I recently came across this summary of one of John Gottman’s books by Lynne Namka it is well worth the read. Dr. John Gottman and his wife, Dr.Julie Schwartz Gottman, are the world’s foremost researchers in understanding relationships. They invite couples to come into their research laboratory and talk and…

Both men and women can be equally bad at relationships. Women have been historically trained to nurture relationships while men have been socialised to ignore their feelings, such as with the “big boys don’t cry” mentality. However, much of this is changing. Psychologist and researcher John Gottman states that a…

Sometimes I receive a phone call from a person who is frustrated by serious issues in their relationship, and further frustrated by the fact that their partner is unwilling to go to couples counselling to try to work through the relationship issues. Many of these callers contact me in a…