Preface

Part 1: Setting the Stage

1. How I Learned to Save Marriages
2. The Love Bank
3. Instincts and Habits

4. Learning to Care for Each Other
5. His Emotional Needs
6. Her Emotional Needs
7. Identifying and Meeting Important Emotional Needs
8. The Policy of Undivided Attention

9. Learning to Protect Each Other
10. Love Busters, Part 1
11. Love Busters, Part 2
12. The Policy of Radical Honesty
13. Identifying and Avoiding Love Busters

14. The Giver and Taker
15. States if Mind in Marriage
16. The Policy of Joint Agreement
17. Four Guidelines for Successful Negotiation
18. How to Resolve Everyday Conflicts

19. Putting It All Together

1. Summary of My Basic Concepts to Help You Fall in Love and Stay in Love
2. Emotional Needs Questionnaire
3. Agreement to Meet the Most Important Emotional Needs
4. Time for Undivided Attention Worksheet
5. Time for Undivided Attention Graph
6. Personal History Questionnaire
7. Love Busters Questionnaire
8. Agreement to Overcome Love Busters