John and Julie Gottman just published “The seven day love prescription”. For the past fifty years these world-renowned researchers have been researching love and relationships. So much interesting data has emerged from their research but their general philosophy, based on decades of research, is SMALL . They suggest that “tiny little doses, every day is what it takes to make a healthy relationship. Why? Because that’s exactly what a relationship is – not one big thing, but a million tiny things, every day for a life time ”. So, what does this look like in reality? PRACTICE . According to the Gottman’s, love is not a feeling but an action. They suggest that being good at loving other people is a skill that we can all get better at with practice. Sometimes when we think about connection in our relationships, we think about date nights or a weekend away without the kids. And because we think about connection in these terms, we often feel we need lots of time and en