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Featured Blogger: Dr. Jamie Turndorf
How Stripping Solves Relationship ConflictsBy Jamie Turndorf, Ph.D. (aka "Dr. Love")Imagine being in the throes of a heated relationship argument, when suddenly you're facing a partner who has turned...
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Quiz: What Is The State of Your Sex Life?
As the weather gets warmer and canoodling couples take up residence on every available park bench, you may be thinking of turning up the heat in your own relationship. If so, you are not alone! Writer...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Have Great Sex
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 quiz with you on Wednesday!...
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Relationship Alphabet: L is for Love & Like
L is for Love & LikeBy Zach Brittle, LMHC "Love" is the obvious word here. But with all due respect to love, it’s probably a little too obvious for my tastes. Don’t get me wrong, I love love, but...
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Featured Blogger: Kyle Morrison
Where Did the Love Go?By Kyle Morrison The phone rings often at The Gottman Institute. Last week, I answered a call from a young woman distressed about arguments that were ruining what had been, till...
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Dr. Gottman's 3 Skills (and 1 Rule!) for Intimate Conversation
As Kyle Morrison explained on Wednesday, couples who reach out to The Gottman Institute in a state of distress almost always have one thing in common: they want to know that everything is okay. They...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Intimate Conversation
At the end of yesterday's post on The Three Skills (and One Rule!) of Intimate Conversation, we promised to follow-up with your Weekend Homework Assignment. Here it is:Set aside time this weekend to...
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How To Protect Intimacy
Fear: N. \’fir\ An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. Intimacy: N. See Fear, The opposite of.Well, not really. Not...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: How To Increase Emotional Attraction
In his bestselling book The Social Animal, anthropologist and New York Times columnist David Brooks calls upon Dr. Gottman's research to explain the fates of his two fictional protagonists. At this...
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Relationship Alphabet: M is for Money
M is for MoneyBy Zach Brittle, LMHCUsually, when two people get married, they stand up in front of their friends and family and they make a promise to stick together, no matter what. For better and for...
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How to be Mindful About Money
If you read Zach Brittle's posting on Monday, you know that M is for Money. M is also for marriage and misunderstanding and multidimensional and maybe, as in maybe a good thing and maybe not. We are...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: 5 Ways to Make Money Work For You
This week on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we’ve been tackling the subject of money. As promised in Wednesday’s post, today we will share creative approaches to fight the destructive effects of...
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Featured Blogger: Julie Gottman, Ph.D.
Summer RomanceBy Julie Schwartz Gottman, Ph.D. Now that summer’s here, what better time to heat up your relationship? No longer cooped up by cold dark days, it’s time to throw open the doors and...
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Dr. Gottman's 5 Tips for Summer Travel
InThe Relationship Cure, Dr. John Gottman emphasizes the importance of vacations as a ritual of connection. Taking a honeymoon after you get married is, as he explains, society's way of saying, "Take...
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Relationship Alphabet: N is for Newlyweds
N is for NewlywedsBy Zach Brittle, LMHCIn my last post, I suggested an imaginary list of "Top 5 Regrets from the First Year of Marriage." There are at least five things I’d do differently, but I’m not...
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The Art of Science & Love is for Everyone
Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we pick up where Zach Brittle left off in his Relationship Alphabet column on Monday, "N is for Newlyweds." Actually, we pick up before "N is for Newlyweds," and...
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What Makes Same-Sex Relationships Succeed Or Fail?
In the wake of the Pride paraders and marchers strutting their colorful stuff through the streets of Seattle, Portland, Cleveland, New York, and Chicago, we’d like to turn our attention today to...
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How To Share Compassion & Empathy in Intimate Conversation
In recent posts on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we've been discussing new relationships. Today, we'd like to take a look at their core: the deep bond a couple builds through intimate interaction, in...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Build Bridges Of Trust
As many of us know all too well, having learned the hard way, trust begins and ends with emotional communication. Though we may wish this wasn’t so, no corner of our world is free from this rule. We...
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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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