Tag: Happy Relationships and Marriages series

Most marriages go through at least three distinct stages: romantic love, disillusionment and distraction, and dissolution, adjustment with resignation, or adjustment with contentment. Researchers have found that couples utilize at least four general strategies for adjusting to the realities of long-term marriages with contentment. Learn more in this 3-page fact sheet written by Victor William Harris, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2012.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1274

“Everything would be fine if my partner would just change!” This is a common sentiment many of us have felt. However, this notion is just the opposite of how we should go about changing our relationships for good. Positive change is never easy. This 3-page fact sheet introduces the principle of Change Yourself First as a healthy strategy for changing our relationships. Written by Victor William Harris, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, March 2012.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1273

Effective communication is critical to successful relationships. Researchers and therapists have found at least nine skills that can help couples learn to talk effectively about important issues, like time spent together/apart, money, health, gender differences, children, family, friends, commitment, trust, and intimacy. If learned well, these nine skills can help put our relationships on a positive trajectory for success. This 4-page fact sheet was written by Victor William Harris, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, January 2012.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1277

Determining how we handle conflicts, whether constructively or destructively, is a good way to see how functional or dysfunctional we are acting in our relationships. Take a minute and complete this quiz to see if you handle conflict in a constructive or destructive way. It will help you realize what you are already doing well and what skills you might still want to work on a little more. This 4-page fact sheet was written by Victor William Harris, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, January 2012.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1276

One of our greatest desires is to be happy. So what do you need in order to be happy? Have you ever sat down and made a list? This 3-page fact sheet guides you in listing needs for yourself, your partner, and your children; and lists eight needs identified by researchers that people need to feel happy. Written by Victor William Harris, and published by the UF Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, January 2012.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fy1275