The Secrets of Happily Married Women

From the authors of the best-selling The Secrets of Happily Married Men comes the much-anticipated follow-up book The Secrets of Happily Married Women. In their first book, Dr. Haltzman and his coauthor Theresa Foy DiGeronmio outlined a recipe for men about growing a happy marriage: treat marriage with the same sense of purpose, resolve, and single-minded devotion that they have for their job. Although that workplace formula works well for men, an entirely different set of criteria resonate with women. In The Secrets of Happily Married Women, Dr. Haltzman tells us stories from real women who are happy in their relationships. These women know how to get more out of their partners by doing less, by not trying so hard to make men perfect, not dragging them to couples therapy, not expecting them to think or behave like a woman. These are women from Dr. Haltzman's clinical practice and culled from thousands of contributors to his Web site HappilyMarriedWomen.com. They have learned to understand how men really work and tap into men's powerful hard-wired desire to please women and "e;be a better man."e;

From the authors of the best-selling The Secrets of HappilyMarried Men comes the much-anticipated follow-up book TheSecrets of Happily Married Women. In their first book, Dr.Haltzman and his coauthor Theresa Foy DiGeronmio outlined a recipefor men about growing a happy marriage: treat marriage with thesame sense of purpose, resolve, and single-minded devotion thatthey have for their job. Although that workplace formula works wellfor men, an entirely different set of criteria resonate with women.In The Secrets of Happily Married Women, Dr. Haltzmantells us stories from real women who are happy in theirrelationships. These women know how to get more out of theirpartners by doing less, by not trying so hard to make men perfectnot dragging them to couples therapy, not expecting them to thinkor behave like a woman. These are women from Dr. Haltzman'sclinical practice and culled from thousands of contributors to hisWeb site href="HappilyMarriedWomen.com">HappilyMarriedWomen.com.They have learned to understand how men really work and tap intomen's powerful hard-wired desire to please women and "be a betterman."

Acknowledgments viiIntroduction 11. Know Your Husband 72. Nurture His Needs--and Yours 453. Fight Better 634. Talk Less 1035. Have Lots of Sex 1276. Take Charge of Your Own Happiness 1637. Heal Thyself 191Epilogue: When Mamma's Happy, Everybody's Happy 209Notes 211About the Authors 215