Doing some research for a presentation on healthy marriages & parenting! (Also personal research... my husband‘s and my first baby due this July!🤰🏻)
Lots of shared quotes and facts, but different perspectives - memoir, self help, theory.
-The All-Or-Nothing Marriage by Finkel ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
-And Baby Makes Three by Gottman ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
-Babyproofing Your Marriage by Cockrell ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
-How To Not Hate Your Husband After You Have Kids by Dunn ⭐️⭐️⭐️
‘Nobody would seek to be successful at playing the violin by waiting for the right instrument to come along, but many of us seek to be successful at relationships by waiting for the right partner to come along.‘ Wow, I needed that!
pickQuick read in stolen moments, like this one on the train from Santa Fe. This is a good but not great book that synthesizes recent psychological research. It argues for a new cultural paradigm visualizing Maslow‘s hierarchy as a 3-D ‘mountain‘ instead of a 2-D pyramid. Interesting and useful concept, as he makes the case that marriages need not always be focused on those ‘mountain-top experiences.‘ A ‘good-enough‘ marriage is often good enough.
Reading an ARC from #NetGalley. I'm enjoying so far the exploration into the history of marriage, and finding vindication for my belief that your spouse can't meet all your emotional needs, nor should they be expected to!
The All-Or-Nothing Marriage: How the Best Marriages Work | 
