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Les Parrott

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Les ParrottLes Parrott III, Ph.D., is founder of RealRelationships.com and a Professor of Psychology at Seattle Pacific University. He is also co-creator, with his wife Leslie, of eHarmony Marriage. Les is an award-winning author of more than a dozen best-selling books including High-Maintenance Relationships, The Control Freak, 3 Seconds, Becoming Soul Mates, Your Time Starved Marriage and Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts.
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Love Means Telling the Truth

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ABC News correspondent John Quinones began hosting a hidden-camera television program in 2008 called What Would You Do? The show became a hit as it featured actors acting out troubling…
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What is SYMBIS?

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Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts Tom and Laura came to see us just nine months after their wedding. They had swallowed the happily-ever-after myth whole and were now feeling…
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Marriage Communication

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My wife says that listening is the most important part of good communication in marriage. Do you agree? And if so, why is what we hear more important than what…
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How Marriage Mentors Can Strengthen Your Relationship

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Do you and your spouse have mentors for your marriage? Forging a friendship with a couple who has been married longer than you can be a great way to gain…
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You Didn’t Marry Your Mom

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One of the most inflammatory things a husband can say to his wife is, “That’s not how Mom did it.” Let’s look at three areas in a marriage where it’s…
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Six Reasons Couples Don’t Listen to Each Other

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Ever noticed how we sometimes can’t recall the birthday of a loved one, but we can’t quite forget every word of the Brady Bunch theme song. Why is that? Well,…
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Conscious Uncoupling
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What’s Wrong with ‘Conscious Uncoupling’?

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Until a few weeks ago, we’d never heard the phrase ‘conscious uncoupling’. But in our line of work we’ve been hearing it more and more. Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, as…
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Make Happy! Pharrell Williams
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Making Happy

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A man accompanied his friend home for dinner and was impressed by the way the friend entered his house, asked his wife how her day went, and told her she…
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Why the Kardashians Aren’t Keeping Up with Marriage

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Kim Kardashian is preparing for a wedding with boyfriend Kanye West. Her marriage last year lasted just 72 days, as everyone knows. Her sister, Khloe (married in 2009), filed for…
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The Best Predictor of Lasting Love

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We were having lunch at a café just north of Seattle when we noticed a young couple at another table. The man got up to pay the bill but his…
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