The Essential Guide to a Lasting Marriage

Learn the Secrets of “Happily Ever After” Through Good Times and Bad

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.
Adele Puhn, M.S., C.N.S., is the author of the New York Times bestseller The 5 Day Miracle Diet. A weight-loss and nutritional consultant with a thriving private practice on Long Island, New York, and in Manhattan, she has an M.S. in Medical Biology and a Certificate in Clinical Nutrition, as well as the title Certified Nutrition Specialist from The Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists. A popular speaker and lecturer, she lives in Great Neck, New York, with her husband. View titles by Karla Dougherty
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 ManualHelping Relationships and Marriages Heal from the Trauma of Infidelity, and The Essential Guide to a Lasting Marriage (with Karla R. Dougherty). View titles by Martin Tashman Ph.D.

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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.

Author

Adele Puhn, M.S., C.N.S., is the author of the New York Times bestseller The 5 Day Miracle Diet. A weight-loss and nutritional consultant with a thriving private practice on Long Island, New York, and in Manhattan, she has an M.S. in Medical Biology and a Certificate in Clinical Nutrition, as well as the title Certified Nutrition Specialist from The Certification Board for Nutrition Specialists. A popular speaker and lecturer, she lives in Great Neck, New York, with her husband. View titles by Karla Dougherty
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 ManualHelping Relationships and Marriages Heal from the Trauma of Infidelity, and The Essential Guide to a Lasting Marriage (with Karla R. Dougherty). View titles by Martin Tashman Ph.D.

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