My first marriage ended after seven beautiful years. I had been busy, involved and happy thinking all the time I was doing everything just right. Suddenly there was pain, that lost feeling and heartbreak as she left with our two children to be with another man.

I felt as if my legs had been kicked out from under me. I couldn't understand what had gone wrong. What had happened? I had been successful in every area of my life, but I couldn't make success of my marriage. What didn't I know? Why had I failed?

This is your road map complete with easy to understand road signs and weatherproof shelters.

To make your trip easy, there is even a formula to help you at every juncture. I shared this formula with friends, writing it down on napkins in restaurants. One friend left saying that for the first time in his twenty years of married life he understood what it was all about. Many have told me they applied the formula in their marriages and it has become the icon of their happy relationship. Many women have told me I understand their needs better than they do.

In a marriage each partner has needs, hopes, wants, wishes and desires. Again, the needs are the basic building blocks of a marriage because if each partner's basic needs are not satisfied the marriage will never support their higher hopes, wants, wishes and desires.

It's important to acknowledge the differences between men and women in order to understand that a man's needs in a marriage are very different from a woman's needs.

Using the formula, it is easy to look back at your past relationships or marriages and discover what need or needs were not fulfilled. Remember, it only takes one missing need for the relationship to begin to fall apart.

For the first time in your life, you now have the road map that can lead you to an increased level of happiness in your marriage.

The more you use this road map, the more you realize what magic it works.