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Presents advice for men on how the five expressions of love--quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch--can be adapted to an individual marriage and used to enhance the quality of that relationship.
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"An accessible, transformative guide for couples seeking greater love, connection, and intimacy in our modern world"--
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Going beyond traditional marriage counseling which can often discount the influence of ADHD, this discussion offers advice from the author's personal experience and years of research and identifies patterns of behavior that can hurt marriages--such as nagging, intimacy problems, sudden anger, and memory issues--through the use of vignettes and descriptions of actual couples and their ADHD struggles and solutions.
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From newlyweds to those who have been married for decades, Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend give listeners the tools to strengthen any union through the establishment of boundaries both within and outside of the marriage.
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"Instead of helping readers find true love, ... Dr. Michael Bennett and his comedy-writing daughter Sarah [examine] the ... criteria for good partnerships that will allow real love to develop, even after the romance has died down or been buried completely. [They believe that] finding a good partner involves losing preconceived notions about who your dream date might be, so the Bennetts ... appraise the pros and cons of eight traits people most commonly...
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"When Lilly Dancyger was twenty-three years old, her best friend and cousin, Sabina, was violently raped and murdered. In the face of devastating loss, Dancyger stayed sane and whole by the magic and the medicine of her female friends. Each essay in First Love examines a different female friendship in her life, beginning with her first love-Sabina-whose loss becomes the springboard for Dancyger's examinations of her fierce and passionate relationships...
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Discover the unexpected ways friends influence our personalities, choices, emotions, and even physical health in this fun and compelling examination of friendship, based on the latest scientific research and ever-relatable anecdotes.
Why is dinner with friends often more laughter filled and less fraught than a meal with family? Although some say it’s because we choose our friends, it’s also because we expect less of them than...
Why is dinner with friends often more laughter filled and less fraught than a meal with family? Although some say it’s because we choose our friends, it’s also because we expect less of them than...
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"Licensed marriage and family therapist Dr. Tara Fields has spent more than twenty-eight years working with couples, and she has discovered that there are five common conflict loops that couples fall into--and three steps to getting past having the same fights over and over again and onward to building a relationship where each partner feels heard, understood, respected, and loved...Change comes with awareness. When you're present in the moment, conflict...
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Couples therapist Julie Menanno presents a crash course in understanding how you show up in a relationship and diagnosing the negative cycles you and your partner may get trapped in. Menanno teaches you how to establish a secure attachment with your partner to create a lifelong bond.
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"Rumination-obsessive thinking about an idea, situation, or choice that can interfere with normal mental functioning--is a common and destructive issue that can negatively impact romantic relationships. In Stop Overthinking Your Relationship, certified couples therapist Alicia Muñoz draws from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness to offer readers a practical, four-step approach to reduce rumination and change negative thinking patterns--so...
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"As he shared [on his blog] raw, uncomfortable, and darkly humorous first-person stories about the lessons he'd learned from his failed marriage, a peculiar thing happened: Matthew started to gain a following. And in January 2016 a post he wrote titled 'She Divorced Me Because I left the Dishes by the Sink' went viral and was read over four million times. Written from the lens of his own surprising, life-changing experience and his years counseling...
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"You've probably heard some variation of the idea that before you can love someone else, you first have to learn to love yourself. Renowned family therapist and marriage counselor and bestselling author Terrence Real says that we've got it all wrong. In fact, the way to save your relationship is not by working on yourself, but instead by working together. Continuing to focus on yourself will just feed the problem, which is that most of us developed...