Even though the ability to be open and honest with your significant other is a technically good thing, there are some things you should never say to your partner—thoughts you really should keep to ...

Every relationship faces challenges, but some communication patterns are far more destructive than others. Decades of groundbreaking research by Dr. John Gottman, a leading expert on marital stability ...

In their quest to discover what makes love last, clinical psychologists and researchers John and Julie Gottman interviewed more than 3,000 couples and followed some for as long as 20 years. They have ...

A new trend on TikTok is putting relationships to the test. The test involves seeing how a partner reacts to something random or insignificant, like spotting a bird. It's based on research by John ...

In a recent interview on her online class platform "Sessions", psychotherapist and bestselling author Esther Perel interviewed renowned clinical psychologists John and Julie Gottman. One of the ...

In my couples counseling work, I repeatedly see that it’s often not the shouting that does the most damage—it’s the defensiveness. As relationship expert John Gottman has shown, defensiveness is one ...

A trio of books on our nonfiction list offer sex and relationship advice, just in time for the Hallmark holiday but welcome any month of the year. Our starred review called Julie Schwartz Gottman and ...