How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
10 best books like How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving (David Richo): Why Is It Always About You? : The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism, The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Turn the End of a Relationship into the Beginning of a New Life, Necessary Losses: The Loves Illusions Dependencies and Impossible Expectations That All of us Have, There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate, The Dance of Deception: A Guide to Authenticity and Truth-Telling in Women's Relationships, Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives, Undefended Love, Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships, We Love Each Other, But . . .: Simple Secrets to Strengthen Your Relationship and Make Love Last, Awakening Joy: 10 Steps That Will Put You on the Road to Real Happiness
Why Is It Always About You? : The Seven Deadly Sins of Narcissism
| Author | Sandy Hotchkiss |
| ISBN | 0743214285 |
In this groundbreaking book -- the first popular book on narcissism in more than a decade -- clinical social worker and psychotherapist Sandy Hotchkiss shows you how to cope with controlling, egotistical people who are incapable of the fundamental give-and-take that sustains healthy relationships....
The Journey from Abandonment to Healing: Turn the End of a Relationship into the Beginning of a New Life
| Author | Susan Anderson |
| ISBN | 0425172287 |
Like Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross's groundbreaking On Death and Dying , Susan Anderson's book clearly defines the five phases of a different kind of grieving--grieving over a lost relationship. An experienced professional who has specialized in helping people with loss, heartbreak, and abandonment...
| Author | Judith Viorst |
| ISBN | 0684844958 |
From grief and mourning to aging and relationships, poet and Redbook contributor Judith Viorst presents a thoughtful and researched study in this examination of love, loss, and letting go.
Drawing on psychoanalysis, literature, and personal experience, Necessary Losses is a philosophy...
There Is Nothing Wrong with You: Going Beyond Self-Hate
| Author | Cheri Huber |
| ISBN | 0971030901 |
This book reveals the origin of self-hate, how self-hate works, how to identify it, and how to go beyond it. It provides examples of some of the forms self-hate takes, including taking blame but not credit, holding grudges, and trying to be perfect, and explores the many facets of self-hate, including...
The Dance of Deception: A Guide to Authenticity and Truth-Telling in Women's Relationships
| Author | Harriet Lerner |
| ISBN | 0060924632 |
When The Dance of Deceptionwas published, Lerner discovered that women were not eager to identify with the subject. "Well, I don't do deception" was a common resonse.
We all "do deception", often with the intention to protect ourselves and the relationships we depend on. The Dance of Deceptionunravels...
| Author | Pia Mellody |
| ISBN | 0062505890 |
Revised and Updated With Over 600,000 Copies Sold
Pia Mellody creates a framework for identifying codependent thinking, emotions and behaviour and provides an effective approach to recovery. Mellody sets forth five primary adult symptoms of this crippling condition, then traces their...
| Author | Jett Psaris |
| ISBN | 1572242086 |
This book precisely maps a unique journey that turns the problems and conflicts that inevitably arise in relationships into opportunities for deeper connection. Illuminating case studies, guided self-inquiries, and challenging exercises help you discover how to engage your partner in a deeper...
| Author | David Schnarch |
| ISBN | 0393334279 |
Passionate Marriage is recognized as the pioneering book on intimate human relationships. With a new preface by the author, this updated edition explores the ways we can keep passion alive and even reach the height of sexual and emotional fulfillment later in life. David Schnarch accompanies his...
| Author | Ellen F. Wachtel |
| ISBN | 0312254709 |
We Love Each Other, But...offers simple, practical tips that will help you restore and strengthen a relationship that has gone off track. It lays out the nuts and bolts of building relationships so they continue to be gratifying over the long haul. Dr. Ellen Wachtel shows how, even when you feel like...
