Author: Douglas Weiss
Publisher: Health Communications, Inc.
ISBN: 0757303250
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Book Description
Did one or both of your parents: Become emotionally distant and unloving to their spouse? Talk about sex or sexuality in an inappropriate way? Spend a lot of time away from home or form unusually close platonic relationships? Continue their destructive behavior, even when confronted by the damage it was causing? If so, you are an adult child of a sex addict. Sex addiction is not about parents who cheat on each other or have multiple partners, although it does manifest itself that way. It is about any sexual dysfunction between people in a long-term relationship: sexual withholding, emotional detachment, bullying or demeaning behavior, etc. These relationship problems form subconscious impressions on children and lead to unfulfilling relationships in later life. This book, for the first time, identifies 'sexual addiction' as a root cause of many of the dysfunctions in relationships. It helps readers analyze their parents' relationships. It then shows them the possible dysfunctions these problems caused in their own relationships, giving both general guidance and personal anecdotes from a select group of children of sex addicts. Finally, it gives readers several specific exercises to help free them from their past, heal their relationship with your parents (especially the 'victim partner'—often the wife—who is subconsciously blamed for not stopping the spouse's disruptive behavior), and repair any damage in their current relationships. This book is not just about cheating or abuse. It is about finding the way back to the loving relationships you want...and that those around you deserve.
Author: Elton Penn
Publisher: Love Wins Publishing
ISBN: 9781735315027
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Book Description
What happens when we don't know who we are well enough and can't distinguish what we need from what we desire? Intimacy Beyond the Bedroom is a depiction by educator and life coach Elton Penn about his journey in search of something deeper than flesh and bone. He was single, married, then divorced. Single, yet again, dating once again, and now remarried, Elton discovered pieces of himself that were intentionally and unintentionally ignored for years. In pursuit of figuring out himself, he found keys that he never knew were in his possession that could unlock doors to fulfillment. It is when you realize that you need more and refuse to ignore that craving for satisfaction - that's the catalyst to discovering Intimacy Beyond the Bedroom.
Author: Dave Willis
Publisher: XO Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 197
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Book Description
"Now the man and his wife were both naked, but they felt no shame." (Genesis 2:25) Imagine a marriage with complete intimacy, vulnerability, transparency and trust. Imagine a marriage rooted in faith, friendship and mutual fulfillment. Imagine a marriage with amazing sex, but where great sex is only the icing on the cake. This might all sound too good to be true, but it's actually what God designed marriage to be, and He doesn't want you settling for anything less. Having a "Naked Marriage' is about much more than just nakedness in the bedroom (although that's part of the fun). It means being naked emotionally and spiritually as well as physically. It also means undressing all the misconceptions our culture has used to cover God's original, beautiful design for marriage and rediscovering all marriage can be. You and your spouse can have a thriving, Naked Marriage with a lifetime of love and laughter together. This book will show you how. About the Authors: Dave and Ashley Willis have become some of America's most trusted teachers on marriage. Their books, blogs, videos and speaking events reach millions of couples worldwide. They are part of the team at XO Marriage and MarriageToday, which is the largest marriage-focused ministry in the USA. Dave and Ashley have four young sons and live near Dallas, TX.
Author: Michelle Drouin
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262046679
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 285
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Book Description
A behavioral scientist explores love, belongingness, and fulfillment, focusing on how modern technology can both help and hinder our need to connect. A Next Big Idea Club nominee. Millions of people around the world are not getting the physical, emotional, and intellectual intimacy they crave. Through the wonders of modern technology, we are connecting with more people more often than ever before, but are these connections what we long for? Pandemic isolation has made us even more alone. In Out of Touch, Professor of Psychology Michelle Drouin investigates what she calls our intimacy famine, exploring love, belongingness, and fulfillment and considering why relationships carried out on technological platforms may leave us starving for physical connection. Drouin puts it this way: when most of our interactions are through social media, we are taking tiny hits of dopamine rather than the huge shots of oxytocin that an intimate in-person relationship would provide. Drouin explains that intimacy is not just sex—although of course sex is an important part of intimacy. But how important? Drouin reports on surveys that millennials (perhaps distracted by constant Tinder-swiping) have less sex than previous generations. She discusses pandemic puppies, professional cuddlers, the importance of touch, “desire discrepancy” in marriage, and the value of friendships. Online dating, she suggests, might give users too many options; and the internet facilitates “infidelity-related behaviors.” Some technological advances will help us develop and maintain intimate relationships—our phones, for example, can be bridges to emotional support. Some, on the other hand, might leave us out of touch. Drouin explores both of these possibilities.
