Advice Roundup: Being Close to Your Partner Doesn’t Require Knowing Them

By Peter Kowalke on May 06, 2016

People are complicated. Worse, they change over time so understanding your partner is a moving target.

Good thing we don’t have to fully understand a person to partner with them. A new study shows that empathy and cognitive understanding don’t have to go together.

This week’s Relationship Advice Roundup begins with more on this interesting study and what it means for your relationship.

Relationship Advice Worth Clicking

• You can connect with others even if you don’t understand them, study finds. Focus on connecting with them and that’s all that really matters. (Science Daily)

• Use bids for emotional connection to strengthen trust in your relationship. (The Fishy Bowl blog)

• Bad day for porn. Turns out it does hurt your relationship. There’s actually a reason, too, not just an opinion. (Gottman Institute)

• Four steps for changing a belief that is holding back your relationship. (Pathway to Happiness)

• Get touched more by having daily “no sex” times. (The Generous Husband blog)

• This article gets it wrong but is instructive. Everybody changes, so that’s why you do NOT marry because “they have certain qualities in them that we find attractive, that we admire, appreciate and love.” (Bridestory)

• Do you actually benefit when your partner cheats? Study says yes, not that we recommend this technique for growth. (U.K. Telegraph)

Putting the Advice into Practice

Okay, you’ve read the relationship advice this week. Now are you ready to live it? If so, contact us at Kowalke Coaching. We’re ready to help you get there! Schedule a free coaching session.