Issue #323 | Relationships Require Not Only Trust, but Also Commitment
In issue 266 of
One Daily Nugget, we argued that it requires two pillars for the floors of John Gottman’s “Sound Relationship House” to hold together. We’ve already covered the first of these, “trust.” Today, Zach Brittle, writing for the
Gottman Institute, tackles the second one, “commitment.”
According to Brittle, while trust is something that you
feel, commitment is something that you
do. Read on to learn why trust is not enough, how a lack of commitment may manifest itself in practice, and what to do about it!
Commitment
The Gottman Institute • 3-minute read
