Marriage

Rethinking the Purpose of Marriag
Mindful Loving: 10 Practices for Creating Deeper Connections
by Henry Grayson, Ph.D.
Marriage has served many different purposes throughout recorded history, ranging from procreation, companionship, convenience, status, need, and sometimes love. Yet, at the present time in America, I think we can all agree that our system of marriage

The Journey That Brings You Home
The Marriage Sabbatical
by Cheryl Jarvis
I'm sitting at the dining-room table making phone calls, struggling to get a job in a city where creative opportunities are limited. The right side of my neck aches from my prolonged, hunched-over position.

From Predicting Divorce to Preventing It
Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage
by John M. Gottman, Ph.D., Julie Schwartz Gottman, Ph.D., Joan DeClaire
It's been more than a decade since John and his colleagues at the University of Washington (UW) first announced their discovery: Through the power of careful observation and mathematical analysis, the team had learned to predict with more than 90 percent

Walking Down the Aisle without Losing Your Mind
I Do but I Don't
by Kamy Wicoff
I will never forget the first time I saw myself in a proper wedding dress. I walked into the fitting room wearing jeans, boots, a T-shirt, and, believe it or not, green underwear. I emerged before a wall of brightly lit mirrors to see . . . a bride.

Love Is Not Enough
I Love You More: How Everyday Problems Can Strengthen Your Marriage
by Les Parrott III, Ph.D., Dr. Leslie Parrott
Like most couples deeply in love, Les and I longed to find ways to make our love endure even before we were married. Part of the impetus for our vision came from reading A Severe Mercy, the real-life love story about Sheldon and Davy Vanauken, two lovers

Why We Get Married
Grown-Up Marriage
by Judith Viorst
Most of the women of my generation probably married too young to have grown acquainted with the dread of loneliness. Most of us were taught, however, before we left our teens the dread of unmarriedness.

The Not-So-Great Escape
The Divorce Remedy: The Proven 7-Step Program for Saving Your Marriage
by Michele Weiner Davis
People who are unhappy in their marriages often speak of feeling trapped. They yearn to be free from the tension, loneliness, constant arguments, or deafening silence but worry that divorce may not be the right decision.

Hey! You're in a Relationship!
It's (Mostly) His Fault
by Robert Alter, Ph.D
Let's face it, we men don't know squat about relationships. We don't really do relationships. We do work, we do sports, we do cars, we do wars, and we do sex, but we don't really do relationships. Women do relationships. They like relationships.

A Little Different Approach
Super Bowl Marriage
by Terry Owens
Television and movies often portray love as a powerful feeling. People fall in love, but the feeling eventually dulls. People fall out of love. It's part of a natural progression. The time comes to move on. Maybe fall in love again.

First Commitment: Centering
Marriage from the Heart: Eight Commitments of a Spiritually Fulfilling Life Together
by Lois Kellerman, Nelly Bly
In this enlightening guide, pastoral counselor and Ethical Culture Leader Lois Kellerman and coauthor Nelly Bly help couples discover eight core commitments that are the foundation for a deeply fulfilling marriage-Honoring, Caring, Centering, Choosing

Welcome to the Club
How to Survive Your Husband's Midlife Crisis: Strategies and Stories from the Midlife Wives Club
by Pat Gaudette, Gay Courter
A midlife crisis can devour a relationship. The Midlife Wives Club is a supportive online sisterhood for midlife mates-a place to vent some steam, share advice, or just get a reminder that they're not alone. In this guide, readers find wisdom from both

Defuse Power Struggles
Seven Secrets of a Happy Marriage : Wisdom from the Annals of "Can This Marriage Be Saved?"
by Margery D. Rosen, Editors of Ladies Home Journal
Sean and Cecilia's issues are similar to the ones couples face when one spouse works long hours or travels often, only to come home and feel like a stranger,' said the counselor. 'It's also easy for the spouse at home to establish a routine where she's no

The Marriage Wars: Five Myths of the Postmarriage Culture
The Case for Marriage: Why Married People Are Happier, Healthier, and Better Off Financially
by Linda J. Waite, Ph.D., Maggie Gallagher
A groundbreaking look at the most basic and universal of all human institutions, this authoritative and provocative book reveals the benefits-emotional, physical, economic, and sexual-that marriage brings to individuals and society as a whole.

Getting Started on a Starter Marriage
The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony
by Pamela Paul
The Starter Marriage and the Future of Matrimony is a pioneering study of first marriages lasting five years or less and ending without children, and of the changing face of matrimony in America.

Nagging
Why Men Don't Have a Clue and Women Always Need More Shoes : The Ultimate Guide to the Opposite Sex
by Barbara Pease, Allan Pease
Nag: verb to annoy, badger, bend someone's ear, berate, breathe down someone's neck, worry, harrass, hassle, henpeck, pester, plague, provoke, scold, torment; noun a person, especially a woman, who nags. Nagging is a term used almost exclusively by men

There Goes My Baby
It's Her Wedding But I'll Cry If I Want To: A Survival Guide for the Mother of the Bride
by Leslie Milk
Oh, my God, she's engaged! You shouldn't really be shocked by the news. She may not live at home or even in her hometown, but you've seen the signs. First his name started cropping up in conversations. Then she was starting sentences with 'Tim thinks'

Chicken or Fish
Couplehood
by Paul Reiser
With someone you love, food becomes politics. We're in a restaurant and I'm about to eat a big fried piece of something crusty, and my loved one, very discreetly, gives me the little 'Do you really want that?' look. I think, 'She's probably right.'

Love, Sex, and Relationships
Ask Barbara: The 100 Most Asked Questions About Love, Sex, and Relationships
by Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D.
How can I stop mothering my husband? How can a couple learn to trust love? Should you give a cheating partner another chance? Why can't my wife just have spontaneous sex sometimes? What signs should I look for in the beginning of a relationship to make

What Is the Weekend Marriage?
The Weekend Marriage: Abundant Love in a Time-Starved World
by Mira Kirshenbaum
It took years before it finally hit me: Oh my God, I don't have time for my marriage! How could I have missed it? After all, I knew that it's hard to have a relationship if you don't have time for it. Time is the air love needs to breathe.

What is a soul mate?
The Marriage Plan: How to Marry Your Soul Mate in One Year - or Less
by Aggie Jordan, Ph.D.
Most people can get married if they want to by whatever deadline they set. They could be married in two weeks if they simply put an ad in the paper and took the first response. This, of course, is not what you want. You want to marry happily.