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Free articles and handouts for couples

A collection of articles, insights and handouts from Barry and Dr Paula Davis to support couples on their journey, covering communication, anger, anxiety, grief, trauma and intimacy, with resources to strengthen your relationship now and into the future.

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Marriage Vow Inventory

We'd like to suggest that you assess the strength of your integrity and commitment doing what you said you would do?

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The Broken Strong

The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places

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Regret's Inventory

Regret, whether about you, your life or your spouse, can affect your life together. Can you release regret?

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Date Nights

Here are the concrete steps successful couples take in order to enjoy time away.

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Expressing Needs

Wouldn’t it be nice if our partners could just instinctively know what we wanted and then immediately meet all our desires?

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Predicting Divorce

John Gottman has spent years studying marriages - both marriages that have endured, and marriages that have eventually ended in divorce.

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Romance

When we think of Valentine’s Day, we think about romance. Romance has been called adult play. A life lived without romance can be cold and empty.

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Imago Article

Imagine a whole weekend spent with your spouse talking about your longing for deep connection and addressing the things that block it.

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Children Learn What They Live

Children can sometimes be a barometer of the family climate. Acting out and rebellion can be signals that there is rigidity and inflexibility in the parents and holes in their relationship.

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Power of Words

Recently, I was culling my files and came across an article by John Gottman titled, Why Marriages Fail.

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Let’s Create Together

Connecting Matters is a retreat for married couples designed to provide a unique opportunity to take time out to focus on the relationship.

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