Sleep deprivation is being identified as a persistent source of relational stress. This research suggests that relational stressors emerge after only a single night of disturbed sleep.

Here’s what you need to know…

New research from 2020 confirms what we already knew. When we validate our partner’s experience, we soothe their nervous system...

Who should trust more… your real self?

Or your idealized self?

The answer may surprise you…

Humans tend to distort how happy they will be when they buy a new home.

What is the relationship between internal and external motivation that tells us when we have “enough”?

The lengths to which some researchers will go…

… and the things folks will do for $1000,… and for science, of course!

There is an economic link between marriage and depression… the researchers believe it’s related to the “pooling of resources”.. but I think otherwise…

Did you know that objects in your home, and how you interact with them, can be an intimate window into your relationship?

There is a key idea to remind your partner off when they are getting anxious and stressed in conversation with you…

The idea is… that despite present difficulties, they are loved and cared for…

In fact, the research suggests that the more anxious they are… the better this works…

Who would have guessed? An important breaking study reveals that community gardening might be the most elegant mental health intervention of all time…. Why?

We humans in intimate bonds exert a profound effect upon one another.

But is it true that if my partner exudes optimism… I’m 70% more likely to live longer?

Yup.

Neuroscience enhances are understanding of human proxemics and intimacy.

New technology explains how humans synchronize their brains… with hugs.

How accurately you remember this has been highly correlated with marriage by a respected relationship researcher… what is it?