In Good Times and Bad: Strengthening Your Relationship When the Going Gets Tough and the Money Gets Tight - Hardcover

by M. Gary Neuman (Author), Melisa Neuman (Author)

How to maintain a strong marriage no matter what comes your way

Now more than ever, couples are facing tough times that can impact on even the strongest of marriages. In In Good Times and Bad, family counselor and relationships expert M. Gary Neuman and his wife, Melisa, take a look at one of the biggest issues couples face, money management, and give you the tools you need to deal with whatever financial challenges come your way. The Neumans explain why it's so important to talk about money in your marriage and offer strategies on how to discuss this often avoided topic. No matter what your age or how long you've been together, In Good Times and Bad will teach you how to come together when it matters most.

• Learn what money means to you and how to strengthen your marriage even during challenging times
• Includes strategies for dealing with other tough times such as grieving or serious illness
• From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Truth about Cheating

In Good Times and Bad is the tool you need to ensure your relationship remains strong through all of life's ups and downs.

Front Jacket

In "In Good Times and Bad," family counselor M. Gary Neuman teams up with his wife, Melisa, to help you save your marriage and turn your love life and family life around, even in the worst of times. Through action steps and dramatic stories, Gary and Melisa show you how to strengthen your relationship with the people you love most; ensure that a lost job, shrinking nest egg, illness, or other family problems won't rob you of what's truly precious in life; and begin to improve your marriage in one short week.

Gary and Melisa, who have been through hard times of their own, help you develop the attitude you need to overcome the problems that lie ahead. Their prescriptive program shows you how to talk to your partner about money and other problems without letting fear or anger get in the way. Through moving and illuminating true stories about the challenges faced and overcome by other couples and themselves, the authors show you that you're not alone and that saving your relationship can happen much more quickly and be a lot more fun than you ever imagined.

Following Gary and Melisa's one-week relationship program, you'll learn how to:

Discover what money means to you and your partner

Attack the problem, not each other

Be honest and reassuring with your children

Talk about money without casting blame

Have fun and enjoy romance, even on thetightest of budgets

Work as a team to deal with your financial problems

Meet your family's needs now while preparing for the future

Deal with illness and health issues

In this book, Gary and Melisa Neuman emphasize the need to spend time together just for fun, without talking about money, worrying about the kids, or watching too much television. Don't suspend your relationship until your financial problems are solved--your relationship is the solution. The authors offer dozens of helpful suggestions on how to enjoy each other in spite of stress and worry while spending very little money or none at all, even when the holidays arrive.

Filled with warmth, wise advice, and wit, "In Good Times and Bad" does more than help you save your relationship in hard times. It helps you make your loving bond stronger than it has ever been and keep it that way for many years to come.

Back Jacket

How to turn bad times into the best times

In this warm, powerful guide, family therapist and bestselling author M. Gary Neuman teams up with his wife, Melisa, to show you how your relationship and family can grow stronger even in the toughest of times. With their practical one-week program, you can improve your relationship immediately, using the strategies happy couples rely on in difficult times. Gary and Melisa draw on their own experiences and other couples' dramatic true stories to offer you prescriptive steps to creating a wonderfully loving atmosphere during any difficult time.

Praise for "The Truth about Cheating"

"Neuman introduces the Inner Voice Recognition Formula and Quick Action Program, challenging women to revise assumptions about marriage, make immediate behavioral changes, and forge new bonds with their husbands, thereby deterring future dalliances. . . . Helpful."
--"Publishers Weekly"

Praise for "Emotional Infidelity"

"An important addition to the marriage manual genre . . . a unique (and possibly controversial) viewpoint as well as an experienced and engaging author."
--"Publishers Weekly"

Praise for "Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way"

"Highly recommended for all parenting shelves."
--"Library Journal"

Author Biography

M. Gary Neuman is a licensed psychotherapist and rabbi and the author of the acclaimed "New York Times" bestseller "The Truth about Cheating." He is a frequent guest on "Oprah" and has made many appearances on "Today," "Good Morning America," "Dateline," "The View," "The Early Show," "Talk of the Nation" on NPR, "NBC Nightly News," and "CBS Evening News Weekend Edition." He and his work have also been featured in "People," "Time," "O: The Oprah Magazine," "Marie Claire," "Redbook," "Parents," "Parenting," the "Washington Post," "Newsweek."com, the "Chicago Tribune," and the "Miami Herald." He is the creator of the "Marriage Turnaround Intensive," an all-day counseling program for couples, and maintains a private practice in Miami Beach, Florida. He is also the author of "Emotional Infidelity," "Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way," and "How to Make a Miracle."

Melisa Neuman has written for newspapers and the international column "Dollars and Sense."
Gary and Melisa live in Miami Beach with their five children.