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The Relationship Rescue Workbook: A Seven Step Strategy For Reconnecting with Your Partner
Phillip C. McGraw - 2000
Now, in The Relationship Rescue Workbook, Dr. Phil, Oprah's resident expert on human functioning, provides questions, exercises and self-tests that will enable couples in even the most troubled relationships to get their love lives back on track. And for those in solid relationships who would like to regain their spark, he reveals how to make that happen. He shows readers exactly how to pinpoint problems in their relationships, and how to make sure that the changes they enact will truly last. His straightforward, tell-it-like-it-is advice is made crystal clear in this easy-to-use workbook that is sure to prove immensely popular with his devoted national following.
An Affair of the Mind
Laurie Hall - 1996
Laurie Hall's story reveals pornography's subversive side and offers comfort, encouragement, insight, and a plan of action to women whose husbands are addicted.
How to Break Free of the Drama Triangle & Victim Consciousness
Barry K. Weinhold - 2013
After reading this book, we can guarantee that the way you see the world around you will never be the same. You'll be able to spot the Drama Triangle everywhere -- in your friends' and family's high drama, in tv sitcoms and talk shows, movies, mainstream news, behind Washington's gridlock, at the chatter around the water cooler at work, and distorting your most intimate conversations (even those in the bedroom!).That's because three out of every five social transactions contain Drama Triangle dynamics. No wonder it's a challenge to break free of Victim Consciousness!Book Table of Contents:PART ONE: WHAT IS THE DRAMA TRIANGLE AND VICTIM CONSCIOUSNESS?IntroductionChapter One: Our Personal Experiences With The Drama Triangle and Victim ConsciousnessChapter Two: The History of the Drama TriangleChapter Three: How The Drama Triangle Mind Game WorksChapter Four: Developmental Causes of the Drama Triangle and Victim ConsciousnessChapter Five: Power and Powerless IssuesChapter Six: The Internal Drama TriangleChapter Seven: Religious Beliefs That Trap Us In the Drama Triangle and Victim ConsciousnessChapter Eight: The Need/Obligate System and the Drama TrianglePART TWO: HOW TO BREAK FREE OF THE DRAMA TRIANGLE AND VICTIM CONSCIOUSNESSChapter Nine: Steps In Breaking Free of The Drama TriangleChapter Ten: How To Recognize When You Are ProjectingChapter Eleven: How To Heal Your Developmental TraumaChapter Twelve: How To Exit The Drama TriangleChapter Thirteen: The Functional Family TriangleChapter Fourteen: How To Take Charge of Your Life
Cyber Junkie: Escape the Gaming and Internet Trap
Kevin Roberts - 2010
Video gaming and Internet surfing are the top sources of entertainment for tens of millions of North Americans today. As these technologies continue to grow and flourish, so does the number of people becoming obsessively absorbed in the imagination and fantasy that they present. More and more people are isolating themselves, turning their backs on reality, ignoring family and friends, and losing their sleep and even their jobs due to excessive use of video games and the Internet--and they continue to do so despite harmful consequences to their mental, physical, and spiritual health, a telltale sign of addiction. In this groundbreaking book, recovering video game addict Kevin Roberts uses extensive scientific and social research, complemented by his and others' personal stories, to give compulsive gamers and surfers--and their family and friends--a step-by-step guide for recovery. He outlines the ways that "cyber junkies" exhibit the classic signs of addiction and reveals how they can successfully recover by following a program similar to those used for other addictions. Readers learn to identify whether they have an addiction, find the right resources to get individualized help, and regain a rewarding life away from the screen by learning new thoughts and behaviors that free them from the cravings that rule their lives. Included is a guide for parents for working with their addicted children.
