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Great book! I LOVE IT! We hope to try to concieve in the next few months and wish meluck! We already have a beautiful baby girl, we'd like to give her a baby brother:)

This is the best book i have ever read!!! Now we just have to see when it works.

Well we started to use the methods in the book. My husband skipped right to the part on what to do to concieve the sex you want. I tried to read the whole book. There is just a lot of junk before you get to the good stuff. I won't be able to tell you if it worked or not though, we got pregnant before we got to try the methods.

We are getting ready to put this book into practice. There is a lot of history included, and it is interesting and well written. When you finally get to the method, it is easy to follow and well outlined. At 36 I learned a lot more about my body and how my cycles work by reading this book. With my second child I had to follow chart my BBT and it never really worked well since my cycles seemed so irregular. This book made it clear what to look for and I found out my ovulation is not as irregular as I had thought. So after two boys, we are almost ready to start trying for baby number three. I would love to have another healthy baby... but it would be nice if we had a girl. Be very careful to understand, you should want another baby - boy or girl- and this book may aid in tipping the scales toward one or the other. We will see...

I have not read the updated version, but my husband and I read the book 18 years ago and gave birth to a boy after having two girls. It's not a guarantee, but might help sway the odds. The book is prefaced with the warning that if you would be devastated to get the sex of child you were not trying for, don't even try. Very informative, and if the revised version is like the original, the chapter on myths is hilarious and worth the price of the book. Good luck to all.

Ken Blanchard is one of the authors of this book. You may remember him from such other books as The One Minute Manager series or Gung Ho. Blanchard Companies, Inc. is a ringleader in the positive management movement and this book continues that legacy with another great idea that you can learn and start using in mere minutes.

Whale Done! is based on the techniques used in training killer whales at SeaWorld. The initial message that grabbed my attention and interest was this: "You don't punish a killer whale and then ask a trainer to get in the water with him."

Talk about illuminating the pitfalls of negative reinforcement! Imagine that for a second.

From this initial precept and experience in working with killer whales, the authors build and demonstrate a system you can use for managing the relationships in your life--both business and personal relationships.

Much of what is here can be found in other management resources in different formats and styles. One of the signature elements in the Blanchard books I have read is that they take ideas and information and simplify them.

Occasionally, it may seem a bit over-simplified, especially when you are used to reading weightier tomes. But, it is a mistake to assume that simplicity means inferiority. Learning the skills and techniques in this book alone can have a hugely positive impact on your relationships.

Praising positive performance is not a new idea. We all know it and we've heard it before. We believe in it and we encourage it. But, we backslide and give up and fall back to our old patterns of negative reinforcement. It is hard to change our habitual responses.

This book can help change those habits, though, with its easy-to-remember tips and examples for accentuating the positive and for how to "redirect" when someone makes a mistake. Redirection is a key element of this book, too. It's not all Pollyanna Positive Praising. People do screw up. Screw-ups cost time and money and praising screw-ups is as counterproductive as it is counterintuitive. So, we redirect -- essentially, with more communication and training.

In working with people of the Gen X and Millennial generations, it is imperative that we learn to manage in a more cooperative, team-oriented and positive manner. Baby Boomers might initially have a difficult time with this style, since most of their experiences are with more authoritative, negative-consequences-based systems. But, regardless of one's generation, most of us can agree that a positive environment is far better than a negative one.

Whale Done! is not just a business book. It has several chapters on using the same principles in your personal relationships, too, including with your spouse and with your children. So, you might find it in the psychology section of your library or bookstore if not in the Business Section.

Highly recommended for anyone wanting to improve their leadership skills and their relationship skills.

This book gives you the key secret of how to get people to do what you want them to do - AND be happy about it! Whether they are your team mates, your employees, your friends or your kids, THIS STUFF WORKS!!!

I purchased this book as a reading for my management class in college and I love it! Although the story is fictional, the idea behind it is real. Perfect book for someone starting their own business or someone who is having a hard time running one!

Easy read, but got all I needed from chapter two. (I did read the whole book.) All these books are overpriced, so if your interested go to your library and check it out. If your short on time, just read chapter 2.

However with that said, the information is solid and helpful.

An excellent book on the power of positive reinforcement and the importance of focussing on what is being done right rather than wrong. Ken Blanchard has once again created a powerful story to help illustrate key points and make reading this book fun and memorable.

