The Seven-Day Love Prescription

'This book feels so hopeful because it's direct, it's really honest, and it's so actionable' Brené Brown 
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What makes love last? Why do some couples stay together forever, while others fall apart? Is there a formula for building a love that lasts? How can you revive and renew your relationship in just seven days? 
 
For the past fifty years, Drs. John and Julie Gottman have been studying love. The Seven-Day Love Prescription distils their work into an accessible, bite-size, seven-day action plan for deeper intimacy. Taking you through their most foundational findings, the Gottmans will help you build a love that lasts in just seven days. Through small, immediately actionable daily steps, they will help you to shift your relationship for the better, providing trusted antidotes to common issues from loneliness and emotional and physical disconnection, to drifting apart and losing that loving feeling. These will teach you how to: 
 
· Connect and check in with each other 
· Ask each other big, open-ended questions 
· Show appreciation and gratitude by saying thank you 
· Give your partner a genuine compliment 
· Communicate what you need 
· Create moments of physical connection 
· Declare a date night 
 
No matter who you are, or what kind of relationship you want to strengthen, The Seven-Day Love Prescription is guaranteed to provide you with the practical tools to transform any relationship in your life for the better. The Gottmans prove that small frequent changes over just seven days can strengthen the foundations of all relationships, allow them to flourish, and create big, long-lasting change over time. 
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'There isn't a marriage or romantic partnership out there that won't benefit from this book' New York Journal of Books

'This book feels so hopeful because it's direct, it's really honest, and it's so actionable'

'There isn't a marriage or romantic partnership out there that won't benefit from this book'

'The Gottmans are the nation's leading marriage researchers and educators'

'John and Julie Gottman are the renowned experts on marital stability'

'If you follow their astute advice in this insightful book, you can win big. It's a gem'

Dr. Helen Fisher, Senior Research Fellow at The Kinsey Institute

John Schwartz Gottman (Author) JOHN GOTTMAN, PHD, is the bestselling author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work and numerous acclaimed books. His breakthrough work has won him four National Institute of Mental Health Research Science Awards, and he is a frequent guest on national media. He also co-founded the Gottman Institute with his wife, Julie. Julie Schwartz Gottman (Author) JULIE SCHWARTZ GOTTMAN, PHD, is an award-winning psychologist, co-creator of the Art and Science of Love weekend workshops, and author or co-author of five books, including Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage.

How can you revive and renew your relationship in just seven days? 
 
For the past fifty years, Drs. John and Julie Gottman have been studying love. This book distils their work into an accessible, bite-size, seven-day action plan for deeper intimacy. Taking you through their most foundational findings, the Gottmans will help you build a love that lasts in just seven days. Through small, immediately actionable daily steps, they will help you to shift your relationship for the better, providing trusted antidotes to common issues from loneliness and emotional and physical disconnection, to drifting apart and losing that loving feeling. These will teach you how to: 
 
· Connect and check in with each other 
· Ask each other big, open-ended questions 
· Show appreciation and gratitude by saying thank you 
· Give your partner a genuine compliment 
· Communicate what you need 
· Create moments of physical connection 
· Declare a date night 
 
No matter who you are, or what kind of relationship you want to strengthen, The Seven-Day Love Prescription is guaranteed to provide you with the practical tools to transform any relationship in your life for the better. The Gottmans prove that small frequent changes over just seven days can strengthen the foundations of all relationships, allow them to flourish, and create big, long-lasting change over time.

To keep your relationship happy, thriving and lasting

Eight Dates

What really makes a relationship work? How can we stay interested in our partner for ever? How can we be happier in our marriage? 
 
Doctors John and Julie Gottman have spent over three decades studying the habits of 3000 couples. Within 10 minutes of meeting a couple, they can predict who will stay happily together or who will split up, with 94% accuracy. Based on their findings on the ingredients to a happy, lasting love life, they have now created an easy series of eight dates, spanning: 
 
- commitment &amp; trust 
- conflict resolution 
- intimacy &amp; sex 
- fun &amp; adventure 
- work &amp; money 
- family values 
- growth &amp; spirituality 
- goals &amp; aspirations 
 
Eight Dates draws on rigorous scientific and psychological research about how we fall in love using case studies of real-life couples whose relationships have improved after committing time to each other and following the dates. Full of innovative exercises and conversation starters to explore ways to deepen each aspect of the relationship, Eight Dates is an essential resource that makes a relationship fulfilling. 
 
