Healthy Romantic Relationship

Written in plain English and packed with sensitive, authoritative information, Codependency for Dummies, 2nd Edition describes the history, symptoms, causes, and relationship dynamics of codependency. The majority of the book is devoted to healing and lays out a clear plan for recovery with exercises, practical advice, and daily reminders to help you know, honor, protect, and express yourself, with new chapters on working the 12 Steps to recover from codependency and how therapists/coaches/nurses are affected by codependency.

Time and again, some women fall for someone who for one reason or another will never return their feelings. The object of their affection may be emotionally unavailable, married, or even pathologically cruel. The woman who routinely finds herself in this situation suffers mightily, feeling rejected, unloved, undesirable. With empathy and compassion, Dr. Marni Feuerman helps women see their situations clearly, understand the historical, emotional, and psychological reasons behind their actions, and most importantly, make better choices for themselves.

While turbulence in any relationship is of course normal, long-term feelings of neglect or lack of romance in a relationship are not. The secret to keeping love alive is to show concretely that you’re trying when love is new. Partners often wonder why their relationship is failing, where those loving feelings went, or why they feel unappreciated by their partner. This usually happens after the “honeymoon period”. In some cases, couples may not have a relationship free from romance for years.

We were set up to feel like failures in romantic relationships by the dysfunctional perspectives and expectations of love and romance we learned growing up. There is no happily-ever-after that we can reach when we find our prince or princess. As an adult you obviously know that intellectually - but emotionally you are still looking for it because it is what we were taught as children, it is part of the foundation programming that determines how we relate to life.

Fear and overanalysis can trigger anxieties that can ruin your relationships. Knowing how to manage these, how to avoid triggers, and how to deal with them when they appear are vital to creating a healthy relationship and experiencing connected bliss. You can cultivate better relationships, and with the skills taught in this book, you can develop a commitment mindset that will serve you and your partner well.

Do you find yourself struggling with navigating relationships of any kind? Are you constantly fighting with your relatives or your friends? Do you have problems with communicating in an intimate relationship of any kind? Jason Francis has your back! As an observer of the human experience, he examines relationships in intimate detail.