Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up
Written by Harriet Lerner, Ph.D.
Narrated by Natalie Ross
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About this audiobook
Following a unique format perfect for today's world, the renowned author of The Dance of Anger gives us more than one hundred rules that cover all the hot spots in long-term relationships. It's a go-to guide brimming with Lerner's signature clarity, wit, and warmth.
Couples today operate in a time famine. One or both parties are likely to be hit by one stress after another, and marriage is the first thing to suffer. Here are memorable, easy-to-grasp rules to remind readers of their own good common sense - or to help them get off automatic pilot and do something different.
Marriage Rules offers new solutions to age-old problems ("He won't talk" or "She doesn't want sex") as well as modern ones (your partner's relationship with technology). You'll also learn how to:
-Calm things down and warm them up
-Talk straight and fight fair
-Listen well as a spiritual practice
-Get a grip on intensity and "over talking"
-Connect with a distant partner
-Survive the unique challenges of children, stepchildren, and difficult in-laws
-Follow a twelve-step program to overcome defensiveness
-Know how and when to draw the line
-Take back your marriage when things fall apart
So here it is - a treasure chest of lively, practical advice to help you navigate your relationship with clarity, courage, and joyous conviction.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5We listened to it on our road trip and We loved it!!! I highly recommend both you and your partner listen to it together:) soooo great.