Exhausted Wives, Bewildered Husbands: Why Your Marriage Is Hurting, and How to Blossom as a Couple

By: Adam Smith

Narrated by: J. D. Ledford

Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins

Publisher's summary

Perfect for couples struggling with resentment and confusion.

A damaged man is incapable of love because he does not believe love will be freely given, only earned through works. He seeks false intimacy in lust and mistakes sex for acceptance. These men seek insecure women who believe themselves unlovable and who use sex to earn approval.

When these couples enter into marriage, unmet needs and secret expectations pile up until the relationship is full of festering resentment. Along come children who add greater urgency to fixing the emotional damage. But with no hope in sight, what can the couples do except march toward inevitable divorce?

Licensed marriage and family therapist Adam Lane Smith walks couples through explanations and solutions to these problems. This short and simple book is designed to give couples the skills they need to repair a resentful and empty marriage. Through simple techniques, committed couples can alter their perspective, climb out of their trenches, and learn to work together in an intimate partnership.

©2019 Adam Lane Smith (P)2019 Adam Lane Smith

Insightful

Heard about this book on The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast. I gained some very useful information from this book. It really helps you see things from your partner’s point of view. I actually found this book much more helpful than the book that the author recommends at the end, No More Mr Nice Guy. It seems to be written for a very specific type of man that I cannot relate to.

excellent if this is you

there is a lot of great info in here if you struggle with attachment issues. i highly recommend this if you even think you maybe struggling with this. take care and God bless!!

A little short, but good info

I just wish he went into a little more detail, maybe made the book 3-4 times as long.

Concise simple and direct

Very direct and non-confrontational. No blaming or victimization. Direct accountability and direction. Very good.

Good lessons

This book was good. Great tips and lessons to use. The reader was a little cheesy sounding at times switching from female to male but overall I liked it.

Short, sense, challenged... Go!

Narrator was creative, and the book eye opening, encouraging and challenging. I will be Sharing with a lot of people that I relate with the detached individual.

Great listen for couples struggling or not

I enjoyed the examples of multiple scenarios. The reader was not my favorite but the story’s were great.

Wow soooo good

This book captivated me within the first 3 minutes of listening. For both men and women who want to truly change their marriage this is a must read!

Amazing

I loved it. Great guide to start working on attachment issues and make your relationships better.

This Author shares Gold!

Excellent book with clear examples given and solutions for both partners. I will be listening to this book several times to refine implementing advisement into my life and relationship. I feel this author hits the core to identifying and finally seeing what was not so clearly to pinpoint in myself, my partner, and what’s has been playing out for over a decade in our marriage.