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What the latest science tells us about the brain's reward systems, love, and sex - and how to prevent an affair from destroying your life. How can I prevent an affair from destroying my life? Whether I am the cheater or the be­trayed partner, how can I survive, even thrive, in the wake of an affair? Infidelity provides key insights to find your true sexual and romantic potential and advocates honesty, trust, and integrity - the fundamentals of love.

The Secret of Love is a compilation of amazing stories from couples whose relationships improved or completely turned around just by being pointed within, toward their true nature. These couples began to see how they were contributing to their problems from insights gained as they were learning. They saw how they could work with the force of nature, rather than against it. The inspiration for the book came from “Thought and Marriage” by the late Sydney Banks, the person who uncovered the Three Principles that create everyone’s experience of life.

A tribute to the late Bobby Moore, captain of England's World Cup winning side of 1966, one of the greatest footballers of his generation, and a man who personified Britain in the swinging sixties. This is his powerful and moving human-interest life story, as told by his wife Tina, including his battle against cancer.‘But Bobby had been in that dark place before Lance Armstrong was even born. In many ways it was even more devastating…in those days cancer was something you just didn't mention, a taboo word, a fearful prospect.

Your wife has been giving you signals to tell you something is wrong and one day, you wake up to a slap in the face. She says something along the lines of: I want to separate, I need some space to figure things out, I think we should divorce, I can’t do this anymore, I cheated on you, or the classic ‘I love you but I’m not in love with you.’

Do you want to take your marriage to the next level? Are you focusing on who is at fault in your relationship rather than what can be done? Have you wondered how to divorce-proof your marriage so you won’t become the next statistic? In Marriage Covenant, internationally acclaimed Bible teacher Derek Prince unravels the mysteries of marriage, revealing God’s purpose and plans for covenant relationship.

The story of Emma and Carl Jung's highly unconventional marriage, their relationship with Freud and their part in the early years of psychoanalysis. Emma Jung was clever, ambitious and immensely wealthy, one of the richest heiresses in Switzerland when, aged 17, she met and fell in love with Carl Jung, a handsome, penniless medical student. Determined to share his adventurous life and to continue her own studies, she was too young to understand Carl's complex personality or conceive the dramas that lay ahead.

Have you ever looked at other people and wondered, “Why does it seem that all the good things in life seem to gravitate automatically toward them?” What are they doing, and what is their secret in effortlessly attracting health, wealth, and happiness into their daily routine? You can have it, too!

Once upon a time, Martians and Venusians functioned in separate worlds. But in today's hectic and career-oriented environment, relationships have become a lot more complicated, and men and women are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress. To add to the increasing tension, most men and women are also completely unaware that they are actually hardwired to react differently to the stress.

Why do you feel an instant attraction to one person and not another? And how can you help ensure that a connection lasts? With her ability to deliver cutting edge information in a lighthearted style, communications expert Leil Lowndes has made a career of teaching the secrets of successful interaction.

Written by two experts on anxiety disorders, Anxious in Love offers easy-to-use techniques for calming anxieties and strengthening communication in your relationship. With this book, you will learn to stay centered when faced with conflict, understand your partner's perspective, and become more independent. By changing the way you react to triggers and stress, you will be able to focus on enjoying time with the one you love, without anxiety getting in the way.

The highly influential book The Marriage Clinic presented a complete marital therapy program based on John Gottman's much-heralded research on marital success and failure. Since then, Dr. Gottman has collaborated with his wife, clinical psychologist Dr. Julie Gottman, to conduct their well-known Love Lab studies, allowing the pair to design a highly successful couples' workshop and develop their Sound Relationship House theory.

The pace of modern life leaves little time to truly connect with our partners, yet the need for good communication is greater than ever before. This book of strategies will teach you how to communicate effectively through structured practices. You'll learn simple ways to keep the lines of communication open, become a better listener, understand and avoid your own and your partner's triggers, and solve common problems. The methods in this book will help you to build your communication skills in a safe and deliberate way.

El autor del best seller mundial Piensa como un monje nos ofrece una guía basada en la sabiduría antigua y la ciencia actual que aborda las distintas etapas de toda relación amorosa.

Rumination—obsessive thinking about an idea, situation, or choice that can interfere with normal life—is a common and destructive issue that can negatively impact romantic relationships. You may feel anxious, worried, hopeless, and frustrated, but even if you know your overthinking is a problem, it can be seriously hard to stop. In Stop Overthinking Your Relationship, certified couples therapist Alicia Muñoz draws from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness to offer an effective, four-step approach to reduce rumination and change negative thinking patterns.

Ever feel like you're walking on eggshells in your relationship, feeling worried your partner might lose interest or even leave you? If constantly waiting for your love interest to text you or feeling uneasy when your partner's not around sounds familiar, you might be dealing with anxious attachment. And if your partner leans towards avoidant attachment, brace yourself – these triggers can become overwhelming. But fear not; understanding these dynamics is the first step to finding peace and connection in your relationship.

At some point in nearly every person's life, they experience a loss of desire. Sometimes there's a catalyzing event—stress at work, a fight with your partner, or sexual harassment—often, the problem is internal as a person loses touch with themself and what they want. Dr. Kate Balestrieri, licensed sex therapist, founder of Modern Intimacy, and host of Get Naked with Dr. Kate, is here to help. In this book, Dr. Kate identifies the twenty most common reasons people show up in her therapy room, asking What Happened to My Sex Life?

