The Secrets of Happily Married Women (eBook)

How to Get More Out of Your Relationship by Doing Less

Scott Haltzman, Theresa Foy DiGeronimo (Autoren)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
224 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-22282-9 (ISBN)

Infos

From the authors of the best-selling The Secrets of Happily
Married Men comes the much-anticipated follow-up book The
Secrets of Happily Married Women. In their first book, Dr.
Haltzman and his coauthor Theresa Foy DiGeronmio outlined a recipe
for men about growing a happy marriage: treat marriage with the
same sense of purpose, resolve, and single-minded devotion that
they have for their job. Although that workplace formula works well
for men, an entirely different set of criteria resonate with women.

In The Secrets of Happily Married Women, Dr. Haltzman
tells us stories from real women who are happy in their
relationships. These women know how to get more out of their
partners by doing less, by not trying so hard to make men perfect,
not dragging them to couples therapy, not expecting them to think
or behave like a woman. These are women from Dr. Haltzman's
clinical practice and culled from thousands of contributors to his
Web site href="http://www.HappilyMarriedWomen.com">www.HappilyMarriedWomen.com.
They have learned to understand how men really work and tap into
men's powerful hard-wired desire to please women and "be a better
man."

Autor

THE AUTHORS DR. SCOTT HALTZMAN is clinical assistant professor of psychiatry and human behavior at Brown University and medical director of NRI Community Services in Rhode Island. He also has an active private practice, with a focus on marriage counsel-ing for individuals and couples. You can reach him at [e-mail]. THERESA FOY DIGERONIMO is the author of more than fifty books in the fields of education, parenting, and family relationships.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

1. Know Your Husband 7

2. Nurture His Needs--and Yours 45

3. Fight Better 63

4. Talk Less 103

5. Have Lots of Sex 127

6. Take Charge of Your Own Happiness 163

7. Heal Thyself 191

Epilogue: When Mamma's Happy, Everybody's Happy 209

Notes 211

About the Authors 215

Rezensionen

As Haltzman (psychiatry & human behavior, Brown Univ.; The Secrets of Happily Married Men) knows-he's been married for 20 years-the idea of shaping one's marriage without it seeming like another job appeals to most women. Together with DiGeronimo (Raising Baby Green), he here proposes that men are hardwired to please women and that if a knowledgeable wife tailors her message to the way her husband can hear it, she will enjoy a deeper connection and achieve happiness without compromise. In a manner somewhat similar to John Gray's in Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, the authors advise married female readers to speak in shorter sentences, directly ask for what they want, and take charge of their own spiritual and intellectual need. Well done and recommended to update marital self-help sections.-Deborah Bigelow, Director, Leonia P.L., NJ (Library Journal, January 2008)

"...this delightful...humorous and entertaining book is a must- read for savvy brides-to-be." (Ladies First, Spring 2008)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 11.6.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Partnerschaft / Sexualität
• Schlagworte: Ratgeber • Ratgeber Beziehungen • relationships • Self-Help
• ISBN-10: 0-470-22282-4 / 0470222824
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-22282-9 / 9780470222829