Category: The Relationship Workout

“Making Marriage Work” by John Gottman

This is a great introduction to some of the most important psychological research being conducted today.  In their "Love Lab," an inn-like setting in which couples are studied while they interact with each other, Dr. John Gottman's team has identified (with exceptional statistical significance) a number of things that couples do or don't do to make relationships happy or hellish.… Read more...

Featured My Wife Loves It When I Open a Cookbook

I’m a terrible cook.  I used to scramble eggs, that was about it.  So it took me 26 years to figure out that every time I open a cookbook my wife curls up next to me within a few minutes.  It also took decades to learn that things just go a lot better around the house if I vacuum, learn… Read more...