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    Discover the four science-backed strategies that set marriages up for decades of thriving, based on research with thousands of couples who got it right from the start.

    Building Marriage Success From Day One

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    Successful marriages aren't built on avoiding problems; they are built on four specific, learnable strategies: full commitment, mutual protectiveness, shared meaning, and regular connection time.

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