchart for conflict. Maybe it’s a Venn diagram. It might just be a napkin scrawl that I’ve not yet drawn. In my...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Turning Towards
Weekend Homework Assignment: Turning TowardsBy Michael Fulwiler On Tuesday, Zach Brittle wrote about Turning Towards and asked readers to send him a picture of the "flowchart for conflict" through bids...
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The 6 Things That Predict Divorce
The 6 Things that Predict DivorceBy Michael Fulwiler The first step toward improving or enhancing your marriage is to understand what happens when relationships fail. This has been well documented by...
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Relationship Alphabet: U is for Understanding
U is for UnderstandingBy Zach Brittle, LMHCThere are about a half-dozen primary sound bites that frame Gottman Method Couples Therapy. One is Small Things Often. Small Things Often is the idea that...
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5 Strategies for Being a Better Parent
5 Strategies for Being a Better ParentBy Michael FulwilerIn How to Raise an Emotionally Intelligent Child, Dr. John Gottman explains the five steps of Emotion Coaching, which you can read about here....
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Relationship Alphabet: V is for Violence
V is for ViolenceBy Zach Brittle, LMHCIn case you missed it, October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I’m not really sure how you could have missed it, however. Presumably you have access to the...
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