Watch a movie and talk: Can This Simple Exercise Help Save a Marriage?

The study, involving 174 couples, is the first long-term investigation to compare different types of early marriage intervention programs. The findings show that an inexpensive, fun, and relatively simple movie-and-talk approach can be just as effective as other more intensive therapist-led methods—reducing the divorce or separation rate from 24 to 11 percent after three years.

The power of compassion

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“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive.” ~Dalai Lama What a wonderful world it would be if people could generate a little more compassion for each other. The power of compassion is stronger than empathy because it is about imagining the suffering of others at a deeper level; consequently it […]

The importance of Non-Sexual Touch in Relationships

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Psychological research on how a simple (nonsexual) touch can increase compliance, helping behaviour, attraction, and signal power. To get around in the world, we mainly rely on our eyes and ears. Touch is a sense that’s often forgotten. But touch is also vital in the way we understand and experience the world. Even the lightest touch […]

8 ways to get rid of negative thoughts

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Repressing thoughts doesn’t work so here are 8 ways to get rid of negative thoughts. It’s one of the irritations of having a mind that sometimes it’s hard to get rid of negative thoughts. It could be a mistake at work, money worries or perhaps a nameless fear. Whatever the anxiety, fear or worry, it can prove very […]

The benefits of daily mindfulness practice

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  Those who know me have heard it before. It is a topic I passionately believe in, for myself and for just about everyone who exists in this unpredictable world we live in. So easy it is to go astray from the pure state of simplicity we are born into. How did it all get […]