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5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great
5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great
5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great
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Contrary to what you’ve been told, keeping a marriage successful does NOT take hard work! All it takes is making a few small changes over time.
If you’re feeling your good marriage is starting to show a little wear, zero in on those imperfections, right?WRONG! Focus on what’s going well! Enhance the good aspects of your marriage and build on the solid foundation you already have. 
Dr. Orbuch debunks many common marriage myths and you’ll find out who needs more compliments—men or women. Who falls in love faster—women or men? With engaging quizzes and checklists; easy-to-use tips; and new takeaways on compatibility, fighting fair, and relationship ruts, 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great will give you perfect ways to say “I love you” and show you how to reignite the passion in your relationship. 
You’ll find out why it’s okay to go to bed mad and why you don’t want to engage in kitchen sinking! The advice in this smart, entertaining book will help you put the excitement back in your marriage in no time, and you’ll be amazed at how easy it will be.
​5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great is based on the findings of a groundbreaking study directed by Dr. Orbuch, and funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study—of the same 373 married couples—began in 1986 and continues today. Dr. Orbuch is a professor, a renowned therapist, and a nationally recognized relationship expert known as The Love Doctor®.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 27, 2015
ISBN9781632990570
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    Dr. Terri Orbuch conducted a 20 years scientific research among 373 married couples, and shares her findings. What does a happy marriage consists of? What could men and women do to renew or reignite their marriage? In 2009, 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great was published. Now, in 2015 an ebook version was issued. The message is still the same: powerful advices from the Love Doctor.After a foreword by Pepper Schwartz, Ph. D., Terri kicks off, focusing on the positives to make good marriages great. She explains her 5 steps: 1. Expect less, get more. Frustration is the leading reason marriages are unhappy. Having realistic expectations and knowing you partner's expectations keep frustration in check, and leads to marital happiness. 2. Give incentives and rewards. Frequent affective affirmation and support for your partner is key. Have daily briefings, not task-based or an overview of your agenda. True heart-to-heart communication on a personal level, day by day keeps the doctor away.3. Implement change. It's not about changing your partner, which is bound to fail. Little changes to your behaviour, a little more patience, expression of love, etc. will be more effective. 5. Keep costs low, benefits high when it comes to difficult topics as dealing with jealousy, in-laws, dividing household chores, and fights.5 Simple Steps... provide a framework for interdepency, honesty, respect, trust and safety in a marriage bound by love. Beyond the honeymoon weeks and declining sexual activity, there's a lot that can make or break a happy couple. Quizzes, exercises, self-assessments and assignments to both readers and their partners provide resources for self-reflection and practice. Research-based tips, eye-openers, busted myths, statistics, and entertaining trivia about marriage and love are the add-on to this toolkit. Highly recommended.

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