Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up Hardback - 2012
by Harriet Lerner
Coupling up is complicated---Dr. Harriet Lerner's marriage rules are not. Following a unique format perfect for today's world, the renowned author of The Dance of Anger gives us just over 100 rules that cover all the hot spots in long-term relationships. Marriage Rules offers new solutions to age-old problems ("He won't talk"/"She doesn't want sex") as well as modern ones (your partner's relationship to 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 *Connect with a distant partner *Survive the unique challenges of children, stepchildren and difficult-laws *Follow a 12-step program to overcome defensiveness *Know how and when to draw the line *Take back your marriage when things fall apart Marriage Rules is a treasure chest of lively, practical advice to help you navigate your couple relationship with clarity, courage, and joyous conviction. If one person in a couple follows ten rules of his or her choice, it will generate a major, positive change. All that's required is a genuine wish for a better relationship and a willingness to practice.
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Following a unique format perfect for today's world, the renowned author of The Dance of Anger gives us just over 100 rules that cover all the hot spots in long-term relationships.
Marriage Rules offers new solutions to age-old problems ("He won't talk"/"She doesn't want sex") as well as modern ones (your partner's relationship to 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
- Connect with a distant partner
- Survive the unique challenges of children, stepchildren and difficult- laws
- Follow a 12-step program to overcome defensiveness
- Know how and when to draw the line
- Take back your marriage when things fall apart
Marriage Rules is a treasure chest of lively, practical advice to help you navigate your couple relationship with clarity, courage, and joyous conviction. If one person in a couple follows ten rules of his or her choice, it will generate a major, positive change. All that's required is a genuine wish for a better relationship and a willingness to practice.
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- Title Marriage Rules: A Manual for the Married and the Coupled Up
- Author Harriet Lerner
- Binding Hardback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 271
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Gotham Books, New York
- Publication date 2012-01-05
- ISBN 9781592406913 / 1592406912
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 7.6 x 5.2 x 1.2 in (19.30 x 13.21 x 3.05 cm)
- Age range 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Category Love / Sex / Marriage
- Library of Congress subjects Married people - Psychology, Marriage - Psychological aspects
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011032928
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.872
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