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About mwd27

Michele Weiner-Davis, MSW is an internationally renowned relationship expert, best-selling author, marriage therapist, and professional speaker who specializes in helping people change their lives and improve important relationships. Among the first in her field to courageously speak out about the pitfalls of unnecessary divorce, Michele has been active in spearheading the now popular movement urging couples to make their marriages work and keep their families together. She is the author of seven books including her best-selling books, DIVORCE BUSTING: A Step-by-Step Approach to Making Your Marriage Loving Again, and THE SEX-STARVED MARRIAGE: A Couple's Guide to Boosting Their Marriage Libido. Michele's work has been featured in major newspapers such as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, and magazines such as Time, Redbook, Ladies Home Journal, Essence, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Woman's Day, Men's Health, New Woman, and McCall's. Michele is a marriage expert on Redbook's advisory board, ClubMom.com and iVillage.com. She has made countless media appearances on shows such as Oprah, 48 Hours, 20/20, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, CBS Evening News, CNN, and Bill O'Reilly. Michele's Keeping Love Alive program aired on PBS stations nationwide. She recently completed a reality based show for the BBC about helping couples save their marriages. Michele maintains that her true expertise in helping couples have great relationships is derived from first-hand experience. She and her husband have been married for more than thirty years.

The Sex Starved Wife: Husband Not Interested in Sex?

Is your husband not interested in sex? Low sexual desire in men is America’s best kept secret. Millions of men don’t want sex with their wives. The problem is, men simply don’t want to discuss this matter with their wives, … Continue reading

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Not Enough Sex in Your Marriage: The Sex Starved Marriage [Video]

For those who are not getting enough sex in their marriage, Michele Weiner-Davis discusses some of the principles from her best selling book, “The Sex Starved Marriage.” It’s been estimated that one-third of couples face issues of low libido, the … Continue reading

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12 Talking Tips For Getting Through To Your Man (Part II)

Continued from Part 1 Continued from Part 1 Talking Tip #7: Heed his effort to make amends. John Gottman also noticed that in healthy relationships, one person often reverses the flow of negative communication by attempting to say something conciliatory.  … Continue reading

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12 Talking Tips For Getting Through To Your Man (Part I)

The tips you’re about to read pertain to conflict-ridden conversations. I don’t think you need assistance making superficial talk or with discussions that are void of emotional content.  Those are no brainers.  Emotion-packed conversations are where we get in trouble.  … Continue reading

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Win A FREE Signed Copy of Divorce Busting

That’s it.  It’s pretty straight forward.  Just hit the “like” button down below, and leave a comment indicating that you’ve entered on the Divorce Busting Facebook Page, and you’re entered for a chance to win a free signed copy of … Continue reading

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What’s Up With Al and Tipper Gore? Inquiring Minds Want to Know

Here we go again. We are endlessly fascinated when high profile marriages crash and burn. It offers us opportunities to speculate, criticize, engulf ourselves in smugness, or in humbler moments, recognize the humanity in all of us. But most of … Continue reading

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How to Heal From Infidelity

Although future posts will include a step-by-step guide for healing from infidelity, I want to jump start you on the process in case you just discovered the betrayal and you’re eager to improve things between you and your spouse. Healing … Continue reading

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Reeling From Infidelity

Every once in a while I step back and think about the messages I give to couples in my practice, seminars, keynotes and in my writing. To be sure, I have been a psychotic optimist about people’s ability to survive … Continue reading

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Marriage Advice: Take a Timeout – How to Stop Fighting [Video]

Michele Weiner-Davis gives insightful marriage advice on how to stop the routine of fighting with your spouse. Want to be able to stop a fight in its tracks? Take a timeout. In the heat of an argument it’s difficult to … Continue reading

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Update Your Divorce Busting Blog Bookmark

I just wanted to send out a quick notice to those who are still subscribing to the old Divorce Busting Blog URL and remind them to update to the new blog address, http://divorcebusting.com/blog or the direct feed link at http://divorcebusting.com/blog/feed.  … Continue reading

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Your Family

Your marriage is on the rocks. Your husband is emotionally unavailable and you strongly suspect he is having an affair. Your wife never wants to have sex. You are so miserable about your home life, you can’t even concentrate at … Continue reading

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Surviving Your Husband’s Midlife Crisis

It often strikes men between the ages of thirty-five and fifty-something.  You think your marriage is decent.  Oh yes, you realize that there are ups and downs, but you also know that no marriage is perfect so you don’t get … Continue reading

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Divorce Busting 101 – Save Your Marriage – Relationship Goals

In this Divorce Busting 101 video, I  explain the value of setting relationship goals. By having a greater vision for the direction you’d like your relationship to go, you lay the foundation to save your marriage. Transcript: Do you want … Continue reading

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10 Steps for Avoiding Divorce

Although relationships often seem daunting, by following these ten simple steps, you can build the foundation for a strong, happy marriage. 1) Spend time together The number one cause for the breakdown in marriage today is that couples aren’t spending … Continue reading

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Sex Addictions: The Master deBate

Wow! I just watched a colleague’s interview on NBC on the topic of whether sex addiction is real or not. Although I have tremendous respect for this particular individual and love their work, I couldn’t disagree more with their response … Continue reading

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