The people writing Amora’s relationship content
We read the research so you don’t have to. Every blog post, guide, and daily question on Amora is written or reviewed by a member of this team.
Editors
The Amora team
Amora is a couples app built by two people in two time zones. We read the relationship psychology research, from Gottman, Johnson, Tatkin and others, and turn it into questions couples actually want to answer.
Relationship Psychology · Couples Communication · Long-Distance Relationships · Relationship App Design
Riley Tonkin
Riley is the founder of Amora. He built the app after experiencing the challenges of staying connected in his own long-distance relationship, and reviews relationship psychology research from Dr. John Gottman, Dr. Sue Johnson, and others to inform every guide and question on the site.
Relationship Psychology · Couples Communication · Long-Distance Relationships · Relationship App Design
Jake Lawson
Jake leads Amora's editorial coverage of relationship psychology research. He reads the studies from Gottman, Tatkin, Johnson, and others so couples don't have to, and turns the findings into something you can actually use this week.
Couples Therapy Research · Attachment Theory · Conflict Resolution · Gottman Method
Sophie Bell
Sophie curates Amora's daily questions and writes about the small, daily rituals that make long-term relationships feel close. She believes most relationship problems are translation problems, and most of those can be solved with the right question at the right moment.
Daily Relationship Habits · Conversation Design · Love Languages · Intimacy Research
Kai Park
Kai writes about modern relationships, long-distance couples, and the messy in-between space where Gen Z and millennial dating actually lives in 2026. Situationships, app burnout, healthy boundaries, and what to do when the old advice no longer applies.
Modern Dating · Long-Distance Relationships · Gen Z & Millennial Relationships · Digital Intimacy
How we work
Research first, hot takes never
Every article cites peer-reviewed work or named expert sources. We name researchers (Gottman, Tatkin, Johnson, Schnarch) and link to their actual studies, not summaries of summaries.
Couples are our only audience
We write for people already in a relationship who want it to feel closer. We don’t do dating advice, breakup playbooks, or content optimized for single readers.
No prescriptive shame
We don’t tell readers what their relationship should look like. We offer frameworks, questions, and research, and trust couples to apply what fits.
Transparency over polish
When a topic is beyond our scope (acute crisis, abuse, severe mental health) we say so explicitly and point to people who can actually help.
We’re recruiting licensed clinicians to review our content
If you’re a licensed marriage & family therapist, mental health counselor, clinical psychologist, or sex therapist, and you’d like a small honorarium to review 4 to 6 articles a year on a topic you specialize in, we’d love to hear from you. You keep your byline, your voice, and your authority. We do the writing; you bring the rigor.
Or email directly: reviewers@tryamora.app
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