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Two families assemble for a wedding at a family mansion on the beach in East Hampton. But as the festivities are readied, the father of the bride suffers a massive stroke from alcohol withdrawal and lies in a coma in the hospital. So begins Jeanne McCulloch’s vivid memoir of her wedding weekend in 1983 and its aftereffects on her family and the family of the groom. As McCulloch reveals, the repercussions from that weekend will ripple throughout her own family and that of her in-law as they grapple with questions of loyalty, tradition, marital honor, hope, and loss.

Welcome to The 10-Week Couples Therapy Workbook, a heartfelt guide designed to bring you closer, reignite passion, and strengthen your bond using the proven principles of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Whether you’re struggling with communication, feeling distant, or simply want to deepen your love, this workbook offers a practical and compassionate roadmap to rediscover each other.

In Walking into Walls, best-selling author, radio host, and counselor Stephen Arterburn identifies five prison walls, or blind spots, that will hold you captive and block the amazing things God wants to do in your life. Arterburn will help you learn how to overcome those life-blocking barriers and sprint into the future with renewed confidence and joy. This one audiobook is the breakthrough you need!

Are you grappling with suspicion or uncertainty in your relationship? "How to Spot an Affair" by Eleanor Hart is your comprehensive guide to identifying, addressing, and navigating the complexities of infidelity with clarity and confidence.

I have to deal with recurring flashbacks of my divorce as kind of a mental trial or flaw in my character. Hearing that, you might think this disqualifies me from giving comments about what a healthy marriage should look like. "Sounds like that guy’s not yet healed, so what does he have offer me?” But, I do, in fact. I have hard-earned special insight into healthy marriages. I learned it the way we learned about healthy bodies in medical school: We studied diseased bodies.

A divorce is a major change and requires a lot of consideration. You must understand the ramifications divorce will have on your life - perhaps it’s really not your only option, even if it seems so at the time. In this audiobook, you’ll find more than 50 questions to help you think through the process of divorce and the changes it will bring. You may be surprised what you learn.

Do you have marriage problems and are in need of some marriage help? Well, you are not alone! Couples with marriage problems that seek marriage help are more likely to stay together, learn from the difficult times, and discover renewed love for one another. If you have decided that marriage problems will not keep you from believing that your marriage can be restored, this audiobook is for you. In Restore Your Marriage & Fall in Love Again you will discover how to build a strong and successful marriage.

Jim and Nancy Landrum saved their own marriage, have taught over 1000 couples how to have great marriages, and now they reveal how to solve the puzzle of your own SoulMate marriage.

Aftermath chronicles this perilous journey as the author redefines herself as a single woman and creates a new version of family life for her daughters. She discovers previously unknown strengths and freedoms but also finds herself suddenly vulnerable to outsiders, unwelcome advice, social displacement and the absence of a clear authority. The pressure to reconstruct a 'normal' life for her daughters competes with the sense that nothing feels normal at all.

In this honest and revealing memoir, Natalie Lee digs deep into her own relationship with sex to expose the shame that many of us feel. Taking us through her journey, from traumatic beginnings to marriage, motherhood and eventually experiencing sexual freedom after divorce in her thirties, Feeling Myself is a story of learning to be your true self in a society that doesn't prioritise your pleasure. It is a book for every woman to feel empowered by and to learn the tools to experience their own emancipation too.

A broken engagement is complex. You were at the ultimate high point of love - planning your dream wedding and future - and, suddenly, the dreams disappeared. I understand you. Let's talk about it, and let's talk about how you will pick yourself right back up, piece-by-piece, and push forward, little-by-little. You will, and I will help you. And so will God, whether you know him right now, or not.

Divorce is not for everyone, but neither is marriage. This book explores what it means to take a vow of marriage and under what circumstances you should change course toward a better life. How do you know if divorce is right for you? What is keeping you in a mediocre - or even harmful - marriage? Through a series of deeply personal questions and reflection on my own personal journey from unhappily married to happily divorced to happily remarried, together we can help you come to the right decision for your life.

Combining the rigor that has established them as leaders in their respective fields along with a dose of good-natured humor, the Tellers ask listeners to take a fresh look at seven common sacred cows: the Holy Cow, the Expert Cow, the Selfish Cow, the Defective Cow, the Innocent Victim Cow, the One True Cow, and the Other Cow. This is not an audiobook that is "for" marriage or "for" divorce, but "for" the freedom to decide how to live most honestly and happily either as part of a couple or a single person.

This book is a myth buster, and an antidote to the negative messaging about divorce. It offers hope and encouragement for the listener to choose a divorce process that aligns with their own core values. Values such as dignity, mutual respect, integrity, and compassion. It offers the listener an introduction to collaborative divorce, both the mindset and the process, as it has been established and practiced for the past thirty years. Collaborative divorce is an interdisciplinary, non-adversarial divorce model. It is like mediation on steroids.

One night during his divorce, after one too many vodkas and a phone-in-therapist's advice to 'journal his feelings', Matthew Fray started a blog. On it, he tried to piece together how his ex-wife went from the college freshman who adored him to the angry woman who thought he was an asshole. It turns out that even though he was a decent guy, he was kind of a shitty husband. As he shared raw, uncomfortable and darkly humorous stories about the lessons he'd learned from his failed marriage, Matthew started to gain a following.

Why your marriage may be at risk right now and how to reverse the damage! Dr. Laurie Weiss and Dr. Jonathan Weiss show you what you need to do to release your natural power to have the loving, lasting relationship you've always wanted.

Walking away allows you to prioritize yourself, giving you the opportunity to rediscover what fulfills you outside the relationship, ensuring that your needs are met regardless of his response. Prioritizing your own happiness and emotional well-being is essential, and sometimes that means shifting your focus away from the relationship and toward the things in life that bring you joy, fulfillment, and personal growth.

As a naive freshman, Catherine meets Walter, a senior and Big Man on Campus whose sophistication, confidence, and wealth both intimidate and excite her. A three-year absentee courtship follows, during which time the idea of Walt tethers Catherine to safety. She was programmed to marry someone like him, so she ignores the warning signs that they might not be a good match. Hoping to please her mother and seeking refuge from her fraught childhood, she marries and has children with him—but the marriage doesn’t last.

Midlife is one of those things that often takes people by surprise. It can sneak up on the unwary and hit them hard when they are least expecting it. One day you are going along contentedly, doing well in your career, watching your family grow, and generally feeling pleased with yourself and how things are. And in the next instant, your friend owns a yacht and it suddenly looks like you’ve missed out. The Little Big Book of Midlife Crisis Bible: How to Create Happiness by Getting the Debris Out of the Way is for anyone who wants to halt their midlife crisis in its tracks.

Fast approaching the age when bachelors go from seeming curious to seeming weird, Oscar-nominated documentarian Dana Adam Shapiro set out across the country with a tape recorder in search of modern answers to an age-old question: Why does love die - and what can we do to prevent it from happening? It all began as a self-help journey in the purest sense.