An exploration of the bonds that play a central role in women's lives and which are critical for a woman's sense of identity and emotional well-being.For the modern woman, the need for love and acceptance from another has never been more important. Finding true love, however, has never been more fraught with challenge and adversity.You may have experienced infidelity, had a partner who fails to respect your boundaries, or felt deeply sad and lonely in your ...

The #1 National BestsellerIn her most provocative book on marriage advice yet, America's top radio talk show host, Dr. Laura Schlessinger, urgently reminds women that to take proper care of their husbands is to ensure themselves the happiness and satisfaction they deserve in marriage.Women want to be in love, get married and live happily ever after, yet countless women call Dr. Laura, unhappy in their marriages and seemingly at a loss to un...

What’s holding you back from a great marriage?“I don’t believe in ‘okay,’ ‘decent,’ or ‘solid’ marriages. I’m against them,” says M. Gary Neuman. “I believe only in great marriages, and that you should expect and reach for no less.” In the last fifteen years, M. Gary Neuman, marital therapist and architect of the Sandcastles Divorce Therapy Program, has helped thousands of couples in crisis. Couples who fight. Who’ve grown apart. Who are stuck in relationships that run more on rout...

From 30 years of professional and clinical experience working to empower individuals, Darlene Lancer, LMFT, has written the ultimate guide to overcoming self-criticism - the single biggest destroyer of self-esteem. 10 Steps to Self-Esteem is both comprehensive and concise, outlined in an easy form to remember, both 1-10 and A-J. Each step contains practical suggestions and exercises you can do on your own.At www.whatiscodependency.com, you can get the webinar, "How to Raise Your Se...

“Every woman who is struggling to understand the mistreatment she is experiencing in her relationship should begin by reading [this] wonderful book.”—Lundy Bancroft, author of Why Does He Do That?What do you do when the one you love hurts you?Have you been searching for answers to difficult questions about your relationship? Do you feel confused about why your partner seems loving one moment and angry the next? Summoning the courage to ask...

Do you struggle with jealousy... the judgments... the miss-trust...and the emotions that seem to control your life?Do you want to be free from jealousy... but don't actually know how to overcome it?Jealousy Is A Powerful Emotion That Can Take Control Of Your LifeEveryone experiences jealousy; it's certainly nothing new to humanity. But it has the power to destroy relationships and make your life miserable. Trust is the bond that holds us together, and jealousy attac...

At some point, it happens to everyone: You wake up one day and suddenly your once-blissful marriage is shattered. The spark is gone. And the love of your life wants nothing to do with you. You yearn for those feelings you had on your wedding day. When you were both filled with hope and possibilities of what was in store for the future. Do you wish you could have those feelings back again? Don't Worry - You Can! Look - there's no such thing as a perfect m...

We Love Each Other, But...offers simple, practical tips that will help you restore and strengthen a relationship that has gone off track. It lays out the nuts and bolts of building relationships so they continue to be gratifying over the long haul. Dr. Ellen Wachtel shows how, even when you feel like giving up on a relationship or marriage, you can recapture why you fell in love in the first place. Dr. Wachtel promises that there is more and suggests simple ways to keep vitality i...

Have you become someone you don’t like? Have things happened to you that cause you to question your worth and value? No matter what has happened to you, you are capable of rediscovering your true potential and true self-worth and living a life full of significance, blessings and miracles. This book and the accompanying courses are organized into several parts: 1. I AM STRONG: The Formula 2. Build Your Self-Worth: The I AM STRONG Formula in Action 3. Receive the Miracles of Forgiving 4. Tra...

This best-selling author duo comes to the aid of readers who are drowning in a sea of good intentions and misplaced priorities. Tackling self-examination, realistic explanations, healthy communication, and dealing with conflict and temptation, Rescue Your Love Life will show you how to build trust and intimacy in your marriage.

Bad habits: we all have them! But what happens when these bad habits extend to our relationships? Whether it's interrupting your partner mid-sentence, acting bored when they are speaking, or teasing them in hurtful ways—over time these bad habits can lead to resentment, and can mean the difference between a wonderful, close relationship, and one characterized by conflict or unhappiness. Fortunately, for all of us, good relationship habits can be learned (or re-learned), and bad habits can ...

Susan Page's groundbreaking approach to relationships gives readers the tools and encouragement they need to bring positive changes to their relationship, even when their partners are unwilling to do the work. Based on the premise that what you do in a relationship makes changes faster than anything you discuss, Page introduces the concept of "Loving Leadership" and offers fourteen empowering and doable strategies for recapturing the positive feelings, including how to:• Overcome r...