Fighting for Your Marriage: Positive Steps for Preventing Divorce and Preserving a Lasting Love, New and Revised

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Summary: A Practical Must-Read
Review: After the gown is packed away comes the reality that marriage is hard. How come no one told us? This book contains real strategies for making your marriage stronger. After years of trying to explain to my husband how I felt he sometimes dismissed my feelings, I did a cartwheel after discovering a whole chapter on what the authors call "invalidating" your partner's feelings - one of the most toxic things you can do in a marriage. Well my husband used to do it - a lot. This book opened his eyes - and saved my sanity.

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Summary: A real help
Review: After the gown is packed away comes the reality that marriage is hard. How come no one told us? This book contains real strategies for making your marriage stronger. After years of trying to explain to my husband how I felt he sometimes dismissed my feelings, I did a cartwheel after discovering a whole chapter on what the authors call "invalidating" your partner's feelings - one of the most toxic things you can do in a marriage. Well my husband used to do it - a lot. This book opened his eyes - and saved my sanity.

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Summary: Excellent book
Review: Best investment you will ever make in you marriage

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Summary: Fantastic Book!
Review: Fighting For Your Marriage will prove to be a great help to any couple--not just those who are having marital problems. Just as BEFORE YOU SAY I DO, by Todd Outcalt offers a positive approach to conversation and problem-solving before marriage, this book offers a positive approach for married couples.

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Summary: Exact - Right On The Target - Inlightining - Very Helpful!
Review: I found this book to be what I was looking for all along. It explains my husband and I to a tee and it was written just like it was intended for us to read. I highly recommend it and the workshop that you can do too. Read with an open mind and enjoy many great returns! Good Luck!

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Summary: Good Material, Presentation Lacking
Review: I give this book a "5" on content, and a "2" in presentation. It is just too dense - - too hard to read. Couples in crisis don't need to know how to build the watch - they need to know the time.

So, in the interest of time, get a book by the same author, "12 Hours to a Great Marriage." It takes all this hard to digest theory and makes it workable. THEN, you can go back and read this theory after you've applied the good concepts.

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Summary: One of the best relationship books on the market for couples
Review: I have been trained by Markman, Stanley and Blumberg in the PREP program. Since the training, my spouse and I have worked with couples using their techniques and I have delivered numerous short presentations on the PREP program. The book is an excellent introduction to the process and if followed carefully, it can enrich the relationship of engaged couples and improve any marriage. I highly recommend it. Dr. M. Jean Turner, Associate Professor Family Studies Dr. William C. Bailey, Associate Professor Family Studies--both of the U. of Arkansas

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Summary: A must for married/committed couples
Review: I read the original version of this book at the library and bought my own copy because it was so helpful. The book explains specific negative patterns that develop in marriages, and gives specific, workable techniques to really resolve conflict and strenthen the relationship. Issues such as validation, rebuilding trust, building effective communication patterns, and enhancing the fun in the relationship are covered. I highly recommend this book for anyone in a serious relationship and I wish I had found it long ago. It is easy to read with many specific examples and humorous touches.

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Summary: Very useful techniques at home or with therapist
Review: I've followed Dr. Markman's research for many years, as he is one of the most highly regarded of researcher clinicians in the area of love relationships. He does very well to repeatedly drive home basic points about communications within relationships, the breakdown of which stirs many problems. "If only we could communicate," couples so often say to me as a therapist; and it's true that there's little that cannot be resolved if the HOW of communication is seen as preliminary over the WHAT of communication. Dr. Markman's techniques are invaluable in teaching the HOW.

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Summary: A Standard Issue to All Couples
Review: If only I have read this book earlier in my life, my marriage outcome would be a lot different. This book is a must have in solving and understanding the intricacies of a relationship. It's also very appropriate in development the important interpersonal management skill necessary to be successful in life. The book contains tangible concepts and workable solutions. Friends who I've loan this book benefitted.