Love Means Telling the Truth
ABC News correspondent John Quinones began hosting a hidden-camera television program in 2008 called What Would You Do? The show became a hit as it featured actors acting out troubling…
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Les Parrott
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Les Parrott III, Ph.D., is founder of RealRelationships.com and a Professor of Psychology at Seattle Pacific University. He is also co-creator, with his wife Leslie, of eHarmony Marriage. Les is an award-winning author of more than a dozen best-selling books including High-Maintenance Relationships, The Control Freak, 3 Seconds, Becoming Soul Mates, Your Time Starved Marriage and Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts.
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What is SYMBIS?
Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts Tom and Laura came to see us just nine months after their wedding. They had swallowed the happily-ever-after myth whole and were now feeling…
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Marriage Communication
My wife says that listening is the most important part of good communication in marriage. Do you agree? And if so, why is what we hear more important than what…
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How Marriage Mentors Can Strengthen Your Relationship
Do you and your spouse have mentors for your marriage? Forging a friendship with a couple who has been married longer than you can be a great way to gain…
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You Didn’t Marry Your Mom
One of the most inflammatory things a husband can say to his wife is, “That’s not how Mom did it.” Let’s look at three areas in a marriage where it’s…
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Six Reasons Couples Don’t Listen to Each Other
Ever noticed how we sometimes can’t recall the birthday of a loved one, but we can’t quite forget every word of the Brady Bunch theme song. Why is that? Well,…
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What’s Wrong with ‘Conscious Uncoupling’?
Until a few weeks ago, we’d never heard the phrase ‘conscious uncoupling’. But in our line of work we’ve been hearing it more and more. Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, as…
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Making Happy
A man accompanied his friend home for dinner and was impressed by the way the friend entered his house, asked his wife how her day went, and told her she…
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Why the Kardashians Aren’t Keeping Up with Marriage
Kim Kardashian is preparing for a wedding with boyfriend Kanye West. Her marriage last year lasted just 72 days, as everyone knows. Her sister, Khloe (married in 2009), filed for…
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The Best Predictor of Lasting Love
We were having lunch at a café just north of Seattle when we noticed a young couple at another table. The man got up to pay the bill but his…
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