A YUMMY marriage is made of two "whole people" who can connect in fun ways, as well as in deep and meaningful ways. They are best friends and playful lovers, too. Did you know:

• Affairs happen when a couple loses their connection.
• Sex is the glue in a long-term marriage.
• In general, men are more sensitive than women.
• It is better to be couple-centered than child-centered or work-centered.
• A good marriage can help to heal your childhood wounds.

Sometimes when a couple "hits bottom" in their marriage it is an opportunity to turn things around and move in a better direction. You can learn how to be the "agent of change" in your marriage and create a life that is happier and healthier for both of you. Learn to be a positive role model for yourself and for your children.

Create a YUMMY marriage today!

On the evening of my 10th birthday, my grandpa told us a story, that still replays as vividly in my mind, as it did that day. This story is NOT about my grandpa. But if that made you want to keep reading, then we have something in common. Just like you, there is nothing that grabs my attention more than if someone starts off with a personal story. And there's nothing that drives a point deeper, than if the story-teller references social experiments or popular fiction characters. Without these, you run the risk of it all sounding like one loooong, cleverly-disguised lecture. The chapters of this book are named after jellybean flavours, with reference to Bertie Bott's jellybean flavours in the Harry Potter novel. This is an playful, short read about relationship red flags, told as a bunch of FUNNY stories and social experiments, where you get to be an outside observer, but you can easily walk the experiences back to your own relationship. You then get to decide, in a non-dictating way, whether you should still continue in the same direction, or whether it's in your best interest to start making little changes.

More love, more laughter--more lingerie. What would marriages look like if for 21 days, husbands and wives put their marriage on project status? Plenty of books describe how to improve marriage, how to save a marriage, and how to ramp up the intimacy in a marriage. In The Marriage Project, Kathi Lipp shows readers how to put the fun back in marriage with 21 simple yet effective projects, such as doing something they enjoyed together before they got married or flirting with their spouse via e-mail or text messages. Each of the projects contains: a project description suggestions for how to complete the project reports from other couples on how they accomplished the project a prayer a place to record project results In addition to the daily projects, three bonus projects encourage couples to turn up the heat in the bedroom. For couples who haven't given up on the dream of being head-over-heels with their spouse again, The Marriage Project provides just the right boost. Included are tips on how to use The Marriage Project to revitalize marriages in a local church or small group.

What lies behind current feminist discontent with contemporary cinema? Through a combination of cultural and industry analysis, Hilary Radner’s Neo-Feminist Cinema: Girly Films, Chick Flicks and Consumer Culture shows how the needs of conglomerate Hollywood have encouraged an emphasis on consumer culture within films made for women. By exploring a number of representative "girly films," including Pretty Woman, Legally Blonde, Maid in Manhattan, The Devil Wears Prada, and Sex and the City: The Movie, Radner proposes that rather than being "post-feminist," as is usually assumed, such films are better described as "neo-feminist." Examining their narrative format, as it revolves around the story of an ambitious unmarried woman who defines herself through consumer culture as much as through work or romance, Radner argues that these films exemplify neo-liberalist values rather than those of feminism. As such, Neo-Feminist Cinema offers a new explanation as to why feminist-oriented scholars and audiences who are seeking more than "labels and love" from their film experience have viewed recent "girly films" as a betrayal of second-wave feminism, and why, on the other hand, such films have proven to be so successful at the box office.

Offering a fresh perspective on women's fiction for a broad reading audience—fans as well as librarians—this book defines and maps the genre, and describes hundreds of relevant titles. Women's Fiction: A Guide to Popular Reading Interests celebrates the books in this broad genre—titles that explore the lives of female protagonists, with a focus on their relationships with family, friends, and lovers. After a brief introductory history and a chapter that defines the characteristics of women's fiction, the author showcases annotations and suggestions of approximately 300 titles by more than 100 authors. She explains how women's fiction differs from romance fiction, enabling readers to appreciate this rich body of literature that encompasses titles as diverse as Meg Cabot's lighthearted chick lit to the more serious novels of Elizabeth Berg and Maeve Binchy. The book identifies some of the most popular and enduring women's fiction authors and titles, and provides invaluable reading lists and readalike suggestions that will be appreciated by both librarians and general readers.

