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What We Can Learn from the Best Marriages

By Kira M. Newman — 2017

Relationships today are facing challenges that are unique to modern times. A new book offers three strategies to help yours thrive.

Read on greatergood.berkeley.edu

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The Most Important Thing You Can Do to Make a Relationship Work | 7 Principles | Dr. John Gottman

With more than a million copies sold worldwide, "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work" by Dr. John Gottman has revolutionized the way we understand, repair, and strengthen marriages.

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John Gottman
2015
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The Mathematics of Marriage: Predicting Divorce (John Gottman)

University of Washington professor of psychology Dr. John Gottman can tell if a marriage is doomed. After 14 years of studying 650 couples with the aid of videotape and sensors, Gottman needs only a half hour with a couple to predict with 90 percent accuracy whether they will stay married.

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John Gottman
2014
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The Science of Love | John Gottman | TEDxVeniceBeach

World-renowned relationship expert John Gottman set forth to understand why relationships don’t work, but for that he needed to first understand relationships scientifically. Gottman then measured the behavior, perception and physiology of couples over time to understand how love works.

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John Gottman
2018
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The Easiest Way to Improve Your Relationship | The Gottman Institute

The easiest way to improve your relationship is to pay attention to your partner during life’s small, everyday moments. This video shows you how.

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John Gottman
2018
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10 Lessons to Transform Your Marriage

In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washington made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict—with more than 90 percent accuracy—whether a marriage would succeed or fail.

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John M. Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Joan DeClaire
2007
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The Relationship Cure: A 5 Step Guide to Strengthening Your Marriage, Family, and Friendships

Gottman provides the tools you need to make your relationships thrive. In The Relationship Cure, Dr.

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John Gottman, Joan DeClaire
2002
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Eight Dates: Essential Conversations for a Lifetime of Love

Strengthen and deepen your love with a fun, ingenious program of eight life-changing conversations—on essential topics such as money, sex, and trust—from two of the world’s leading marriage researchers and clinicians.

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John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Doug Abrams, Rachel Carlton Abrams
2019
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Why Marriages Succeed or Fail—And How You Can Make Yours Last

Psychologist John Gottman has spent twenty years studying what makes a marriage last. Now you can use his tested methods to evaluate, strengthen, and maintain your own long-term relationship.

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John Gottman
1995
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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country’s Foremost Relationship Expert

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work has revolutionized the way we understand, repair, and strengthen marriages. John Gottman’s unprecedented study of couples over a period of years has allowed him to observe the habits that can make—and break—a marriage.

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John Gottman, Nan Silver
2015
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