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Small Things Often

Welcome to Small Things Often, a podcast from The Gottman Institute Successful long-term relationships are created through small words, small … Continued

Share Fondness and Admiration

Sharing fondness and admiration is the antidote to contempt.

Love Quiz: Fondness and Admiration

If life chipped away at your fondness and admiration for each other, the route to bringing them back begins with realizing how valuable they are.

Fondness, Admiration, and Intimacy

If you feel like the honeymoon phase is over, you can bring back the magic.

Loving Out Loud

Loving out Loud!  Find the Passion Again.  You and your partner must nurture a culture of fondness and admiration to find that spark again. In this all-new series of exercises, activities, and videos, Drs. John and Julie Gottman can show you how to love your partner even better. Upgrade your love life with this research-based series of conversations, skills, and practices designed to enhance the fondness and admiration in your relationship. In this program you will learn:

  • All about the Sound Relationship House and how to build your own.
  • How to ask better questions that lead to richer conversations.
  • Better and more effective ways to express your love.
  • How to get specific about the things you appreciate, and communicate them in ways your partner will really hear.
  • What skills the “Masters of Relationships” practice regularly and how to implement them in your own relationship.

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This One Thing is the Biggest Predictor of Divorce

If a couple can revive their fondness and admiration for each other, they are more likely to approach conflict resolution as a team.

Everyday Ways to Reconnect and Nurture Your Relationship

When stress leads to tension in your relationship, find ways to cultivate fondness and admiration.

Building Bridges

If partners build habits of turning towards each other in simple everyday moments, they build bridges of affection, fondness, and admiration.

The Four Horsemen: Contempt

Contempt is the worst of the four horsemen. It is the number one predictor of divorce, but it can be defeated.