Don't Call It Love: Recovery From Sexual Addiction
Patrick J. Carnes - 1991
Patrick Carnes is a creative, pioneering, and courageous human being. His books are changing the lives of thousands!""I lost three marriages, all because of affairs." "I became suicidal because of multiple intense involvements." "I spent money on sex when I needed it for children's clothes." "I lost promotion opportunities and a special scholarship because my co-workers found out about my sex life." Every day they face the possibility of destruction, risking their families, fiances, jobs, dignity, and health. They come from all walks of life: ministers, physicians, therapists, politicians, executives, blue-collar workers. Most were abused as children--sexually, physically or emotionally--and saw addictive behavior in their early lives. Most grapple with other addictions as well, but their fiercest battle is with the most astounding prevalent "secret" disorder in America: sexual addiction. Here is a ground-breaking work by the nation's leading professional expert on sexual addiction, based on the candid testimony of more than one thousand recovering sexual addicts in the first major scientific study of the disorder. This essential volume includes not only the revealing findings of Dr. Carne's research with recovering addicts but also advice from the addicts and co-addicts themselves as they work to overcome their compulsive behavior. Positive, hopeful, and practical, Don't Call It Love is a landmark book that helps us better understand all addictions, their causes, and the difficult path to recovery.
The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure: A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
Chris Prentiss - 2005
The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure contains the three-step holistic program to total recovery that is the basis of the miraculous success of Passages Malibu Addiction Cure Center in California, one of the world's most successful addiction treatment centers. In this revolutionary book, you will learn: * The three steps to permanent sobriety * The four causes of dependency * How to create a personalized, holistic treatment program to completely cure your dependency * How your thoughts, emotions, and beliefs are key factors in your recovery * How to stimulate your body's self-healing potential to be forever free of dependency "Freedom from dependency starts with understanding that alcohol, drugs, and addictive behaviors are not the real problems," say Chris and Pax Prentiss, cofounders of Passages Malibu. "Alcohol, street drugs, nicotine, prescription medications, food bingeing, gambling, and the like are merely the substances or behaviors you or your loved ones are using to cope with the real problems--anything from deep emotional pain, ill health, or depression to hypoglycemia, a sluggish thyroid, or brain-wave pattern imbalances. Once the underlying problems are discovered and cured, the need for drugs, alcohol, or addictive behavior will disappear--along with the craving." Chris Prentiss should know. His son Pax was addicted to heroin, cocaine, and alcohol for ten years. They sought help everywhere, but Pax relapsed again and again. In desperation, they finally created their own holistic, hand-tailored program that was a complete break from all other programs and that combined several effective therapies. It saved Pax's life. Together, father and son founded Passages Malibu to help others find their own freedom. For decades, we've been hearing that alcoholism and addiction are incurable diseases, but The Alcoholism and Addiction Cure proves that this is a dangerous myth and that the label of "alcoholic" or "addict" destroys the promise of full recovery. Today, thousands are being freed from the old, limiting paradigms by using the groundbreaking approach spelled out in this book. As visionaries and innovators, Pax and Chris Prentiss bring new hope to people everywhere who are dependent on drugs, alcohol, or addictive behaviors.
The Long-Distance Relationship Survival Guide: Secrets and Strategies from Successful Couples Who Have Gone the Distance
Chris Bell - 2006
Layovers and missed flights. Countless hours spent pining, worrying, and wondering, Why do we do this to ourselves? Long-distance love can be one challenge afteranother, but as most committed couples will tell you, the rewards well outweigh the stresses. In this sensitive yet sensible guide, long-distance veterans Chris and Kate provide strategies for making the distance seem shorter and outline eight essential skills for relationship success:Communicating effectivelyEstablishing mutual goals and expectationsDealing with issues of trust, fidelity, and independenceHaving fun in spite of the distanceManaging time, schedules, and stressKeeping the relationship realBalancing sex and emotional intimacyMaking the transition to same-city livingBased on interviews with more than 100 couples and packed with knowledgeable tips and honest advice, THE LONG-DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP SURVIVAL GUIDE proves that, with patience and dedication, a loving relationship can not only survive but also thrive across the miles.
