John and Julie Gottman have been helping couples heal in relationships and researching good relationships since the 1970’s.
It started with John realizing he had a crummy love life.
He would date women, but they just kept leaving him. Duh Dong.
Eventually he decided to get some data into what good relationships look like, and how to be in one.
Fast forward over 50 years and he’s happily married to Julie and his research team can predict with 98% accuracy if a couple will still be together in 5 years after a 1 hour conversation.
When he married Julie, in the 1980’s she said, ‘So John, when are you going to start telling people about this good relationship stuff?’ John was like ‘Huh?’ Lol.
Over time they’ve developed a model for good relationships called The Sound Relationship House and a series of short courses that you can do online through www.gottman.com or in person in Australia through https://relationshipinstitute.com.au/ My husband and I did their two day course, and some of their short courses, and they’re very good.
They’ve also got a whole mess of books and posters and info-graphics and card decks, you name it, available online through sites like www.amazon.com or though local bookstores like www.booktopia.com.au (search term: gottman).
That’s great that they’re sharing what works well for them relationship-wise to help others!
True, and they’ve also developed a model from studying multiple couples in a lab. They can predict with 95% accuracy whether a couple will still be together in 5 years from a 3 minute conversation.
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