The Holidays Are a Time to Nourish Strong Emotions for Couples; Fondness and Admiration Matter

John and Julie Gottman are couples therapists who founded the Gottman Institute to study and improve love and relationships. Together they formulated the Gottman method to couples therapy. One of the main principles that Julie and John Gottman discovered through their research on love and relationships is that a key indicator that a relationship will last is the amount of admiration and fondness they have for one another.

The Holidays are a perfect time to build admiration and fondness in your relationship as the spirit of the holidays season sets the mood to create lasting memories. This is the perfect time to nurture the admiration and fondness you naturally feel with your significant other.

Exercise for Nuruturing Fondness and Admiration