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Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

John Gottman · 2023
90/100
👍 Worth It

This is the real thing — four decades of longitudinal research distilled into a practical, readable guide that actually has clinical evidence behind it. Gottman's Four Horsemen framework alone has helped countless couples name what's going wrong before it becomes irreversible. It reads nothing like a textbook, and the exercises genuinely work. One of the most honest, research-backed books on marriage that exists.

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