Why Certain Relationships Work

Emily Hickey—growth strategist and coach—sits down with beauty founder and makeup artist Bobbi Brown for a conversation on reinvention and self-worth. Together, they reflect on what it means to keep growing through different seasons of life, from motherhood and empty nesting to a ...  Show more

Kaitlyn Kaerhart—bestselling author and numerologist—guest hosts to walk us through the 2026 numerology forecast and why this year marks one of the biggest collective transitions we’ll experience. She unpacks why 2025’s universal Year Nine felt like an emotional purge, marked by ...  Show more

If you care about your long term health and happiness, the quality of your relationships is an area you should focus on. And the good news here is that love – as it applies to friends, family, and romantic partners – is not a factory setting, but instead a skill. Drs. John and ...

Some people are just good at building and maintaining healthy partnerships. In their 'Love Lab", the married researchers Dr John Gottman and Dr Julie Schwartz Gottman have seen how certain couples interact in ways that mean they'll happily stick together for decades.  The Gottman ...  Show more

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What 40 years of research tells us about how to cultivate good relationships in our lives.

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Today, I talk to John and Julie Gottman to discuss how to strengthen relationships. Dr. Julie and John share their thoughts on why we should stop being the person who we think our partners like and start being our genuine selves, what can we do to build and/or improve intimacy wi ...  Show more