Synopses & Reviews
If you want to repair your marriage or build an enduring, fulfilling relationship, step away from the therapist, put down the magazine, and pick up this book. Laura Doyles marriage was in trouble. After five years, her husband had become distant and seemed checked out of their relationship, preferring watching TV to making love. There were frequent fights that ended with tense silences. Marriage counseling made their problems worseeach session seemed to reinforce the feeling that she and her husband were just too far apart.
Desperate to avoid divorcing the man she loved, Laura tried something different: she started talking to happily married women, some for more than 15 years. What she discovered shocked her.
Everything she had heard in marriage counseling was wrong. Laura realized there are basic truths that can help women maintain loving, intimate marriages, such as:
The happiness of your relationship is up to you!
What men want most of all is to be treated with respect. Treat your man with respect (even if you arent feeling it), and he will treat you with love and care.
Your man wants to know he has your trust. Give it to him, and hell realize you are special . . . because you will be!
After seeing her own marriage transform, Laura set out to help other women do the same. In First, Kill All the Marriage Counselors, youll learn Lauras Six Intimacy Skills,” which have been used by over 150,000 women who have turned their unhappy marriages into blissful unions.
First, Kill All the Marriage Counselors will put you on the path to having the sweet, satisfying marriage you want with the man you love!
Review
"This upbeat, contemporary iteration of the authors matrimony model (first seen in her 2001 bestseller
The Surrendered Wife) may help women achieve higher levels of intimacy and stronger partnerships."
Publishers Weekly
"Laura Doyle truly understands how the modern marriage works. Her modern approaches are eye-opening and marriage-saving!"
John Gray, Ph.D., author of Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
"Laura Doyle does it again with First, Kill All the Marriage Counselors, and this time, shes not alone. The anecdotes from other women underline her lesson: women hold the key to improving our marriages."
Fawn Weaver, New York Times bestselling author of The Happy Wives Club
About the Author
Laura Doyle is a
New York Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into 16 languages and published in 27 countries. Over 50,000 women credit her with not only saving their relationships, but also showing them how to become desired, cherished, and adored for life.
She is the founder of Laura Doyle Connect, a multi-national company that provides relationship coaching and programs for single women, girlfriends, and wives all over the world. She has appeared on CBS Evening News, Dateline NBC, The Today Show and The View. Articles about Laura have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The London Telegraph and The New Yorker. She is a regular contributor to The Huffington Post.
Laura lives in Newport Beach, California, with her hilarious husband John Doyle, who has been dressing himself since before she was born.