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Book Review: Equal Partners Dr. Kate Mangino is a gender expert who works with international organizations to promote social change. She has written and delivered curricula in over 20 countries about gender equality and healthy masculinity. She has published in Time and Slate; Equal Partners has been featured in The Atlantic, CNN, BBC World News, and The Guardian. "Equal Partners" is her first book. Dr. Mangino's book, Equal Partners, is the roadmap for a happy and healthy 21

Laura Danger’s No More Mediocre: A Call to Reimagine Our Relationships and Demand More  is not a relationship self-help book in the traditional sense. It is a cultural critique, a reckoning, and an invitation. Through personal narrative, interviews, and research, Danger exposes how deeply normalized imbalance has become in our homes and how easily love gets confused with endurance, silence, and self sacrifice. The book opens with a deceptively small moment: a birthday card ad

What does a masculine man look like to you? How does he show up in his relationships, for his partner, his kids, his friends?  Over the past decade, what it means to be masculine has been held hostage by folks from all walks of life, claiming their own vision as truth and demonized in some ways. Some have red pilled countless men, weaponizing what it means to be a man, contributing to the spiraling of men into suicide attempts that are 4x the rate  as women.  Others find prob

When “Having It All” Became “Doing It All” Every so often, a book lands on your desk that makes you stop and say, “I wish I’d read this twenty years ago.” For me, that book was Having It All: What Data Tells Us About Women’s Lives and Getting the Most Out of Yours  by Dr. Corinne Low. Low is an economist at the Wharton School, brilliant, data-driven, and refreshingly candid about her own messy journey. In the opening scene, she’s pumping milk in an Amtrak bathroom, crying bec

What is Fair Play? Fair Play, written by Eve Rodsky, explores inequities between married couples and their impact on wives and mothers....

Table of Contents A Random Walk Down Wall Street Atomic Habits Couples That Work Drive Equal Partners Evicted Fair Play Finance...

Humans are not spreadsheets. Money is emotional, and our past and society shape our emotions. To manage finances well in a marriage, we...

Imagine you'd spent much of your career as a hospice doctor, seeking to understand what matters most in life from those on the brink of...

"The Marriage-Friendly Prenup" is the playbook for partners who are uncertain about whether to get a prenup. Laurie Israel's book, "The...

I read "The All-of-Nothing Marriage" while sitting on a beach in Maui. The book wasn't what I expected, so I wanted to share a bit more...

In an era when dual-career households are more common than ever, Jennifer Petriglieri's "Couples That Work: How Dual Career Couples Can...

I read "Happier Hour" while on vacation in Hawaii this summer. It is full of practical advice for busy dual career couples who need to...

Our summer reading list is for folks seeking ideas on managing money and the home as a team. The suggestions are for the casual reader...

We often struggle with the idea of making lasting changes when seeking self-improvement. Whether it's reading more books, exercising...

Couples can find themselves on opposite ends of the financial spectrum. When one partner is a saver and the other a spender, challenges...

We were honored that Dr. Brad Wilcox sent us a draft of his forthcoming book, Get Married. Did I like his book Get Married? I loved it. I...

A book review and an important introduction to communities for fathers I started Fathering Together, sitting on the beach with my wife,...

What is Time Smart? Time Smart is your playbook for taking back the time you lose to mindless tasks and unfulfilling chores. Author and...

What is Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much? Scarcity, written by Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir, makes the case through...