How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It

Patricia Love, Ed.D. · Steven Stosny, PhD

Dec 2011 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Laural Merlington

About this audiobook

Have you ever had this conversation with your spouse?Wife: "Honey, we need to talk about us." Husband: "Do we have to?" Drs. Patricia Love and Steven Stosny have studied this all-too-familiar dynamic between men and women and have reached a truly shocking conclusion. Even with the best of intentions, talking about your relationship doesn't bring you together, and it will eventually drive you apart. The reason for this is that underneath most couples' fights, there is a biological difference at work. A woman's vulnerability to fear and anxiety makes her draw closer, while a man's subtle sensitivity to shame makes him pull away in response. This is why so many married couples fall into the archetypal roles of nagging wife/stonewalling husband, and why improving a marriage can't happen through words. How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It teaches couples how to get closer in ways that don't require "trying to turn a man into a woman." Rich in stories of couples who have turned their marriages around, and full of practical advice about the behaviors that make and break marriages, this essential guide will help couples find love beyond words.

About the author

Dr. Patricia Love is an acclaimed therapist, speaker, and the author or coauthor of six books, including Hot Monogamy, The Truth About Love, and How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It. She has contributed to numerous magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, and Woman's World.

Steven Stosny, PhD, is founder of CompassionPower, a successful anger-regulation program that he has directed for more than twenty years, and the author of Love without Hurt. You can find him at www.psychologytoday.com.

Laural Merlington has recorded well over one hundred audiobooks and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards, including one for Never Say Die by Susan Jacoby.