Essential Guide to a Lasting Marriage

If you're going to say "I do", you want to mean it...for a lifetime.

Today, many couples struggle with keeping their marriages alive-maybe because they look at marriage as a job instead of an emotional partnership. In this insightful and practical guide, the authors share concrete insights and ideas that can help carry a couple along life's long romantic journey together.

• Down-to-earth accessible advice filled with real-life anecdotes.

• Addresses each stage of a lifelong relationship.

Martin Tashman, PhD, has been a relationship and marriage counselor for more than 30 years. He is the author of three books on relationships: The Relationship Rescue Manual, Helping Relationships and Marriages Heal from the Trauma of Infidelity, and The Essential Guide to a Lasting Marriage (with Karla R. Dougherty).Karla Dougherty is a freelance writer specializing in the fields of medicine, nutrition, and general health. She is the author of Less Than Crazy: Living Fully with Bipolar II and coauthor of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to First Aid Basics (with Stephen J. Rosenberg, MD) and The Essential Guide to a Lasting Marriage (with Martin Tashman, PhD).