Dating and relationships Books

Book SynopsisThe Happy Stepcouple is a comprehensive and practical self-help book designed to help couples with children from prior relationships thrive despite the complexity of stepfamily life. The number of issues stepfamilies juggle, from supporting multiple households to establishing healthy boundaries with family members, can make it challenging to establish a flourishing relationship--especially since many stepcouples face them before they have had the chance to learn how to work well as teammates. In fact, the stress is so intense, more than two thirds break up within the first few years of committing to each other. But by learning how to establish realistic stepfamily expectations and communicate about problems in ways that strengthen their emotional connection to each other, most stepcouples can withstand the trials and tribulations of stepfamily life and succeed within it.Trade ReviewThe Happy Stepcouple tackles head on the challenges facing stepfamilies. Packed with practical advice, case examples, exercises, it provides readers with a toolbox of skills to repair and enhance their relationships. Highly recommended. -- Robert Taibbi, LCSW, author of "Doing Couple Therapy: Craft & Creativity in Work with Intimate Partners"Filled with relatable stories and evidence-based strategies, The Happy Stepcouple is a comprehensive guide to transforming your relationship. As a psychotherapist and a stepmom herself, Katz offers a unique perspective on the biggest challenges facing stepcouples. Katz provides practical steps that you and your partner can take to improve your relationship. A real game-changer for stepcouples and their stepfamilies! -- Elizabeth Mosaidis, Author of "The Stepmom Project"Creating a happy, thriving stepfamily can take real work. As Rachelle Katz shows in The Happy Stepcouple, many of the common, practical challenges are complicated by unrealistic expectations for stepfamily bliss, differences in the emotional attachment style of the adults, and communication habits that can undermine love and security just when it’s needed most. Viewing the stepcouple relationship through an attachment theory lens, the Happy Stepcouple helps partners manage the emotions, expectations and influences that can threaten harmony at home. Based on Katz’s own experience as a stepmother, her work counseling other stepmothers in her psychotherapy practice, and primary research, The Happy Stepcouple is a valuable tool for married and living-together partners with children from previous relationships, who find themselves struggling for more agreement, security and joy. -- Wendy Paris, Author of "Splitopia: Dispatches from Today's Good Divorce and How to Part Well"

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Book SynopsisWhat Are We Fighting About? How to Transform Conflicts into Conversations gives couples permission to fight. Because, after all, everyone does. They fight about loaded issues like financial infidelity and different ways of spending money, sexual infidelity, working too much, traveling too much, fighting too much, not being involved in childcare, interfering in-laws, levels of intimacy, routine sex or boring sex, body image, guilt, secrets, vulnerability, hopes, and fears. And the elephant in the room: Why won't he/she /they change? We're so conditioned to think that all fights and arguments are bad, but that isn't true. This book shows couples that fighting can be productive if they learn to fight in a way that isn't hurtful and shift away from entrenched patterns that aren't working. It's okay to feel angry with a partner and have a heated argument if couples fight with respect, acceptance, and loveand then reconcile differences and disagreements. What Are We Fighting About? shows couples exactly how to change sidesto understand their partners' pain, to acknowledge and appreciate their perspective, and ultimately to create an environment where vulnerability is welcome. Many examples of couples who have successful mastered the art of productive arguments will enable readers to use these techniques in their own relationships. As a result, readers will learn how to fight better by articulating what they need and what is possible, and then find ways to make conflict productive and healthy. Developing the skills to turn conflicts into conversations will open the space for understanding.

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Book SynopsisImprove relationships at home and work by remembering the lessons of childhood about conflict resolution, the excitement of discovery, the power of peaceful play and the magic of curiosity.

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Book SynopsisBeloved marriage counsellor Pastor Cal Roberson captivates millions of viewers with his eccentric personality and unabashed yet effective marriage advice-and Marriage Ain't for Punks is no different.This book is a relationship game changer. It's a straightforward and unapologetic dive into why people fail or struggle at one of the most popular and sought-after unions in society. Even though some marriages look like a hot mess, don't give up hope, because it is transparency, honesty, and downright fearlessness that make a great marriage. A good relationship is about refusing to allow pettiness to destroy the loving connection that partners truly seek to find with each other. Those with healthy marriages are not weaklings. They are not quitters. They know that Marriage Ain't for Punks!

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Book SynopsisRevised with a new chapterDiana Kirschner, PhD, knows the questions single women everywhere face: "Why am I attracted to the wrong kind of guys?" "Why is he just not that into me?" "Why can't I seem to find the One?" In LOVE IN 90 DAYS, Dr. Diana reveals the secrets to finding Mr. Right and the crucial steps single women can take to create fulfilling love that lasts. Most singles unconsciously make the same mistakes over and over again in love, regardless of age, work success, or the type of man they are dating. Using her unique four-pronged approach, Dr. Diana pulls no punches. She outlines a program that gets women on the path to smash through their self-sabotage and forge a healthy love relationship.One -- Deadly Dating Patterns. Identify and break them!Two -- Dating Program of Three. Learn how to meet and attract quality men both on and offline and discover the benefits of dating several men at once.Three -- Inner Work. Eradicate bad dating thoughts and behaviors and turbocharge your self esteem!Four -- Love Mentor. Find people who can give deep emotional support, honest feedback, and advice that works.

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