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New Year's Relationship Resolutions
Happy New Year's Eve! Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we'd like to talk about New Year's Resolutions. For many people, the start of a new year is a time for looking back to the past, and more...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Self Care (Who Am I?)
Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we welcome you into 2014! We welcome you into a year filled with potential for finding and nurturing great love, warmth, and connection. We welcome your dreams,...
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Relationship Alphabet: A is for Arguments
We have an announcement, and it's a pretty big one. Please join us in welcoming Zach Brittle, LMHC as a permanent columnist on The Gottman Relationship Blog. You may remember Zach from his popular...
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Arguments and Self Care
In Monday’s post on The Gottman Relationship Blog, Zach Brittle began his Relationship Alphabet column with the letter "A."A is for arguments. Zach is also for arguments. That is, he believes that...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Thanksgiving Every Day
This week on the Gottman Relationship Blog, we've been talking about conflict and self care. Today, as promised on Wednesday, we bring you a related Weekend Homework Assignment written by Dr. John...
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Self Care: Responsibility and Review!
Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we'd like to share an article from The Huffington Post directly relating to our current theme: self care. Author Terry Gaspard's perspective on self awareness in...
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Self Care: Emotional Attunement
In Monday’s entry on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we shared an article from the Huffington Post, in which Terry Gaspard gave us insight into self care through the following bits of relationship...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Statements That Deepen Connection
When we talk to our closest friends about our problems, what we want most from them is their understanding and support. Building and maintaining a strong connection to a reliable support system is one...
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Relationship Alphabet: B is for Betrayal
Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, Zach continues his Relationship Alphabet column with the letter "B." If you missed his first posting, "A is for Arguments," you can read it here. Zach is a...
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Self Care: Trusting Yourself
In Monday’s post on The Gottman Relationship Blog, Zach attacked the letter B in his Relationship Alphabet column with, "B is for Betrayal." He started with the following quote, taken from the...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Improve Your Relationship With Selfishness
In this week's Weekend Homework Assignment on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we would like to bring your attention to something obvious:When you can’t stay sane, your relationship can’t either. When...
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Self Care: Friendship and Dr. Gottman's Guide to Recognizing Bids
We’ve spent the last few weeks on The Gottman Relationship Blog discussing self care, exploring strategies for making healthy, proactive choices that will lead you on a path to stronger, happier...
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Self Care: Ways To Turn Towards Your Friends
Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we begin with a visualization exercise. Humor us by following these instructions: Stop and think about some of the happiest moments in your life. Imagine...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Connect With Your Friends
This week on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we’ve discussed friendship in the context of self care, first sharing Dr. Gottman’s guide to recognizing bids, and second by providing you with a list of...
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Relationship Alphabet: C is for Contempt & Criticism
C is for Contempt & CriticismZach Brittle, LMHCContempt and CriticismThe first two of Dr. John Gottman’s Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse - at least alphabetically.The “Horsemen of the Apocalypse”...
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Self Care: The Four Horsemen
In Monday’s post on The Gottman Relationship Blog, Zach Brittle took on two of Dr. Gottman’s 4 Horsemen – Contempt and Criticism – in a well articulated and compelling argument for personal...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Support Each Other's Dreams
We've spent a lot of time this week on The Gottman Relationship Blog discussing conflict in relationships from a theoretical perspective, focusing particularly on the destructive nature of contempt and...
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Self Care: Criticism
As we mentioned last Friday on The Gottman Relationship Blog, learning to manage conflict is critical to effective self care. If conflict in your relationship is a constant source of stress, be sure to...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Tips for Asserting Yourself
The Gottman Institute would like to wish you all a very Happy Valentine's Day! In the holiday spirit, we've posted 20 short and sweet Love Map Questions on our Facebook page. Don't hesitate to check...
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Relationship Alphabet: D is for Defensiveness
D is for Defensiveness Zach Brittle, LMHC The bride of my youth is delighted that I’m writing about defensiveness. She’s been chuckling under her breath at me all week. “How’s your article coming?” she...
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