{"id":61810,"date":"2017-07-26T08:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=61810"},"modified":"2017-07-25T19:28:16","modified_gmt":"2017-07-25T23:28:16","slug":"gi-liz-higgins-marriage-is-not-a-big-thing-its-a-million-little-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=61810","title":{"rendered":"(GI) Liz Higgins: Marriage is Not a Big Thing, It&#8217;s a Million Little Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What if I told you that there are specific, concrete steps to having a better relationship?<\/p>\n<p>After spending more than four decades studying the components of what creates lasting and successful partnerships, Dr. John Gottman has discovered what couples can do to pave the way to having, and sustaining, their ideal marriage.<\/p>\n<p>One revelation to come from his research is the idea that small, intentional moments hold more weight than isolated, extravagant gestures when it comes to building emotional longevity in your relationship. Dr. Gottman\u2019s motto is \u201csmall things often.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This doesn\u2019t mean you shouldn\u2019t take your partner out for a night on the town, or whisk them away to a beachfront suite for a romantic weekend getaway. The big things are important too. It\u2019s a reminder to appreciate the little things.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gottman.com\/blog\/marriage-not-big-thing-million-little-things\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if I told you that there are specific, concrete steps to having a better relationship? After spending more than four decades studying the components of what creates lasting and successful partnerships, Dr. John Gottman has discovered what couples can<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=61810\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marriage-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=61810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61812,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61810\/revisions\/61812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}