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Your marriage

What keeps a marriage well is not the big gestures. It is knowing each other, turning towards each other in ordinary moments, staying regulated when it gets hot, and repairing quickly when it goes wrong. Most of the practices here take under five minutes.

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1 practice

Fondness and admiration Emotionally focused Any ordinary day Clear all

Theme · Fondness and admiration

Knowing your partner 5 Answering bids 4 Repair after rupture 3 Rituals of connection 2 Affection and touch 2 Staying regulated in conflict 2 Listening and understanding 1 Fondness and admiration 1 Shared spiritual life 1

Approach · Emotionally focused

Gottman 9 Core 4 Emotionally focused 1

Tell your spouse plainly today that they matter to you, and why.

Not assumed, said. You matter to me, here is one reason. The heart needs to hear it.

A minuteFondness and admirationEmotionally focusedQur’an 25:74