Quarantined Couples: Tips for harmony and happiness | YouTube Live
Quarantined couples are striving to keep their cool and find a sense of happiness and harmony during the lockdown. […]
99 Things To Do After A Breakup That Are Actually Healthy And Healing | Well+Good Feature
The morning after my most recent breakup from a serious relationship, I woke up, wiped off my mascara-stained face and wrote out advice for myself in list form. Item one read: “Breakups are excruciating as a default, you can’t escape that.” While that bummer of a truism isn’t the most empowering, I charged on with my list and ended up with a huge document of ideas of things to do after a breakup. And I found it to be hugely helpful as I navigated the [...]
Here Are the Four Horsemen Behaviors Coined by John Gottman That Will Ruin Your Marriage | Parade Magazine interview
If you want to learn what the top four predictors of divorce are—and how to avoid them—then you’ll first want to know a little something about John Gottman—the guy who conducted this groundbreaking research starting in 1992. Dr. John Gottman was a psychologist who studied relationship and marriage stability, along with his wife Dr. Julie Gottman. Together, they founded The Gottman Institute. Through a series of landmark studies, Dr. Gottman was able to predict with 94 percent accuracy whether or not the couples he studied would get divorced within [...]
The Expert-Approved Way to Successfully Break Up with a Narcissist For Good | Well+Good interview
Taylor Swift once said, “never trust a narcissist.” And she’s right—especially because trusting a narcissist might lead to a breakup with a narcissist. And that’s fun for no one. Ending any relationship, in any circumstance tends to fall somewhere between “unpleasant” and “downright horrible,” but when you’re contending with a narcissist, a unique set of challenges may emerge. “Narcissists are very self-absorbed and selfish, so they talk about what they want and what they need from you, disregarding whatever you tell them about your own [...]
IS IT EVER A GOOD IDEA TO GO ON A BREAK IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP? | Well+Good interview
By MARY GRACE GARIS Ah, taking a break: It’s a tale as old as…well, at least the third season of Friends. But, does the strategy ever actually strengthen a relationship, or is it more so a tactic for delaying the inevitable (read: a full-blown breakup)? Short answer: It depends—and on a lot of different variables. For instance, how serious are you and your partner? And, is the reason for the break a clear and present problem? While teasing out these answers isn’t always the most [...]