So intriguing are the principles presented in this book that I actually travelled to Sea World San Diego and spent a day working hands-on with their trainers to learn it first-hand (great program - TFD - Trainer for the Day also highly recommended).

The book is a nice quick read and you may find yourself reading it several times it is so compelling. It is good addition to one's personal library as I have referred back to it a number of times as I have had to deal with difficult co-workers, working with challenging children, etc.

Enjoy this book and apply its simple principles in your life!

This book can be a little redundant at times but still delivers great information. There are so many examples of things that are probably happening in your relationship right now (if you've been married as long as I have) that you'll find yourself saying, "That's me"! My wife and I are very different from each other regarding physical needs and this book helped open our eyes to the negative issues preventing intimacy. Nobody's perfect and there's still lots of work to do but at least this book got the dialog going in a positive direction.

This writer takes a practical view toward sex in marriage. It is ridiculous to expect people who have been married to experience fireworks everytime they make love. It is not only ridiculous, but unrealistic. That's why I appreciated the information in this book. Sex (or desire) is, like love, a choice that we make. If we choose to make love to our husband or wife, the desire will follow. What a marvelous concept! Finally, some usuable information about marital sex. If you want to become even more intimate with your spouse, I would also recommend Was that an earthquake? The Sensuous Couple's (Flip Over) Guide to Seismic Oral Sex. It will make a huge difference in your marital sexual satisfaction.

My husband and I went to through a dry patch. He was stressed by our financial situations and kind of put our love life in the back seat. The stories taught me that the higher sexed individual just wanted to get things back to what it used to be but didn't really listen to the spouse. I figured that if I let my husband rest and show him how much I cared, he would come around and we'd be together. It took a while but it worked. Now we're great, relationships are stressful sometimes and just because you're a couple doesn't mean you're the same person. We feel and react to things differently. We should put ourselves in the other person's shoes and be understanding.

This book really gave me a boost. It also helped me see that I don't always handle this situation the best way. I am going to re-read it and ask my husband to read it too. It really is a guide for couples, just like the title suggests.
I also recommend my favorite book I Love You. Now What?: Falling in Love is a Mystery, Keeping It Isn't

Excellent book. This book hit my relationship dead-on!!! I just hope my husband really takes the time to read it....yeah right! lol. Either way, quick delivery, excellent service, oustanding book. Thanks a bunch!

This book is a must-read for Christian women who are looking to improve their marriage relationship...and that should be all of us!
I believe my marriage will benefit from having read this book.
Learn how to increase your desire for intimacy, learn what God intended when he designed sex, there are so many great aspects to this book. So, so glad that I ordered it (and my husband is too!)

this is an amazing book. read it. it changed my views on sex. i never realized how culture effects our views on thing like this. There is a lot of internal searching and discovering. this book is great at pointing out the wrong ideas we have about sex, as women, and then shows you how to address them. Thats the hard part. I would re-read.

I'm glad its finally ok for the christian culture to talk about these important subjects in the right light.

This book has completly changed my sex life! It changed my mindset from being so negative about sex to wanting to please my husband with my body. I love the book, and anyone looking to see what the bible says about sex should get it.

This is a life-changing book; one you don't want to miss. It has impacted my life and marriage as a Christian woman so much that I now give it to other women. I wish someone had given it to me as a new bride! It is straight forward and scripture based. What more could you want in a book on this topic?

I was excited to read the book because it was recommended by a good friend of mine. With the title of Intimate Issues - I was expecting more depth. This was a lot of superficial information that really didn't help much. I did give it to my soon-to-be-sister-in-law.

Hochschild makes a wonderful job in bringing us into the lives of these couples. Her insights and comments on why people act a certain way are really great. I can't help but lose myself in her writing- often with tears in my eyes about why patriarchy is so embedded within us.

Excellent examination of the Dual-Earner family and the changes this is causing to America's traditional familial structure. Hochschild brings attention to many of the tensions within the working family and discusses causes and solutions. Her idea of a stalled cultural revolution is riveting.

As a college-age male, one might think that I would have little reason to read a study about the struggles of working women. That is wrong.
This insightful, modest study of family life (witnessed by the capable Arlie Hochschild as a fly-on-the-wall) gives perspective on a dillemma everyone should think about before marriage: how to reconcile economic and personal needs with having children. This problem affects women and men, mothers and fathers.
Unfortunately, it is rarely talked about in our society. People are forced to muddle through using their parents as examples, or to try to construct new strategies from scratch. Hochschild provides a useful structure for discussing the problem and avoiding the emotional and marital cost of relying on "myths." Any serious couple should be able to talk about these subjects to avoid misunderstanding and conflict.
One problem with this book is the writing - the points do not always flow together, and sometimes the sentences are simply awkward. This study is also weighted toward middle class families, though it explores others as well. Despite being over a decade old, this book is still relevant.
Well worth reading, whether you are deciding on a career, getting married, or already trying to balance both.

