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Written by two experts on anxiety disorders, Anxious in Love offers easy-to-use techniques for calming anxieties and strengthening communication in your relationship. With this book, you will learn to stay centered when faced with conflict, understand your partner's perspective, and become more independent. By changing the way you react to triggers and stress, you will be able to focus on enjoying time with the one you love, without anxiety getting in the way.

Are you a "desperate housewife," committed to marriage yet longing for a deeper, more intimate connection with your husband? Believe it or not, you can have the marriage you long for - if you’re willing to take desperate measures.

We all want to be part of a healthy, happy relationship. Some people manage it. Most don't! The sad fact is that most couples are destined for relationships full of disappointment, distance, dishonesty, or drama. Why is this? The answer is easy. They don't know what you are about to learn! From this audiobook, you'll discover: The simple but powerful keys to creating and maintaining a strong relationship, step-by-step methods for solving problems and resolving conflicts, and the essential things that you need to know to help you to easily understand your partner and yourself.

In a world where men and women are constantly told they are not different, His Brain, Her Brain shows couples what they instinctively know - men and women are different, and these divinely designed differences, when understood, make a marriage stronger and happier.

Byron Tully, author of The Old Money Book, reveals the secrets and strategies used by America's upper class that contribute to a vibrant, fulfilling, and enduring married life. From dating around to settling down, everything you need to know and every question you need to ask yourself - and your potential mate - is detailed here. So, if you're really committed to meeting the right person, making your marriage work, and making it last, this is the book for you.

This guide provides a simple blueprint for achieving solutions to everyday disagreements without having to have a "winner" and a "loser". By learning how to listen empathetically, respecting each other's ideas and feelings, and understanding why some issues are so important to your spouse, not only will those daily problems be worked out successfully, but both of you will end up feeling appreciated, respected, and loved.

So many people are attracted to the practice of meditation, only to quickly give up after wrestling with the many obstacles that seem to block their path. Don Rosenthal shares a surprising epiphany....the obstacles are the path. Here is a surprisingly personal story of one man's spiritual awakening which offers readers the encouragement to find their own way to an examined life, and an open heart.

Once upon a time, Martians and Venusians functioned in separate worlds. But in today's hectic and career-oriented environment, relationships have become a lot more complicated, and men and women are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress. To add to the increasing tension, most men and women are also completely unaware that they are actually hardwired to react differently to the stress.

The Anxious-Avoidant Trap will show you and your partner how to gain a better understanding of each other, so you can improve communication, avoid emotional reactions, and bring joy back into your relationship. With this compassionate guide, you will: discover how attachment styles are formed in childhood; learn about the three "core wounds" of attachment trauma; recognize signs of anxious or avoidant attachment in adulthood; and develop skills to respond to your partner while reducing emotional reactions.

Respected marriage counselor Gary Chapman looks at the key issues that will help you build the marriage you've always wanted.

Professional matchmaker and relationship coach Jackie Dorman shares the teaching that has helped countless single women just like you get out of their own way and get married in less than one year. Whether you haven't dated for years or have never dated at all, it doesn't matter. Married in 12 Months or Less is your personal guide on dating, overcoming past relationship trauma, and meeting the love of your life.

Anyone can form close, trusting relationships that make them feel safe and secure. In spite of the fact that you may have had a number of failed relationships in the past, you can still develop a lasting romantic partnership. Understanding the links between adult conduct and childhood experiences is the first step to improving intimacy and closeness in any relationship. Attachment theory is a powerful tool for change, combining conventional teachings with an understanding of subconscious habits.

Love and marriage are two of the greatest gifts life has to offer, yet too many marriages fail because couples don't fully understand the five stages of relationships. Because most of us have had hurtful experiences in past relationships, often going back to childhood, we develop an inaccurate love map that causes us to get off track when the stresses of life increase.

A creature of routine and decorum, Mrs March lives an exquisitely controlled existence on the Upper East Side. Every morning begins the same way, with a visit to her favourite patisserie to buy a loaf of olive bread, but her latest trip proves to be her last when she suffers an indignity from which she may never recover: an assumption by the shopkeeper that the protagonist in George March’s new book - a pathetic sex worker, more a figure of derision than desire - is based on Mrs March.

As one of the biggest parenting stars on social media, mother-of-three Louise Boyce knows a thing or two about navigating the craziness of family life. Now Louise shares her expertise in Mama Still Got It, a hurtling gallop through the ‘real’ parenting calendar. From drop-kicking the kids through the school gates in September, to the perils of using a public loo with your toddler, via the existential dread of an unexpected nursery call to tell you ‘there’s nothing to worry about’ (sure), this book covers all the highs and lows of modern motherhood.

Are your fears and insecurities driving your partner away? In Trust Issues in Relationships, you can help yourself get over your trust issues. Inside, you will discover how to stop sabotaging your relationship with negative energy by following these helpful tips to improve your self-esteem and banish your cynical thoughts; the must-have ingredient in any relationship that is guaranteed to earn your trust and ease your mind; why you still feel jealous and insecure in your relationship, even though your partner has been loyal, consistent, and honest with you; and more.

Living with an emotionally absent partner can be overwhelming. Constantly overcoming the silent distance can leave you with the sense that the give and take in your relationship has disappeared. But even the most broken relationship can be reinvigorated. In helping real-world couples achieve fulfilling futures, Harvard University clinical psychologist Dr. Holly Parker has developed a program filled with practical exercises and powerful advice for individuals on both sides of an emotionally damaged relationship.

In the spirit of his New York Times best seller Love Poems for Married People and Love Poems for People with Children, as well as his wildly popular New Yorker pieces, Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney presents a hilarious new collection of poetry for anxious people.

Authors of the award-winning Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts, Les and Leslie Parrott focus their groundbreaking, frontline expertise on helping couples face the unique challenges of remarriage with faith, perseverance, and hope. This comprehensive guide explores nine critical questions you need to ask before - and after - you remarry. This audiobook will help you and your partner cut through the conflicting advice and find clarity for your unique situation.

Dr. Laura asserts that in order to produce and sustain a wonderfully satisfying marriage, spouses must recognize and appreciate the polarity between masculine and feminine. Both husband and wife have power in the relationship, and each needs to realize this in order to ensure personal satisfaction.