Remember this ratio: 5:1. Five positives. One negative. If you have 5 positive interactions for every 1 negative interaction you have with your spouse, you are nearly guaranteed to have a successful, lasting marriage. The book How Full is Your Bucket examines the effect of positive emotions on people. Rath and Clifton cite a study by John Gottman who filmed 15-minute conversations of 700 newlyweds. He then ...

Cool Links are stuff you might find interesting, but either weren't worthy of their own article (others have already covered it), or I didn't have time to get to it. Here's some for August 2012: Create an automatic journal in Evernote from Calendar events, Facebook status, & Instagram photos, using this guide from Lifehacker. Richard & Linda Eyre are well-known LDS experts on parenting, families, an ...

...join with people of all faiths who feel accountable to God in defending religious freedom so it can be a beacon for morality. We caution you to be civil and responsible as you defend religious liberty and moral values. We ask that you do this on the internet and in your personal interactions in the neighborhoods and communities where you live. Be an active participant, not a silent observer. —Elder Quent ...

The Mormon Channel has a great new show that should be right up all you Mormon life-hacker's alley. It's called Tech Savvy. On it they discuss all kinds of ways to use technology in LDS life. Each episode has a theme, but so far they've been very broad, so there's many great little tips and tricks within each. It's filmed and available in video, but for the most part you won't miss anything if you just list ...

If you haven't yet discovered Chrome's User Accounts feature, it's about time. User accounts uses your Google (Gmail, YouTube, Google Apps, etc) account to sync all your extensions (plugins), bookmarks, and saved login info like usernames and passwords to various sites. All you have to do to start using them is click the Wrench button, then "Settings." You'll see toward the bottom, the "Users" section. Just ...

General Conference is our twice-yearly connection with modern revelation and offers us marvelous insights into the gospel. LDS.org has a great interface to access these talks at LDS.org/general-conference but today I want to show a lesser known method for finding General Conference talks to improve scripture study—including talks before 1971. The LDS Scripture Citation Index is a website (and free app) whic ...

Moving into a new area raises a lot of questions. How many church members live close by? Are the schools decent? Has there been a homicide in the area? Will your next door neighbor have 100 cats? You really don't know until you have lived there for a few years. Why not talk to someone that has lived there for years -- the bishop. By using maps.lds.org you can look up the local ward in the area which always ...

We've launched a new design and we're really excited about it. When MLH looks and works great, we're more excited to post. And we're really excited and motivated now. Let us know what you think of the new design in the poll below, and articulate your thoughts/feelings in the comments. [poll id="2"] ...

Now I'm not a big map guy myself, but I know many of you out there are.  Apparently all the scripture apps do not have the standard maps in them.  At least not that I've been able to find, but that may not be the case (there are a lot of things in there and it is sometimes hard to find the stuff you want).  Well, now there is an app where you can view the bible maps. I was asked to review the new LDS Bible ...

Big news! You better sit down for this one...ok...are you ready? LDS Maps just got an upgrade! Ok...ok...so that news isn't too exciting and many of you don't even know what LDS Maps is. If you haven't checked it out then you should do so now. It's a slick tool that allows you to find stake members, meetinghouses, temples, and other Church facilities. It really comes in handy when you travel or move to a ne ...