Download or read book The State of Affairs written by Esther Perel and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fresh look at infidelity, broadening the focus from the havoc it wreaks within a committed relationship to consider also why people do it, what it means to them, and why breaking up is the expected response to duplicity — but not necessarily the wisest one.” — LA Review of Books From iconic couples’ therapist and bestselling author of Mating in Captivity comes a provocative and controversial look at infidelity with practical, honest, and empathetic advice for how to move beyond it. An affair: it can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness, their very identity. And yet, this extremely common human experience is so poorly understood. What are we to make of this time-honored taboo—universally forbidden yet universally practiced? Why do people cheat—even those in happy marriages? Why does an affair hurt so much? When we say infidelity, what exactly do we mean? Do our romantic expectations of marriage set us up for betrayal? Is there such a thing as an affair-proof marriage? Is it possible to love more than one person at once? Can an affair ever help a marriage? Perel weaves real-life case stories with incisive psychological and cultural analysis in this fast-paced and compelling book. For the past ten years, Perel has traveled the globe and worked with hundreds of couples who have grappled with infidelity. Betrayal hurts, she writes, but it can be healed. An affair can even be the doorway to a new marriage—with the same person. With the right approach, couples can grow and learn from these tumultuous experiences, together or apart. Affairs, she argues, have a lot to teach us about modern relationships—what we expect, what we think we want, and what we feel entitled to. They offer a unique window into our personal and cultural attitudes about love, lust, and commitment. Through examining illicit love from multiple angles, Perel invites readers into an honest, enlightened, and entertaining exploration of modern marriage in its many variations. Fiercely intelligent, The State of Affairs provides a daring framework for understanding the intricacies of love and desire. As Perel observes, “Love is messy; infidelity more so. But it is also a window, like no other, into the crevices of the human heart.”

Download or read book What Makes Love Last written by John Gottman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-09-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "One of the foremost relationship experts at work today offers creative insight on building trust and avoiding betrayal, helping readers to decode the mysteries of healthy love and relationships"--

Download or read book Real Love written by Greg Baer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-01-19 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "He rocked my foundation! Greg Baer touched me deeply. He's got the answer to finding happiness in life."—Tony Trupiano, Talk America Why do most of us search our entire lives for loving and happy relationships but rarely find them? What is the "secret something" that all relationships need in order to thrive? Dr. Greg Baer found the answers to these questions while working with thousands of individuals and couples. In Real Love, he shares his enlightening and practical blueprint for creating successful relationships and reveals the secret to finding and keeping what he calls "Real Love." In Real Love, you'll discover: · The difference between Imitation Love and Real Love · How to eliminate conflicts with spouses, children, parents, friends and colleagues · How to put an end to destructive “Getting” and “Protecting” behaviors · How Real Love can eliminate anger, resentment, and fear · The four steps to finding Real Love With Real Love as your guide you can begin to heal the wounds of your past and create rewarding and fulfilling relationships in every area of your life.

Download or read book Love Affairs written by Richard Taylor and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-04-06 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring in depth the affair and its often painful consequences, "Love Affairs" crafts an understanding of why people become involved in extramarital affairs, and offers ways to lessen the marital damage an affair can cause. In practical, nonmoralistic ways, intensely intimate issues are examined such as love and marriage, the ethics of having love affairs, fidelity, and more.

Download or read book True Love Dates written by Debra K. Fileta and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is possible to find true love through dating. In True Love Dates, Debra Fileta encourages singles not to "kiss dating goodbye" but instead to experience a season of dating as a way to find real love. Through powerful, real-life stories and Fileta's personal journey, this book offers profound insights from the expertise of a professional counselor. Christians are looking for answers to finding true love. They are disillusioned with the church that has provided little practical application in the area of love and relationships. They're bombarded by Christian books that shun dating, idolize courting, fixate on spirituality, and in the end, offer little real relationship help. True Love Dates provides honest help for dating by providing a guide into vital relationship essentials. Debra is a professional Christian counselor who reaches millions with her popular blog, Truelovedates.com, and her book offers sound advice grounded in Christian spirituality. She delivers insight, direction, and counsel when it comes to entering the world of dating and learning to do it right the first time around. Drawing on the stories and struggles of hundreds of young men and women who have pursued the search for true love, Fileta helps readers bypass unnecessary pain while focusing on the things that really matter in the world of dating.

