How to make a romantic relationship better?
Problems are bound to arise when 2 people join each other to create a romantic relationship. But when those problems arise, many people just wait for the solution to come. Robert Epstein writes in an article for Scientific American MIND (2010) that this logic is not true. In fact, love itself should not be seen as something decided by fate, but rather something that requires the individuals involved to work towards achieving it. Epstein does a wonderful job of bringing many scientific sources together to discuss different ways in which individuals can work towards a better relationship. One example he gives is an exercise called Soul Gazing. Soul Gazing involves staring into the eyes of the other person for two minutes, as though you are staring at their soul. In a classroom demonstration, the participants (8 random students selected as participants) had score increases of 7% in loving, 11% in liking, and 45% in closeness (p. 28). What does this mean? This means that there are a group
