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  • Published: 17 September 2019
  • ISBN: 9780241988350
  • Imprint: Penguin Life
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $26.00

Eight Dates

To keep your relationship happy, thriving and lasting




What are the signs of a thriving long term relationship? The Gottman Institute 'Love Lab' doctors reveal the golden rules of making love last.

What really makes a relationship work? How can we stay interested in our partner for ever? How can we be happier in our marriage?

Doctors John and Julie Gottman have spent over three decades studying the habits of 3000 couples. Within 10 minutes of meeting a couple, they can predict who will stay happily together or who will split up, with 94% accuracy. Based on their findings, they have now created an easy series of eight dates - spanning commitment; trust; conflict; intimacy; sex; fun; work; money; and family values - that will lead to a happier, lasting love life.

Eight Dates draws on rigorous scientific and psychological research about how we fall in love using case studies of real-life couples whose relationships have improved after committing time to each other and following the dates. Full of innovative exercises and conversation starters to explore ways to deepen each aspect of the relationship, Eight Dates is an essential resource that makes a relationship fulfilling.

  • Published: 17 September 2019
  • ISBN: 9780241988350
  • Imprint: Penguin Life
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $26.00

Praise for Eight Dates

[A]n instant hit... If you've been married forever and think this book isn't for you, (dates??), think again

Oprah.com

A radical book from the world's top relationship councillors reveals the 8 dates that could make your marriage last forever

Daily Mail

Whether you are already in a long term committed relationship or are just starting one, Eight Dates is an essential guide to building and maintaining true and lasting love. Based on decades of scientific studies and clinical wisdom from our world's leading visionaries in romance, this fabulous book will enable you to engage in fun and constructive conversations to nurture a love that can grow for a lifetime!

Daniel J. Siegel, author of 'Aware: The Science and Practice of Presence'

How to save a relationship in eight dates

Red Magazine

[A]n instant hit... If you've been married forever and think this book isn't for you, (dates??), think again

Oprah.com