Why Did I Marry You Anyway?, Overcoming the Myths That Hinder a Happy Marriage

Barbara Bartlein has worked with hundreds of couples as they have worked to save their marriages, and she is now ready to share the secrets of what they have learned together. A happy, successful marriage almost always is the result of hard work and commitment, she says, but all too often, people don't know what to do to improve their marriages. This is where "Why Did I Marry You Anyway?" fills the gap. With '12.5 strategies' that cover all the common problems in relationships?like money, children, sex, and in-laws?she tells couples what to do and shows them how to do it. Each chapter approaches these problems in the same way. First, a common complaint is explored. Second, common myths that block solutions to the problem are identified and helpful ways of countering them are suggested. Third, case studies illustrate the concepts in action. Finally, quizzes and tools provide opportunities to practice these new skills and behaviors.

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The Healthy Divorce (Paperback)

While divorce can be filled with anger, frustration, and bitterness, most divorcing couples want to end their marriage in a manner that preserves their dignity and emotional health, especially if there are children in the picture. They want to prevent irreparable damage to themselves and their children from a long, drawn-out, ugly battle. The Healthy Divorce provides them with the tools to more peacefully negotiate the difficult process of divorce. Click here for more details!

The Bully in Your Relationship (Hardcover)

One of America's leading experts onemotional abuse shows you how tostop the devastating cycle of abuse andstart taking control of your life. Emotional abuse is far more common than physicalabuse--and often more difficult to overcome. Thissensitive, step-by-step guide from a renowned relationshipcoach shows you how to deal with a bully inyour intimate relationship, whether it's a husband,wife, partner, girlfriend, or boyfriend. Using the author'seasy-to-follow A.R.T. method (Acknowledge, Reassess,Take Action), you will learn how to recognize signs ofemotional abuse, deflect destructive words and situations,and gain the respect, kindness, and love you deserve.
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Relationship Devotional (hardcover)

Devotionals have long been a mainstay in the lives of millions. The Relationship Devotional is the first to take this popular format into the all-embracing, all-encompassing realm of relationships. It’s an extraordinarily beautiful package, complete with front cover flocking and debossing with four-color tip, adorned with a colorful ribbon. Each week explores a new aspect of our romantic lives, from flirtation and fear of commitment to longing, seduction, and jealousy. And every daily entry examines that theme through a single artistic medium, be it a sonnet, novel, film, opera, TV show, or sculpture. These thought-provoking nuggets, both old and new, go from ancient times right up through Sex and the City. Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus jubilantly celebrates “Love and Beauty.” “May December Romance” looks at real-life couple Bogie and Bacall, while “From Friendship to Love” presents on-screen pair Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) & Paul Varjack (George Peppard) in Breakfast at Tiffany’s. With keen insight or subtle implication, Wilentz interprets the wisdom or lesson readers can glean from each selection. Click here for more details!

My Ex Is Driving Me Crazy (Paperback)

For many people, the end of a marriage does not mean the end of dealing with their difficult, demanding, vengeful, or even dangerous ex-spouses. In My Ex Is Driving Me Crazy, family therapist Aleta Koman, M.Ed., and Edward Myers provide useful advice about dealing with the lasting burdens that can result from these conflicts. They offer tips and real-life examples that will teach you how to: * Stop the denial * Get a grip on guilt * Improve communication * Master the art of damage control * Keep your kids out of it You'll find help and long-term strategies for coping with the fallout of divorce. This book is the first of its kind to offer counsel, specific recommendations, and reassurance on how to contain your ex's behavior, disengage from pointless conflicts, and move on to a healthier, happier life. Click here for more details!

First Comes Marriage: Modern Relationship Advice from the Wisdom of Arranged Marriages

In First Comes Marriage, Reva Seth shares the wisdom of more than three hundred women in arranged marriages...and shows how this classic tradition can teach twenty-first-century women important lessons about how to find -- and keep -- Mr. Right. Click here for more details!

Emotional Bullshit(Paperback)

An invisible plague is wreaking havoc on human relationships. What is this destructive force? Emotional Bullshit. In this groundbreaking book, clinical psychologist Dr. Carl Alasko contends that bullshit is everywhere and it’s getting stronger and more hazardous to our psychological well-being every day. From the highest precincts of commerce and politics to the most average, everyday conversations, we’re all affected by its toxicity. And yet most of us remain largely unaware of its influence. Alasko explains that this is because EBS is inspired by three interlocking dynamics inherent to our psychological structure: denial, delusion, and blame. Referred to by Alasko as the Toxic Trio, they work together in an intricate dance in which first a truth is denied, then delusion creates an alternate truth, and finally blame is shifted to someone else. Drawing on extensive case studies from his private practice over the past twenty years, Alasko reveals that whether it’s a casual “I forgot,” or a premeditated deception, Emotional Bullshit always erodes trust and drives people apart. Absolutely no one is safe from its ruinous effects. The number-one New York Times–bestselling book On Bullshit familiarized the public with the philosophy of bullshit—and the humor that can surround it. This book tackles something that isn’t really that funny at all: how Emotional Bullshit is destroying people’s relationships and, in turn, their lives. Emotional Bullshit outlines a path for recognizing and breaking free from this most vicious of cycles. Click here for more details!Click here for more details!

Astrology for Lovers (Paperback)

A comprehensive astrological guide to life, relationships and lovers, Astrology for Lovers is a seminal guide to learning how to interpret the subtle and not-so subtle attributes of both your own and your partner's astrological sign in order to create a better understanding of one another. Each person has a unique footprint in the map of the cosmos, and Astrology for Lovers guides the reader through each of the Sun signs in an enlightening and comprehensive manner. Each sign is given a lengthy description of its characteristics, as well its creation myth. Greene then expands upon the sign's shadowy side, and finally explicates the fine points of the individual sign as a lover. Astrology for Lovers will teach readers not only critical aspects of their own motivations, but also provide invaluable insight into the inner workings of their lovers. Click here for more details!

An Intimate Understanding of America's Teenagers: Shaking Hands with Aliens (Paperback)

Alicia is so obsessed with being popular, she does things that would shock her parents, if they knew. Hector is aware the gang that wants him to join may be the death of him, but he will not decline. Sam was a baseball star, but can't play the sport he loves anymore because he is wracked from football injuries, a sport his father will not let him quit. These are just a few of the teenagers readers will "meet," in this candid book authored by a 34-year veteran high school teacher. Voted Teacher of the Year and Coach of the Year, Bruce Gevirtzman shares with us the results of his years spent talking with teenagers about topics from life and lust to depression and death. Revealing honest, poignant words shared in conversations, classroom talk, interviews, surveys, and journals, Gevirtzman takes us inside the minds of today's youths, and also contrasts them with teenagers of decades past. Topics include teen thinking and secrets on issues from sex, drinking, and drugs to peer pressure, self-imposed standards, and beliefs about what is important, and painful, in life. Click here for more details!

Love in 90 Days (Hardcover)

Diana 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. Click here for more details!