ConnectEd Pairs

03/17/2026

Research from The Gottman Institute shows that "small things often" are important in a relationship. Which of these small chances do you take advantage of to connect with your partner?

Did you know there are hidden chances to connect with your spouse tucked throughout your day? Here are five often overlooked examples

03/16/2026

Such a beautiful quote from Mark Twain! How do you feel toward forgiveness?

03/13/2026

“It is better for someone to break your heart once by leaving your life than for them to stay in your life and break your heart continually”

Mark Terry

03/12/2026

Before you make a decision to say or do something, ask this of yourself: will this get me what I want? If you want to improve your relationship then yelling and not listening will not get you what you want. If you want to lose weight, but do nothing to change your diet or exercise, you won’t get what you want. Too often, we don’t do what we need to do to get the results we want. We stay stuck. If you take the time to ask yourself if what you are about to do or say will get you the results you want, then you will hopefully make better choices. This leads to getting what you want

03/12/2026

“The beginning of love is to let those we love be perfectly themselves, and not to twist them to fit our own image. Otherwise we love only the reflection of ourselves we find in them”

Thomas Merton

03/10/2026

Do you, your partner, or both of you have anxiety?

Learn how couples can manage anxiety in relationships using Gottman principles, emotional safety, gentle communication, and daily positivity.

03/09/2026

Time for a refresher on this concept from Dr. Pearson of The Couples Institute. Know your "rattles" and your partner's "rattles" to take a time out for your relationship. Resume the conversation when both of your nervous systems are regulated again.

Ideas for couples’ communication in some very unlikely places. And sometimes those unusual situations stick in your mind and become the best reminders. Here’s one from an unimaginable teacher.

03/06/2026

“Ingredients to a great relationship: Love, Respect, Trust and Communication. If one is missing, then you’re lying to yourself about how good you have it”

Jerry Han

03/05/2026

The word enable is often associated with substance abuse. However, it can happen in any relationship. If you find yourself fighting someone else’s battles when that person is capable of fighting their own, you are enabling. Not allowing someone to make their own mistakes and face the consequences is enabling. When we love someone, we want to help that person. We can help too much, in turn keeping that person from growing because we learn from our mistakes.

03/04/2026

“A true relationship is when you can feel a deep sense of love and respect for your partner, even during times of disagreement and conflict”
Unknown

03/03/2026

This is a very informative Reimaging Love podcast episode and a must-listen if you are experiencing resentment in your relationship.

Resentment is one of the most common yet debilitating emotional states we can find ourselves stuck in. In this solo episode, Dr. Solomon normalizes the feeling of resentment and offers nine strategies that can help us get unstuck and begin to honor our own feelings and offer compassion to the people

03/02/2026

How much do you incorporate nature into your self-care and mental health strategies?

"Desert Pulse," an art installation at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix, is a multi-sensory immersion featuring time-lapse imagery of Arizona's Sonoran Desert – a landscape pulsing with life. Lee Cowan talks with U.K. architects Matt Shaw and Will Trossell, who brought a 3-D LIDAR scanner (a...