First, kill all the marriage counselors
Subtitle: modern-day secrets to being desired, cherished, and adored for life
By: Laura  Doyle
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
ISBN-13: 9781940363868
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Psychology; Interpersonal conflict; Wives; Husbands; Interpersonal relations; Marriage; Psychological aspects
Description: "Every marriage has its rough patches. If you're wondering how to repair yours, step away from the therapist, put down the magazine, and pick up this book. If you want to build a long, happy, fulfilling marriage, why not learn from the women who've done it? Laura Doyle's marriage was in trouble. After five years, her husband had become distant. He seemed checked out of their relationship, preferring watching TV to making love. There were frequent fights that ended with tense silences and even threats of divorce. Marriage counseling actually made their problems worse. Each session seemed to reinforce the feeling that she and her husband were just too far apart. Desperate to avoid divorcing the man she loved, Laura tried something different. Rather than consulting with experts or professionals, she simply started talking to women who'd been happily married for more than fifteen years. What she discovered shocked her. Everything she had heard in marriage counseling was wrong. Laura realized that there are some basic truths to relationships that can help women maintain loving, intimate marriages, such as: The happiness of your relationship is up to you! Women hold the keys to a happy relationship 95 percent of the time (and will learn what to do the other 5 percent). What men want most of all is to be treated with respect. Treat your man with respect (even if you aren't feeling it), and he will treat you with love and care. Your man wants to know he has your trust. Give it to him, and he'll realize you are special. because you will be! After seeing her own marriage transform, Laura set out to help other women do the same. In this book, you'll learn Laura's "Six Intimacy Skills," which have been used by over 50,000 women who have transformed their previously unhappy marriages into blissful unions. Stop reading articles about how important it is to schedule date night, and learn how to transform your relationship into one bursting with energy, intimacy, and love. First, Kill All the Marriage Counselors will put you on the path to having the marriage you want with the man you love"--
Table of contents: title: Prologue: The breakdown before the breakthrough; title: Quiz: Can you tell the good relationship advice from the bad advice?; title: The six intimacy skills. Skill #1: Replenish your spirit with self-care; title: You are not a smaller, less-hairy man; title: The more you know what you want, the better; title: Express your desires in a way that inspires; title: Happy wives phone a friend; title: Skill #2: Restore respect; title: What were you thinking when you said yes to the dress?; title: Your husband doesn't want your opinion; title: Why wives cause most divorces and what to do instead; title: Your husband is smarter than you think; title: Pretend you love your husband more than your children; title: Dishonesty is the best policy; title: Skill #3: Relinquish control of your man; title: Stay on your own paper; title: Communication is overrated; title: Top 10 ways to control your husband (none of these work); title: Get him to do more by doing less; title: Your husband is better with money than you are; title: Skill #4: Receive, receive, receive!; title: How to get more gifts, compliments, and help; title: Skill #5: Reveal your heart with vulnerability; title: What made your man fall for you (and still melts him every time); title: The myth of verbal abuse; title: How to get off the fence and be happy about it; title: Why sex is better when you're married (and what to do if it's not); title: Skill #6: Refocus your view with gratitude; title: The most powerful intimacy of all; title: The power of the spouse-fulfilling prophecy; title: Ending world divorce.