From MBW on the MLC archives:

Here are some other good ones I have read, or that were recommended to me by relationship councilors over the last while. Some have some good scientific facts, others add a little humor, but they are all helpful:

His Needs, Her Needs How to affair proof a marriage - by Dr. Harley (works for marriages that arent in an adultry situation too.)

How To Hug a Porcupine: Dealing with Toxic and Difficult to Love Personalities - Dr. John Lund

The Case for Marriage- Linda Waite and Maggie Gallasker

Avoiding Emotional Divorce - Dr. John Lund

Hope for the Separated: Wounded marriages can be healed - Gary Chapman

Marital Relationships Seminar - Douglas E. Brinley

Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps - Barbara Pease

Why Marriages Succeed of Fail: And How you can Make Your's Last - John M. Gottman

When Men Batter Women: New INsites into Ending Abusive Relationships - John M. Gottman

The Marriage Clinic: A Scientifically Based Marital Therapy - John M. Gottman


M38, H37
S3, S7
Together 15 yrs
Married 8 yrs
Bomb July 2008
Inhouse separation
"I hate you" "We are over" (too many times to count)
Reconciled Sept 2009 (still worth it)