22 Sep How to motivate your partner (special program)
Do you know what the all-time most popular post on our blog is? It's called Motivating Your Partner to Improve the Relationship. Month after month, this post is #1...
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14 Sep Q&A with Dr. John Gray: what can we do to improve our communication skills? (Parts I – IV)
We believe in a lot of stuff here at CoupleWise - the slimming power of a good pair of pants, that Al Green's pharmacy meme (look it up), a thing called love - but top of the list has to be COMMUNICATION. We're almost never...
14 Sep Q&A with Dr. John Gray: is there a right way to apologize? (Parts I & II)
Everybody knows: for whatever reason, apologizing is tough. But, we have to do it - sometimes, we have to do it a lot - and usually, we do it the wrong way: We try to spread the blame around, or say those terrible words, "If...
27 Aug Q&A with Dr. John Gray: what is the foundation of a long-lasting relationship?
We're back with Dr. John Gray (author of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus), and we gave him a total softball question this time: What is the foundation of a long-lasting relationship? He makes it look as easy as pie. Namely, that we need...
27 Aug Q&A with Dr. John Gray: what impact did “Men are from Mars…” have on relationships?
One of Dr. John Gray's best-selling books is Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, which is one of those books that even if you haven't read it, you've heard of it. So today's question is pretty straight forward: What changed in relationships after...
31 Oct Transition to the Five-to-One Ratio
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Transition to the Five-to-One Ratio
There is exciting relationship research coming from the Family Formation Project at the University of Washington in Seattle. John Gottman, Ph.D., an award winning psychologist and author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, has conducted a twenty-six-year study on what makes love last. Dr. Gottman claims that there is no evidence that the theory of conventional counseling works. With up to 67% of marriages failing, and 50% of those couples who enter counseling still ending in divorce, one would expect the odds to be better if today’s conventional counseling really was effective.03 Jul REPORT: “What Works in Marriage and Relationship Education?”
If anyone still has doubts that short-term, inexpensive, skill-building, educational interventions can be powerfully effective in improving and even saving marriages, we at couplewise.com believe you will find this read a powerful inspiration. Give it read and post a comment or two. Start by clicking the...