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An overview of the 5 love languages and how understanding them can help enhance relationships. Most people have heard of or have a brief...

Blended families are family units just like any other families, but ones that come with a few more challenges. Blended families are...

It can be incredibly challenging to find a balance between work and family life. Whether you have young children, are a dual-career...

You did it! You and your partner made it through the steps of the Sound Relationship House, all the way to the top. When we get to the...

Congratulations! If you’re reading this, you’ve made it to the 6th floor of the Sound Relationship House. While we are not at the very...

Families go through numerous life transitions, each bringing its own unique set of challenges and opportunities for growth. Families deal...

Humor is an important factor in all aspects of life. It is something that can make someone’s mood instantly better, it’s something that...

Now that we’ve tried to work on accepting one another’s influence within the relationship and helped manage conflict by identifying and...

Continuing on the 5th floor of Gottman’s Sound Relationship House, we are still focusing on managing conflict. A major part of that is...

We are moving onto the 5th floor of the Sound Relationship House: Managing Conflict, which actually is composed of multiple parts. In...

The answer to the question in the title has probably been yes at some point in your life. It could be said that most people probably at...

Intimacy is important in any relationship; it’s also something that requires people to be vulnerable with one another and “to allow...

If you’ve been following along in this series of blogs focusing on the Sound Relationship House founded by Drs. John and Julie Gottman,...

Whether you are in a new relationship or have been together for years, it is crucial to talk about your future. The future involves both...

Turning Towards is the third level in the Gottman’s Sound Relationship House, after focusing on building love maps and showing and...

It’s right in the title: cut yourself some slack. As humans, and for the most part, we tend to be a lot harder on ourselves than we are...

There’s a stage in almost every relationship, usually at the beginning, where there’s an abundance of infatuation, love, a sort of...

In any new relationship, you start off by getting to know one another. Asking questions to each other, finding out the other’s likes and...

People come to therapy for all different types of reasons, and while couples may come to therapy with specific goals in mind, there...

We’ve all heard the term “empty nesters;” when parents feel grief or an immense amount of sorrow and sadness when their kid(s) move out...