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Divorce Busting by Michelle Weiner Davis in paperback, 256 pages published 1993 Simon & Schuster

Nuts and Bolts, Practical, Step by Step.  These terms describe Michelle Weiner's bestseller.  Breaking away from the usual approach – telling you what is wrong with you marriage, you already know that – Michelle gives you practical steps that change you and thereby your marriage.  
       Davis relies on what is called Solution-Oriented Brief Therapy; it deals with the future more than the past. Hence, the practical tips to change your present and future rather than deal with bygone issues.  Don’t worry this is not a book that dives too deeply into theory, though some is present to give you a springboard for her technique.
       While I do believe that past wounds deeply affect our present, I also embrace the book’s concept of changing marriage by changing habits.  Davis offers a bag full of tools to kick start your marriage, change habits, and reach goals.  If your marriage is shaky and you feel helplessly alone, then check out this book.  It especially aims at the isolated spouse whose mate refuses to get help or acknowledge a problem.
       The book is written in three parts and uses life examples to drive home its points.
       Some coaching camps focus on problems, others focus on solutions.  We embrace both models and recommend this book as solution based for the marriage needing practical steps to build a better relationship. Purchase by clicking:

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