A practical guide to understanding what makes marriage, or long term commitment, work and what can cause its destruction, this book offers something helpful for every couple. Full of fun and interesting exercises (yes, really) for you and your partner, it helps you better understand what your partner needs, and what you want to get out of your commitment. This is an easy and fun read.
Author of this post: Stacey Klempnauer
The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, by John M. Gottman, Ph.D., and Nan Silver
Filed under Books/Booklets
Pingback: Blogosphere roundup for Monday, March 2, 2009 : Locally Grown
Even if you don’t get more than a couple of chapters into this book, it can do wonders for understanding your marriage—and making it work. This isn’t just a “learn to communicate better” book, this is a recognize the unique qualities that work together make your marriage work/not work, and so much more.
After reading it myself (and my sister-in-law telling me that the minister they’re going through pre-marital counseling with has them reading it), I actually paid for it over the phone so that a friend could pick it up at their local (but out of state for me) Barnes and Noble and deliver it in person to a couple in crisis that night.