"What lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Reading for next month's Book Club

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman, Ph.D.
I don't know if you can find it at the library but I know it's at Barnes & Noble

So this is a book I've been reading, really enjoy and am excited for the chance to share it. Yes this is another marriage book but the wonderful thing is that it isn't based on someone's opinion on what a marriage needs. This book is based on years of research of many different couples, marriages that failed and marriage that didn't. It also includes wonderful little exercises with every principle so that you can actually apply them to your marriage, simple enough our husbands can even do them! :-) It's not faith based or anything like that either...just some basics that every marriage can benefit from.

Please, if you get the chance, read it, come to the next book club meeting and share your thoughts! If you try any of the exercises, if you feel comfortable, please also share any benefits you've seen from them! I love them so far. We're just on the 2nd principle and have already seen benefits!

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