To reach her spurious conclusions, the author presents decades-old data on men and housework as if these studies came out last week. Credible research from the University of Michigan shows that men and women work about the same amount of time when you include both work done inside and outside the home. Ladies, if you want to read a great book that will help you earn more money, read "Why men earn more" by Warren Farrell. Studies show that the claims of feminism are questionable at best, and at worst misleading and damaging to women and all who earnestly seek the truth. "The second shift" is part of the backlash against equality that has been gradually building up steam in western culture since the Renaissance.

This book has been reissued with a new introduction to an old and important message. "A man may work from sun to sun, but a woman's work is never done" is an adage older than any of us. Hochschild draws a bleak and accurate picture of the increasing number of women with two jobs. As the economy worsens, and as more women want to maintain their careers, this number grows. The number of men pitching in at home, Hochschild reminds us, has not grown. Women come home from work to a full set of responsibilities. Women take off for the sick child, the doctor's appointment, the school play.
Yes, some men stay home, and yes, some men do their fair share. But things cold get better. I'd like to see this as required reading in high school - let's see if we can create a new trend.

This book along with Sex, Your Woman and You: How to Sexually Please Your Woman in the Bedroom and Beyondby Don Asterwood has been a real help. It's not only helped clear up any wrong ideas I've had but has also helped my girlfriend as well. It's a good one.

This is nothing short of permission to be a sexual being, not just to 'have sex', or 'endure' sex, or somehow try to bluff your way through it. This is a complete turnaround of my thinking about myself. The only other book that gave me this kind of permission, sheer freedom, is The Master's Guide to Cunnilingus: How to Perform Successful Oral Sex and Provide the Highest Degree of Pleasure Possible

Me and my girlfriend have a great sex life but only cause we keep it fresh. This is the newest sex book we've bought and its full of surprises. I thought I knew it all when it came to giving her oral sex but this had lots of new techniques for me. Also any man could use the exercises for staying power. I also highly recommend another great book that have made me a master of the art of cunnilingus The Master's Guide to Cunnilingus: How to Perform Successful Oral Sex and Provide the Highest Degree of Pleasure Possible The techniques from both books have blown my girl away! Get them for great sex!

I've been giving my boyfriend oral sex for quite some time, but I always wondered if I was doing it RIGHT. Also, it wasn't much fun. I bought this book, learned some great ways to improve and most of all, how to add a new sense of playfulness to our lovemaking. He loved it and when he questioned me, I showed him the book. He flipped it over, started reading about cunnilingus and now both of us are enjoying our sex lives, especially performing and receiving oral sex a lot more than we ever thought posssible. Since then I've bought two copies for friends who are also not having a lot of fun. Great way to spice up a relationship!

This book is awesome! I was specifically looking for a book about fellatio, but when I came across this one, I decided it was the one for me. If I wanted all the information that's in this book, I would have had to buy two books and pay $25 or more. It is a flip over book. One side is chocked full of information about fellatio. Then you flip it over, the other side is chocked full of information about cunnilingus. There are terrific illustrations and pictures and a glossary in the middle which defines all the terms you might not know. A bargain at the price!

I have three women's support groups and I have used Dr. Lerner's books as guidelines for our discussions - an amazing in depth understanding of the human psyche.
This, as well as all her books, should be required reading by all high school classes. Maybe we could have a different outcome from our future citizens.

Harriet Lerner has great insight into human relationships and gives helpful comments as to how to interact in a positive manner with others.

This was basicall new. Excellent price, great shipping time, it was packed safely and very net. I will definitely use this company again.
Book is in very good condition

This book is wonderful because it does not force
its opinion down your throat, and uses examples
of real-life people to show how we as humans can
connect with one another(and how societal expectations
often lead us not to connect with the people we so
despearately need to).

I also love how Dr. Lerner says that it is important
to separate the 'I' from the 'we.' This is one
of the few books that I have absolutely nothing bad to
say about it. Read through this book SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY,
then put it down for a year, and then read it again,
SLOWLY AND CAREFULLY.

