M. Gary Neuman

How to maintain a strong marriage no matter what comes your way Now more than ever, couples are facing tough times that can impact on even the strongest of marriages. In In Good Times and Bad, family counselor and relationships expert M. Gary Neuman and his wife, Melisa, take a look at one of the biggest issues couples face, money management, and give you the tools you need to deal with whatever financial challenges come your way. The Neumans explain why it's so important to talk about money in your marriage and offer strategies on how to discuss this often avoided topic. No matter what your age or how long you've been together, In Good Times and Bad will teach you how to come together when it matters most. Learn what money means to you and how to strengthen your marriage even during challenging times Includes strategies for dealing with other tough times such as grieving or serious illness From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Truth about Cheating In Good Times and Bad is the tool you need to ensure your relationship remains strong through all of life's ups and downs.

What's holding you back from a great marriage? "I don't believe in 'okay,' 'decent,' or 'solid' marriages. I'm against them," says M. Gary Neuman. "I believe only in great marriages, and that you should expect and reach for no less." In the last fifteen years, M. Gary Neuman, marital therapist and architect of the Sandcastles Divorce Therapy Program, has helped thousands of couples in crisis. Couples who fight. Who've grown apart. Who are stuck in relationships that run more on routine and rancor than love and understanding. What he's found is that, contrary to popular belief, the problem is usually not poor communication. It's the failure to put most of your focus into your marriage. You've only got so much energy. Are you spending it by being emotionally unfaithful?Take a quick check: Do you send that funny e-mail to your friends at work--but not to your spouse? Do you chew over all the problems on the job so thoroughly with your colleagues that by the time you get home, you just don't feel like going into it all over again? Do you get a secret thrill out of flirting with coworkers--thinking it's safe because you know it's not going any further? If so, you're committing emotional infidelity--and you're draining your marriage of the energy it needs to be great. Learning how to break this cycle is one of eleven secrets M. Gary Neuman shares in his provocative new book.Based on the ten-week program he's developed in his successful couples counseling practice, the book offers guidelines that are often counterintuitive, even outrageous or shocking. But they work. Dare to limit contact with members of the opposite sex. Dare to need each other. Dare to put in writing the nitty-gritty realities of a marriage plan. Dare to put your marriage before your kids or job. Dare to make love in a whole new way. Dare to change your focus: make the commitment to focus on each of the eleven secrets (ten plus one bonus secret) for one week apiece and you'll reap the rewards of a transformed marriage and a reconfirmed relationship.M. Gary Neuman's program is guaranteed to challenge you and make you reexamine the myths holding you back from true happiness and satisfaction. It will change your marriage forever.From the Hardcover edition.

"What women want from a relationship-based on new research from the New York Times bestselling author Couples 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 programs. Written 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."-- "Book is written for women and men in a compassionate, down-to-earth tone; this is the first book to incorporate Neuman's new research (conducted partly via Oprah.com using real Oprah viewers as subjects) on what makes women dissatisfied and what women really want from their relationships - Book is addressed to couples so men can share Neuman's advice as well as women"--