Download or read book Emotional Infidelity written by M. Gary Neuman and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2009-06-03 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 routine and rancor than love and understanding. What he’s found is that, contrary to popular belief, the problem is usually not poor communication. It’s the failure to put most of your focus into your marriage. You’ve only got so much energy. Are you spending it by being emotionally unfaithful? Take a quick check: Do you send that funny e-mail to your friends at work—but not to your spouse? Do you chew over all the problems on the job so thoroughly with your colleagues that by the time you get home, you just don’t feel like going into it all over again? Do you get a secret thrill out of flirting with coworkers—thinking it’s safe because you know it’s not going any further? If so, you’re committing emotional infidelity—and you’re draining your marriage of the energy it needs to be great. Learning how to break this cycle is one of eleven secrets M. Gary Neuman shares in his provocative new book. Based on the ten-week program he’s developed in his successful couples counseling practice, the book offers guidelines that are often counterintuitive, even outrageous or shocking. But they work. Dare to limit contact with members of the opposite sex. Dare to need each other. Dare to put in writing the nitty-gritty realities of a marriage plan. Dare to put your marriage before your kids or job. Dare to make love in a whole new way. Dare to change your focus: make the commitment to focus on each of the eleven secrets (ten plus one bonus secret) for one week apiece and you’ll reap the rewards of a transformed marriage and a reconfirmed relationship. M. Gary Neuman’s program is guaranteed to challenge you and make you reexamine the myths holding you back from true happiness and satisfaction. It will change your marriage forever.

Download or read book When Good People Have Affairs written by Mira Kirshenbaum and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A world-renowned therapist, Mira Kirshenbaum has treated thousands of men and women caught in the powerful drama over what to do when an affair reaches into their emotional lives. Now, in When Good People Have Affairs, Kirshenbaum puts her unsurpassed experience into one clear, calming place. She gives readers everything they need to cut through the thickets of fear, hurt and confusion to find their ways to happier, more solid relationships with the person who's right for them. For example, Kirshenbaum identifies seventeen types of affairs, helping readers figure out which type they're in and what it means. Is it a: --"See-if" affair? --Ejector-seat affair? --Distraction affair? --Unmet-needs affair? --Panic affair? Kirshenbaum encourages honest answers to such questions as: --What am I missing in my marriage? --How do I decide between two people when it's like comparing an apple to an orange? --How do I decide to end my marriage, end my affair, or end them both? She leads readers through six easy-to-navigate steps that will take anyone from anxiety to clarity. When Good People Have Affairs will be a lifeline to any man or woman who feels caught between two lovers, and its insights are indispensable to anyone else touched by an affair.

Download or read book Surviving an Affair written by Dr. Willard F. Harley, Jr. and published by Marriage Resources International Inc. This book was released on 2024-03-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can a marriage survive an affair? Infidelity is one of life's most painful experiences for everyone involved--the betrayed spouse, the children, the extended family members, and even the lover and the wayward spouse. Once trust is broken, how can a couple ever hope to reconcile? In Surviving an Affair, Drs. Harley and Chalmers help you understand every aspect of infidelity--from the beginning of an affair through the restoration of the marriage. They describe: - why affairs begin and end - how to end an affair - how to restore the marriage - how to manage resentment and rebuild trust Surviving an Affair guides you step-by-step from the devastating blow of infidelity to a loving and trusting marriage. All questionnaires mentioned within this book are available in a fillable pdf format from the authors' websites identified on the last page.

Download or read book Surprised By Love written by Jay Kent-Ferraro and published by Cool Springs Press. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In compelling prose, readers are drawn into an intimate encounter with the harsh realities of infidelity, of how and why it occurs and led transparently through a pathway of awakening. Decisions are made to change, and recreate, and ultimately a transformation of a broken marraige ending in divorce becomes a new relationship. Readers are inspired with hope and possibility. Life altering truths about love and modern marraige including the gifts and hidden dangers are explored. This is anchored in the compelling story of two people who choose to triumph over their individual and relationship failures. Plus, a step by step guide to dealing with infidelity and restoring a relationship completes this tale of love lost and love restored.

Download or read book Love Marriage Infidelity 2 written by Vivian Blue and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tension is high between Josie and her estranged husband Kennedy. Josie decided to take the girls and run to Colima with Tiffany, to provide moral support when she meets Diego’s grandparents for the first time. At first, Josie felt relief because she managed to get away from Levi; who’s been applying his full court pressure. But when he shows up in Colima, with a personal invite from Juan Carlos. Things between Josie and Kennedy are pushed further on edge. Diamond is having a difficult time accepting her new role in Levi’s life. She’s used to getting all of Levi’s undivided attention. But since Josie has blown back into town, and left her husband, things are looking bleak for Diamond and her sugar daddy. However, Diamond has trick up her sleeve that will change the course of everyone’s relationship. And may cause the one fragile marriage that seems to be holding on by a thread to break!