Joy is not for just the lucky few–it’s a choice anyone can make. In this groundbreaking book, based on his popular course, James Baraz helps you discover a path to the happiness that’s right in front of you, offering a step-by-step program that will reorient your mind away from dissatisfaction...
| Author | Gayla Trail |
| ISBN | 0743270142 |
This is not your grandmother's gardening book. You Grow Girl is a hip, humorous how-to for crafty gals everywhere who are discovering a passion for gardening but lack the know-how to turn their dreams of homegrown tomatoes and fresh-cut flowers into a reality.
Gayla Trail, creator of YouGrowGirl.com,...
An Adult Child's Guide to What's Normal
| Author | John C. Friel |
| ISBN | 1558740902 |
You have begun to deal with the pain and trauma of being raised in a dysfunctional family and now you are ready to lead a healthy life. But:
Do you know what healthy people do?
Do you know what is “normal”?
Do you know how to ask unwanted guests to leave?
In An Adult...
How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It: Finding Love Beyond Words
| Author | Patricia Love |
| ISBN | 0767923170 |
Men are right. The “relationship talk” does not help. Dr. Patricia Love’s and
Dr. Steven Stosny’s How to Improve Your Marriage Without Talking About It
reveals the stunning truth about marital happiness:
Love is not about better communication.
It's about connection....
Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Committment
| Author | Gay Hendricks |
| ISBN | 0553354116 |
Here is a powerful new program that can clear away the unconscious agreements patterns that undermine even your best intentions. Through their own marriage and through twenty years' experience counseling more than one thousand couples, therapists Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks have developed precise...
Messages: The Communication Skills Book
| Author | Matthew McKay |
| ISBN | 1572240229 |
Messages is the most complete and accessible guide for building communication skills available. And now it's even better. The current edition has chapters on influencing others, culture and gender, and interviewing. The chapter on listening now includes reciprocal listening for couples. Fair...
Ten Lessons to Transform Your Marriage: America's Love Lab Experts Share Their Strategies for Strengthening Your Relationship
| Author | John M. Gottman |
| ISBN | 1400050197 |
In 1994, Dr. John Gottman and his colleagues at the University of Washingto— made a startling announcement: Through scientific observation and mathematical analysis, they could predict—with more than 90 percent accuracy—whether a marriage would succeed or fail. The only thing they did...
Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships Healing the Wound of the Heart by Welwood, John ( Author ) ON May-03-2007, Paperback
| Author | John Welwood |
| ISBN | 1590303865 |
This is a great book if you're truly interested in understanding intimate relationships and why they're so hard and how to make them work.
Welwood's book "Journey of the Heart" is what got me first interested in his work. He is on the verge of being a little too "oovy-groovy" for me, and a little...
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship
| Author | Mira Kirshenbaum |
| ISBN | 0452275350 |
Mira Kirshenbaum (I Love You, But I Don't Trust You), an international bestselling author and world-renowned therapist, draws on years of counseling experience to lead readers through relationship ambivalence. A careful line of 36 questions and self-analysis techniques designed to get to the...
Keeping the Love You Find
| Author | Harville Hendrix |
| ISBN | 0671734202 |
This book's title makes it seem super cheesy, but really, I think everyone that is single needs to read it and everyone married needs to read its predecessor, "Getting the Love You Want."
This book is fascinating on both a personal level and on a sociological level.
Basic premise: We...
| Author | Thich Nhat Hanh |
| ISBN | 1888375000 |
Relationships are always complex and challenging, but never more so than in today’s hectic, stressful world. Weaving together traditional stories, personal experiences, and a deep understanding of the Buddha's way of mindful living, Thich Nhat Hanh's Teachings on Love provides step-by-step...
Radical Self-Acceptance: A Buddhist Guide to Freeing Yourself from Shame
| Author | Tara Brach |
| ISBN | 1591793211 |
How would your life change if you genuinely accepted yourself, just the way you are? According to Dr. Tara Brach, feelings of shame and unworthiness are the source of many problems we experience with our relationships, careers, creative endeavors, and most fundamentally, our spiritual unfolding.
Course...
