The Almost-Perfect Marriage: One-minute Relationship Skills - Softcover

"Part self-affirmation series, part cognitive psychology and part meditation on the power of generosity, this is a thoughtful and sincere guide for those seeking to find happiness within." --"Publishers Weekly" on "Choosing Happiness"

"Stephanie Dowrick makes the hard questions simple. She makes the impossible real and possible. Her wisdom is contagious. If anyone can cause a happiness revolution, she can." --Paul Wilson, author, "Instant Calm," on "Choosing Happiness"

"Learned, sensitive, and compassionate: self-help fare at its best." "Kirkus Reviews" on "Intimacy and Solitude""

Stephanie Dowrick makes the hard questions simple. She makes the impossible real and possible. Her wisdom is contagious. If anyone can cause a happiness revolution, she can. Paul Wilson, author, "Instant Calm," on "Choosing Happiness""

Part self-affirmation series, part cognitive psychology and part meditation on the power of generosity, this is a thoughtful and sincere guide for those seeking to find happiness within. "Publishers Weekly" on "Choosing Happiness""

Aimed at readers who are short on time, this relationship guide from the author of Choosing Happiness offers quick moments of clarity and practical insight that will make a difference to any committed relationship In this wise and beautiful book, a foremost self-help author gently and confidently leads readers towards the attitudes and actions that will best support a genuinely loving intimate relationship?even with the extreme demands of contemporary life.The principles of good humor, kindness, and thoughtfulness are explored as the keys to genuinely rewarding and robust relationships. Combining inspiration with information, each page is a distinct "thought," most of them short enough to be read very quickly, yet with sufficient depth to bring people back to a more loving and generous frame of mind. This guide is suitable for people in all kinds of committed intimate relationships, and for people at all stages of their relationships from the newly committed to those who have been together for years.