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Mindfulness For Better Mental Health: Simple Practices For Daily Peace In today’s fast-paced world, finding a moment of peace can feel impossible. However, mindfulness offers a simple yet powerful way to improve mental health and bring calm to your daily life. Here are some easy practices to incorporate mindfulness into your routine. Simple Mindfulness Practices Benefits of Practicing Mindfulness Final …

Disconnect from Technology & Connect with One Another

Social media and technology come up again and again in therapy sessions with couples as a source of distress, disconnection and concern. It comes up in a variety of ways. Here is a list of the most common complaints we hear from partners: My partner’s face is always in his/her phone. I don’t know if my partner is just playing …

How Parents Can Help Kids with the Stress of COVID-19

As we settle into 2021, we have a great opportunity to pause and reflect on what we have experienced in the final months of last year. We started 2020 with certain hopes, plans, and expectations, many of which were altered or wiped out due to COVID-19. This has caused immense amounts of stress, especially for families. It’s one thing for …

How to Build Shared Meaning With Your Partner

According to Dr. John Gottman, successful relationships have a sense of shared meaning. This refers to having a meaningful relationship with your partner that has a spiritual dimension and is full of rituals for connection. Here are 4 ways to build more shared meaning in to your relationship: Share a common dream or vision for life – this can help …

Three Ways to Reconnect With Your Partner

Have you been feeling disconnected from your partner? What have you and your partner done to connect in the last week? Some couples use date nights or getaways as a time to connect, but it is also important to be intentional about connecting with each other in between these. Here are 3 things that you and your partner can do …

Three Simple Habits Of Happy Couples.

We all hurt our partner’s feelings, this is an unavoidable reality for all couples. But according to Dr. John Gottman, one of the major differences between happy and unhappy couples is that happy couples repair unresolved conflicts as they occur. Not addressing conflicts as they come up can lead to more hurt and further damage to your relationship over time.  …

The Importance of Self-Care Routine For Your Mental Health.

What is your self-care routine? Do you exercise, read, listen to music, meditate, or do something else? We all have ideas about what self-care looks like, but often it’s difficult to put those ideas into practice. The increased stress of the pandemic may be making it even harder to carve out time for yourself. However, taking the necessary time to …

How To Listen Effectively

We all want to be listened to and heard in our conversations with others. Being an engaged listener is an incredibly important skill that can help to build understanding and connection in conversations with your partner. But how do we go about doing this? Here are some tips from the Gottman Institute on how to listen effectively: DOs: Tune in …

Embracing Uncertainty Together During Covid

No one can know what the future holds with complete certainty, and the COVID-19 pandemic has created even more ambiguity and uncertainty for couples and families. This lingering uncertainty can be scary and anxiety provoking, and it may be difficult to cope. Here are some things that couples can do to embrace this ambiguity together: Know that what you’re experiencing …

3 Tips on How to Maintain Regular Date Nights

According to Drs. John and Julie Gottman, world-renowned psychologists and researchers of couple relationships, if you are too busy for a date night, you are just too busy! Date nights are always doable, but you may need to get creative, especially as we continue to experience restrictions from the pandemic. A date “night” can occur anytime during the day, and …