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Self Care: Defensiveness
If you haven't been following along, we've spent the last few weeks on The Gottman Relationship Blog discussing Dr. Gottman’s Four Horsemen and their Antidotes in the context of self care. Last week,...
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Defensiveness: An Exclusive Interview With Drs. John & Julie Gottman
In Monday’s post on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we made you a promise. Today, we keep it! Below we share an exclusive interview about defensiveness with Drs. John and Julie Gottman. When asked about...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Accepting Responsibility
We've spent this week on The Gottman Relationship Blog discussing Defensiveness, the third of Dr. Gottman's Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. On Monday, we addressed its complicated and un-cuddly nature...
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Relationship Alphabet: E is for Empathy
E is for EmpathyZach Brittle, LMHCLet’s review the Relationship Alphabet: A is for Arguing B is for Betrayal C is for Contempt and Criticism D is for...
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Self Care: Contempt
In his latest Relationship Alphabet column on Monday, Zach argued that E is for Empathy, and his timing couldn’t have been better. Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we are equipped to tackle...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Building a Culture of Appreciation
Like the best of us, "Masters" of relationships are only human. There are moments at which they feel driven to distraction by their partner's personality flaws, and the little hairs on the backs of...
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Self Care: Stonewalling Part I
Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we tackle the final of Dr. Gottman’s horsemen in our series on The Four Horsemen and Self Care. Welcome to stonewalling. Stonewalling occurs when one partner...
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Self Care: Stonewalling Part II (The Research)
Yesterday on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we introduced Stonewalling, Dr. Gottman’s fourth and final horseman in our series on the Four Horsemen and Self Care. Today, we share some scientific...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Stonewalling & Self Care
In Wednesday's posting on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we promised to follow our scientific specifics on stonewalling with a healthy alternative! The antidote to stonewalling is self-soothing.The...
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Relationship Alphabet: F is for Friendship
F is for FriendshipZach Brittle, LMHCI was in a job interview a while back when the interviewer asked me, “What three words would your best friend use to describe you.” I like the question, but it took...
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What Does Friendship Mean to You?
In his Relationship Alphabet column on Monday, Zach Brittle explained that "F is for Friendship." As Zach reminds us, Dr. Gottman’s Sound Relationship House Theory emphasizes the importance of...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Friendship and Self Care
For the last few weeks on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we've been talking about self care. This week, we’ve tackled the subject of friendship. See Zach Brittle’s Relationship Alphabet column from...
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Featured Blogger: Dr. Jessica Michaelson
The Progressive Dad's DilemmaBy Dr. Jessica MichaelsonIn the world I live in, a highly-educated community in the liberal San Francisco Bay Area, adults come into parenthood with egalitarian ideals....
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Toddlers, Poop Detectors, and Choosing Your Battles
On Monday, we shared a guest posting by Jessica Michaelson that explored the challenges of modern fatherhood and the advantages provided by the Bringing Baby Home Program and Dr. John Gottman's And...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Q&A and Review
This Friday on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we reach the end of our series on The Four Horsemen and Self Care! As the clip-clopping of hooves grows faint and the dust clouds settle around us, we give...
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Relationship Alphabet: G is for Gratitude
G is for GratitudeZach Brittle, LMHCDo you “give thanks” before meals? If so, to whom? Or to what? Does it matter? If you don’t give thanks, why not?What is the most thoughtful gift you ever received?...
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The Siegel-Gottman Summit
Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we break from our regularly scheduled programming to make a very important announcement. As you may have heard over on our Facebook page, we will be...
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A Springtime Reminder from Dr. Gottman
As you are roused from your Winter slumbers by the annual alarm-clock that is Springtime, we encourage you – yes, you, and especially you, dear, perennially damp Seatteites – to notice the sweet smell...
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Spring Clean Your Marriage, Again!
Today on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we’d like to share an excellent article written by our friend Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT, titled “Get Out The Broom...8 Ways To Spring Clean Your Marriage.” We love...
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Weekend Homework Assignment: Spring Cleaning Part II
In Wednesday's posting on The Gottman Relationship Blog, we shared Lisa Brookes Kift’s excellent suggestions for reinvigorating your relationship in her article, “Get Out The Broom...8 Ways To Spring...
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