The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

Author: John Gottman, PhD

Publisher: Harmony

Published: 2015-05-05

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0553447718

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Over a million copies sold! “An eminently practical guide to an emotionally intelligent—and long-lasting—marriage.”—Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work has revolutionized the way we understand, repair, and strengthen marriages. John Gottman’s unprecedented study of couples over a period of years has allowed him to observe the habits that can make—and break—a marriage. Here is the culmination of that work: the seven principles that guide couples on a path toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship. Straightforward yet profound, these principles teach partners new approaches for resolving conflicts, creating new common ground, and achieving greater levels of intimacy. Gottman offers strategies and resources to help couples collaborate more effectively to resolve any problem, whether dealing with issues related to sex, money, religion, work, family, or anything else. Packed with new exercises and the latest research out of the esteemed Gottman Institute, this revised edition of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work is the definitive guide for anyone who wants their relationship to attain its highest potential.


The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled Marriages

The 4 Habits of Joy-Filled Marriages

Author: Marcus Warner

Publisher: Moody Publishers

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0802497756

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What separates happy marriages from miserable ones? Surprisingly, it’s not healthy communication. It’s not conflict resolution skills. It’s actually the size of the marriage’s joy gap . Joy Gap/joi gap/ (n.)-1. The length of time between moments of shared joy When the joy gap gets bigger, problems are more likely to overwhelm you, resentment creeps in, and you start to feel distant and alone in your marriage. When the joy gap is smaller, you regularly feel connected and happy, problems feel manageable, and your marriage becomes a reliable source of joy. But how do you ensure that you’re experiencing joy regularly? Marcus Warner and Chris Coursey have studied relationships (and neuroscience) and discovered four habits that keep joy regular and problems small. Some couples do them naturally, but anyone can learn. That’s why each chapter includes 15-minute exercises that boost joy and re-train your brain to make joy your default setting. You’ll learn new skills including how to: return to joy more quickly after disconnection create stronger bonds and elongate times of happiness boost your enjoyment of physical and emotional intimacy Find out what your marriage looks like after a little work and a whole lot of joy.


Time for a Better Marriage

Time for a Better Marriage

Author: Jon Carlson

Publisher: Impact Publishers

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781886230460

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The return of a classic! A systematic, practical model for building marriage skills, newly revised and updated. Invaluable tools to help make marriages more rewarding, effective, and satisfying by showing couples how to encourage each other, resolve conflict, communicate effectively, maintain equality in the relationship, and make better choices.


Marriage Minutes

Marriage Minutes

Author: Jerry Shipp

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2015-10-22

Total Pages: 125

ISBN-13: 1491779446

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Based on his thirty years in the trenches as a marriage therapist and the knowledge and insight he has gained from thousands of clients, Jerry Shipp has written a book of practical and, sometimes, humorous parables to help us grow deeply satisfying marriages. In our high-tech, chaotic world where relationships are shallow and people are more connected to their devices than to each other, it is difficult to know how to create a perfect marriage when there are so few good examples out there. How can we create love for a lifetime? Everybody wants it, but so few seem to achieve it. This book will give some answers to these burning questions. In just two minutes a day, men, you will learn: What Eeyore, Tarzan, the Grinch, Pepe Le Pew, and Captain Picard have to say about intimate relationships, How Jaws, 50 First Dates, Sherlock Holmes, Godzilla, and True Lies can help you to enjoy and improve your marriage, What Stupidville is and how not to go there, The proper way to pursue the woman you love, and How to overcome being a doofus. Women, you will learn: How to prevent drift, What unconditional respect, The Law of Association, and submission really mean, How to fight in a way that strengthens your marriage, What ordinary things like scabs, weeds, frogs, and back doors can teach you about your marriage. Couples, if you apply the mostly simple (but not necessarily easy) suggestions in this book, you will have created a fabulous, enduring relationship


Marriage Meetings for Lasting Love

Marriage Meetings for Lasting Love

Author: Marcia Naomi Berger

Publisher: New World Library

Published: 2014-01-15

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1608682242

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Most couples — because they watch so many of their peers divorce and are themselves the products of failed marriages — don't have many successful long-term-relationship role models. Parenting and communication issues are perennial, while some challenges, like increasingly 24-7 work lives and economic hardships, mark the current decade. Despite all this, psychotherapist and clinical social worker Marcia Naomi Berger asserts that most couples can make love last — they just need to learn how. Berger answers this need with a deceptively simple prescription: have an interruption-free thirty-minute (or even shorter) meeting each week and follow an agenda that includes the kind of appreciation and planning for fun that foster intimacy and pave the way for collaborative conflict resolution. Berger has refined these techniques while working with hundreds of couples — with results that are both practical and profound.


15 Minutes to Build a Stronger Marriage

15 Minutes to Build a Stronger Marriage

Author: Bobbie Yagel

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780842317542

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By spending only 15-minutes a week, a busy couple can gain deeper understanding of each other and learn practical new techniques to strengthen their relationship.


Divorce Busting

Divorce Busting

Author: Michele Weiner Davis

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 1993-02

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0671797255

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A step-by-step approach to making your marriage loving again.


The 7-Minute Marriage Solution

The 7-Minute Marriage Solution

Author: Stephen Arterburn

Publisher: Worthy Books

Published: 2013-05-21

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1617951307

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Can 7 Minutes Make a Difference? If you're thinking the 7-minute solution to a happier marriage sounds far too simplistic, even a bit crazy, we dare you to read this book. It will revolutionize your marriage!


The 90-Minute Marriage Miracle

The 90-Minute Marriage Miracle

Author: Jeff Forte

Publisher: Balboa Press

Published: 2013-08

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1452580219

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How to turn your marriage from potential divorce to delight in 90 minutes! Learn immediate solutions to any relationship challenge. Once and for all eliminate the stress of not knowing what to do.


The 80/80 Marriage

The 80/80 Marriage

Author: Nate Klemp PhD

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2021-02-09

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1984880780

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NAMED ONE OF COSMOPOLITAN'S "15 BEST MARRIAGE BOOKS ALL COUPLES SHOULD READ." An accessible, transformative guide for couples seeking greater love, connection, and intimacy in our modern world Nate and Kaley Klemp were both successful in their careers, consulting for high-powered companies around the world. Their work as mindfulness and leadership experts, however, often fell to the wayside when they came home in the evening, only to end up fighting about fairness in their marriage. They believed in a model where each partner contributed equally and fairness ruled, but, in reality, they were finding that balance near impossible to achieve. From this frustration, they developed the idea of the 80/80 marriage, a new model for balancing career, family, and love. The 80/80 Marriage pushes couples beyond the limited idea of "fairness" toward a new model grounded on radical generosity and shared success, one that calls for each partner to contribute 80 percent to build the strongest possible relationship. Drawing from more than one hundred interviews with couples from all walks of life, stories from business and pop culture, scientific studies, and ancient philosophical insights, husband-and-wife team Nate and Kaley Klemp pinpoint exactly what's not working in modern marriage. Their 80/80 model of marriage provides practical, powerful solutions to transform your relationship and open up space for greater love and connection.