Also, for anyone else,this makes a wonderful Christmas
present. Great book to read around the fire when it's
too cold to go outside or even a great book to read
during the summer.

Go, no run to the bookstore and buy as many copies of this
book as you can. My copy is so worn I plan to buy another
one really soon. This book does more justice for dysfunctional
family relationships than therapy, junk food and even Dr. Phil.

Highly recommended, especially for women with complicated
relationships with their parents.

My therapist recommended this book to me, and that recommendation was worth the value all of my therapy sessions combined. I've learned a lot about myself and my relationships- both in my family and in romantic relationships. I am motivated to make changes in the way I relate to the world, and I owe it (at least 50%) to this book. The best part is, I sent this book to my sister and now she is gaining a better understanding of herself as well and we are trying to help each other. If all I get out of this book is a better relationship with my sister, that will be more than enough. But I know I'm getting more.

This book should be required reading for every married, single person or in relationship- male and female. Excellent insights - I couldn't put it down. It's a quick read - written well - enjoyable and greatly informative. There's a ton of wisdom packed in its pages!! The book provides a great process for uncovering the qualities of better relationship. Some of the topics and methods discussed in the book include discovering various roadblocks to effective communication, being truly empathetic,learning the art of powerful, open-ended questions, assertiveness skills.The second part is all about sexuality and techniques, it helps my sex issues with my partner. Every chapter is really amazing. I have read this author before and she continues to have very good principles to share. It will bless your life.
In fact, I bought several copies for my friends. It will make a great gift. Very helpful and fun to read!

For the first time, I, and you will too, know how to "be" in a relationship. After having tried so hard in different ways in the past, Iam's (the author) way just lead me there in no time, and with ease. The book is thick and I thought that it maybe pack with "fyi, or good to know" but it's nothing like that. I read every single word; this is too real.
This book is a gem amongst books teaching about NOW WHAT? After WE said: I LOVE YOU, it teaches "how to be love and loved" not just descriptive information.
I am surprised that more people have not found this book...it is excellent. You could use the concepts of the book to create the relationship of your dreams. I recommend this book to everyone!

I also recommend Sex and the Perfect Lover: Tao, Tantra, and the Kama Sutra

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When I thought there were not any more sex "techniques" or "tips" about love I could learn from a book, this book just amazed me.
This book literally blew me away with its freshness, compassion,expert solutions and clarity. This is the relationships book I Love You. Now What?: Falling in Love is a Mystery, Keeping It Isn'tI had been waiting for a long time. From the first page I could put it down
This book just transformed my relationship and it is never going to be better than after reading it.

This book is full of eroticism, joy, tips about sex and love. This book is a manual comprising great knowledge for a wonderful relationship with your partner and, most fundamentally, with yourself. In the first part, the book offers solutions in the form of techniques, testimonies and advice to help people to grow spiritually and psychologically, and feel loved. It will also help you understand, change and transform the negative feelings you have about yourself and your partner, for the sake of harmony. The second part of the book is dedicated to different very creative sex techniques that can contribute to improve a relationship, be it a new flame or a well-settled relationship.

this is a fine book and a good read. the author is clinically savvy and writes beautifully. Not only does he make a compelling case for the ripening of a relationship and the accompanying relational and erotic unfolding, but he also introduces reality into that most complex of phenomena--marriage

I loved this book. One of my favorite pieces of advice is "celebrate your differences." To me, this was a real mind opener: you don't have to turn him/her into a clone of yourself; differences are okay and even enriching; improving a bad pattern is more a matter of modeling something better than trying to change your partner. Another great recommendation is "have real sex"--messy, funny, human sex that's a piece of the conversation rather than some specialized performance or ritual. O'Connell's stories of people's most intimate moments are a great antidote to the airbrushed images we see all the time, where everybody's young and a sexual athlete. The idea that we can grow older and still be on an adventure, still play and learn and discover new things, all inside our long-term marriages, is happy news for baby boomers. And we get great stories of real people in their 40s, 50s, 60s, involved in real struggles, who find real solutions and joy while staying together. This book is a must-read for anyone working on the most important relationship they will ever have.

