Starved Stuff
Feeding the 7 Basic Needs
of Healthy Relationships
A practical guide to understanding what your relationship truly needs — and how to provide it.
What Your Relationship May Be Missing
Most couples don't lack love — they lack understanding of what their relationship truly needs. This book gives you a clear framework to identify and feed the 7 core needs known as STARVED.
For Couples at Any Stage
Newly together or decades in, this book meets you where you are. Also a trusted resource for therapists, coaches, and anyone who works with couples or families.
- Why relationships go hungry even with effort
- The 7 needs — Safety, Trust, Appreciation, Respect, Validation, Encouragement, Dedication
- How to identify which needs are being neglected
- Simple ways to start feeding each need today
- How to talk honestly without damaging connection
- Tools to rebuild trust and intimacy after conflict
Starved Stuff
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Starved Stuff
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With over 25 years helping couples and families, Dr. Matt Townsend is a nationally recognized relationship coach, speaker, and author. He has worked face to face with over 5,000 couples — and over 80% were able to completely turn their relationship around using his proven principles. Starved Stuff is his life's work distilled into one practical book.
"The principles Matt teaches transformed the way my wife and I communicate, interact, love, and understand one another. A must for ANY relationship."
"We've learned more in the last few weeks about how to relate to each other than we have in 50 years of marriage. Highly recommend to anyone."
"Didn't know it was possible to get back to a happy relationship. This program is the most remarkable thing I've ever experienced."
"The things we have learned have totally changed our lives. We have revamped every aspect of our relationship. Just a couple of sessions helped a TON."
