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Relationship  advice, programs, and coaching to help you find the love of your life and the life that you love

Save Your Marriage

Save the Marriage eBook, L. Baucom

Save the Marriage eBook, L. Baucom (e-Book, 159 pages)

This book makes the point that you don't have to find the perfect person to have a great marriage.
Besides, the perfect person doesn't exist. To have a great marriage, you just have to find the perfect person for you. Even then, couples will have problems. Some of these couples will seek couples therapy; and that therapy usually fails.

The author covers some key topics such as the importance of WE over I and you; marriages success when couples live in the present and not the past; and that each partner needs to set boundaries for her partner and communicate whenever those boundaries are crossed. All in all, we like this book and recommend it for couples at any point in their marriages.

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Save my marriage today, A. Waterman, et alSave my marriage today, A. Waterman, et al (e-book, 116 pages)

This book was written for married couples and is not intended for couples living together or in a "committed relationship". The authors believe that marriage is a good and desirable arrangement between two people. But, they also believe that problems set in after the wedding because the spouses now feel they've "won" the marriage prize. They now have their partners and no longer have to work at their marriages.

Briefly stated, the authors explain that life (and marriage) is not a movie. All marriages have ups and downs. The successful, happy, marriages invest in the relationship and overcome the bad times because marriage is worth it. The book takes a realistic look at the life cycle of marriages and offers some good advice on how you can work through all the issues and problems that all married couples face. The book also includes some exercises you can do alone or together to keep you and your partner in touch and out of divorce court.

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Keep Your Marriage, Wasson and HefnerKeep Your Marriage, Wasson and Hefner (e-Book, 176 pages)

The subtitle, and apt description of this book is: What to do when your spouse says "I don't love you anymore". The book is written for men and women in relationships (especially married) in which one partner wants out or wants a divorce. Especially valuable are the ten questions you should ask yourself before deciding if it's worth trying to save your marriage. There is also a list of 21 "marriage busters". Do any of these and you can be sure that your partner will walk out the door.

Make no mistake: this book is for marriages that are in serious trouble. Whether you ever go to marriage counseling, or whether you just throw in the towel and break up, this book will help you better evaluate the current state of your marriage so that you can make a smarter decision about what's next. For those of you whose marriage is breaking up, we recommend this book.

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This Side of Goodbye: Stop Your Breakup Now, T. LuvThis Side of Goodbye: Stop Your Breakup Now, T. Luv (online e-Book-cannot print or download)

This is a book for everyone who's been told by a lover or spouse that the marriage/relationship is over. The book details strategies to stop the breakup and get back together with your partner. The basic message is: if what you're doing right now to get your spouse back isn't working, then do the opposite.

Section One of the book describes four "tricks" and 20 "rules" you can use to win back your partner. The chapter on special situations was very good, as was the information on how to win every disagreement. Another section deals with our biggest problem: ourselves. There are important discussions on codependency, insecurity, and self-reliance.

Some of the tricks and rules may surprise you, but the overall message is a good one. If you are in a relationship where the other person is leaving you, you have nothing to lose and much to gain by reading this book. We liked this book a lot.

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300 Creative Dates, M. Webb 300 Creative Dates, M. Webb (e-Book, 102 pages)

Are you so tired of the dinner-and-a-movie date you could just scream? This book is just what you need to impress your date with new, fun, and inexpensive ideas for dates. Date ideas for all occasions: birthdays, anniversaries, picnic, dinner dates, vacations.

Romantic dates don't need to be extravagant or expensive. The best dates are fun, creative, and most of all romantic. If you use just one new idea each week, this book will give you six years of ways to delight your partner and be the envy of your buds.

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Rapid Relationship Recovery, N. East Rapid Relationship Recovery, N. East (e-Book, 73 pages)

Several years ago, the author was preparing to move to another city to marry her fiance. One week before Christmas, he broke up with her. This book is based on her life experiences as she dealt with the aftermath.

The book has a unique and quite sensible answer to how long it takes to get over a failed relationship. The author writes about positive self talk, the Law of Attraction, and evaluating belief systems. The book reads better than does this review. At the book's end, she includes the lessons she has learned and reveals the perfection in her situation. The book is written in an easy-to-read style and contains much wisdom in its relatively few pages. If you're mourning a past relationship, this book can help.

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  Communication Magic, S. Collins and O. Collins
Communication Magic, S. Collins and O. Collins (e-Book, 77 pages)

As the title indicates, this book is about improving your communications, especially with your partner. The authors draw on personal experiences to describe their own communication problems and the steps they take to resolve them.

Among the topics in the book are: the 4 ways to communicate within a relationship and steps to take to improve your communication skills. The authors include real life examples, tips, and exercises you can do to clean up your communications with your partner. By being responsible for communicating and listening, you can create greater intimacy and less stifle in your relationship.

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Creating Relationship Magic, S. Collins and O. Collins Creating Relationship Magic, S. Collins and O. Collins (e-Book, 122 pages)

This book is more like a reference manual for relationships. It is divided into 52 short (2-3 pages) chapters on the various issues in all relationships. Rather than reading from page 1 to the end-typical with most books-you can zero in on the issues most important to you. Some issues are negative: blame, fear, jealousy, lying. Others, however, are positive and aspects of relationships we all want: forgiveness, intimacy, passion, and trust.

It's likely that not all chapters will have relevance for you. But, there's enough "stuff" here to create new personal insights and even to open discussions with your partner. The material is easy to read, but still important and worthwhile.

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Should You Stay or Should You Go?Susie and Otto Collins "Should You Stay or Should You Go?"  Susie and Otto Collins (e-Book, 119 pages)

Before Susie and Otto married each other, they had both been in long term marriages. Both had decided that their previous relationships were not what they wanted, so they left their spouses and divorced. As a result of the soul-searching each went through en route to their divorces, they co-wrote this book to assist others in evaluating their own situations.

As the Collins' admit, this is not a typical book. Rather, it is more of a workbook or guidebook. In the book, you will not find any advice or recommendations. You will find, however, 19 chapters of questions to ask-and answer- yourself while you are deciding if your relationship can be saved or should be saved. Chapters include "Finding Your True Self", "Identifying Patterns of the Past", "Flirtations and Affairs", and "Sorting it all out".

The questions are all simple and straightforward. They are the questions every thoughtful person would ask herself before making such a major life decision as seeking a divorce. However, there is value in working through all the considerations and writing down your thoughts. There may be some issues you haven't considered, or issues you haven't fully thought through.

The authors take no position on staying in or leaving a marriage. Their purpose is for the reader to make an informed, deliberate, and honest evaluation of the current relationship. In this way, the reader will most likely make the best decision for himself/herself, and ultimately for the other person as well.

Rather than stay in mental and emotional turmoil, you may want to get this book. Working through the questions can give you a sense of guiltlessness and thoroughness that will bring you comfort and strength regardless of whether you stay or whether you go.

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Last Updated: 09/22/2005

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