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Dr. Duana (DWAY-nah) Welch is known for applying social science to people\u2019s real-life relationship issues. \nShe is the author of Love Factually, the first book that uses science rather than opinion to take men and women from before they meet until they decide whether to commit. \nShe has been a professor at universities in Florida, California, and Texas, and she writes for publications at Psychology Today, eHarmony, and others. She also coaches men and women who want more love in their lives, via Skype and at her office in downtown Eugene, Oregon.\nGuiding Principle, Quote or Mantra\nIf you can find and be someone kind and respectful your love life will go great.\xa0 And if you can\u2019t it won\u2019t. \nBefore you make a commitment to a partnership it is about how similar you are.\xa0\nAfter you make the commitment it is about how kind and respectful you are. \nWhen You Tripped Up \nHer picker was broken.\xa0\nDr. Duana would get stars in her eyes even when there was a deal breaker from the onset.\xa0 But she didn\u2019t want to look too closely at that.\xa0\nAnd she would get pretty deeply involved and then figure it out.\xa0 By that time it absolutely ripped her heart apart to have to leave.\nThis story we can all relate to.\nThe \u201cDUH\u201d moment that changed your partnerships forever\nDuana found in her research on relationship science that what she was doing in her relationships, was the exact thing that tells men not to take her seriously. \nHer \u201cDUH\u201d moment was realizing that she can value herself and be valued.\xa0 And that can extend all the way to the bedroom.\nProudest moment in partnership \nWhen her husband suggested they move to a state where she could teach again.\xa0\nThis was a huge sacrifice for him, and it showed the level of commitment he had to being a partnership.\xa0\nHe is her hero.\nCurrent Partnership that Has You Excited\nNo surprise here, it is her partnership with her husband.\xa0 Both what she has been able to do in her life and what he has been able to do is exciting.\nDiana\u2019s partnership with her husband has allowed her to stop focussing her feelings of security or insecurity.\xa0 Instead she is able to work from a bedrock or secure relating so she can live the best life she can live.\n\nWhat is the best partnership / relationship advice you have ever received?\nTurn towards your partner rather than away.\xa0 It\u2019s what happens in the small moments of partnership that create the overall feeling.\nBest Partnership Book\n\xa0\xa0\u2013 If you have not picked a partner yet\nLove Factually: 10 Proven Steps from I Wish to I Do\n\xa0\xa0\u2013 If you are already in a committed relationship.\nThe Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country\u2019s Foremost Relationship Expert\nPayoff of Partnership \u2013 \nDuana was able to create her blog and her book and return to teaching.\xa0 Then being able to leave that career and build a new life all because of the partnership she is in with her husband.\xa0 Knowing they support each other\u2019s dreams.