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Staying happily married has become a difficult proposition in recent times. Although the institution is still firmly embedded in our culture, divorce rates have steadily climbed since the 1960s. While some marriages are truly divorce-worthy, many other broken marriages can be saved. Recent emphasis on personal needs and greater social acceptance of divorce and alternative lifestyles may have weakened the resolve of partners to work through their problems....
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"A hilariously candid account of one woman's quest to bring her post-baby marriage back from the brink, with life-changing, real-world advice."--Amazon.com.
"Many expectant parents spend weeks researching the best crib or safest car seat, but spend little if any time thinking about the titanic impact the baby will have on their marriage--and the way their marriage will affect their child. Enter Jancee, her well-meaning but blithely unhelpful husband,...
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The national bestseller in its complete form. Once upon a time, Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets. Using this metaphor to illustrate the commonly occurring conflicts between men and women, Dr. John Gray explains how these differences can come between the sexes and...
4) Communication miracles for couples: easy and effective tools to create more love and less conflict
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Restore Your Relationship, Enhance Your Marriage
Cultivate effective communication and a lasting relationship. Communication Miracles for Couples by psychotherapist, popular professional speaker, and bestselling author Jonathan Robinson has helped hundreds of thousands of couples repair their relationships and their marriages. Continuously in print since 1997, Communication Miracles for Couples has sold over 100,000 copies. Whether you are looking...
5) Love busters: protect your marriage by replacing love- busting patterns with love-building habits
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"A Classic Resource from Dr. Harley--Now Revised and Repackaged to Highlight Six Changes in Habits That Will Save Your Marriage According to relationship expert and bestselling author Dr. Willard F. Harley, Jr., after couples get married, they often develop habits that slowly undermine the love they have for each other. If tolerated, these Love Busters--selfish demands, disrespectful judgments, angry outbursts, dishonesty, annoying habits, and independent...
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This irreverent and insightful guide explores how couples with kids can be more than just coparents—with personal stories from women across the country.
Authors Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile brought sweet relief to moms with their first book, I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids. Here they return with a frank yet encouraging look at marriage post-tots. They set out to discover if parenthood is truly incompatible with conjugal...
Authors Trisha Ashworth and Amy Nobile brought sweet relief to moms with their first book, I Was a Really Good Mom Before I Had Kids. Here they return with a frank yet encouraging look at marriage post-tots. They set out to discover if parenthood is truly incompatible with conjugal...
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It's easy to lose the spark in your relationship when you're living day to day with your partner. But with a little effort, it's also easy to recapture the intimacy and excitement of your dating days again. Get swept up in a love affair with your spouse or long-term partner using this collection of relationship tips and ten-minute exercises. You'll not only discover new ways to rekindle intimacy, but you'll also find the mutual understanding you need...
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There's no doubt marriage can be a challenge--we've all heard that half of marriages end in divorce. A common problem you may face as a couple is feeling stuck or disconnected--lonely within the marriage--as if you and your spouse were worlds apart, even as you present a united front. Attempts to discuss the problem may lead to painful arguments, and even couples therapy may prove more expensive and time-consuming than effective, putting each of you...
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You don't have to sink or swim in your marriage. Sail off into the sunset with the love of your life. Most marriages need rescue at one time or another. So when you need help, it's usually due to those thoughtless things you do or say that break the delicate connection between husband and wife. Before you face storms in your marriage (or if you're already in one), turn to psychologists and best-selling authors Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend. They...
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From the author of New York Times bestseller You're Wearing That? this bestselling classic work draws upon groundbreaking research by an acclaimed sociolinguist to show that women and men live in different worlds, made of different words. Women and men live in different worlds...made of different words. Spending nearly four years on the New York Times bestseller list, including eight months at number one, You Just Don't Understand is a true cultural...
12) Como criar bebes y preservar el matrimonio: Ria mas, pelee menos y comuniquese mejor con su familia
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Las expertas en criar bebés y preservar el matrimonio son tres mujeres que no cambiarían su rol de madres por nada en el mundo y aman profundamente a sus esposos. Sin embargo, después de pasar por la experiencia y de oír las historias de cientos de otras parejas, saben que al tener hijos pequeños en casa, es necesario poner puertas en la escalera, tapar los enchufes eléctricos con cubiertas plásticas y tomar las medidas necesarias para...
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Why Talking Is Not Enough, written by Susan Page, author of the acclaimed bestseller If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single? presents a novel relationship strategy based on subtle, powerful changes in your own actions. This method shows you the magic of "Keep your mouth out of it!" Page's pioneering eight-step program invites you to give up problem solving and move directly to a warmer, more loving and fun relationship, based on universal spiritual...
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New York Times bestselling author Susan Scott guides couples through eight must-have conversations to create a fierce love that stands the test of time and grows stronger over the years.
Often in our romantic relationships, we long for deep connection, but we don't know how to communicate well and sometimes withhold what we're really thinking and feeling. This can lead to fighting, resentment, or, worse, complacency-where you are just going through...
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Are you and your spouse speaking the same language? While love may be a many- splendored thing, it is sometimes a very confusing thing, too. And as people come in all varieties, shapes, and sizes, so do their choices of personal expressions of love. But, more often than not, the giver and the receiver express love in two different ways. This can lead to misunderstanding, quarrels, and even divorce. Dr. Gary Chapman identifies five basic languages...
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Going beyond traditional marriage counseling which can often discount the influence of ADHD, this discussion offers advice from the author's personal experience and years of research and identifies patterns of behavior that can hurt marriages--such as nagging, intimacy problems, sudden anger, and memory issues--through the use of vignettes and descriptions of actual couples and their ADHD struggles and solutions.
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