One cold cup of tea, one chapter read aloud at the kitchen table, and a rule that is still on a sticky note two months later.
A wife of 31 years reads Gottman's Seven Principles with her husband and reports what helped, what felt dated and who should skip it.
We read both books at our Sunday-evening check-in. Here is what each one teaches, who it suits, and which one I would hand you first.
How one 31-year marriage got its conversations back, one chapter at a time.
One cold cup of tea, one chapter read aloud at the kitchen table, and a rule that is still on a sticky note two months later.
A step-by-step way to bring up a sore subject gently, built on the Seven Principles and a weekly kitchen-table check-in.
Straight talk on Gottman's Seven Principles: the exercises worth doing, the parts that drag and what it will not do for you.
Marlene and Glen spent eight weeks working through Gina Senarighi's workbook at their kitchen table. Here is what actually changed the conversation.
Two couples workbooks side by side: tone, exercises, time needed, and which kind of couple each one suits best.
Why writing and practicing together can beat another circular conversation, with ten reasons from one long marriage.
One tense evening, one workbook and a pencil. How a small change at the kitchen table shifted the mood.
A five-step Sunday-evening routine for talking through a disagreement with your spouse, built on the exercises in Gina Senarighi's Love More, Fight Less workbook.
What Gina Senarighi's workbook does well, where it asks a lot, and who will get the most out of it. An honest take from a wife who has done the work.
Marlene and Glen spent a full year with Alicia Muñoz's one-question-a-day couples journal. Here is what actually changed at our kitchen table, and what didn't.
Two question-a-day couples journals compared on prompts, layout, tone and who each one fits best.
Ten reasons a short daily prompt can keep a long marriage talking, even on tired weeknights.
A small nightly habit, one shared journal and a lamp on the nightstand. What changed in our evenings.
A simple Sunday-evening plan for a weekly couples check-in at the kitchen table, using A Year of Us prompts as the starting point.
What a year of daily questions actually did for a 31-year marriage, including the prompts we skipped and the ones that started real conversations.
Marlene and Glen put 199 conversation cards to the test over six months of Sunday-evening check-ins. Here is what actually changed at our kitchen table.
Two conversation card decks for married couples, compared on question style, depth, and how they actually play at the table after 31 years of marriage.
Ten reasons a deck of questions can open up couples who think they already know everything about each other.
One card, one long pause, and a story Glen had never told. A quiet evening with The AND conversation cards.
A gentle Sunday-evening routine for getting to know a spouse of many years all over again, one card at a time.
A frank look at the 199 conversation cards after months of Sunday-evening use: the questions that started real talks, the ones that fell flat, and who should buy it.
Marlene and Glen play the Couples Edition at home and report what the three levels of questions brought out.
Two couples card games compared on question depth, pacing and which suits a quiet night in.
Ten reasons a card game at your own table can do more for connection than another restaurant booking.
One card read aloud at the kitchen table and a long, good silence. What a card game showed us about each other.
Set the table, put the phones away and play. A simple plan for an at-home date night built around a card game.
What the questions do well, where they feel young, and who should actually buy it.
A wife of 31 years reads Gottman's Seven Principles with her husband and reports what helped, what felt dated and who should skip it.
Straight talk on Gottman's Seven Principles: the exercises worth doing, the parts that drag and what it will not do for you.
Marlene and Glen spent eight weeks working through Gina Senarighi's workbook at their kitchen table. Here is what actually changed the conversation.
What Gina Senarighi's workbook does well, where it asks a lot, and who will get the most out of it. An honest take from a wife who has done the work.
Marlene and Glen spent a full year with Alicia Muñoz's one-question-a-day couples journal. Here is what actually changed at our kitchen table, and what didn't.
What a year of daily questions actually did for a 31-year marriage, including the prompts we skipped and the ones that started real conversations.
Marlene and Glen put 199 conversation cards to the test over six months of Sunday-evening check-ins. Here is what actually changed at our kitchen table.
A frank look at the 199 conversation cards after months of Sunday-evening use: the questions that started real talks, the ones that fell flat, and who should buy it.
Marlene and Glen play the Couples Edition at home and report what the three levels of questions brought out.
What the questions do well, where they feel young, and who should actually buy it.
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