Our Love Is Too Good to Feel So Bad
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (599 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0380976080 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Something's wrong--perhaps seriously wrong--but it's a complete mystery why a once-healthy relationship is now in trouble. We just don't know how to make each other happy any more."''Sex used to be really good. So why would we forget how to make love?"We can't seem to talk without fighting. For the first time, psychotherapist and bestselling author Mira Kirshenbaum has identified ten love killers that cause all the pain and mysterious problems couples get into. You don't suddenly lose the ability to make scrambled eggs. How did we get into this? I know what we're mad about, but I don't know why things keep making us so mad."Many of us have had experiences like these. By answering simple questions, you'll be able to diagnose your individual case and identify the love killers responsible
Mira Kirshenbaum is an individual and family psychotherapist in private practice and the director of the Chestnut Hill Institute in Massachusetts. . She lives in Boston with her husband of thirty-two years. They have two grown children
Making love and making love work Mira Kirshenbaum truly illuminates the meaning of a loving relationship. A "no nonsense" sort of person, she methodically lists what might be causing pain in a loving relationship, and teaches the reader to fix the problems and rekindle the joy in loving.In a negative way, it was extremely helpful to me. It showed me how far my marriage had strayed from a working ideal and gave me the courage to change. From the Diagnosis of Love Killers, Routine Maintenance, Criticism, Distancing, Not Communicating, Needs, Sexual Depression, Difference Sickness, Problem People, to Low Expectations; she. This book opened up my heart and my mind. I have only picked up three other relationship books, with only one of them being a bestseller but I have never been so into a book like I was with Our Love. Not only did it help me identify the love killers in my relationship but it also gave me hope. I may have fallen into the love is already dead category she describes but now I know why and where it may have made a difference. The great thing was that when I noticed Ms. Kirshenbaum had an e mail address at the end of the book, I emailed her and asked for a recommendation. She wrote back. She was so helpful. Most of all you feel like. Useful, informative book with tools to help save a marriage This book was well written, organized and relevant. The information it contains reflects many years of the author's work as a marriage therapist. Unlike many books on the market, this one is aimed at identifying the specific problems which can destroy a marriage. An analysis of each potential problem area is presented along with suggestions for solutions. The book takes into consideration the typical reactions of husbands and wives when their marriage is threatened. Having read many books on marital discord, infidelity, separation and divorce, this book was one which presented practical
What turns a happy, healthy relationship into a pairing full of boredom or even anger and hostility? Couples therapist Kirshenbaum, author of the bestselling Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay, has identified 10 "love killers" that cause people to lose the good feelings that brought them together in the first place. Because relationship problems often aren't what they seem, the book provides questionnaires for determining where the trouble is coming from, as well as a variety of prescriptions for working things out. Don't be fooled by the overly cute chapter headings, each of which is taken from a popular song title--this is an informative, very usable book that is sure to save more than a few relationships from slipping away without either person k