When your bond hits a speed bump: no relationship is perpetually blissful. What's important is knowing how to recover when your twosome veers off course.(COSMO NEWS: Relationships)

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It's a fallacy to think that a good relationship should be smooth sailing all the time. "Rough spots are a normal part of the dating cycle, and they don't mean you're doomed as a couple," says psychotherapist Ann Langley, PhD. Examples: Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer seemingly reignited their romance a few months after splitting, as did Jimmy Kimmel and Sarah Silverman.

Clearly, both couples found their way through a murky period, but regaining the footing in a relationship that's struggling is tricky. The first step, experts say, is figuring out why the bliss bubble burst--whether it was due to internal factors, like differing views on marriage and kids, or external factors, like the stress brought on by work commitments.

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Once you settle on I the root cause, you need to get your feelings out in the open. "Try having a talk outside the house, such as at a park or other public area, to distinguish the discussion as more significant than a concern that you might mention in passing over the phone or at dinner," suggests Sam R. Hamburg, PhD, author of Will Our Love Last? During the chat, go back and forth in one- to two-minute intervals. That way, you will both have ample time to air any grievances without either of you feeling overwhelmed by the other.

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