Guides
In-depth, research-informed guides for couples on communication, conflict, connection, trust, goals and getting help.
Appreciation & connection
Appreciation and Connection: The Complete Guide
How small moments of appreciation, responsiveness and gratitude build closeness, what research shows, and simple daily habits couples can start tonight.
Updated , 15 min read
Communication & conflict
Communication and Conflict: The Complete Guide
How couples can argue less destructively and talk so both feel heard: the research on conflict, the patterns to watch for, and skills to practise.
Updated , 15 min read
Conversation prompts & questions
Conversation Questions for Couples: The Complete Guide
Why good questions bring couples closer, how to ask them without pressure, and question lists for every mood, from playful to deep to hard seasons.
Updated , 15 min read
Date nights
Date Nights: The Complete Guide for Couples
Why couple time matters, what research says about novelty, and how to plan date nights that actually bring you closer, at home, on a budget or with kids.
Updated , 16 min read
Getting help
Getting Help for Your Relationship: A Complete Guide
When to see a couples therapist, how to find and afford one, what self-help can do, and when couples work is not safe. A calm, practical guide.
Updated , 17 min read
Goals & the future
Goals and Your Future Together: A Couples Guide
How couples build a shared future: realistic goals, a simple planning method, milestones worth celebrating, money talks and the dreams under conflict.
Updated , 16 min read
Getting help
Healthy Relationship Basics: The Safety and Respect Baseline
What every healthy relationship needs first: safety, respect, honesty, and freedom. How healthy, unhealthy, and abusive differ, and where to get help.
Updated , 12 min read
Check-ins & rituals
How to Invite a Reluctant Partner to Try a Couples App
How to suggest a couples app without pressure: when to ask, what to say, what to do if your partner says no, and keeping it about connection.
Updated , 11 min read
Struggling relationships
New Parents Relationship Guide: Staying a Team
Why relationships often strain after a baby, what research says protects couples, and small daily habits for sleep, chores, conflict, and staying close.
Updated , 13 min read
Check-ins & rituals
Relationship Check-Ins: The Complete Guide for Couples
What a relationship check-in is, why it helps, and how to run daily, weekly and monthly check-ins that feel kind, not like a performance review.
Updated , 15 min read
Relationship science
Relationship Science: What Research Says About Love
A plain-language guide to what decades of couples research actually found about conflict, attachment, responsiveness and lasting love, and its limits.
Updated , 16 min read
Struggling relationships
Struggling Relationship? A Complete Guide to What Helps
A calm, research-informed guide for couples in a rough patch: how to tell a dip from real trouble, what to try first, and when to get outside help.
Updated , 15 min read
Struggling relationships
The First 90 Days of Repair: A Week-by-Week Plan
A 13-week plan to reconnect after a hard stretch, built on weekly check-ins, daily appreciation, and conversation prompts. Small steps, no promises.
Updated , 14 min read
Trust & hard times
Trust and Hard Times: A Guide for Couples
How couples rebuild trust and get through affairs, jealousy, stress, money fights, depression and more, plus how to tell hard times from abuse.
Updated , 16 min read