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| Jun 20, 2026 | ‘Fun dads’ get 5 things right about parenting that many people forget—‘they’re worth borrowing’ this Father’s Day, says expert | Even if you never plan to wrestle a toddler before bedtime, we could all use a little fun-dad energy. There’s a reason the stereotype exists: Dads spend a lot of time playing with their children, and they tend to enjoy it. In fact, dads rep... |
| Sep 15, 2025 | The nest is empty: Parents grapple with mixed emotions after children move out | By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY
It’s that time of year when many parents across the U.S. see their kids head off to college or leave home to start their working lives. For parents and guardians, experts say, the separation from their children can caus... |
| Jun 5, 2025 | People in the happiest relationships never do these 4 things, says therapist who worked with over 500 couples | All couples fight, it’s a given. But when relationship stress mixes with work stress, financial angst, and family flare-ups, little squabbles can morph into damaging arguments.
As a couples counselor, I’ve seen how unresolved, repetitive co... |
| Mar 19, 2025 | The Secrets Behind Celebrity Marriages: Lessons from the Stars | Marriage is a complex dance. It requires rhythm, patience, and a willingness to adapt. Celebrities, often under the spotlight, face unique challenges in their unions. Their lives are a whirlwind of fame, fortune, and public scrutiny. Yet, s... |
| Mar 18, 2025 | Jason Alexander says this is the secret to his 40-plus-year marriage | In “Seinfeld,” actor Jason Alexander plays Jerry’s neurotic, albeit lovable, friend who is shoddily employed and constantly fumbling romantic courtships. While filming the show, Alexander’s love life was panning out quite differently.
The a... |
| Jan 7, 2022 | 10 goals you can set to strengthen your relationship in 2022, according to couples therapists | Doing things that you both consider fun — like watching sports or playing board games — can help you bond. Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images
Your relationship goals should center around positive communication and honesty.
When you have disagr... |
| Dec 22, 2021 | 6 couples-therapy techniques that anyone can try at home | Couple’s therapists recommend these six strategies. SolStock/Getty Images
Couples’ attachment styles can inform which type of communication works best for them, experts say.
They advised partners to discuss one issue at a time to avoid feel... |
| Dec 14, 2021 | 7 tell-tale signs of passive-aggressive behavior, plus how to respond and address it in yourself | Passive-aggressive behavior can complicate communication and weaken trust. martin-dm/Getty Images
Passive-aggressive communication can happen when you find it tough to express your emotions.
Chronic passive aggression can create problems in... |
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| Jun 10, 2021 | Try these 1-minute marriage exercises to improve your intimacy and communication | Each exercise takes just a minute to complete, and allows couples to reflect on how they can improve communication and understanding. MoMo Productions/Getty Images
Psychologists and married couple Julie and John Gottman have studied relatio... |
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| Feb 21, 2021 | 7 Ways To Stop Predatory Listening From Short-Circuiting Your Career | Careful listening versus predatory listening will get you farther as a leader.getty |
| Jan 23, 2021 | Popular types of couples therapy and what to know when choosing a therapist | Choosing a type of couples therapy depends on your goal for the relationship. SDI Productions/Getty Images
There are a wide variety of approaches to couples therapy, and choosing the right one for your relationship depends on your goals.
Ma... |
| Dec 1, 2020 | Startup founded by ‘Love Lab’ experts releases new platform and tech tools to assess relationships | (Affective Software Image)
Affective Software Inc., the startup founded by the leaders of the famed Gottman Institute, is releasing a new portal and products to harness technology in assessing and improving relationships.
The startup, which... |
| May 21, 2020 | Technology from legendary ‘Love Lab’ coming to devices via startup founded by famed psychologists | Affective Software launched the beta of its Gottman Assistant for Clinicians as an iPad app in January. (Affective Software Image)
The Gottman Institute is known for using science and data to assess relationships and customize therapy for c... |
| Mar 28, 2020 | Why therapy is now more necessary than ever if you're quarantined with your partner | Melissa Petro and her husband Arran.
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Melissa Petro is a freelance writer based in New York with her husband and two small children.
She recently started couples counselling with her husband in February, just before t... |
| Jan 22, 2020 | Seattle startup connects with famed love institute to rekindle relationships around ‘Eight Dates’ | Dr. John Gottman and Dr. Julie Schwartz Gottman, founders of the Gottman Institute in Seattle. (Photo courtesy of the Gottman Institute)
Mystery, the year-old startup that facilitates surprise dates for couples, and the Gottman Institute, t... |
| Jan 26, 2019 | This man has studied relationships for 40 years and claims he can determine the success of a marriage in 15 minutes — here's how | Photo: Unsplash
John Gottman is a psychological researcher who has spent 40 years studying relationships.
He evaluated how couples discuss conflict as a means to predict divorce.
Gottman found that he could predict whether or not a couple w... |
| Oct 18, 2016 | Unhappy workplaces look a lot like unhappy marriages, new research shows | By Irit Alony
Not all negativity in the workplace is a bad sign. Common sense says employees who describe their workplace in negative terms are the ones that are more likely to leave it, but new research shows this isn’t the case.
The study... |
| The script successful couples use to solve conflict, from a Harvard professor who teaches an award-winning class on how to talk to people | Almost 70% of relationship conflict is about perpetual problems, according to data from The Gottman Institute. Long-lasting, successful partnerships aren’t immune to this reality. But, those couples are a bit better at coping with both triv... |
| They’ve been married for 35 years—here’s the No. 1 thing they never do to have a successful relationship | As psychologists, we’ve studied more than 40,000 couples about to begin couples therapy.
We’ve also been happily married to each other for 35 years, so we know a thing or two about how to build a successful, long-lasting relationship. But t... |
| I raised 2 successful CEOs and a doctor. Here’s my biggest problem with ‘helicopter parenting’ | A lot of parents today think the best way to educate kids is to be in total control. This is the foundation of “helicopter parenting,” a very involved parenting style in which kids have little or no control of their daily activities.
Studie... |
| We’ve studied over 30,000 couples—here are 6 phrases you’ll hear in the most successful relationships | A healthy relationship doesn’t mean that there’s never any fighting. Couples can have disagreements and still be on each other’s side.
As psychologists, we’ve been happily married for 35 years, and we’ve found that in conflict, your mission... |
| Here’s the No. 1 thing successful couples never do, say psychologists: It can ‘destroy a relationship’ | In our 50 years working as psychologists, we’ve studied more than 40,000 partners about to start couples therapy.
Not only has our research helped us stay happily married to each other for 35 years, it’s also taught us how to identify when ... |
| Here's the No. 1 thing that makes relationships successful, say psychologists who studied 40,000 couples | For the past 50 years, we've been putting love under the microscope.
As psychologists, we've studied more than 40,000 couples about to begin couples therapy. We've also been happily married to each other for 35 years, so we know a thing or ... |
| Here’s the No. 1 thing that ‘destroys’ relationships, say researchers who studied couples for 50 years | As a psychologist and sexologist, we’ve been studying relationships for more than 50 years combined, and we’ve found that no matter how you slice it, most of them fail because of poor communication.
In his book “What Predicts Divorce?”, psy... |
