Marriage Relationships Communication

Relationships are usually the most important part of a person’s life. But they’re often stressful and frustrating, or simply awkward, distant, and lonely. We feel the weight of things unsaid, needs unmet, conflicts unresolved. It’s easy to feel stuck.

Have you recently walked away from a date or a conversation feeling uncomfortable or violated? Are you looking for ways to set limits with your spouse, kids, parents, or boss? This essential guide to setting and respecting boundaries is for anyone wanting to better understand themselves and others. Just as a cut in our skin causes pain and injury, a breach of any of our physical, emotional, or sexual boundaries can be very harmful to our bodies and minds.

Even in the best of relationships, all of us make mistakes. We do and say things we later regret and hurt the people we love most. So we need to make things right. But simply saying you’re sorry is usually not enough. In this audio book, #1 New York Times best-selling author Gary Chapman and Jennifer Thomas unveil new ways to effectively approach and mend fractured relationships. Even better, you’ll discover how meaningful apologies provide the power to make your friendships, family, and marriage stronger than ever before.

A new and updated edition of the all-time bestselling book on marriage enhancement and divorce prevention. Since it was first published in 1994, Fighting for Your Marriage has been the bestselling book in its field. As in the original edition, the book offers invaluable advice on achieving better communication and problem-solving skills, using structured techniques to resolve conflicts, sharing a core belief system, understanding commitment and forgiveness, restoring intimacy, and more.

We all say things we shouldn't. What is important is how we deal with the gaffe. If a slip-of-the-tongue at a family gathering, office meeting, or social setting causes you to inadvertently embarrass or offend someone, the strategy presented here, will help you to smooth things over as quickly as possible. But what about when you really mess up?

Your partner's attention deficit disorder (ADD) may not seem like a big deal at first, but eventually, the dynamics surrounding his or her impulsivity, forgetfulness, distractibility, and restlessness can really strain your relationship. You don't want to act like a parent, yet you may feel like you can't rely on your partner to get things done. Loving Someone with Attention Deficit Disorder is your guide to navigating a relationship with someone with ADD so you can create healthy boundaries while remaining sympathetic to your partner's symptoms.

Build the successful, loving, long-term partnership you desire with the Emergent Love Model. If you feel disillusioned, disconnected, or unfulfilled, internationally-celebrated couples therapist Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh can help you redefine your relationship—perfect for perfect for fans of The 8 Rules of Love and The Love Prescription.

How do you set smart limits on your physical relationship? How much do you get involved financially? And how do you know if you've found your future spouse? Dating can be fun, but it's not always easy to navigate the questions and intricacies along the way. In Boundaries in Dating, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, counselors and authors of the New York Times bestseller Boundaries, share their practical advice for adding healthy boundaries to your dating life.

You’ve come across a great treasure of knowledge! This insightful audiobook will help you understand yourself and the other sex better. The different points of view are laid out, and the oh-so-different perspectives are emphasized in this comprehensible, relatable guide about marriage communication.

Picture-perfect storybook romances don't exist in real life. Couples fight. Feelings of love wax and wane through the years. So, how can you reignite passion and intimacy in your relationship, cultivate greater understanding and compassion between yourself and your partner, and bring the joy back to your love life? In this fully revised edition of ACT with Love, therapist and world-renowned ACT expert Russ Harris shows how developing psychological flexibility can help you and your partner strengthen your relationship.

Discover the tools to navigate intimacy and foster secure connections. Your partner receives a text message and smiles while replying. You immediately assume the worst. Thoughts like, "Who could be making them smile?" or "Are they talking to someone else?" flood your mind. Despite no evidence, the anxious attachment style magnifies insecurities and creates stress in relationships.

The perfect guide for husbands who want to love their wives and strengthen their marriages in a way like never before. In this revised and updated edition of his classic best seller, Gary Smalley explains a woman's deepest needs, shows men how to meet those needs, and gives 10 simple steps to strengthen any marriage. He helps men to understand not only how to respond to a woman's feelings, but also how to make her feel important. Gary Smalley maps a blueprint to a better marriage that will have a deep and lasting impact on men and their wives.

Why do we fight most with those we love best? Australian relationship therapist Lissy Abrahams has spent years exploring this question, both in her treatment room helping clients and through extensive research. She knows that long-term conflict leaves us drained, anxious and worried for the emotional wellbeing of our families, but says it is neither intractable or inevitable. Conflict is caused by unconscious patterns of thinking and behaviour - unresolved feelings of fear, instability or pain - that can be consciously rewired for a healthier, happier relationship.

Don't become a statistic! You can save your marriage! You can make love last forever and reclaim the lost passion without even talking about your relationship. Get the love you want and keep the love you have, starting now. This is where your marriage recovery journey begins.

Mindful relationship habits will help you figure out the best choices for you, and your partner. You’ll have practical options that you can try, and different exercises that will help you become more mindful and improve your relationship with your partner. This book will teach you, in just 25 minutes a day, how to build emotional intelligence, regulate anger, become mindful of what you say to your partner, and also build a better relationship.

If so, Welcome to the "10 Week Couples Therapy Workbook," a heartfelt guide designed to nurture your relationship back to its full potential. In moments of doubt, this workbook serves as a beacon of hope, offering you and your partner a chance to rediscover the depth of your connection through the gentle principles of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).

No relationship can survive without communication. Discover how you can rekindle your relationship by following this seven step action plan.

In Loving What Is, best-selling author Byron Katie introduced thousands of people to her simple and profound method of finding happiness through questioning the mind. Now, I Need Your Love, Is That True? examines a universal, age-old source of anxiety: our relationships with others. In this groundbreaking book, Katie helps you question everything you have been taught to do to gain love and approval. In doing this, you discover how to find genuine love and connection.

It's time to say goodbye to endless theory that resolves nothing for you, and hello to actual practical advice that will help you create the relationship you desire. But, be aware. This will take work from both of you and all we ask is you come to every exercise with an open mind and ready to tackle the hard questions together. That is how you will create a life of love together!

Enhance communication with your partner without feeling as you speak two different languages. What if a few simple skills could radically improve your life, marriage, and your relationship? Imagine a life with your partner without conflicts, anxiety, and trust. Communication in Relationship will teach you how to use easy, actionable activities to strengthen your marriage by working together or working through problems separately, from open-ended conversation prompts to fast quizzes.