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McCormack's book offers a novel treatment approach to personality disordered marriages that have often not benefited from previous, traditional, treatment efforts. It details both the couple's and the therapist's resistance as core to the intransigence of the marital problems. Well received by therapists, families, and patients alike this book is used in couples therapy training programs. "This spellbinding volume represents the accumulated wisdom of a gifted therapist who has developed an extraordinarily effective treatment approach to working with couples who have personality disorders, ...

No one wakes up and decides, “I’m planning to ruin my marriage, neglect my kids, and cause mistrust in my family.” Yet our personal pursuits and busyness can lead us there. In this book, marriage and leadership coaches Dr. Josh and Christi Straub show how seven core decisions can help us put what’s most important center stage in our lives. Famous at Home is Josh and Christi’s realistic, grace-filled look at the struggles families face in a culture that competes for their time, attention, and identity.

Ever wondered how to infuse fun and joy into your relationship journey? Relationships can be like rollercoaster rides, filled with ups and downs. You can choose to be scared or to have fun—the choice lies in your perspective. "Happy Couples" is here to help make your relationship a fun and easy ride. Join Sneha and Manoj, your delightful hosts, as they share personal experiences and insights with a dose of humor in a relatable and conversational tone. Strengthen Your Bond: Learn practical tips and techniques to enhance communication, understanding, and connection with your partner. Infuse...

When life throws us non-stop challenges and curveballs, how can we have any hope of building a fulfilling and intimate marriage? How do we move from stressed and stretched to energized and inspired, finding the strength to transform both our lives and relationship? Robert Paul and Tara Lalonde equip husbands and wives with practical, biblically based tools to transform their personal lives and grow their marriage into something they’ll both love

Cassandra "Cassie" Hardwick, everyone's favorite rock star's wife, is back! And this time, be prepared for family drama of epic proportions! You see, Cassie's best friend since sixth grade, the ever-fabulous Shawna, embarks on a journey to uncover her birth family. And being the supportive BFF that she is, Cassie decides to spit in a tube, too. Thinking she'll maybe discover a distant cousin who knits sweaters for cats or something equally “thrilling,” Cassie's blindsided by results that will challenge everything she thought she knew about her own identity. Meanwhile, in the Hardwick ...

More than 20 years ago, sociologist and University of California, Berkeley, professor Arlie Hochschild set off a tidal wave of conversation and controversy with her best-selling book, The Second Shift. In it, she examined what really happens in dual-career households. Adding together time in paid work, child care, and housework, she found that working mothers put in a month of work a year more than their spouses.

When it comes to marriage these days, anything goes. No wonder you can find a book on marriage from every perspective - or no perspective. How can you experience a great marriage that lasts? What works? This audiobook answers that question by shining a light on the biblical design for marriage. In a world of sexual and relational confusion, isn't it time to consult the One who created marriage?

Infidelity, deceit, distrust, and shame. Unfortunately, these are recurring themes in many of today's marriages in America - even in the family-values-promoting, Christian-based Robertson family. With a romance that began in junior high, the couple got off to a rocky start but soon settled into married life and had two baby girls. Alan became a pastor in the church where his family had been members for years. Then, when Lisa had an affair, the heartache and the tension was very public.

We call it domestic violence. We call it private violence. Sometimes we call it intimate terrorism. But whatever we call it, we generally do not believe it has anything at all to do with us, despite the World Health Organization deeming it a 'global epidemic'. In No Visible Bruises, journalist Rachel Louise Snyder gives context for what we don't know we're seeing. She frames this urgent and immersive account of the scale of domestic violence in our country around key stories that explode the common myths....

Sacred Parenting is unlike any other parenting book on the market. This is not a "how-to" book that teaches listeners the ways to discipline their kids or help them achieve their full potential. Instead of a discussion about how parents change their children, Sacred Parenting demonstrates how God uses children to change their parents.

Tony Gaskins has inspired others by sharing his truth - drawing millions of followers online and making him one of America’s foremost experts on love and relationships. Now, he and his wife explore a woman’s positive impact on a relationship in this practical and accessible guide that walks you through a series of irreplaceable lessons on making personal changes that foster healthy relationships.

Someone came between Lee and Leslie Strobel, threatening to shipwreck their marriage. No, it wasn't an old flame. It was Jesus Christ. Leslie's decision to become a follower of Jesus brought heated opposition from her skeptical husband. They began to experience conflict over a variety of issues, from finances to child-rearing. But over time, Leslie learned how to survive a spiritual mismatch. Today, they're both Christians - and they want you to know that there is hope if you're a Christian married to a nonbeliever.

When 11-year-old Savannah West was reunited with her parents after four years of being held captive by a child pornography ring, questions remained about her captivity and those responsible for her disappearance. Why was she unhappy to be home? Was the kidnapper someone known by the family? Would Jack and Hallie’s marriage survive the trauma? What was the key that would preserve Hallie’s sanity? Would Alzheimer’s and Dementia force Hallie to institutionalize her parents? This page-turner mystery is interwoven throughout captivating themes of parenting, ageing, faith and family ...

It has never been more difficult to flee sexual immorality and pursue holiness. We live in an age of unprecedented access to sexual temptation. Previous generations faced adultery, prostitution, and brothels. But not every person had a brothel in their pocket. Our society’s obsession with sex, coupled with the technologies that make pornography so accessible, make it more challenging than it’s ever been. The result is that our families, our churches, and our society are being devastated by a pornography epidemic.

En este libro la doctora Ingala Robl aborda el tema de las constelaciones familiares, ahora con un enfoque especial en la pareja. Éste es un libro sanador y esperanzador, tanto para aquellos que tienen problemas con su pareja, como para aquellos que siguen solos y necesitan saber qué es lo que deben trabajar para encontrar a ese alguien que están buscando.

After her life falls apart, recruitment consultant Layla Patel returns home to her family in San Francisco. But in the eyes of her father, who runs a Michelin-starred restaurant, she can do no wrong. He would do anything to see her smile again. With the best intentions in mind, he offers her the office upstairs to start her new business and creates a profile on an online dating site to find her a man. She doesn’t know he’s arranged a series of blind dates until the first one comes knocking on her door....

Are you looking for a Relationship Help That Doesn't Feel Like Homework? Ditch the Boring Advice – This Workbook is Your Comedic Relief Okay, fellow survivors of the relationship rollercoaster, ditch the self-help books promising instant bliss and strap in for a truth bomb: this workbook won't magically erase your partner's ability to leave wet towels on the bathroom floor or vanish car keys into thin air. BUT, it just might give you the best ammunition for your next couples therapy session... or at least some hilarious stories to share over drinks with your equally bewildered friends. ...

A baby is a blessing - and also a completely life-altering event. Written by a psychologist and relationship expert, Baby Bomb offers powerful tools based in psychology and neurobiology to help you and your partner co-parent and co-partner as a supportive team - while also cultivating mad love for each other!

Self-deprecating and with an acerbic wit, TikTok star Clara Batten aka @rabatts is every middle-class mother trying to get through the day without another sh*t on the staircase or panic drive to McDonald’s. In Gin and Phonics, she talks candidly about the ups, downs and hilarious reality of trying to parent two small people and fulfil her lifelong dream of becoming an actress without losing her bl**dy mind.

Women are like spaghetti, because their thought process runs on and on in an interconnecting web, and men are like waffles because they compartmentalize and "sit" in sometimes blank boxes, just to relax.