For Single People Who Still Understand the Value of Relationships
Rob Hill Sr. - 2012
This book gives vital insight on the different dynamics of relationships and love in an uncanny fashion. Relationship expert, Rob Hill, is setting a new standard for singles, new couples, as well as seasoned lovers. Not only will they value relationships more, they’ll have a better understanding of what it takes to date, relate, and grow as individuals to better their chances of finding, enjoying, and sustaining a healthy relationship in today’s times. This book is fun, energetic, and filled with wisdom. Get ready for the journey of a lifetime.Courtesy of Amazon.com
The Uncomfortable Truth
Gayton McKenzie - 2014
I am the guy love gurushave been trying to figure out.’Gayton McKenzie knows a thing or two about women.But what he could never quite understand was how reluctant so many women seem to be to face up to the uncomfortable realities about men, themselves and their relationships.Not knowing and accepting these ‘truths’ can get women into deep trouble, cause heartache and result in even greater damage. Because a woman who accepts a man’s obvious lies – or lies to herself about the kind of man she’s with and the kind of relationship she’s in – will always get hurt.Gayton McKenzie has young daughters. This is the book he would want them to read – to warn them against the kind of man he has so often been himself.As Gloria Steinem once said: ‘The truth will set you free,but first it will piss you off.’So what you will read in this book may be uncomfortable. But it will make you ask the hard questions about yourself ... and men. It will also sometimes make you laugh and ultimately give you hope that you can find the love you really need and the love you truly deserve.
Addicted To Pain: Renew Your Mind & Heal Your Spirit From A Toxic Relationship In 30 Days
Rainie Howard - 2016
The pattern echoes time and time again: a new significant other draws you into a new relationship that starts off loving and alluring only to develop into a hurtful or abusive cycle. People who have a healthy understanding of “true love” do not tolerate this kind of pain. He or she will move on in search of a healthier bond. It’s an unhealthy view on love that will rationalize the toxic behavior and cling to abusive relationships long after they should have ended. Like any other addiction those hooked on a toxic love and an emotionally abusive relationship; have no control over excessive urges to text, call, manipulate or beg for love, attention and affection. They want help. They want to end the pain and recover, but it’s just like trying to shake a drug habit. Ranked one of the top bestseller abusive relationship books, Addicted to Pain reveals the truths every woman needs to heal from a toxic relationship and return to a life rich with purpose and fulfillment. Relationship expert Rainie Howard writes this all-in-one spiritual guide to provide daily insight on toxic love addiction and a healing plan to help you recover from the overwhelming effects of an abusive relationship. Learn how to get over a guy and heal from all abuse including: • The verbally abusive relationship • Emotionally abusive relationship • Spiritual and physical abusive relationship Rainie has authored several books on relationships and is sought after as a conference speaker. If you’ve been seeking books for women and break up books to help you gain restoration from a separation, abusive relationship or divorce this is the book for you!
30 Chic Days at Home: Self-care tips for when you have to stay at home, or any other time when life is challenging
Fiona Ferris - 2020
One minute we were living life and doing our thing, the next, most of us were advised to stay at home for a month or more.
The A Swing: The Alternative Approach to Great Golf
David Leadbetter - 2015
His new book, The A Swing, is his first for a decade and is an evolution of his swing theories that have successfully helped thousands of golfers globally. His tour players, whom he has coached over the years, have amassed 19 major golf championships. David has been prolific during his 30+ year career in producing books, videos, teaching aids that have inspired golfers of every level to reach their potential.The A Swing - A stands for Alternative - is a simple way to swing the club, which follows biomechanically sound, scientific principles, and only requires minimal practice. The A Swing has been thoroughly tested with a wide range of players, from tour level to beginner, junior to senior, and the results overall have been nothing short of dramatic.The A Swing is a way to develop a consistent, repetitive motion which will improve accuracy and distance, and is easy on the body. It will fix many of golf's common faults, and the book takes you through an easy, step-by-step approach. With over 200 illustrations, easy drills, and the 7-Minute Practice Plan, golfers now have the opportunity to play the way they've always dreamed of. Golf is a frustrating game, even for the top players, but the A Swing will make it easier and more fun. It could really change the way the game has been taught, which hasn't changed for years - it is not an exact method, and has leeway for individualism.David is excited that the A Swing will help golfers the world over enjoy the game more. In essence, the A Swing is a shortcut to great golf. Whatever your level of play is now, whatever your goals, however you've been struggling with the game, the A Swing could change your golfing life.
