Relationships Matter

Once upon a time, Martians and Venusians functioned in separate worlds. But in today's hectic and career-oriented environment, relationships have become a lot more complicated, and men and women are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress. To add to the increasing tension, most men and women are also completely unaware that they are actually hardwired to react differently to the stress. It's a common scenario: a husband returns home from work stressed out and eager to kick back on the couch and watch television. A wife returns home from work stressed out and wants to talk about it with her husband. What happens? Neither is on the same page, anger and resentment set in, and Mars and Venus collide.

Using his signature insight that has helped millions of couples transform their relationships, John Gray once again arms the inhabitants of Mars and Venus with information that will help them live harmoniously ever after. In Why Mars and Venus Collide, Gray focuses on the ways that men and women misinterpret and mismanage the stress in their daily lives, and how these reactions ultimately affect their relationships. "It's not that he's just not into you; he needs to fulfill a biological need," Gray explains. "And it's not that she wants to henpeck you; she also has a biological drive." He shows, for instance, how a husband's withdrawal is actually a natural way for him to replenish his depleted testosterone levels and restore his well-being, and how a woman's need for conversation and support helps her build her own stress-reducing hormone, oxytocin.

Backed up by groundbreaking scientific research, Gray offers a clear, easy-to-understand program to bridge the gap between the two planets, providing effective communication strategies that will actually lower stress levels. Whether in a relationship or single, this book will help both men and women understand their new roles in a modern, work-oriented society, and allow them to discover a variety of new and practical ways to create a lifetime of love and harmony.

User Reviews about Why Mars and Venus Collide: Improving Relationships by Understanding How Men and Women Cope Differently with Stress

I've read many of John Gray's book. Most of them are very good. There was information in this book I had not read before - very insightful in understanding man and woman and how to work together in a marriage, or as a couple, to avoid conflict. I highly recommend it. -- Insightful

This is not my favorite of the John Gray series. I can deal with his nasal voice, but the message was a little repetitive. I think all of his material is good, but I agree with another reviewer; he seemed to talk as if he were talking to a child. -- not great, not bad

What a difference it makes in understanding how men and women handle stress. Reading this book was like having a light turned on. John Gray pin points accurately what a man goes through and how to deal with him. If only our mothers and grandmothers had this book. Who Knew? Everyone registering for a marriage license should be required to read all his books. Then maybe only half those contemplating marriage would go through with it. -- Who Knew?

As with most books from this author, only the half is good information. The rest is just him talking .... about what he thinks and stuff, total boredom. But the fist half of the book is very informative and has nice science facts, quite interesting. I helps to understand why after sex a man wants to sleep and a woman doesn't necessarily, its physical, it can't be avoided.

Anyways good book for adding, if you have some books of the series. If you don't try not to start in this one. -- half good, half...

John Gray makes some important points, but goes very slowly thru them, gives too many examples, and makes many comments that are either obvious or
doubtable. And if he wants to read his own books on tape, he should get a voice coach to help him lose this tinny thin voice and help him find his own
true deeper voice that comes from his belly instead of his tight throat. -- Pretty good but no blockbuster