There are many professionals who make a living commenting on and giving advice about a variety of subjects. In times of war, we turn to former military personnel for their unique perspective about events. In a less serious vein, we want to hear from broadcasters who...

There are a lot of common perceptions and misperceptions about divorce. Take the “seven-year itch,” for example. Fact or fiction? Actually, statistics bear out that there's more than a grain of truth in the “itch.” Studies show that anywhere from 30 to 50 percent of...

Take The Gottman Relationship Quiz If you’re in a romantic relationship, do you think you know your partner pretty well? How about really well? Be honest now. Partners go through ups and downs and it takes some effort (hopefully, enjoyable effort) to keep in touch...

Our recent trio of blog posts have dealt with romantic love from a variety of perspectives. One interesting insight is that it appears to be part of our evolutionary development (see Love: An Essential Part Of Our Being). A basic but crucial question applies to the...

If we could only bottle the feelings associated with the early stages of a romantic relationship. My goodness, talk about a best-selling product. The reality is that excitement, as we noted recently (see Love? Or Infatuation?), is “associated with the hormones...

In a memorable scene from Disney’s 1942 film, Bambi, Friend Owl explains to the young deer what being “twitterpated” is all about: a feeling young lovers have that leaves them weak in the knees and in danger of losing their heads. As anyone who has been infatuated...

For centuries poets have written beautifully about both the ecstasy of love and the pain of love lost. “I love thee to the depth and breath and height my soul can reach,” writes Elizabeth Barrett Browning. On the flip side, Pablo Neruda laments, “Love is so short,...