Connect to Love : The Keys to Transforming Your Relationship

by Neuman, M. Gary

• ISBN13: 9780470491560
• ISBN10: 0470491566
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-01-04
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

What women want from a relationship-based on new research from the New York Times bestselling authorCouples can grow stronger by understanding what women need from a romantic relationship. In What Women Want, family counselor and relationships expert M. Gary Neuman explores the problems that women face in their marriages or relationships that might make them dissatisfied with their partners-or willing to stray. Neuman reveals the startling discoveries he made through his in-depth new research of more than five hundred women. When it comes to sexual intimacy, for instance, wives who are satisfied with their marriages have sex more than twice as frequently than those who are dissatisfied or who are inclined to cheat. Includes surprising findings on sex, emotional issues, communication, and more Gives men and women tools for improving a relationship From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Truth about Cheating Neuman has been a frequent guest on Oprah, Today, and other programsWritten with a compassionate and down-to-earth tone, What Women Want will open your eyes to see relationships in a new way and empower yourself and your partner for change.

Author Biography

M. Gary Neuman is a licensed family counselor and rabbi.¿He¿is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Truth about Cheating, In Good Times and Bad, Emotional Infidelity: How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage and 10 Other Secrets to a Great Relationship, and Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way. He has been a frequent guest on Oprah and the Today show and has appeared on Good Morning America, The View, Dateline NBC, NBC Nightly News, and CBS Weekend News. Neuman and his work have been covered in Time, People, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Parents, and Parenting magazines as well as the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and the Miami Herald. For more information, visit the author's website at www.mgaryneuman.com.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Connecting to What Women Want
The Connect to Love Questionnaire	p. 17
Veronica's Story: It's Complicated	p. 25
Enjoy Your Time Together	p. 33
Appreciation = Value	p. 57
Understanding Does Wonders	p. 75
Women and Sex	p. 103
Connecting to Love
Turn Back Time, Just Have Fun	p. 147
The Two-Week Connect to Love Program	p. 155
Always Be Honest	p. 167
Connecting to Love for Good
How to Make Real Changes That Last	p. 175
How Women Can Communicate More Openly	p. 203
How Men Can Choose to Have a Great Relationship	p. 219
Epilogue: Make Your Partner Feel Like Your Top Priority	p. 233
Therapy Can Make a Difference	p. 239
Keeping Your Relationship Safe at Work	p. 241
Women Who Stray	p. 245
Index	p. 253
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