Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an ideal world, when your partner's attitude or behavior shifts, they are willing and able to identify and communicate why. But ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It used to be my signature “big fight” move. If I had a disagreement with a boyfriend, friend or family member, they’d give an ...

In his influential book Why Marriages Succeed or Fail, psychologist John Gottman describes the intensifying marital tempest of Eric and Pamela, a couple he interviewed extensively. Year by year, their ...

In order to feel loved in a healthy relationship, you need to be able to effectively communicate. You want to feel validated and listened to, it's a core need for nearly all human beings. That's why ...

According to Gottman, stonewalling is when one person withdraws, shuts down and closes themselves off from a conversation or argument. A while back I wrote about the difference between freezing during ...

Researcher and couples therapist John Gottman famously identified what he calls the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in relationships — communication issues that are the most likely to predict the ...

According to John Gottman, stonewalling (Silent Treatment) is one of the most devastating of all the Four Horsemen of the relationship Apocalypse. Further, it is the weapon of choice for narcissists ...

Most people can spot an obviously unhealthy relationship from the outside. What's harder to recognize is the slow accumulation of smaller patterns, the ones that don't announce themselves as problems, ...

What can you do to beat those odds? Begin by paying attention. When you’re fully absorbed in launching a company or solving a tough business problem, it’s easy to mentally put your relationship on the ...

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