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Draws on scientific findings, expert advice, and firsthand experience to argue that marriage supports health, finances, children, and overall happiness, outlining simple, actionable techniques for navigating common sources of marital disharmony.

Reveals the essentials to look for when seeking a real, lasting relationship based on mutual attraction, respect, and common interests and goals rather than "feelings."

The author of Maternal Desire outlines a radical, optimistic approach to marriage designed to balance personal needs with the sometimes relentless demands of a relationship, addressing challenges ranging from parenthood and health to fidelity and aging to explain how to overcome milestone obstacles as both individuals and couples.

"How do two well-meaning people who genuinely care about each other end up in a damaged, unsatisfying relationship? Every couple faces conflict and often the root of the problem is how we're not getting our needs met. Initially, we will try to remedy it with reasonable requests--or hints--and a kind tone. But when that fails, we feel disempowered, which leads to sighs, eye rolls, silences, subtle put-downs, insults, and even threats. These are power...

"No matter our attachment style, we all crave connection with our partners. Learn how to transform your unproductive communication patterns with this helpful, practical, and sometimes magical tool from experienced couples’ therapist Nancy Dreyfus Talk to Me Like I'm Someone You Love is a brilliant interactive relationship tool that can help couples stop arguing and begin healing. Couples therapist Nancy Dreyfus hit upon this revolutionary practice...

"Do you and your partner fight all the time? Do you love each other, but simply drive one another other up a wall? Do you worry that you'll eventually burn out from all the conflict, arguments, and hurt feelings, and that your relationship will deteriorate? If you're seeking ways to increase love and intimacy and decrease reactionary behaviors like criticism, blaming, withdrawing, and defending, this book can guide you toward a place of harmony and...

"Bethenny is good at many things--being an entrepreneur, mom, and TV star--but when it comes to relationships, she is the first to admit that she has had many failures. The good news is, in working through the mistakes, she has already learned many things about what she doesn't want, that she won't accept, and that she shouldn't settle for. And most importantly, she still believes in love and that her perfect relationship is still to come. Filled...

""Is this what all couples go through?" "Do I expect too much from a relationship?" "Can my partner really change?" "Are there steps I can take to get my relationship back on course?" "When is it time to move on?" You're getting hurt over and over again, so should you stay or should you go? Every relationship has problems, but you can't figure out if yours is beyond hope. How bad is too bad--and can your man really change? Now, in this warm, supportive,...

"Create a lasting and loving attachment with the help of the expert couple's therapist behind the popular Instagram account @TheSecureRelationship. What does a healthy relationship look like? A good question, in theory, but expert couple's therapist Julie Menanno wants you to consider: what does a securely attached relationship feel like? The answer to this question is the ultimate goal in Secure Love, a groundbreaking guide to understanding secure...

"Conflict is the top reason couples seek help-but it's also an opportunity for greater intimacy, deeper connection, and lasting love according to this essential guide from the world's leading relationship scientists and bestselling authors of The Seven Principles of Making Marriage Work"-- "LEARN THE 5 SECRETS OF SUCCESSFUL COUPLES Conflict is the top reason couples seek help—but it's also an opportunity for greater intimacy, deeper connection,...