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Book The Wise Lesbian Guide to Getting Free from Crazy Making Relationships   Getting on with Your Life

Download or read book The Wise Lesbian Guide to Getting Free from Crazy Making Relationships Getting on with Your Life written by Amber Ault Ph. D. and published by . This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is your relationship "always about her?" Does it seem condemned to an endless break-up/ make up cycle? Do your friends think your girlfriend is bad news? If you are stuck in a confusing, exhausting, crazy-making relationship and looking for a way to make sense of your girlfriend's self-centered, erratic, or volatile behavior, you need The Wise Lesbian Guide to Getting Free from Crazy-Making Relationships and Getting On With Your Life. In one small volume, Amber Ault, Ph.D., MSW spells out how three "personality disorders" (Narcissistic, Anti-social, Borderline) account for much of the toxic "come here/go away" "I love you/I hate you" and "it's all about me" drama that keeps good women in relationships that are great every once in awhile but wretchedly crazy-making most of the time. While other books explore the rise of narcissism, surviving the abuse of psychopaths, and responding to people who have borderline personality disorder in general, this book takes a lesbian-specific look at the devastation these personality disorders can cause in relationships and the special challenges facing women in same-sex partnerships with personality-disordered women. In The Wise Lesbian Guide to Getting Free from Crazy-Making Relationships and Getting on With Your Life, Dr. Ault, a clinical sociologist and psychotherapist, draws from clinical literature and experience, expertise in LGBT culture, and a series of interviews with lesbian and queer women who have survived relationships with toxic partners to help you determine if the trouble you are experiencing in your relationship is rooted in a partner's personality disorder. She reviews common toxic relationship dynamics, the costs of staying with personality disordered partners, common personality disorder patterns, and why you might have been vulnerable to getting involved with a personality disordered woman. Perhaps most importantly, she provides specific skills you need to use if you are preparing to exit a toxic relationship, and detailed strategies for recovery, once you are free. Every person deserves to be in a happy, joyful, supportive relationship. As we move into an era in which same-sex partners have access to legal marriage, it is perhaps more crucial than ever that we clarify our expectations for same-sex relationships and become skilled at choosing partners with the capacity to fully participate in mutually respectful, reciprocally supportive, life-enhancing relationships. You deserve to be in a relationship that promotes your happiness, health, and peacefulness. If your current relationship undermines your ease, well-being, and productivity, this book can help you get clearer about what is not working and how to take action so that you can open yourself to the possibility of having the relationship happiness you deserve.

Book The Wise Lesbian Guide to Getting Free from Crazy Making Relationships

Download or read book The Wise Lesbian Guide to Getting Free from Crazy Making Relationships written by Amber Ault, Ph.d. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Wise Lesbian Guide to Getting Free from Crazy-Making Relationships , Dr. Amber Ault, a clinical sociologist and psychotherapist, draws from clinical literature and experience, expertise in LGBT culture, and a series of interviews with lesbian and queer women who experienced relationships with toxic partners.

Book The Lesbian Love Companion

Download or read book The Lesbian Love Companion written by Marny Hall and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1998-04-07 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Lesbian Love Companion, Marny Hall, Ph.D., a psychotherapist with twenty years' experience counseling lesbian couples, explores and celebrates lesbian relationships in all their complexity - and humor. Based on the idea that the key to healthy relationships lies in our ability to keep refining the story of our relationships, it presents the perfect blend of advice and inspiration for every lesbian looking for love. Interspersing real-life examples from Hall's practice, sound advice, and laugh-out-loud observations, The Lesbian Love Companion takes a completely fresh and honest approach to the unique relationship issues near and dear to every lesbian's heart. "Witty, perceptive, and wise" - Karla Jay, editor of Dyke Life and Lesbian Erotics " A delightfully practical and funny guidebook to exploring life after love . No coy language and no judgmental presumptions help us say yes to the relationships we want. When you go shopping for the next commitment ceremony, The Lesbian Love Companion is the perfect gift" - Jewelle Gomez, author of The Gilda Stories A wonderful book helping lesbians define our relationships on our terms--making a successful breakup as worthwhile as our commitments." - Suzanne Westenhoefer, lesbian comedienne "With dozens of real-life examples, [this] highly creative guide to everyday relationship pitfalls is a veritable Kama Sutra of emotional possibility." - Alison Bechdel, creator of Dykes to Watch Out For "[A] lively, smart, funny, and fun-to-read book that challenges our fairy tale notions that we will find one Ms. Right and settle down forever in undisturbed bliss. Hall...offers wise advice about how to keep one's sanity through the ins-and-outs of all these discombobulating and destabilizing experiences." - Lillian Faderman, author of Odd Girls and Twilight Loversand Surpassing the Love of Men

