Course curriculum

  • 1

    Course Introduction and Materials

    • Welcome

    • Stacy Introduction and Background of the Workshop

    • Workshop Goals

    • Lessons in Love Singles On-Demand: Singles Guide

    • Gottman Card Deck: Download Instructions
  • 2

    The Seven Principles Research

    • The Research
  • 3

    Principle 1: Love Maps

    • Enhancing Love Maps

    • Exercise: Enhance Love Maps by Asking Open-Ended Questions
  • 4

    Principle 2: Fondness and Admiration

    • Nurture Fondness and Admiration

    • Exercise: Giving Sincere Appreciations

    • Reflections Exercise: Fondness
  • 5

    Principle 3: Turn Towards

    • Turning Towards: Bids for Connection

    • Reflections Exercise: Fondness

    • Stress-Reducing Conversation

    • Exercise: Being Supportive During a Stress-Reducing Conversation
  • 6

    Dating

    • Relationship Phases

    • Reflection Exercise: Relationship Phases

    • Dating

    • Exercise: Date Ideas

    • Exercise: Dating
  • 7

    Principle 4: Accept Influence

    • Accept Influence

    • Exercise: Empathize and Honor the Request

    • Exercise: Relaxation
  • 8

    Principle 5: Solve Solvable Problems

    • Solvable Problems Step 1

    • Solvable Problems Step 2

    • Practice Softened Start-Up

    • Solvable Problems Step 3

    • Reflection Exercise: Flooding

    • Solvable Problems Step 4
  • 9

    Principle 6: Overcome Gridlock

    • Gridlock

    • Reflection Exercise: Perpetual and Gridlocked Problems

    • Three Styles of Conflict

    • Meta-Emotions

    • Reflection Exercise: Style of Conflict and Meta-Emotions

    • Meta-Emotions Questionnaire
  • 10

    Principle 7: Create Shared Meaning

    • Shared Meaning

    • Four Pillars of Shared Meaning
  • 11

    Conclusion

    • That's a Wrap

    • Reflection Exercise: An Exercise in Thanksgiving

    • Is This the Real Thing?
  • 12

    Role Plays

    • Role Play: Open-Ended Questions

    • Role Play: Rejecting and Accepting Repair

    • Role Play: Stress-Reducing Conversation

    • Role Play: Compromise

    • Role Play: Dreams Within Conflict
  • 13

    Additional Resources

    • Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Video with Dr. John Gottman

    • Related Gottman Products