A marriage preparation book
and workbook
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For
premarital (engaged
and couples considering becoming engaged)
and newlywed couples - and for anyone who wants to maximize
the success of their marriage or other long-term relationship
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Based on a thorough review
of the latest scientific research as presented in Marriage Success
Training premarital education seminars
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What
you need to know before your wedding about being married and
staying happily married
The next best thing to attending
an MST seminar
Click here for order
info.
Frankly, we believe that
attending an MST seminar is the best preparation for your marriage
because of the interactive learning format, among other reasons.
We know though that not everyone can attend a seminar, so our Guide
to Marriage Success is based on our popular seminar to give
these couples 'the next best thing.' We also know that reading this
book and doing some of the exercises will convince many couples
of the value of also attending a seminar. (And we'll credit the
price of your book purchase toward your seminar registration, should
you decide to attend later.)
Contents
Introduction
Marriage
Success & Failure
Bonding & Intimacy – Styles & Strategies
Relate
Inventory
Communication
Fighting & Conflict Resolution - Major Life Decision-Making
Supplemental Inventory
Inventory Reviews
Family of Origin & In-Law Issues
First-Year (and Beyond) Marriage Expectations
Sexuality
Optional Topic: Becoming Parents
Optional Topic: Exploring Cultural, Racial and Religious Differences
Financial Issues
Balancing Family and Work
Optional Topic: Remarriage
Optional Topic: Stepfamilies
Friendship & Commitment
Summary Wrap-Up
Evaluation
Suggested Reading
Appendices
Stress Management
Time Management
Why buy a book like
this?
Books like The Hard
Questions are great for helping you and your partner understand
each other better. But they DON'T help you to communicate more effectively
about what you discover. And there ARE critical facts about marriage
success and failure that you must understand in order to beat the
odds that are stacked against you. Now the surprising results of
scientific marriage research and advice on how to these apply to
your relationship are distilled for you in one place by marriage
success experts Patty & Greg Kuhlman, originators of Marriage
Success Training premarital education seminars. (Click the About
Us link on the menus above or below to learn more our backgrounds
and qualifications.)
Unlike many other marriage
prep books and workbooks, this book is a comprehensive approach
that doesn't attempt to market itself to you as 'the ten questions
you must answer' or the 'seven keys to marriage' or any other overly
simplistic formula. Just like our seminar, it doesn't take a one-size-fits-all
approach. Instead, it helps you understand the advantages of a variety
of success strategies and which may be right for your marriage.
We don't advocate a pre-packaged
system of techniques, although we will tell you about these systems.
Instead, we present you with a range of options (based on the best,
most recent scientific research) to promote marriage success and
give you ways to select those that suit you best according to your
relationship profile (e.g., best tools relative to your respective
communication and conflict management styles, etc.) So, you choose
the approaches that are most comfortable and compatible for you
and your partner. We want to help you find your definition of marriage
success, your goals, and to help you learn about and select the
proven tools that are right for you to get you there.
Of course, you could
take the time to read ten or twenty books, survey the professional
literature and review three or four of the top marriage prep courses
yourself. We've done all that for you, and more, to help you maximize
the success of your marriage with a reasonable investment of your
time and energy. We cut through all of the conflicting advice about
marriage (and help you understand why there is such conflicting
advice) to give you a comprehensive understanding of marriage success,
based on the latest research, as well as time-tested approaches.
There is only one goal
for this book: Maximizing your opportunity to enjoy a happy, enduring,
successful marriage.
Like our seminar, the
book includes a comprehensive set of individual and couple exercises
for each topic to help you and your partner prepare and plan for
an intentionally successful approach to marriage. The exercises
are designed to be completed even by couples who are geographically
separated.
Give yourselves the best
wedding present you'll ever get by preparing for marriage comprehensively.
Marriage preparation is the single most important investment you
can make in the long-term success of your relationship according
to the latest marriage research.
The stayhitched.com
Guide to Marriage Success is an approximately 220 page (we
update and add to the book frequently), spiral-bound, workbook-style
book which includes comprehensive marriage prep information and
exercises for you and your partner.
Sample the content of
the Guide to Marriage Success by clicking on the topics in
the box at the left. These articles will give you a good preview
of our approach to marriage success strategies and the flavor of
the book.
Satisfaction
guaranteed. If you are not completely satisfied, we will refund
the purchase price, less shipping and handling, if you return the
book to us in new / unused condition.
Guide to
Marriage Success is in draft preparation at this time. We are
seeking a publisher and/or agent at this time.
Click here for info on private premarital prep packages and consultations including phone options (which include a draft advance copy of
our Guide to Marriage Success book, available now).
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