Save Your Marriage in Five Minutes a Day: Daily Practices to Transform Your Relationship

by Bonnie Jacobson PhD

Overview

A happy marriage is within every couple's reach—all it takes is five minutes. In marriage, happiness is a state of mind that you can create together in mere minutes.

In this book, bestselling author and marriage expert Dr. Bonnie Jacobson shows you how to make each other happy with the small yet meaningful gestures that add up to a big difference—one day at a time. From turning your everyday interactions like housework and making dinner into playful bonding to quick ways to have good sex (or start having good sex), these are psychologically sound methods that teach the both of you to bring out the best in each other—and your relationship.

With this easy primer to marital bliss, not only will you strengthen your marriage in no time, you'll also learn how to keep it strong—and happy—for years to come.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440514302
Publisher:	Adams Media
Publication date:	02/18/2011
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	584 KB

About the Author

Bonnie Jacobson, PhD, coauthor of Choose to Be Happily Married, has been happily married for twenty-five years. In addition to running her own private practice, Dr. Jacobson is a member of the American Psychological Association, American Group Psychotherapy, and Eastern Group Psychotherapy.
An Adams Media author.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction ix

Part 1 Five-Minute Strategies to Keep the Spark Alive 1

Chapter 1 Let's Get Physical 3

Chapter 2 Tokens of Affection 13

Chapter 3 Creative Foreplay 23

Chapter 4 Sexual Consciousness 33

Chapter 5 Fight Resistance, Keep the Connection Alive 43

Chapter 6 Embrace the New 51

Part 2 Five-Minute Strategies for Domestic Bliss 59

Chapter 7 Make the Mundane Meaningful 61

Chapter 8 Big Gestures 69

Chapter 9 Kid Stuff 79

Chapter 10 Money Matters 87

Chapter 11 Happy Differences 97

Part 3 Five-Minute Strategies for Great Communication 105

Chapter 12 Body Language 107

Chapter 13 Stay Curious 117

Chapter 14 The Complication of Compliments 125

Chapter 15 The Benefits of Giving-and Taking-Space 135

Chapter 16 Compassionate Feedback 145

Part 4 Five-Minute Strategies for Marital Hiccups 155

Chapter 17 Tuning in with Emotional Intelligence 157

Chapter 18 Defusing a Bully 167

Chapter 19 Resist Blaming 177

Chapter 20 Fighting Fair 187

Chapter 21 Hug Naked 197

Conclusion 205

References 209

Index 217