Book Lesbian Couples

Download or read book Lesbian Couples written by D.Merilee Clunis and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2004-12-21 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two experienced lesbian therapists, "Lesbian Couples" covers a range of topics--from marriage to money to conflict resolution--and presents a variety of helpful examples and problem-solving techniques, drawing from research done on lesbian couples over the past decade.

Book Lesbian Dating Guide

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mesembe Townsend
  • Publisher : Independently Published
  • Release : 2022-11-25
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Lesbian Dating Guide written by Mesembe Townsend and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-11-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you realized that it is time to begin deeply loving another woman? This guide will help you get ready to win another woman's heart without falling into typical dramatic lesbian relationships. This is your guide to having a successful lesbian love life. Your soul's energy invested ought to be well worth your time and feelings. Don't you think so? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Mesembe Townsend has privately helped struggling women in lesbian relationships to build self-love, compassion, and the strong coping skills needed to navigate the lesbian dating scene. In this work, she leads her readers into the consciousness that they are truly capable of building themselves up for the kind of happy love life they secretly desire in a lesbian relationship.

Book ENFP and ENTP Lesbians

Download or read book ENFP and ENTP Lesbians written by Erica Crooks and published by Erica Crooks / officialericcrooks.com. This book was released on with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know your personality type ? Are you that personality type that's different from the majority ? Are you a talkative, creative, energetic, playful yet intellectual maverick with huge ideas that's going to change the world someday ? Further more are you a Lesbian or Transwoman Lesbian ? And perhaps you are in love in a relationship or marriage with another like minded person. If so, your probably either an ENFP or ENTP Lesbian and perhaps your partner is too. Therefore ENFP and ENTP Lesbians. You love each other but your such a rare couple that makes of a small percentage of society. Now where can you find a specialized book just for couples like you ? Look no further because here's the book you seek. For those wild, crazy, creative, nonconformist thinking lesbians is here. This book isn't for just any Lesbian couples. No, no. This book is for those couples who love to talk for hours, have huge creative ideas coming out of their mind like a big idea machine, and just see opportunities everywhere even if the whole world thinks of them as illogical or unrealistic. That's not going to stop this ENFP and ENTP couple. But why does this book even exist ? Well personality type science can do many things. Besides, this book is made specially for one of the rarest and most free spirited, happy and uniqe personality types ever. In this case personality types in a Lesbian relationship. From the author of ENFP and ENTP L The True Free Spirits Where are You ? and The Transwoman Self Confidence book Erica Crooks. Visit officialericcrooks.com for more information on the author

Book Lesbians in Committed Relationships

Download or read book Lesbians in Committed Relationships written by Lynn Haley-Banez and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four lesbian couples celebrating long-term, monogamous relationships detail their lives together through a series of candid and emotional narratives that are at once heart-warming and heart-wrenching. Rather than a how-to guide to making relationships work, this is a rich, layered history of four loving, working relationships that cross racial, socio-economic, age and education boundaries, making it a must-read for lesbians, either single or involved, as well as their families and friends, and for counsellors and therapists who work with couples.

