Episode · On Purpose with Jay Shetty · 2025-11-24
Books mentioned on #1 Divorce Lawyer: After 1000 Cases, Here’s the REAL Reason Marriages Fail (It’s NOT What You Think)
James Sexton recommended The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce by Judith S. Wallerstein and others. Jay Shetty recommended How to Stay in Love by James J. Sexton.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce
The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce by Judith S.
Recommended“I think what the long-term behavioral research on children and divorce says, and there's a great book called The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce, that was the longest term study ever done of children of divorce.”
Where to get it
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How to Stay in Love
How to Stay in Love is a relationship book written by divorce lawyer James J.
Recommended“James Ston, the book's called How to Stay in Love if you don't already.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged How to Stay in Love
“And you know, I had a client, I talk about it in the book who I was talking to her after we'd been many miles together.”
Plugged How to Stay in Love
“You know, there's a chapter in my book called Go Without or Go Elsewhere.”
Plugged How to Stay in Love
“And when I wrote the book, it really wasn't meant for people who were in crisis. It was really meant for people who were not. Yeah. It was meant to be a wedding gift.”