TED TalksTALK 1: Entitled Three ways to build a happy marriage and avoid divorce, this talk reviewed the research into powerful predictors of divorce that aligned with Dr Blair-West's 25 years of couple therapy. It was seen as noteworthy by TED.com in New York and promoted on their home page, going on to reach over 4 million viewers.
TALK 2: After the success of his first talk, he was invited to give a second talk, which focused on the core problem of how we conceptualise love. In Is your partner "the one?" Wrong question, he points out that romantic love is a relatively new basis for marriage and does not correlate well with successful marriages. He suggests that while enjoying romantic love, we need to redefine and understand the 'true love' that underpins long-term marriages that enjoy high-level marital satisfaction. |
GBW's BooksIn reverse chronology with links to the books (they can also be found here on his Goodreads Author page):
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Selected Media Appearances
The first Sixty Minutes story where they dedicated the entire show to the story of GBW's patient Jeni Haynes that led to writing The Girl in the Green Dress.
The second Sixty Minutes story on the landmark, precedent legal case that found Jeni's father guilty and imprisoned him for the rest of his natural life.
GBW on 60 Minutes explaining how psychiatrists approach treating Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID previously known as multiple personality disorder).
GBW on the TED Podcast: How to be a Better Human, elaborating on the research and thinking behind his 2nd TED talk.
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GBW in a podcast with Ashy Bines explaining how to divorce-proof your marriage through negotiating (and needing to have) healthy conflict and respecting how our partner's differences are a valuable benefit, not the problem that they can appear to be. Conflict in a relationship is the core driver of growth in a relationship.
GBW in a podcast with Ashy Bines explaining how to divorce-proof your marriage through negotiating (and needing to have) healthy conflict and respecting how our partner's differences are a valuable benefit, not the problem that they can appear to be. Conflict in a relationship is the core driver of growth in a relationship.
