Eight Dates

Outline

Eight Dates (2019) offers couples a simple plan for building a stronger relationship: eight structured conversations, each held on a special date. Based on decades of research on thousands of couples, the book guides partners through essential topics such as trust, handling conflict, work and money, family, fun, personal growth, and shared dreams. Each date includes clear questions that help couples understand each other more deeply.

• The book gives couples a simple plan: eight structured conversations, each held on its own special date.
• The plan draws on decades of research on thousands of couples.
• The dates cover trust, handling conflict, work and money, family, fun, personal growth, and shared dreams.
• Each date comes with clear questions that help partners understand each other more deeply.
• Talking through these topics on purpose can build trust and help partners line up their future together.

John Gottman, Julie Schwartz Gottman, Doug Abrams and Rachel Carlton Abrams bring together research, therapy, and writing. The Gottmans are American psychologists famous for their research on relationships and co-founders of the Gottman Institute. Doug Abrams is an author and editor who co-wrote The Book of Joy, and Rachel Carlton Abrams is a physician who focuses on family and integrative medicine.