Explore these tested and true strategies to bring more light, happiness, and health to your relationship. You love each other, but how much do you love your relationship? Too often, and for many, the busy-ness of work, parenting, and family obligations means the time and effort we once put into our romantic partnerships wane over time. Creating a thriving long-term relationship takes real skills. The good news is that these can be learned, are fun to do, and, practiced every day, can truly transform your lives together. In The Mindful Couple couples therapists Craig and Debbie Lambert offer 52 strategies—one for each week of the year—for a happier, healthier relationship. Backed by the Lamberts’ combined decades of experience, The Mindful Couple provides heartfelt advice for creating better dynamics and bringing more kindness, responsibility, and pleasure into your partnership. Learn how to empathize. Schedule a regular relationship meeting. Be generous with each other. Talk about sex, and schedule that, too. These tips and many more are explored, explained, and accompanied by enjoyable practices to try together. Approach your relationship-building with a playful, joyful spirit, and healing will inevitably result. Taught by Craig and Debbie to hundreds of couples in private therapy and group workshops over the last decade, these 52 strategies will help you feel more hopeful, inspired, and connected in your relationship. When we're upset, it's not always easy to remember how to communicate clearly and get back into the current of love. In those emotional moments, time is of the essence. We need clear, loving, and actionable wisdom. That's what The MIndful Couple offers. Craig has distilled decades of work with couples as well as decades of meditation practice into short, profound, clear teachings that address all the "usual suspects" of relationship suffering. Each chapter takes 15 minutes (or less) to read. It's like having the perfect guide at your side whispering instructions on how to return to love when reactivity distracts you. -- Eric Klein , bestselling author of You Are the Leader You've Been Waiting For Deceptively simple and easy to implement, the powerful exercises and habits outlined in The Mindful Couple will bring greater joy and deeper connection to your relationship. Think of this as your pocket guide to a healthy, happy love life -- Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt , authors of Getting the Love You Want Sometimes life's to-do lists, dramas and traumas get in the way of being lovingly connected. This book will guide couples back to loving connected presence, a place that feels like true refuge. I look forward to using it to make my own relationship even happier, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to all couples. Setting an intention to pay attention to your beloved keeps the love alive! -- Julie Potiker , author of Life Falls Apart But You Don't Have To: Mindful Methods for Staying Calm in the Midst of Chaos Craig and Debbie Lambert are relationship experts, each with more than thirty years of experience in the areas of communication and relationships. With a focus on strengthening relationships and improving communication, Craig and Debbie help frustrated, hurting couples gain new understanding of themselves, their partners, and even the world around them. Craig Lambert, LCSW, is dedicated to helping couples rekindle their love, deepen their intimacy, and strengthen their communication. He has worked with hundreds of San Diego couples, helping them understand the often unconscious underpinnings of relationship conflict. Debbie Lambert is a relationship educator and coach with a special talent for helping couples repair and build healthier relationships. She is also a life coach and pioneer in the field of personal transformation. Debbie is a bestselling author, and has written numerous articles in the area of psychology, personal development, and the mind/spirit/body connection. Debbie is currently working on a book about how to use the Ladder of Life to emerge from the muck of our lives.