Author: Shamyra Howard
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578635057
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Book Description
For many people, sex begins long before any clothing is removed. This book is for anyone who wants to understand how intimacy can enhance or restore their relationship in an out of the bedroom. This book is for every person who thinks intimacy is specific to sexual activity. It's also for the person who feels distant from their partner, or has ever said, "It feels like we're roommates." It's for the couple who just got married, for those who are exclusively dating, or navigating the dating world, those who have been married and are considered veterans, and anyone who wants an excuse to love their partner more.
Author: Psyd Cst Bercaw, Csat
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780982971024
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Book Description
If your relationship, including your sex life, stayed EXACTLY the way it is now for the rest of your life, would you be satisfied? If you can't quite answer "absolutely," you have lots of company. In fact, it has never been harder to be a couple than it is today: The strong currents of modern life are taking a huge toll on relationships, leaving many couples drifting slowly from each other. How would we know? Well, not only do we see this every day in our work with couples at our office, we regularly come face to face with these distance-creating currents in our own, thoroughly modern marriage. We have drawn on our marital and clinical experience to develop a new treatment model created to lead couples like you -- and like us -- on a powerful yet efficient journey toward rekindled passion and connection. The exercises we've chosen for this book focus squarely on improving your Living Room (emotional intimacy) and Bedroom (sexual intimacy) connection. The resulting positive feedback loop between the two rooms of your relationship is what we call CoupleFlow, which is a stronger, brighter, more resilient and more passionate partnership that is more than capable of facing the many challenges posed by our crazy-busy, tech-bombarded, running in a million different directions culture. This approach has helped so many of our clients to find greater levels of joy in both rooms of their relationship than they ever knew possible. Since we can't personally work with everyone, we wrote our book to make it as easy as possible for any couple to have access to this proven, action-oriented program. We invite you to join the rising tide of couples taking charge of their relationships like never before...from the Living Room to the Bedroom.
Author: Cheryl Fraser
Publisher: Reveal Press
ISBN: 9781684031184
Category : PSYCHOLOGY
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
Dr. Cheryl Fraser presents enlivening mindfulness exercises, techniques from couples and sex therapy, and the wisdom of Buddhist teachings to help you spark the passion and thrill you've been seeking in your relationship. With this book, couples can break free from the monotony of familiar routines and bring a little nirvana back to the bedroom for a more exciting, loving, and fulfilling connection.
Author: Jenn Hodge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781982202156
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Book Description
Many people underestimate the health benefits of sex. Whats more, they may not know how to enjoy the best aspects of the relationshps in their lives. Sex and Intimacy for Women seeks to remedy that by helping women grasp how to have extreme pleasure both in and out of the bedroom. It offers step-by-step instructions on how to please your partner; you can keep him happy and at the same time enjoy sex like never before. Relationships dont have to be as difficult as you might think. By tapping in to exactly what your man wants, you can better understand him and his needs and help him feel fulfilled in life, which can lead to a more complete and harmonious relationship in and out of the bedroom. Offering detailed tools and tips, this guide for women aims to help them improve their sex lives through better understanding and connection with their partners.
Author: Paula Derrow
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
ISBN: 9780385341547
Category : Man-woman relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Book Description
A collection of twenty-six orginal essays by such notable writers as Susan Cheever, Lauren Slater, Valerie Frankel, Hope Edelman, and Julie Powell provides a look into the real world of female sexual experience and longings at every stage of life.
Author: John Gray
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061015717
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Book Description
The author of the phenomenal # 1 New York Times bestseller Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus, John Gray has helped millions of men and women achieve lasting love and happiness. Now he turns his wisdom and expertise to one of the most sensitive and essential issues in a relationship: sex. In Mars and Venus in the Bedroom, he explains how we can use advanced relationship skills to keep the fires of passion burning and achieve much greater intimacy. Romance can thrive when we accept that men and women have very different, yet complementary, emotional and physical needs. Dr. Gray shows us how we can make small but important adjustments in our attitudes, schedules, and techniques so that both partners are happy in the bedroom -- and in the relationship. From learning advanced skills for greater sex to achieving greater confidence in the bedroom, discovering the joy of quickies to rekindling the passion and keeping romance alive, John Gray has the answers for you.
