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What Makes Love Last?

How to Build Trust and Avoid Betrayal

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What Makes Love Last?

Written by: Nan Silver, John M. Gottman
Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
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Dr. John Gottman, the country's preeminent researcher on marriage, is famous for his Love Lab at the University of Washington in Seattle where he deciphers the mysteries of human relationships through scientific research. His 35 years of exploration have earned him numerous awards, including from the National Institute of Mental Health, the American Psychological Association, and the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Now, Dr. Gottman offers surprising findings and advice on the characteristic that is at the heart of all relationships: trust. Dr. Gottman has developed a formula that precisely calculates any couple's loyalty level. The results determine a relationship's likely future, including the potential for one or both partners to stray.

What Makes Love Last? shows couples how to bolster their trust level and avoid what Dr. Gottman calls the "Roach Motel for Lovers". He describes how the outcome of "sliding door moments", small pivotal points between a couple, can lead either to more emotional connection or to discontent. He suggests a new approach to handling adultery and reveals the varied and unexpected nonsexual ways that couples often betray each other.

What Makes Love Last? guides couples through an empirically tested, trust-building program that will help them repair and maintain any long-term, intimate romantic relationship.

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©2012 John M Gottman, PhD, and Nan Silver (P)2012 Tantor
Love & Romance Marriage Personal Development Psychology Romance Sex Instruction Infidelity Physical Exercise Mental Health
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"The practical tools to evaluate current relationships and step-by-step methods for avoiding betrayal, repairing relationships heading toward crisis, or healing a relationship after a crisis will be useful to couples who want to look honestly at healing chronic hurts and improving the state of their relationship, and are ready for a system to help them." (Publishers Weekly)

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Perhaps not Gottman's best book, but Pretty Good

The narration is a little annoying, especially in the beginning, but it's not awful and you get used to him after a few chapters.

The content is mostly good, well researched, etc. I'm going to be checking out Gottman's primary publication, since he is perhaps the biggest psychological authority on the topic.

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Get the paperback

This John Gottman book has tremendous value but I actually preferred 7 Principles for Making a Marriage Work and would recommend that one over this one. Also, I feel a written version would be a better bet. Still a good book but consider the alternatives.

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