Prologue: The breakdown before the breakthrough
Quiz: Can you tell the good relationship advice from the bad advice?
The six intimacy skills. Skill #1: Replenish your spirit with self-care
You are not a smaller, less-hairy man
The more you know what you want, the better
Express your desires in a way that inspires
Happy wives phone a friend
Skill #2: Restore respect
What were you thinking when you said yes to the dress?
Your husband doesn't want your opinion
Why wives cause most divorces and what to do instead
Your husband is smarter than you think
Pretend you love your husband more than your children
Dishonesty is the best policy
Skill #3: Relinquish control of your man
Communication is overrated
Top 10 ways to control your husband (none of these work)
Get him to do more by doing less
Your husband is better with money than you are
Skill #4: Receive, receive, receive!
How to get more gifts, compliments, and help
Skill #5: Reveal your heart with vulnerability
What made your man fall for you (and still melts him every time)
How to get off the fence and be happy about it
Why sex is better when you're married (and what to do if it's not)
Skill #6: Refocus your view with gratitude
The most powerful intimacy of all
The power of the spouse-fulfilling prophecy