Love May Be Less Important Than How Similar You Are To Your Mate
A study specified the traits that predicted the most relationship success if similar: agreeableness and emotional stability. Conventional wisdom says that opposites attract, but for successful long-te...
2 Mar 202211min
Reading And Analyzing People
Most of the communication that takes place between people is non-verbal in nature. What people say is often a poor indicator of what they want to convey, which makes people-reading a valuable life ski...
28 Feb 20229min
What To Say And How To Say It
In the Imago framework, we seek to remove emotional barriers to connection by communicating. The Sender and the Receiver takes turns sharing their message.The Receiver listens by mirroring, validating...
25 Feb 202212min
Work To Improve Your Perception
Your perception is biased. Understanding the world around you is probably biased because of how the brain jumps to conclusions. These types of jumps are called cognitive biases. They seek to create a ...
23 Feb 202214min
When You Say You’re In Love With Someone, What Do You Mean?
The triangular theory of love states that the most successful relationships score well on all three metrics: attraction, intimacy, and commitment. Happy couples need to have strong overlap and match i...
21 Feb 20227min
Listening Well Means Putting Your Own Needs And Perspectives On The Back Burner
Practice conversational patience, listen to others, and give them the space to be as they are. In other words, cut out the ego! You can validate others by asking questions every time you’re tempted t...
18 Feb 20229min
Perception Is Biased
Your perception is biased. Understanding the world around you is probably biased because of how the brain jumps to conclusions. These types of jumps are called cognitive biases. They seek to create a ...
16 Feb 202212min
Love Is All That Matters . . .
Love is what most of us marry for, but arranged marriages have been around for a very long time. In fact, what most of us would consider romantic love is a luxury that is only a few hundred years old....
14 Feb 202218min