Addict In The Family: Stories of Loss, Hope, and Recovery
Beverly Conyers - 2003
This book offers wisdom and insight from families who have walked this road.With over 75,000 copies sold, Addict in the Family is a must-have, trusted resource for anyone coping with the addiction of a family member. “When my eldest son became addicted to crystal meth and heroin, I could barely function. I would not have survived without Beverly Conyers’s Addict in the Family, which provided guidance and hope. I realized I wasn’t alone on my hellish journey. The book helped me get through interminable nights when I was terrified that his addiction would take his life. It offered a path to healing.” –David Sheff, author of Beautiful Boy, now a major motion picture With years of experience struggling with her daughter’s addiction and recovery, Beverly Conyers has been where you are. In Addict in the Family, Conyers draws on research, experience, and compelling personal stories from others to explain what families should know about substance abuse, interventions, relapse, and more. Although families can’t cure a loved one’s addiction, they can provide support without enabling, set boundaries, prioritize self-care, and find healing through therapy, spirituality, Al Anon or Nar Anon, and countless other resources that show no one is alone on this journey. Revised and updated in 2015, this classic recovery book is for anyone who has experienced the shame, anxiety, sleepless nights, and physical illness that often stem from loving someone who is struggling with addiction. These stories show that, no matter what is happening with your loved one, you have the power to control your own recovery.
Finding SImplicity: How to define success, conquer fear and learn to let go in a complex stressful world
Cary David Richards - 2015
More Happiness Find out why Simplicity is the key to a happy, more joyous existence. The world we live in is getting more complex and stressful every day. Cary David Richards believes that at some point you just need to stop and decide what the things are that are most important to you, focus in on those things and flush the rest of it. Or at least keep it at arm’s length. Mindlessly accumulating “stuff” and competing with your neighbors to see who has the nicest car, greenest lawn or biggest boat in the driveway is not only a merry-go-round of stress and complexity it is also a competition that you can never truly win. In his new book about the virtues of simplifying your life Cary David invites you begin thinking outside the box. Perhaps the old model of a big house, 2 cars in the driveway, 2.5 kids and a mortgage that would choke a horse isn’t what truly speaks to you. If it is that’s okay to but there are lots of other pathways to success. What does success mean to you? Have you really thought about it? Or are you chasing a dream that was strongly suggested to you by your family and or a society that has, for all intents and purposes spun slightly out of control. Discover how to find the simplicity that will bring you the joy and serenity you seek. Learn to live in the moment, reduce the clutter around you, face your fears and embrace change. Does your job empower you? Does it allow you to spend your time and energy focusing on things that are really important to you? Other than a paycheck, why are you there? Did you know there are other ways of structuring (and simplifying) income streams that can allow you to pursue your dreams and passions while not being tied to a desk? Stress, complexity and overwhelm are not the conditions we were designed live under. “Finding Simplicity” will show you a different way. Let Cary David Richards help you find a new path. Identify the things you make your heart sing. Spend your precious time and energy in places and with people that matter to you and simply be in the moment. A joyous new paradigm is waiting so Scroll up to the top and get your copy now!
Don't Believe the Swipe: Finding Love Without Losing Yourself
Mandy Hale - 2021
Blogger, speaker, and New York Times bestselling author flips the script on modern dating, assuring you that you can date with dignity, refuse to let the swipe define your worth, and not settle for less than you deserve.