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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 No. 1 Rule Most Couples Ignore While Arguing

How couples fight is just as important as how they love, and it's one of the most predictive factors for a successful relationship. All couples have conflict and will cause each other distress from time to time.

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Why Couples Fight: Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt

We think most couples wait too long to get help, so we want to bring the simple practices of a conscious partnership into the mainstream so people know how to be in a marriage before they enter one.

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How to Make Every Relationship a Success

Ditch the idea of a "failed relationship" and make each relationship you have one that you can learn and grow from.

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Abraham Maslow on Keeping Romantic Love Alive

Maslow intuitively predicted the latest findings from positive psychology.

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Love Is Not a Permanent State of Enthusiasm: An Interview with Esther Perel

From the New Yorker Festival, the couples therapist and podcast host discusses infidelity, apologies, and the problem with wedding vows these days.

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Debunking Relationship Myths: An Interview with John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman

In all kinds of relationships, people have conflict and disagreements and hurt one another's feelings. What determines the success of the relationship is the way people deal with conflict, the nature of their friendship and intimacy, and their shared meaning system.

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In Search of Erotic Intelligence

Couples are having less sex these days than even in the famously uptight ’50s. Why?

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Healing Relationships Through Compassion and Connection

Applying Buddhist teachings to emotional healing with relationships, marriage, and lust.

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