Prologue: The Breakdown before the Breakthrough
Quiz: Can You Tell the Good Relationship Advice from the Bad Advice?
1 The Marriage Counselor Had No Clothes
2 Wives, Marriage Is Up to You
THE SIX INTIMACY SKILLS™
SKILL #1: Replenish Your Spirit with Self-Care
3 You Are Not a Smaller, Less-Hairy Man
4 The More You Know What You Want, the Better
5 Express Your Desires in a Way That Inspires
7 What Were You Thinking When You Said Yes to the Dress?
8 Your Husband Doesn’t Want Your Opinion
9 Why Wives Cause Most Divorces and What to Do Instead
10 Your Husband Is Smarter Than You Think
11 Pretend You Love Your Husband More Than Your Children
12 Dishonesty Is the Best Policy
SKILL #3: Relinquish Control of Your Man
15 Top 10 Ways to Control Your Husband (None of These Work)
16 Get Him to Do More by Doing Less
17 Your Husband Is Better with Money Than You Are
SKILL #4: Receive, Receive, Receive!
18 How to Get More Gifts, Compliments, and Help
SKILL #5: Reveal Your Heart with Vulnerability
19 What Made Your Man Fall for You (and Still Melts Him Every Time)
21 How to Get off the Fence and Be Happy about It
22 Why Sex Is Better When You’re Married (and What to Do If It’s Not)
SKILL #6: Refocus Your View with Gratitude
23 The Most Powerful Intimacy Skill of All
24 The Power of the Spouse-Fulfilling Prophecy