A YUMMY marriage is made of two "whole people" who can connect in fun ways, as well as in deep and meaningful ways. They are best friends and playful lovers, too. Did you know: Affairs happen when a couple loses their connection. Sex is the glue in a long-term marriage. In general, men are more sensitive than women. It is better to be couple-centered than child-centered or work-centered. A good marriage can help to heal your childhood wounds. Sometimes when a couple "hits bottom" in their marriage it is an opportunity to turn things around and move in a better direction. You can learn how to be the "agent of change" in your marriage and create a life that is happier and healthier for both of you. Learn to be a positive role model for yourself and for your children. Create a YUMMY marriage today! 

Adapting a Zen state of mind, you learn to reset your focus towards self-discovery and awareness, both of which are vital to your spiritual growth in love. This book is intended to clear your mind, and create a new energy for the positive, joyful relationships you wish to be a part of. A healthy, successful, life requires staying real about your problems; because anything that wasn't real was never attainable in the first place. Marriage requires work; after all, love is effort. It takes rolling up your sleeves, grinding (applying the tools inside of you), and keeping control of your thoughts so you can stay in control of your actions. When we do the work on our self, joy can be present in every moment, and... that is when life happens!

For those of you who never thought there was such a thing as a delicious low-calorie food, you're in for a treat. For those of you who knew such foods existed, but were frustrated because you had to buy six bottles of dressing to find the one that tasted just OK, your salad days are just beginning! There are over 590 foods in 43 different categories. Yummy Hunters provide reviews of their submissions. Then Eric and I add our own reviews. These product reviews take the guesswork out of shopping for you. They will give you important insights into each food and will help you determine if the product is something you want to try for yourself and your family. This translates into saving time and money and pays off with delicious-tasting, low-cal products that make your dieting more enjoyable and ultimately more successful.

Creator and host of the podcast The Gratitude Diaries and New York Times bestselling author Janice Kaplan examines the phenomenon of luck--and discovers the exciting ways you can grab opportunities and make luck for yourself every day. After spending a year researching and experiencing gratitude for The Gratitude Diaries, Janice Kaplan is back to tackle another big, mysterious influence in all our lives: luck. And this time she's joined on her journey by coauthor Dr. Barnaby Marsh, a renowned academic who guides her exploration. Together they uncover the unexpected, little-understood science behind what we call "luck," proving that many seemingly random events are actually under your--and everyone's--control. They examine the factors that made stars like Harrison Ford and Jonathan Groff so successful, and learn the real secrets that made Kate Spade and Warby Parker into global brands. Using original research, fascinating studies, and engaging interviews, Kaplan and Marsh reveal the simple techniques to create luck in love and marriage, business and career, and health, happiness, and family relationships. Their breakthrough insights prove that all of us--from CEOs to stay-at-home moms--can tip the scales of fortune in our favor. Through a mix of scientific research, conversations with famous and successful people--from academics like Dan Ariely and Leonard Mlodinow to actor Josh Groban--and powerful narrative, How Luck Happens uncovers a fascinating subject in accessible and entertaining style.

A smart, laugh-out-loud debut novel about a deeply flawed but endearing stay-at-home mom, a book for anyone who took Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones to heart a decade ago-and now has kids. Lucy Sweeney has three sons, a husband on a short fuse, and a tendency toward domestic disaster. It has been years since the dirty laundry pile was less than three feet high, months since she remembered to have sex, and weeks since her toddler started using the trash can as a toilet. Lucy is living in a constant state of emergency, caught between perfectionist Yummy Mummy No. 1 and competitive Alpha Mum, making it hard for her to remember exactly why she exchanged her career and sanity for less than blissful domesticity. When she begins a flirtation with Sexy Domesticated Dad, a father from the school car-pool lane, the string of white lies to cover up the trail of chaos and illicit desire starts to unravel and disaster looms. Slummy Mummy is a hilarious novel about the dilemmas of modern marriage and motherhood for those who never discovered their inner domestic goddess. Pitch-perfect and satisfyingly smart, it does for the stay-at-home mother what Allison Pearson's blockbuster bestseller I Don't Know How She Does It did for the working mom: It offers a lovable, flawed character who resonates, entertains, and undoubtedly has it worse than you do.