How to Be an Emotionally Intelligent Partner
Lessons from John Gottmann and 12 Years of Marriage
6 min readAug 2, 2020
During my first month of marriage, twelve years ago now, I came home from work and sat down on the couch with the TV remote in hand, thinking my day was done.
I was happy to perform some handyman task if asked, but I certainly didn’t jump up to fold laundry when my wife put the…