Book The Five Step Exit

    Book Details:
  • Author : Amber Ault
  • Publisher : Next Generation Books
  • Release : 2015-10-01
  • ISBN : 9780982605332
  • Pages : 128 pages

Download or read book The Five Step Exit written by Amber Ault and published by Next Generation Books. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Five Step Exit, clinical sociologist Amber Ault offers readers clear, practical, and straight-forward strategies for exiting toxic relationships and moving into robust recovery. Written in a warm and accessible style, The Five Step Exit offers partners in toxic relationships a unique and practical resource: a rational five-stage process for planning and executing an exit, responding skillfully to the dramatic challenges that you may face when you make your courageous move, and recovering your happiness, health, and joy as you put a difficult relationship behind you. Dr. Ault's Five Step Exit recognizes the commonalities among the crazy-making behavior patterns psychologists identify as narcissistic, anti-social, and borderline personality disorders, as well as the subtle differences between them. She has written a book designed for significant others and spouses of people across these categories, including partners in heterosexual, same-sex, and queer marriages and dating relationships. Organized into five sections that give you strategic guidance, explicit steps, and heart-centered practices, The Five Step Exit offers comfort, encouragement, and wisdom to anyone preparing to make the liberating move of leaving a toxic relationship in the interest of living their best life possible.

Book Enfp and Entp Lesbians

Download or read book Enfp and Entp Lesbians written by Erica Crooks and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know your personality type ? Are you that personality type that's different from the majority ? Are you a talkative, creative, energetic, playful yet intellectual maverick with huge ideas that's going to change the world someday ? Further more are you a Lesbian or Transwoman Lesbian ? And perhaps you are in love in a relationship or marriage with another like minded person. If so, your probably either an ENFP or ENTP Lesbian and perhaps your partner is too. Therefore ENFP and ENTP Lesbians. You love each other but your such a rare couple that makes of a small percentage of society. Now where can you find a specialized book just for couples like you ? Look no further because here's the book you seek. For those wild, crazy, creative, nonconformist thinking lesbians is here. This book isn't for just any Lesbian couples. No, no. This book is for those couples who love to talk for hours, have huge creative ideas coming out of their mind like a big idea machine, and just see opportunities everywhere even if the whole world thinks of them as illogical or unrealistic. That's not going to stop this ENFP and ENTP couple. But why does this book even exist ? Well personality type science can do many things. Besides, this book is made specially for one of the rarest and most free spirited, happy and uniqe personality types ever. In this case personality types in a Lesbian relationship. From the author of ENFP and ENTP L The True Free Spirits Where are You ? and The Transwoman Self Confidence book Erica Crooks. Visit officialericcrooks.com for more information on the author

Book Ask a Queer Chick

Download or read book Ask a Queer Chick written by Lindsay King-Miller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of The Z Word, this guide to sex, love and life for girls who like girls is useful whether you’re a lady-dating veteran or still trying to come out to yourself. “Fresh and authentic…[King-Miller] combine[s] the ‘directness’ of Dan Savage with the ‘compassion and gentleness’ of Cheryl Strayed.”—BITCH magazine Seasoned advice columnist and queer chick Lindsay King Miller cuts through all of the bizarre conditioning imparted by parents, romantic comedies, and The L Word to help queer readers live authentic, safe, happy, sexy lives. With advice on every aspect of life as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer woman—from your first Pride to confronting discrimination in the workplace—there is guidance for some of the most major parts of living in a world that can vacillate between supportive and cruel. “Lindsay King-Miller is the cool, queer aunt you never had but always wanted—she is unrelentingly kind, totally funny, and no subject is off limits. Ask a Queer Chick is essential reading.”—Jolie Kerr, author of My Boyfriend Barfed In My Handbag...And Other Things You Can't Ask Martha

Book The Sense of an Ending

    Book Details:
  • Author : Julian Barnes
  • Publisher : Vintage
  • Release : 2011-10-05
  • ISBN : 0307957330
  • Pages : 158 pages

Download or read book The Sense of an Ending written by Julian Barnes and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BOOKER PRIZE WINNER • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A novel that follows a middle-aged man as he contends with a past he never much thought about—until his closest childhood friends return with a vengeance: one of them from the grave, another maddeningly present. A novel so compelling that it begs to be read in a single setting, The Sense of an Ending has the psychological and emotional depth and sophistication of Henry James at his best, and is a stunning achievement in Julian Barnes's oeuvre. Tony Webster thought he left his past behind as he built a life for himself, and his career has provided him with a secure retirement and an amicable relationship with his ex-wife and daughter, who now has a family of her own. But when he is presented with a mysterious legacy, he is forced to revise his estimation of his own nature and place in the world.

