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How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It: Finding Love Beyond Words
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 646.78
EAN: 9780767923170
ISBN: 0767923170
Label: Broadway
Manufacturer: Broadway
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: January 16, 2007
Publisher: Broadway
Release Date: January 16, 2007
Studio: Broadway
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Editorial Review:Men are right. The “relationship talk” does not help. Dr. Patricia Love’s and
Dr. Steven Stosny’s How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It
reveals the stunning truth about marital happiness:
Love is not about better communication.
It's about connection. You'll never get a closer relationship
with your man by talking to him like you
talk to one of your girlfriends. Male emotions are like women's sexuality:
you can't be too direct too quickly. There are four ways to connect with a man:touch, activity, sex, routines. Men want closer marriages just as much as women do,but not if they has to act like a woman.Talking makes women move closer;
it makes men move away.The secret of the silent male is this:
his wife supplies the meaning in his life.The stunning truth about love is that talking doesn’t help.Have you ever had this conversation with your spouse?Wife: “Honey, we need to talk about us.”
Husband: “Do we have to?” Drs. Patricia Love and Steven Stosny have studied this all-too-familiar dynamic between men and women and have reached a truly shocking conclusion. Even with the best of intentions, talking about your relationship doesn’t bring you together, and it will eventually drive you apart. The reason for this is that underneath most couples’ fights, there is a biological difference at work. A woman’s vulnerability to fear and anxiety makes her draw closer, while a man’s subtle sensitivity to shame makes him pull away in response. This is why so many married couples fall into the archetypal roles of nagging wife/stonewalling husband, and why improving a marriage can’t happen through words. How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It teaches couples how to get closer in ways that don’t require “trying to turn a man into a woman.” Rich in stories of couples who have turned their marriages around, and full of practical advice about the behaviors that make and break marriages, this essential guide will help couples find love beyond words.
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Empowering Advice
"Words hurt. Words destroy. Words can kill a relationship." ~ pg. 66
"how to improve your marriage without talking about it" is not about a lack of communication, it is about more effective communication and an understanding of how fear and shame factor into a healthy relationship. From the minute I read the first page, this book started to make perfect sense. This book has many stories of couples in trouble and in each case the authors show how the problem is not about communication ... Read More
Rating: - Best book I found in helping me prepare for an intimate relationship
Just wanted to thank the author for sharing all the insights, concepts, and examples/situational cases included in the book. I have found a lot of wisdom and restored faith and hope in wanting to have a close relationship. I'm not married, nor in a relationship, but wanted to learn what it takes to have a happy, lasting marriage before I got myself into any significant relationship.
I have found the following things particularly helpful for me:
#. The title itself : there ... Read More
Rating: - a must read for women wanting to save their relationships!
This book is an easy and entertaining read. The authors offer practical yet well researched and supported feedback. My husband and I have been separated for almost two months (his choice, not mine) and I have been reading like crazy to figure out how to improve myself and what I bring to our relationship and how my own actions have caused some of and supported the ongoing conflict. My husband and I love one another dearly and I am hopeful for reconciliation. We just needed to ease the tension and ... Read More
Rating: - Great book!
My husband and I are working through this book together and it really has been interesting how "dead on" their insight seems to be on how and why men and women are like we are. It is easier to deal with your spouse if you can understand why they react to you the way they do. My only concern with this book is that the 2 authors appear to be "unmarried" from their descriptions on the cover and their dedications. It would be nice to see that they have learned how to create a happy relationship in their ... Read More
Rating: - Great book- learned a lot!
I loved this book just because I learned so much from it. For awhile I was chasing my husband around asking him questions, trying to talk about things, trying to understand what was going on, how he felt, why, and how to make things better. And every time I did, he'd only get angrier and more upset, and would bottle up even more, leaving me feeling worse and worse. Like an endless downward spiral.
This book answered a lot of questions I had in my mind and makes me feel like I can understand ... Read More
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