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5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great
What makes marriages last? What makes couples happy?
Is it possible for a so-so marriage to become a great one?
From Dr. Terri Orbuch, the renowned therapist and nationally recognized relationship expert known as The Love Doctor®, comes a book that breaks new ground in marital relationships. The head researcher in a large-scale, unprecedented study funded by the National In...more
Is it possible for a so-so marriage to become a great one?
From Dr. Terri Orbuch, the renowned therapist and nationally recognized relationship expert known as The Love Doctor®, comes a book that breaks new ground in marital relationships. The head researcher in a large-scale, unprecedented study funded by the National In...more
Hardcover, 272 pages
Published
October 27th 2009
by Delacorte Press
(first published 2009)
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This book was recommended to me by Linda Johnson and I'm so glad she recommended it! There is a ton of valuable and applicable information in this book. The "5 Simple Steps" are written in five chapters which make the ideas easy to understand and follow. I also love that all of the concepts are backed by her research of real couples (I do love sociology!).
It's a great book for both the husband and wife to read and learn the concepts of what's normal in a relationship (...more
It's a great book for both the husband and wife to read and learn the concepts of what's normal in a relationship (...more
This book was all right. I know it says that it's for people to take their marriage from good to great, but it seemed more geared toward people who are having a not-so-good marriage. I didn't feel like some of the steps applied to us because we weren't having issues in those areas, or we had already figured it out after a couple of months of being married.
At one point, I was asking my husband a bunch of questions about our relationship and he said something along the lines of, "...more
At one point, I was asking my husband a bunch of questions about our relationship and he said something along the lines of, "...more
I'm a sucker for self-help books that advocate easy-to-do actions based on lots and lots of scientific research. The most curious part of this book is the fact that women who have clear memories of their wedding days are less happy than those whose memories have faded. Could it be that a key to happiness is a general inability to remember one's past?
Great advice. The list of costly vs. rewarding behaviors is helpful. Also the idea that most couples rarely make time to just have conversation, to get to know each other, which this book recommendeds each day.
Recommended by Linda Johnson. Great so far.
Lots of good ideas in this book based on the author's (Ph.D. in Sociology) 20-30 year study of 300+ married couples, following them from their wedding throughout their marriage to try to understand what makes a successful marriage. She summarizes her main points at the end of each chapter in case you don't have time to read the whole thing.
Lots of good ideas in this book based on the author's (Ph.D. in Sociology) 20-30 year study of 300+ married couples, following them from their wedding throughout their marriage to try to understand what makes a successful marriage. She summarizes her main points at the end of each chapter in case you don't have time to read the whole thing.
Confession ~ I'm only on the 50 pages in and I already think it's worthy of 5 stars! FANTASTIC and should be mandatory reading before you get married :) We'll see what my end result rating is...
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