Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step by Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay in or Get Out of Your Relationship
Mira Kirshenbaumamazon.com
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step by Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay in or Get Out of Your Relationship
Of course, we rarely approach relationships with such wisdom. Instead, we spend years failing to fully commit to any one relationship—either by finding a reason to call things off as soon as a serious liaison starts to look likely or by only halfheartedly showing up for whatever relationship we’re in. Or, alternatively, in a pattern that every expe... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Ickes finds that the longer many couples are married, the less accurate they are at reading each other. They lock in some early version of who their spouse is, and over the years, as the other person changes, that version stays fixed—and they know less and less about what’s actually going on in the other’s heart and mind.
David Brooks • How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
Then, with sparks flying as we worked with their ability to resolve the conflict, something else happened. Robert found his libido, and Melissa found him much more enticing. Passion had returned. Why? Sexual technique training? Not at all. Romance coaching? No need for that either. Just the chemistry of two fully alive individuals in an honest rela
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So many people naively think they will meet a kindred spirit who will never have an argument with them—only gentle disagreements that will work out easily in a spirit of mutuality. And they are devastated or lose hope when they find themselves having long-term conflicts over responsibility, control, and freedom.