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“You’ve had the perfect wedding and now you have a glimpse of what can come next if only you will commit to building a love that lasts with the seven surprising secrets of successful marriage.”
"No marriage has ever been saved or made successful because the couple had great sex."
“The relationship between husband and wife trumps everything else in a marriage. Get it right and good things follow. Get it
wrong and lots of bad things often happen!”
"The truth is, American's love marriage! We just need to learn how to get marriage right the first time around."
“The fact is most successful marriages experience difficult challenges, yet they survive and thrive. Our research tells us why.”
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Dr. Charles Schmitz and
Dr. Elizabeth Schmitz
America's #!
Love and Marriage Experts
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About America's #1 Love and Marriage Experts
Dr. Charles D. Schmitz and Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz
Drs. Charles and Elizabeth Schmitz are renowned love and marriage experts and multiple award-winning authors. As the National Marriage Advice Examiners for Examiner.com, the Marriage Experts for Fabulously40.com, “The Official Guides To Marriage” and the Marriage Experts for SelfGrowth.com, the Doctors provide inspiration and guidance to readers around the globe.
As America's #1 Love and Marriage Experts, Drs. Charles and Elizabeth Schmitz know that simple things matter in relationships. They understand what makes relationships work because they have conducted three decades of research on successful marriages, as well as sharing personal experience drawn from their own 45-year marriage.
Dr. Charles D. Schmitz is a highly successful faculty member and administrator in higher education. He is Dean Emeritus and Professor of Counseling and Family Therapy at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, where he focuses on counseling psychology and leadership. During his distinguished career, Charles has received more than 40 local, state, and national awards; published 400 articles, manuscripts, books, and scholarly papers; delivered 600 speeches and professional presentations throughout the world; and has frequently appeared on radio, television, and in print. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Missouri–Columbia.
Dr. Elizabeth A. Schmitz is a full-time author and lecturer. She has served as an award-winning administrator and educator for 36 years. She received her Ed.D. from the University of Missouri-Columbia and has lectured at numerous colleges in the areas of counseling and leadership. Elizabeth has received 25 local, state, and national awards; published over 250 articles, manuscripts, and books; delivered over 400 speeches and presentations; made numerous radio and television appearances; and been quoted extensively in the media. She is president of Successful Marriage Reflections in St. Louis, Missouri, where she and Charles reside.
Together, the Schmitz’s have written the award-winning books, Golden Anniversaries: The Seven Secrets of Successful Marriage and Simple Things Matter in Love and Marriage, and are popular speakers and talk show guests. Their latest book, Building a Love That Lasts, provides more surprising insights on creating successful relationships from America's favorite love and marriage experts (Jossey-Bass/Wiley).
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