Marriage Fail Point

Why Your Marriage Is Failing and How to Turn It Around
By Lee H. Baucom

Lee H. Baucom maps the arc most troubled marriages follow—from the loss of infatuation to emotional disconnection to what he calls the pause-button marriage—and identifies the small number of root causes behind nearly all relationship breakdowns. The book is concise and direct, covering the trajectory of connection, the role of infidelity as a symptom rather than a cause, and the steps couples need to take to reverse their course before disconnection becomes permanent.

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Concepts
  • You-Me to We
    The essential shift in marriage from two individuals focused on their own needs to a couple that consciously builds and protects a shared relational identity.
  • The Trajectory of Connection
    The natural arc most marriages follow, from infatuation through emotional disconnection, that becomes a fail point when couples don't recognize and interrupt it.
  • Pause-Button Marriage
    A marriage in which one or both partners have emotionally checked out and are no longer actively investing in the relationship, creating a dangerous stalemate.
  • Infidelity as Symptom
    Baucom's framing that affairs and other crises are symptoms of underlying disconnection rather than the root cause of marital failure.
Chapters
  • Introduction
  • About the Book
  • Legal Notes
  • Chapter 1. A Short Guide To Why Marriages Get In Trouble
  • Chapter 2. "I Just Don't Feel It!"
  • Chapter 3. The Trajectory of Connection
  • Chapter 4. The Pause-Button Marriage
  • Chapter 5. What Every Coiple Should Know
  • Chapter 6. Infidelity And Other Symptoms
  • Chapter 7. Q & A
  • Chapter 8. What Now?
  • About The Author
  • Other Resources
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Published
  • November 16, 2018
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