Building a Love that Lasts The Seven Surprising Secrets of Successful Marriage

The "Best Relationship Book of 2008" is now in paperbackDrs. Charles and Elizabeth Schmitz's award-winning book reveals how to sustain a long-term loving marriage. In addition to exploring the seven key ingredients that define a successful marriage-togetherness, truthfulness, respect and kindness, staying fit, joint finances, tactile communication, and surprise and unpredictability-the authors have included hundreds of insightful and practical interviews with happy couples. Focuses on what's right about a successful relationship, rather than what's wrong Written by a popular and very active couple known as "the marriage doctors," who lead lectures, training, workshops, and other events every week all over the country Contains candid interviews with a diverse collection of happily married couples from around the worldThis book offers a positive, upbeat approach to living happily ever after.

Dr. Charles D. Schmitz is dean and professor of counseling and family therapy, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and his wife, Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz, is president of their joint enterprise, Successful Marriage Reflections, LLC. Married for 4.3-plus years, they live in St. Louis, Missouri.