Love hacks Simple solutions to your most common relationship issues
Book - 2024
"An experienced therapist, radio personality, and bestselling author offers 21st-century solutions to the most frequent relationship pitfalls that continue to plague couples. In concise, easy-to-digest chapters, she breaks down the fifteen most common issues in relationships and provides three innovative solutions for each"--
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Novato, California :
New World Library
[2024]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 187 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781608689088
- Introduction
- Issue 1. "My Partner Doesn't Listen to Me"
- Fast-Food Communication
- "I" Statements
- Sounding Board vs. Feedback
- Issue 2. "We Are Constantly Arguing!"
- Time-Outs
- Who Is More Emotionally Invested?
- Assuming Positive Intentions
- Issue 3. "We Don't Make Time for Each Other"
- Date Nights and Scheduling
- Quick Partner Connections
- Exploring the Resistance
- Issue 4. "We Don't Have Sex Anymore"
- Looking at Resentments
- Sensate Focus Therapy
- Setting the Scene
- Issue 5. "I Don't Feel in Love with My Partner Anymore"
- The Continuum of Long-Term Relationships
- Love Letters
- Understanding Your Connection Style
- Issue 6. "I Do So Many More Chores!"
- Chore Chart
- Appreciating Your Partner
- Becoming Teammates
- Issue 7. "We Can't Trust Each Other after Infidelity"
- Starting the Forgiveness Process
- Grieving and Renewing Your Commitment
- Understanding the Affair and Setting Boundaries
- Issue 8. "We Are Too Culturally Different"
- Learning about Culture
- Incorporating Traditions
- Having Fun Experiencing a Partner's Culture
- Issue 9. "We Spend Money Differently"
- Setting Financial Goals
- Generating a Budget
- Creating an Emotional Inventory
- Issue 10. "My Partner or I Have an Addiction"
- Understanding Addiction
- Planning for Recovery
- Identifying Your Negative Voice
- Issue 11. "Things Are Different Since We Had Kids"
- Experiencing the Before
- Assessing Your Relationship Post-Kid(s)
- Division of Child Responsibilities
- Issue 12. "I Don't Feel Respected by My Partner"
- BISECT: A Way to Show Respect
- Cognitive Distortions
- Respect Initiatives
- Issue 13. "Social Media Is Damaging Our Relationship"
- Questionnaire on Social Media
- Establishing Social Media Boundaries
- Using the Mirror on Why
- Issue 14. "We Want Different Things"
- Determining Our Needs from Wants
- Unifying Goals and Dreams
- Creating a Values Pie Chart
- Issue 15. "There Is Too Much Anger Between Us"
- Uncovering the Emotions Behind Anger
- Perspectives to Let Go
- Empathizing with Our Partner
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- About the Author