Your marriage is
probably fine.
Pickups, bills, what’s for dinner, who’s handling Thursday. You just can’t remember the last time you talked about anything else.
Skills that arrived one marriage too late. You can have them without the divorce.
““I’ve played a lot of dads on TV. I wonder what kind of dad I’d have been if I’d had this playbook.”Richard Kind, Tony-nominated actor (Spin City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and the voice of Bing Bong in Inside Out)
“The book I wish my clients had read two years before they called me.”Justin Milrad, CDC Certified Divorce Coach
His stories. Your tools. 71 of them.
Part memoir, part manual. Every tool comes with the story that taught it.
The 15-Minute Weekly Huddle
Divorce made him run two homes on one shared calendar.
Every Sunday, walk the week and give each chore a named owner.
Named-Night Rituals
He took Broadway for granted. Then he did the same with his kids.
Taco Tuesday, Sunday Funday. A night with a name gets protected.
The Autotelic Hobby
Half his time without the kids. The empty house changed his life.
Something you do for its own sake: Golf, tennis, whatever is yours.
Skills problem or foundation problem?
Most marriages that feel like they’re failing have a skills problem. The book helps you tell which.
Skills
- You rarely say a good thing
- One of you carries everything
- Resentment is building
- You’re running on autopilot
Foundation
- You don’t share core values
- You’re not right for each other
- Only one of you will fight for it
- Someone’s already in the life raft
Four gut-check questions from the book’s foreword. Two minutes, no email required.
Take the quizEvery chapter ends with a kit.
A one-line memory sticker, then what to Start, what to Stop and what to Keep.
The Short List at the back gathers all 71 tools, so you can pick two or three and actually use them.
Always Be Courting
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I didn’t save my marriage.
I want to save yours.
David Levin is a divorced dad who learned all of this the hard way. He spent his career turning messy situations into playbooks that companies could actually follow. This one comes with a story, not just tools.
He didn’t study marriage. It happened to him, two weeks before he turned 50. The divorce handed him the skills that would’ve made him a better husband, a few years too late. It also handed him an empty house and the time to write them down.
He lives in Connecticut. This is his first book.
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