The Art & Science of Love-making! The Gottman's new sex blog!
As a therapist who specializes in working with couples, I have been part of a multi-year training and certification process in Gottman method couples therapy. The Gottman method draws from the research of John and Julie Gottman to help couples learn communication skills associated with satisfaction and emotional safety in relationships so that couples can strengthen their connection as friends and also as romantic and sexual partners. To that end, the Gottman Institute has st
Reflections on my first "Day of Mindfulness"
I started a formal meditation practice about 8 months ago, and a large part of this was joining a Sangha that meditates as a group once a week for one hour in 20 minute rounds of sitting, walking, and sitting. In January the group began to talk about their annual “Day of Mindfulness” in March, and I signed up thinking March was WAY off. Of course, March came quickly and it was time to buy my own meditation cushions (which I now know are called zabutans and zafus) and prepare