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What We Can Learn from the Best Marriages

By Kira M. Newman — 2017

Relationships today are facing challenges that are unique to modern times. A new book offers three strategies to help yours thrive.

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The Highly Sensitive Person in Love: Understanding and Managing Relationships When the World Overwhelms You

Do you fall in love hard, but fear intimacy? Are you sick of being told that you are “too sensitive”? Do you struggle to respect a less-sensitive partner? Or have you given up on love, afraid of being too sensitive or shy to endure its wounds? Statistics show that 50 percent of what determines...

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Elaine N. Aron
2001
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Right Here with You: Bringing Mindful Awareness into Our Relationships

In recent years scientists have discovered that mindfulness can reduce stress, improve mood, and enhance our sense of well-being.

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Andrea Miller (editor), Harold Kushner, John Welwood, Elizabeth Gilbert, Thich Nhat Hanh, Tara Brach (contributors)
2011
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Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment

Here is a powerful new program that can clear away the unconscious agreements patterns that undermine even your best intentions.

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Gay Hendricks, Kathlyn Hendricks
1992
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The Zimzum of Love: A New Way of Understanding Marriage

Rob and Kristen Bell introduce a startling new way of looking at marriage, The Zimzum of Love. Zimzum is a Hebrew term where God, in order to have a relationship with the world, contracts, creating space for the creation to exist.

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Rob Bell, Kristen Bell
2014
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Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High (Second Edition)

The first edition of Crucial Conversations exploded onto the scene and revolutionized the way millions of people communicate when stakes are high.

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Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler, Stephen Covey (foreword)
2011
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The 5 Love Languages, Singles Edition: The Secret that Will Revolutionize Your Relationships

Though originally written for married couples, its concepts have proven applicable to families, friends, and even coworkers. The premise is simple: Each person gives and receives love in a certain language, and speaking it will strengthen that relationship.

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Gary Chapman
2017
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I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships

In this 3-hour, conversational read, you’ll discover the whats, whys, and hows of one of the most valuable (yet surprisingly little-known) communication skills—validation.

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Michael S. Sorensen
2017
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Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex

Realer than the most real conversation you’ve ever heard on the topic, Michael Todd’s honest, heartfelt, and powerful teaching on relationships has already impacted millions of people in all seasons of life around the world.

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Michael Todd
2020
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Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar

"Wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review), and rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this book is a balm for everything life throws our way.

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Cheryl Strayed
2025
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed

With startling wisdom and humor, Gottlieb invites us into her world as both clinician and patient, examining the truths and fictions we tell ourselves and others as we teeter on the tightrope between love and desire, meaning and mortality, guilt and redemption, terror and courage, hope and change.

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Lori Gottlieb
2019
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