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The Man's Guide to Women

Scientifically Proven Secrets from the Love Lab About What Women Really Want
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Based on 40 years of cutting-edge research from John Gottman's renowned Love Lab, The Man's Guide to Women reveals a science-backed approach to understanding what women truly want in men. This definitive guide covers everything from initiating connections, building emotional intimacy, to satisfying a partner intimately, and recognising when a relationship is flourishing. Coauthored by relationship experts including John Gottman and Julie Schwartz Gottman, the book is a practical playbook for men seeking lasting love.
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Essential reading for men interested in building meaningful, successful romantic relationships backed by scientific research. Also valuable for couples and those studying relationship dynamics.

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A great "philosopher" once said "trying to understand women is like trying to smell the color 9." But the fact is, men can understand women to their great benefit. All they need is the right teacher. There is no better teacher than John Gottman, a world-renowned relationships researcher.

The Man's Guide to Women offers the science based answers to the question: what do women really want in a man? The book explains the hallmarks of manhood that most women find attractive, and helps men hone those skills to be the man she desires.

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Results from world-renowned relationship expert John Gottman's famous Love Lab have proven an incredible truth—men make or break relationships. Based on 40 years of research, The Man's Guide to Women unlocks the mystery of how to attract, satisfy, and succeed with a woman for a lifetime. For the first time ever, there is a science-based answer to the age-old question—what do women really want in a man?

Dr. Gottman, author of the New York Times bestseller The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, and his wife and collaborator, clinical psychologist Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, have pored over the research along with bestselling coauthors Douglas Abrams and Rachel Carlton Abrams, MD. Together, they have written this definitive guide for men, providing answers on everything from how to approach a woman and build a connection with her, to how to truly satisfy her in bed, and know when the relationship is on the right track. The Man's Guide to Women is a must-have playbook for how to play—and win—the game of love.

A must-have playbook for how to play—and win—the game of love, from the New York Times bestselling authors of Fight Right and The Seven Principles.

"If you want to learn how to be the best man and partner you can be, look no further."—Lewis Howes, author of The School of Greatness

"No pressure gentlemen, but this book might just support you in leading us all toward salvation and harmony."—Alanis Morissette

For the first time ever, there is a science-based answer to the age-old question—what do women really want in a man?

Results from world-renowned relationship experts the Gottmans' famous Love Lab have proven an incredible truth—men make or break relationships. The Man's Guide to Women provides answers on everything from how to approach a woman and build a connection with her, to how to truly satisfy her in bed, to how to know when the relationship is on the right track.

Based on forty years of research, The Man's Guide to Women is the definitive guide for men that unlocks the mystery of how to attract, satisfy, and succeed with a woman for a lifetime.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781623361846

Publisher: Rodale Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 February 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: Rodale Press

Illustration: 25 BLACK & WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 21.0mm

Width: 142.0mm

Height: 221.0mm

Weight: 363g

Pages: 224

About the Author

Julie Gottman, PhD, is the cofounder of The Gottman Institute and cofounder of Affective Software, Inc. A highly respected clinical psychologist, she is theauthor of the national bestsellerEight Dates and theNew York Times bestsellerThe Love Prescription. She is sought internationally by media and organizations as an expert adviser on marriage, domestic violence, post-traumatic stress disorders, gay and lesbian adoption, and parenting issues. John Gottman, PhD, is world-renowned for his work on marital stability and divorce prediction. Dr. Gottman has conducted over fifty years of breakthrough research with thousands of couples. He is the cofounder of The Gottman Institute and Affective Software, Inc., as well as the author of over 200 published academic articles and author or coauthor of more than forty books, including theNew York TimesbestsellersThe Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work and The Love Prescriptionand the national bestsellerEight Dates. Doug and Rachel Abrams, MD, are coauthors of The Multi-Orgasmic Man and The Multi-Orgasmic Couple. They live in Santa Cruz, CA.

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