Book New Our Right to Love

Download or read book New Our Right to Love written by Ginny Vida and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since its original publications in 1978, Our Right to Love's resources, interviews, and essays have evolved to cover every aspect of the ever-changing, everyday lives of lesbians. The complete lesbian resource guide, Our Right to Love instantly became a classic when it was first published in 1978. Now fully revised and expanded for the 1990s, this new edition includes over 60 articles and interviews covering the many aspects of lesbian life: relationships, sexuality, health, activism, education and sports, religion and spirituality, the law and legal issues, multiethnic lesbian experience, and lesbian culture. A group of essays explores the lesbian experience across cultures (African American, Latina, Asian, Native American) and age groups. Interviews with notable lesbians Martina Navratilova, Melissa Etheridge, Margarethe Cammermeyer, and Minnesota State Representative Karen Clark examine the particular experiences of highly visible out lesbians. An extensive bibliography, resource lists, and index make this the complete lesbian reference.

Book Lesbian Ex Lovers

Download or read book Lesbian Ex Lovers written by Esther D Rothblum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “We have earned a certain place in each other’s lives, and in the best of times we can rest on what we have made together.” Lesbian Ex-Lovers: The Really Long-Term Relationships examines the need for the development of better understanding and more critical analysis of lesbian ex-lover relationships. This eye-opening look into the minds and hearts of women offers personal insight into the possibilities for and potential pitfalls of lesbian ex-lover relations. This book contains personal stories, fictional accounts, poetry, and theoretical analyses of the frequency and significance of ex-lovers at different stages in a relationship. Topics of interest in Lesbian Ex-Lovers include: the roles ex-lovers play in our lives ex-lovers as contexts for change and development how we continue to be influenced by ex-lovers letting go and moving on ex-lovers as current friends and family themes of betrayal and loss of faith reconstructing friendships and community the mystique of the ex-lover friend/family connections among lesbian ex-lovers “Rather than totally scrap a relationship, we recycle it—from lover to ex-lover to friend in a relatively short half-life.” Lesbian Ex-Lovers is the only book in print that explores how a lesbian’s ex-lovers impact her subsequent romances and lifestyle. This special collection adds a new dynamic to the current literature for and about the lesbian community. Lesbian Ex-Lovers offers advice, anecdotes, and interpretations from such authors, poetesses, and artists as: Michelle Gibson, PhD—educator and editor of Femme/Butch: New Considerations of the Way We Want to Go— who says goodbye to her lover in a sad, passionate elegy Marny Hall—Psychotherapist, editor of the anthology Sexualities, and author of several books, including The Lavender Couch: A Consumer’s Guide to Psychotherapy for Lesbians and Gay Men—who muses on the unique bonding between lesbians and their ex-lovers, lending a mystique that surrounds the lesbian lifestyle Alison Bechdel—creator of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For—who presents a humorous comic strip thanking her former lovers for teaching her about herself Jane Futcher—newspaper reporter and author of three novels—who uses a chapter in her novel to illustrate the tensions that can occur when ex-lovers choose to remain friends, especially when those bonds provoke jealousy in both current and ex-lovers Renny Christopher—educator and award-winning poetess—who expresses her love, loss, and regret in three poems about her ex-lover and much more!

Book Queer Blues

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kimeron Hardin
  • Publisher : New Harbinger Publications
  • Release : 2001-06-25
  • ISBN : 1608825973
  • Pages : 237 pages

Download or read book Queer Blues written by Kimeron Hardin and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2001-06-25 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Queer Blues is the only guide to focus on the triggers of depression specific to the gay and lesbian community and to offer concrete strategies to overcome them. The authors explain the many forms of depression and explore its unique impact on lesbians and gay men. If you're a lesbian or a gay man struggling with depression, this book offers you real tools for real change. A self-test helps you determine your own level of depression and assess its impact on your life. With this information, go on to explore the reciprocal relationship between mood and self-esteem. Examine your core beliefs about self-worth and identify self-sabotaging habits that may make you vulnerable to both insecurity and depression. A final section provides tested, practical methods distilled from the authors' more than twenty-five years of clinical experience to help you build a plan to effectively manage your depression.

