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The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work
by John Gottman, Ph.D.

Just as Masters and Johnson were pioneers in the study of human sexuality, so Dr. John Gottman has revolutionized the study of marriage. The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, provides powerful evidence, and concrete guidelines, for making marriage work. What are the seven principles? Maintain a love map; foster fondness and admiration; turn toward inst ead of away; accept your partner's influence; solve solvable conflicts; cope with unresolvable conflicts; create shared meaning. Packed with questionnaires and exercises, this book guides you toward a harmonious and long-lasting relationship. A supplement to the book, Why Marriages Succeed or Fail.

 

Sometimes it is said that "you are what you eat." It is literally true that there is nothing in our bodies that is not built from what we eat. All the details of our bodies even their microscopic and submicroscopic structures, have to be built using materials we put into our mouths as food. Bodies can be well or poorly built simply because of the quality of food that is eaten. This book helps the reader to understand vitamins, minerals, amino acids, essential fatty acids at the cellular level. Nutrition is key to our well being. The Wonderful World Within You also introduces the concept of nutricircles, easy to understand, graphical representation an analysis of 42 nutrients and the degree to which they are present in a food.