Download or read book In Our Prime written by Patricia Cohen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Intimacy After Infidelity written by Steven Solomon and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Guide to Rebuilding Trust and Intimacy It's devastating to discover that the person you trust the most has betrayed you. You'll be facing some hard questions after learning of your partner's infidelity. You may choose to rebuild your relationship, or you may decide to move on. Whatever the right decision is for you, this book will help you figure out why your partner betrayed you and decide whether you can remain in your relationship. It will also show you new ways to relate that can help you and your partner become a lasting, loving, and committed couple. You'll start by taking a look at the phenomenon of infidelity and the three types of intimacy: self-intimacy, conflict intimacy, and affection intimacy. Then you'll learn about the three kinds of infidelity—those of fear, of loneliness, and of anger—and what each reveals about your relationship. Then it's on to practical exercises that can heal emotional wounds and enable you to recover your ability to trust. Even if you decide not to remain with your current partner, the book will help you make wise relationship choices to "affair-proof" your future relationship.

Download or read book Your Next Steps written by Jill Savage and published by . This book was released on 2018-03-07 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christian author and speaker Jill Savage found herself reeling from the discovery of her husband's infidelity. It was one very dark year that included a four-month separation.Their marriage survived and they now share their story openly as authors and speakers to help others who are walking through their own dark season. After answering hundreds of emails and Facebook messages from brokenhearted men and women whose spouse have betrayed them, Jill put together this short, easy-to-read book that will give you the wisdom and encouragement you need to find your footing in the chaotic mess you've found yourself in.Your Next Steps will help you:-Find a peace even in the middle of the mess.-Understand what forgiveness is and isn't.-Reframe your pain in a way that helps you move forward.-See your spouse in a way that allows healing to happen.-Understand you're not alone.It's a little, but power-packed, faith-based book that provides the hope and help you desperately need.

Download or read book Love Marriage Infidelity 3 written by Vivian Blue and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at the surface, it appears that everything is going as planned for Tiffany and Diego. With the blessing of Juan Carlos and Javier, they feel that everything will fall into place when the time comes for Diego to graduate from college. On the other hand, Sophia is still unaware of the secret marriage between Diego and Tiffany, and she’s working her magic to make sure that the odds are in her favor. However, when the time comes for the moment of truth, everyone will discover that everything is not quite what it seems. The tide is always changing when it comes to Josie and Levi. One minute they’re together and in love, and the next minute something always happens to tear them apart. Josie is always on the fence with her feelings for both Levi and Kennedy, but will her obligation to her family push her towards a decision that she doesn’t necessarily want to make? Will Levi decide to take matters into his own hands in order to show everyone that he’s not to be taken lightly? Love, Marriage and Infidelity.

Download or read book Affair Healing written by Tim Tedder and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Marriage from Adultery and Infidelity to Love and Hope for the Future written by Dr. Farla Bridges and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a time when marriages are breaking up and families are being destroyed. I hope to shed some light on the purpose of marriage and the impact that adultery and infidelity can have on the lives of people. Although there are cultural differences concerning the matter, I am focusing on what God said about marriage and family. In my book, I will share some very explicit examples of pain and suffering that occurred during adultery and infidelity. Finally, I will share some ways people can overcome, have love restored, and hope.

Download or read book How God Used the Other Woman written by Tina Konkin and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a spouse has been unfaithful, salvaging the relationship may seem inconceivable. Marital infidelity sparks pain and chaos that is difficult to navigate. But there is hope for recovery and redemption. Author Tina Konkin has been there. In How God Used “the Other Woman,” Konkin shares how she and her husband Ron saved their marriage after his affair and fought to make it better than ever before. How did she find the strength and grace to forgive? Konkin discovered three powerful healing principles that allowed her and Ron to rebuild their marriage in a lasting way. The couple emerged from their crisis as they sought restoration together—and found joy on the other side. Read how God transformed the brokenness of an affair into a redeemed marriage and successful marriage-coaching program. Konkin’s inspiring story teems with help and encouragement, celebrating a marriage that not only survived but thrives.