Book Authentic Love

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sara L. Weston
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2023-10-17
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Authentic Love written by Sara L. Weston and published by . This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authentic Love: A Guide to Creating Healthy Lesbian Relationships is a comprehensive roadmap for lesbians seeking to cultivate and maintain fulfilling partnerships. This book delves into the unique dynamics and challenges faced by lesbian couples, offering practical advice and insights to help navigate the complexities of love and relationships. From understanding oneself to finding the right partner, this guide provides valuable tools and strategies to foster genuine connections and build strong, lasting relationships. Whether you are single or in a relationship, this book will empower you to create a love that is authentic, supportive, and deeply fulfilling. Key Topics Covered: Understanding the dynamics of lesbian relationships Exploring self-identity and personal growth Navigating the dating world and finding compatible partners Building effective communication and resolving conflicts Cultivating trust, intimacy, and emotional connection Balancing individuality and togetherness in a relationship Overcoming common challenges and obstacles Sustaining long-term love and happiness Authentic Love: A Guide to Creating Healthy Lesbian Relationships is a must-read for any lesbian who desires a loving and fulfilling partnership. With its practical advice, relatable stories, and expert guidance, this book will empower you to create the relationship of your dreams. Whether you are just starting your journey or have been in a relationship for years, this guide will provide you with the tools and insights to cultivate a love that is authentic, supportive, and deeply satisfying. Discover the secrets to building a healthy and lasting lesbian relationship and embark on a path to true love and happiness.

Book Training Your Girlfriend to Submit and Obey

Download or read book Training Your Girlfriend to Submit and Obey written by Ryan Hale and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making a girlfriend obey has several benefits. Training her can be a long road when your desired outcome is the perfect girl who does as she's told, who worships you with all of her love, and who would never cheat on you or think of doing anything that displeases you. Please don't think this book is a book for misogynistic male archetypes who seek only to control their universe and who have mommy issues. This book is for the 'real' man who knows his place, his girlfriend's place, and who wants the world to be playground. A true man showers his girlfriend with love when she obeys and submits to him and punishes her when she disobeys and gets out of line. There has to be law and order in every relationship. There has to be someone who is in control, who has the upper-hand, and, let me suggest, if it's not you (the man in the relationship), then it is probably her. You must learn to dominate and this means teaching her to submit. If you don't, you'll never have a truly satisfying relationship that is tighter than glue. This book is going to teach you techniques for making her obey and submit to you. It is going to provide you with a lot of sound practical advice and help you along this wonderful journey of training her to obey and submit. I want you to get excited, because a girl who obeys and does as she's told is a happy girl, one who loves you, one who truly cares about you and your happiness. This is what makes her happiest. If you have gone through a lot of relationships, had little luck with girls, then this book will be eye-opening and refreshing for you because you'll finally learn what you've been doing wrong and how to correct it. You will be correcting yourself by learning how to correct her. A girl who obeys you and who is submissive is the perfect girlfriend, isn't she (?), since a girl who doesn't is bitchy and controlling and constantly a problem for you. I welcome you. Grab Your Copy Now!

Book Dirty River

    Book Details:
  • Author : Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
  • Publisher : arsenal pulp press
  • Release : 2016-01-04
  • ISBN : 1551526018
  • Pages : 139 pages

Download or read book Dirty River written by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2016-01-04 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lambda Literary Award finalist In 1996, poet Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha ran away from America with two backpacks and ended up in Canada, where she discovered queer anarchopunk love and revolution, yet remained haunted by the reasons she left home in the first place. This passionate and riveting memoir is a mixtape of dreams and nightmares, of immigration court lineups and queer South Asian dance nights; it reveals how a disabled queer woman of color and abuse survivor navigates the dirty river of the past and, as the subtitle suggests, "dreams her way home." Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's poetry book Love Cake won a Lambda Literary Award. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.