Devotionals for Newlyweds and Engaged Couples is meticulously crafted to support you in nurturing a bond that stands the test of time. It contains 52 weekly devotionals designed to fit seamlessly into your lives.

Kevin Leman wants you to know that men are less complicated than you give them credit for. At the core of men, you'll find a sensitive, emotional being that needs to feel loved, respected and needed. The more you understand and are sensitive to the fears, anxieties, and insecurities that make the men in your life behave the way they do, the stronger your relationships will be.

It’s time to take the next steps to understanding and healing your relationship anxiety. With Overcoming Relationship Anxiety, you’ll learn more about what relationship anxiety is and what can cause it, as well as how it can negatively impact the long-term health of your relationship. Then, it’s time to build your personalized path to healing yourself and your relationships. You’ll learn new strategies for coping with the symptoms of relationship anxiety, develop new skills and behaviors to overcome those old, unhelpful habits, and strengthen your connection with your partner.

When we meet someone and fall in love, everything seems easy at first. But Matt and Sarah Davies, relationship counsellors and husband and wife, know better than most that relationships take work. Whether you've been married for decades or are just starting out, this illuminating book will give you the tools to maintain a supportive, stable relationship....

Crack the code on what motivates your man and how you can build a better marriage together! In this revised and updated edition of his classic best seller, Gary Smalley explains how women can use their natural, God-given qualities to build a better marriage. He helps women understand not only the way men think, but also how to move a man's heart. Gary Smalley offers an insider's perspective into the world of men, including practical help and application so wives can deepen their relationships with their husbands and build a lasting marriage.

Spring, summer, winter, fall. Marriages are perpetually in a state of transition, continually moving from one season to another—perhaps not annually, as in nature, but just as certainly and consistently. The seasons of marriage come and go. Each one holds the potential for emotional health and happiness, and each one has its challenges. The purpose of this book is to describe these recurring seasons of marriage, help you and your spouse identify which season your marriage is in, and show you how to enhance your marriage in all four seasons.

A four-step programme to help develop self-esteem, create time to do the things that nourish and fulfil you, discover a deep sense of calm and achieve healthy control over your life, home and work, co-written by psychotherapist and relationship expert Jennie Miller and award-winning journalist Victoria Lambert.

Whether it is the panic that provokes you to ponder your decisions twice, or the distance to yourself you naturally develop when things begin to pick up, it can be so inconvenient for you. But it also comes with the fact that these kinds of emotional behavior will hinder you from getting the exact connections you wish for.

Is ADHD creating roadblocks in your relationship? This book, from best-selling publisher LearnWell and author Robert Bell, is your guide to overcoming frustration and fostering a fulfilling connection with your partner. This audiobook provides a step-by-step blueprint to improve your relationship without sacrificing your well-being. With wisdom, empathy, and practical tools, you can overcome ADHD-related obstacles and reignite the love and connection in your partnership.

Have you heard that communication is one of the keys to a happy relationship? But do you know how? We've compiled some helpful information in this book to help you make a positive impact on your relationship. Communication is one of the most important ways to foster and strengthen your relationship. Communication is not about the conversation, but rather about how you communicate. The key to communicating in our ship is not talking, but rather communicating.

A damaged man is incapable of love because he does not believe love will be freely given, only earned through works. He seeks false intimacy in lust and mistakes sex for acceptance. These men seek insecure women who believe themselves unlovable and who use sex to earn approval. When these couples enter into marriage, unmet needs and secret expectations pile up until the relationship is full of festering resentment. Along come children who add greater urgency to fixing the emotional damage. But with no hope in sight, what can the couples do except march toward inevitable divorce?

Do you worry about abandonment? Do you want deep, fulfilling relationships but get lost in anxiety? You may obsess over your loved ones' every move and question your place in their life. Your anxieties are normal for someone with an anxious attachment style—you're not alone. However, holding onto these anxieties prevents you from having secure relationships based on trust and unconditional love.

We are so used to hearing that ‘love is blind’, ‘you will know when you meet the one’ and that love should be ‘unconditional’. However, are these idioms the best way to secure successful lasting relationships? Or might we have been given the wrong handbook for love? Dr Sara Nasserzadeh invites us to re-examine our beliefs and empowers us with six core principles – Attraction, Respect, Trust, Shared Vision, Compassion, Loving Behaviours – to create and sustain meaningful relationships through a new paradigm of love: The Emergent Love Model.

Can you strengthen your bond, grow together, and enjoy deeper levels of love and intimacy that rival your newlywed days? And can you do any or all of that without having to digest mountains of self-help books, or pouring your hearts out to a total stranger in endless counseling sessions? Even the best marriages can have cracks in their relationships. The difference is that extraordinary couples take action when they see those cracks happening.

Ted Hughes married Sylvia Plath in 1956, at the outset of their brilliant careers. Plath's suicide six-and-a-half years later, for which many held Hughes accountable, changed his life, his closest relationships, his standing in the literary world, and brought new significance to his poetry.

For married couples and those engaged to be married, Sheet Music is a practical guide to sex according to God's plan. In his characteristic style, Kevin Leman addresses a wide spectrum of people, from those with no sexual experiences to those with past sexual problems or even abuse. Using frank descriptions, this audiobook has a warm and friendly tone that will help couples overcome awkwardness in discussing an issue important to all married couples.