About the Author
Dr. Duana Welch (pronounced DWAY-nah) is known for using social
science to solve real-life relationship issues. She has been a
professor at universities in Florida, California, and Texas across
20 years, and has contributed to NPR, PBS, Psychology Today, and
numerous other outlets, podcasts and videos. Her Love Factually
books all rely on science rather than opinion to help men and women
find and keep the right partner. She is an expert for Paired, the
couples relationship app. Her client practice is global, via Zoom
and other technologies. For more information and free content, see
LoveFactually.co.
Reviews
"Finally we have a research-based guide for how to sensibly select
a partner. A must read for all those of us seeking a lasting love."
-Dr. John Gottman, author ofThe Seven Principles for Making
Marriage Work
"
Love Factually is a great book. It's anchored in solid
science. It brings key principles to life with gripping real-life
mating stories. And importantly, it brims with practical advice in
the form of concrete actions everyone can take to improve their
love lives. If you plan to read one book to improve your mating
life, this is the one to read."
-David M. Buss, Ph.D., author ofThe Evolution of Desire:
Strategies of Human Mating
"
Love Factually is a real treat: a smart, funny
page-turner, full of heart and based on the best science. If you're
at any stage of the dating process, you'll get the clear, doable
steps you've needed all along to find and keep the right life
partner. And if you're already happily wed, you'll be entertained
by all the sage advice you can pass on to others. I was hooked from
the first chapter, and I'm married and know the research inside
out!"
-Dr. Linda J. Waite, professor of sociology at the University of
Chicago, and author of The Case for Marriage
"This book is a ray of hope in a world of cynicism. Even better,
it's hope founded on fact. In my twenty-plus years writing about
and helping couples find and keep good partnerships, I've seen an
increase in fear, a major roadblock to love. Readers of this book
will learn why holding onto hope is realistic, as well as how to
move through their fears, create lasting love, and feel better
about themselves in the process.
Love Factually is a
helping, healing journey."-Susan Page, author of
If I'm So
Wonderful, Why am I Still Single?
"If you are going to read any book about love, make it
Love
Factually. Duana Welch has written an inspiring, perceptive,
truthful analysis about love, which will undoubtedly lead you to
finding a better relationship, and hopefully what you are
ultimately searching for." -Jeannie Assimos, Sr. Director,
eHarmony
"If you want to transform your dating life into an effective search
that significantly increases your odds of meeting the right person,
Love Factually is a must read. Dr. Duana Welch is like
having a kind, gentle, funny, and firm love guide/guru beside you
as you traverse the rocky trail of being able to fully embrace a
healthy, deeply fulfilling, satisfying and enriching relationship.
I recommend this book to my clients, and to men and women who are
serious about investing in themselves in order to become, and
attract, the person they want and deserve." -Carrie Lynne Pietig,
LPC-S, using Gottman Method Couples Therapy in private practice
"
Love Factually is like having Malcolm Gladwell and Brene
Brown gene-splice with
Dear Abby and
The Rules.
The Steps here are fantastic, and it's a great, fun read we highly
recommend!"-Ellen Fein & Sherrie Schneider, authors of
The
Rules,
All the Rules, and
Not Your Mother's
Rules