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The single best personality trait for a 40+ year marriage…
Emotional stability is the bedrock of a successful marriage. Humans high in neuroticism tend to fail at married life.. why?
When Sh*t happens… can it change your personality?
It’s an enduring cultural myth that our personalities do not change. new research suggests otherwise.
What are the life experiences that drive us to change our personality?
Do you have the sleep pattern linked with chronic negativity?
Researchers have correlated a very specific sleep pattern with a more intense battle with intrusive negative thoughts…
If you have a genetic tendency toward depression, you’ll respond to social support faster than most…
Many humans endure a genetic predisposition toward depression. Breaking research suggests that it is these humans in particular who benefit from abiding social support…
The upside of being an asshole…
Assholes who link their negative behavior to a compensatory, corresponding virtue can actually exhibit more of the positive trait.
As a recovering asshole myself, I find this research curiously uplifting….
Is there a “concept creep” of how we understand depression and anxiety in Academia?
Other the last fifty years, the meanings of the words ‘depression’ and ‘anxiety’ have come to include psychological states were previously deemed sub-clinical. Are we too woke?
Does a happy marriage protect against dementia?
Multiple research studies tell us the same thing. A happy marriage reduces the chance of the onset of dementia by 42%.
The divorced however, are greatly exposed to the risk of cognitive decline…
The science of meaningful suffering: 3 resilient traits to handle failure and defeat
Setbacks and failure are common place in historically uncertain times. Here are 5 behaviors to avoid and 3 behaviors to learn if you want to manage disappointments, setbacks, and failure with resilience.
What is relationship contingent self-esteem?
What happens when your entire identity and self-esteem is complete subsumed into how well your relationship is going?
What is relationship contingent self-esteem?
How dark emotions shape modern success…
New cross-cultural research suggests that more humans are harnessing ostensibly negative emotions such as anger and anxiety as fuel toward fulfilling their dreams.
How are they doing that?
New research from Greece: My 12 big, fat, beautiful relationship challenges…
New research from Greece tries to answer the question what are the top 12 challenges to enduring intimacy?
Can burnout be healed by a satisfying relationship? New research from Russia, with love…
New research from Russia claims that the happier you are in your intimate relationship, the more resilient you are to suffering from workplace burnout… but only if you’re a man?