Alex Merrett

ABOUT

Love is necessary but not sufficient. Skill matters. Structure matters. Showing up matters most of all.

Alex Merrett spent fifteen years making every mistake cataloged in her books before deciding to write them down so other couples wouldn't have to. The tools emerged from real-world testing: daily check-ins that prevent drift, conflict protocols that stop escalation, and repair scripts that heal ruptures quickly. They made the difference in Alex's own marriage before they became a book.

Before she started writing, Alex spent a decade in counselling psychology, where she noticed something that most relationship books miss: couples don't usually need therapy. They need maintenance. They need simple systems that keep a marriage running smoothly through the ordinary pressures of work, children, money, and time. The kind of systems that catch small problems before they become big ones.

The Marriage Maintenance Manuals are grounded in relationship research, practical experience, and a firm belief that the best marriages aren't the ones that never struggle. They're the ones that struggle well.

Alex lives with a patient husband, two children who test every parenting principle she's ever written about, and a house that could use its own maintenance manual.