Four weeks ago I found out my husband had been cheating on me. I was furious. I threw my husband out of the house. But I was devastated. We have three children, and I thought we had a good life. Everything seemed to be over for good. Then my therapist said something amazing. She said, "Look, he did a bad thing, but is he really a bad man?" That stopped me. I thought about our life together. He was a good man. I could always rely on him. My therapist lent me her copy of this book. I think it may have saved my life. I read it in one evening. I saw how my husband really could have been in pain even though he put me in pain.
Most of all, I saw that there were many reasons why people cheat, and most of them DON'T mean that your marriage is over. And I saw what the work was that my husband and I needed to do to put our marriage together. My husband and I have talked almost nonstop for the last two days. It's been pretty intense. But Myra Kirschenbaum's book has given me, given both of us really, the hope and understanding to work at healing our marriage.
This is one of those books that can save your life. I am so grateful for it.

This book is logical and realisitic in how it deals with the reality of cheating and affairs. Most affairs, I beleive are not simple and not entered into haphazardly. Ms. Kirschenbaum does a very good job of making this point and explaining what is on level unacceptable behavior. Still she is able humanize the people involved and that has to make reasonable people think. It's a very good book; I will likely read it twice.

This book is outstanding. It will help you figure out what you are doing and why you are doing it. Once you have figured that out, you can start to make the decisions you need to make to get your life back on track. being stuck between two relationships is no way to go through life. It is destructive and hurtful to EVERYONE involved. In NO WAY does this book try to condone the behavior of people who cheat. Mira simply recognizes that infidelity is a fact of life (75% of couples will be touched by it at some point), and the most important thing is to help people figure out why they have stepped beyond their primary relationship so that they can decide what to do next. Mira clearly distinguishes between sociopathic louts who cheat simply because they "can", and the otherwise good person who has, quite uncharacteristically, "strayed" and is now in WAY over their head in a second relationship.

The book is comprehensive but spends most of its time helping you figure out who is right for you, the primary partner or the affair partner. I think this section is outstanding, and Mira tackles a subject that few if any other authors have ever dared approach. While it is very helpful (she has found a way to compare apples to oranges!!!), I think one of the things left out (probably because it is so individual) is transaction costs. What I mean is even if you figure out (with Mira's techniques) that the "affair" partner is better for you, you still have to go through a divorce, split up money and assets, give up at least 1/2 of the time with your children, lose many of your friends, move out of the house, start your life over from scratch etc etc. How do you factor that in? How MUCH better does the affair partner have to be to justify this upheaval? Again, this will be different for everyone. Someone who has not much to lose might leave for a marginally "better" partner. Someone with a LOT to lose is only going to leave for a MUCH better situation. So in the end this is a difficult decision that should NOT be made impulsively. It should be made after careful thought and analysis, and this book CERTAINLY helps put 90% of the important issues into perspective to make this difficult decision. I recommend a good local therapist to help you out with the individual aspects of YOUR situation.

I have read the book from cover to cover and I recommend it HIGHLY. It helped me sort out my own situation. Thank god it came out in such a timely manner. Good luck with your own ordeal...I KNOW it is NOT EASY!! I have intentionally not said what I ended up doing....I remember when I first started trying to figure out what to do about my own situation I would read reviews like this and try to see who stayed and who left and tried to read into that information to see what I should do...I don't want to sway anyone one way or the other. GOOD LUCK!

I bought this book thinking I would read it and pass it on to my boyfriend, who is married. I found, to my surprise, that I was reading it for myself: reading to find out if he was right for me, if I should stay with him, if there might be other men who were more right for me, and so forth.

Much of the book--particularly toward the end--confirmed for me that I had been right in advising him to leave his marriage and set up a household that would be healthy for his three children. Whether or not we end up living together or marrying is secondary to his creating a happy, healthy life for himself and his loved ones. He needs to do this first, before he and I enter into a permanent, full-time relationship.

I am grateful to Mira Kirshenbaum for writing this book. It was funny, insightful, helpful, and the many other good things such a book should be. I wish my friends J. and C. could have read it when they were in trouble; their husbands weren't right for them, and it took many years and tears for them to discover that.

First off, I would like to address the review from Jillian C. "Qbridge". I couldn't help but notice her bitterness and closed mind on this subject. I disagree with her statement of anyone "LIKING" to cheat on their spouse and in so doing, choosing anyone and everyone to cheat with. The reason for my review is to support the author and her beliefs regarding the content of this book. Today during channel surfing I caught her being interviewed on a news network. It was more of a "roast" and the interviewer (was it "Qbridge"??) was mocking the author for her obvious deep thought on this subject. The author was cut off when she said that it actually takes more courage for the cheater to keep their past secret to themselves. I applaud this author for giving much thought and help to those who truly need it.