It means getting to know your partner really well, including his/her internal psychological world.Ask questions, deep and personal ones. Get past“When will you be there?” or “Don’t forget to pick up milk.”

Building "Love Maps"

The best predictor of relationship success is how you and your partner tell your “story of us.”Do you focus on the negative aspects or on the positive ones?  Do you present your partner in a good light or in a bad light?

The "Story Of Us"

Admiration is about the story you tell yourself about your partner.Masters see their partners as better than they really are. Disasters see their partners as worse than they really are.

Show Admiration

... is the most important part of a relationship.How you start those serious relationship discussions predicts how the conversation goes. Start off positive and calm. And then listen.

Conversation

The Four Horsemen of The Relationship Apocalypse:<ul><li>Criticism: is staging the problem in a relationship as a character flaw in a partner.</li><li>Defensiveness: responding to relationship issues by counterattacking or whining.</li><li>Contempt: acting like you’re a better person than they are.</li><li>Stonewalling: shutting down or tuning out.</li></ul>

Relationship Apocalypse

Relationship problems. Everybody has them. And sometimes you have them over and over and over. Most of the people giving advice don't know the research. So where are the real answers? I decided to call an expert: Dr. John Gottman.

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