'Can a marriage really be understood? Yes it can. Gottman shows us how' Malcolm Gladwell, author of Blink

A radical book from the world's top relationship councillors reveals the 8 dates that could make your marriage last forever

[A]n instant hit... If you've been married forever and think this book isn't for you, (dates??), think again

Whether you are already in a long term committed relationship or are just starting one, Eight Dates is an essential guide to building and maintaining true and lasting love. Based on decades of scientific studies and clinical wisdom from our world's leading visionaries in romance, this fabulous book will enable you to engage in fun and constructive conversations to nurture a love that can grow for a lifetime!

Daniel J. Siegel, author of 'Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence'

How to save a relationship in eight dates

What really makes a relationship work? How can we stay interested in our partner for ever? How can we be happier in our marriage? 
 
Doctors John and Julie Gottman have spent over three decades studying the habits of 3000 couples. Within 10 minutes of meeting a couple, they can predict who will stay happily together or who will split up, with 94% accuracy. Based on their findings, they have now created an easy series of eight dates - spanning commitment; trust; conflict; intimacy; sex; fun; work; money; and family values - that will lead to a happier, lasting love life. 
 
Eight Dates draws on rigorous scientific and psychological research about how we fall in love using case studies of real-life couples whose relationships have improved after committing time to each other and following the dates. Full of innovative exercises and conversation starters to explore ways to deepen each aspect of the relationship, Eight Dates is an essential resource that makes a relationship fulfilling.

John Schwartz Gottman

Julie Schwartz Gottman

This book is an indispensable resource that couples will use over and over again

Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Foundational to finding the love that most of us are searching for

The Gottmans have 50 years&rsquo; worth of relationship know-how

"John and Julie Gottman, with their decades of experience working intimately with couples, know that the road to finding your purpose and fulfilling your dreams is often through conflict. If we don't learn how to do conflict well, we're going to be stuck, disconnected, and unfulfilled. Couples today really need clear, compassionate, and science-based guidance in this arena, and as the world's leading love experts, the Gottmans are the trusted voice to guide them."

—Jay Shetty, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Think Like a Monk

‘The world’s top relationship therapists (who’ve been blissfully married for 36 years!)’

"John and Julie Gottman bring their decades of research to the hot topic of what we're fighting about, and how we can fight better. I don't know of another resource out there like this one, with so much landmark science, vivid storytelling, and clear tools in every chapter. This book is a gift to its readers."

—Susan David, PhD, bestselling author of Emotional Agility

"Drs. John and Julie Gottman have crafted a masterful guide about the importance of fighting and the skills needed to grow from having necessary disputes."

—Nedra Glover Tawwab, New York Times bestselling author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace

"A profound new take on conflict from the world's leading relationship experts, Fight Right is poised to be the kind of classic that 7 Principles of Making Marriage Work has become. This book is for all couples, from those who are in crisis to those who may think they have a perfect relationship. A brilliant paradigm shift on conflict, with clear guidance for how to repair ruptures right."

—Daniel Siegel, MD, author of New York Times bestsellers Aware, The Whole Brain Child, No Drama Discipline, Brainstorm, and more

How Successful Couples Turn Conflict into Connection

Conflict is the number one reason that couples seek help and resources. Fight Right will teach you how to avoid the five critical mistakes that couples often make during conflict, and instead, teach you how to 'fight right' and use conflict as an opportunity for greater intimacy, deeper connection, and lasting love. 
 
Using decades of research, compelling case studies and a new international study, Dr Gottman and Dr Schwartz Gottman prove that even couples who are truly struggling in conflict and have really lost their way are able to recover and find their way back to each other. For those couples in crisis, or those who want to change their relationship dynamic, Fight Right is the go-to guide to understanding how to fight better, offering urgent and perennial lessons for healthy conflict.

John Schwartz Gottman

Praise for Fight Right

This book is an indispensable resource that couples will use over and over again

Foundational to finding the love that most of us are searching for

The Gottmans have 50 years’ worth of relationship know-how

This book is an indispensable resource that couples will use over and over again

Foundational to finding the love that most of us are searching for

The Gottmans have 50 years’ worth of relationship know-how

This book is an indispensable resource that couples will use over and over again

Foundational to finding the love that most of us are searching for

The Gottmans have 50 years’ worth of relationship know-how

Books by John Schwartz Gottman

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