If you’re considering starting couples therapy, you might benefit from having a frank and open conversation with your partner about the scope of your relationship problems.

An important primary question is are you ready to start couples counseling?

When a marriage is dying, we spend more time with the partner in our head. Then the problem-saturated narrative takes over.

Your real partner is trying to be heard, as are you, but neither of you feels understood.

When a marriage is dying, both parties ache to be heard.

Rhonda Balzarini and her researchers discovered (as they had expected), that the polyamorous relationship cohort reported experiencing more “nurturance” from their primary than from their secondary partners.

They also told her researchers that their secondary relationships were more “erotic.”

What is the relationship between getting nurtured and getting nookie?

One research project study looked at the essence of the most successful couples therapy techniques.

They wanted to identify the strategies and techniques employed by science-based couples therapists regardless of their therapeutic orientation.

These researchers boiled it all down to 6 enduring couples therapy techniques. Here they are…

What’s true about setting boundaries in relationships?

You decide what you will tolerate or endure. You decide the consequences of your spouse’s actions.

You also determine whether a behavior creates emotional distance or more intimacy. You decide how to raise issues and handle conflict.

Human attention is incredibly valuable, and is intended… well, for other humans.

Bestowing attention takes energy.

When you subordinate your attention to your digital devices you are choosing pixels over the partner sitting next to you…

It’s a global problem…

Understanding the science behind our recent history of COVID Stress, and the divorce rate of occupations requires some sort of a pre-COVID baseline.

Fortunately, several studies in 2015 researched the divorce rates of various occupations… What changed?

When the honeymoon phase wears off, some confuse this new sense of calm familiarity with boredom.

Do you think these over-the-top feelings were meant to last forever?

The mystery has faded. Welcome to the end of the honeymoon… now here’s how to get your mojo back!

According to Gottman Couples Therapy, resolving a meta-emotional mismatch involves understanding and managing the differences in emotional expression and processing between partners.

This concept is crucial in maintaining emotional connection and intimacy within a relationship, as it addresses how couples perceive, understand, and respond to each other's emotions.

Let’s explore some key aspects of meta-emotional awareness, its impact on relationships, and practical strategies from Gottman Couples Therapy to resolve these mismatches effectively…

This research was partly inspired by the trend of ‘Break-it Rage Rooms,’ where people smash objects to release their rage.

A meta-literature review of over 150 studies found that deep breathing, yoga, and the traditional method of counting to ten are more effective ways of managing anger than destroying furniture or screaming into a pillow.

Contrary to popular belief that anger should be expressed or ‘vented’, the most effective anger management strategies involve reducing arousal levels.

What truly makes humans happy?

Is it money, work, health, or perhaps something more profound?

A groundbreaking study sheds light on the ultimate keys to happiness, revealing that while various factors play a role, family and community are paramount… let’s jump in!

As many as one in six folks may exhibit signs of 'severely problematic' news consumption, akin to an addiction-like state.

Research indicates that humans with a news addiction are more likely to experience anxiety, stress, and compromised physical health.

News addiction can manifest as a deep preoccupation with news stories to the extent that it dominates one's waking thoughts and disrupts daily life, including sleep patterns.