I’ve seen news about John Gottman‘s Relationship Research Institute for a while now. This week’s This American Life is about marriage, and includes a lengthy segment where he talks about his research into what makes happy couples different from unhappy couples. Once the stream is available, I hope somebody remembers to put a link to it here. It is, as Ira points out, very difficult to hear the discussions of and about happy couples without reflecting on one’s own relationships.