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Keeping Marriages Healthy, and Why It’s So Difficult

After two people stand before everyone important to them in the world and publicly declare that they love each other and intend to remain together for the rest of their lives, everything social psychology has learned about the stability of publicly declared opinions suggests that these will be the most stable opinions of all (Festinger, 1957). Yet of course they aren’t.

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If you love deeply, you’re going to get hurt badly. But it’s still worth it.

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C. S. Lewis
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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.

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C. S. Lewis
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Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.

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C. S. Lewis
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What Is “Intimacy Avoidance”? (Glossary of Narcissistic Relationships)

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Ramani Durvasula
2020
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Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship with a Narcissist

How do you know if you are in a relationship with a narcissist—and what can you do about it? Narcissism is a modern epidemic—and it’s spreading rapidly. Narcissists tend to be pretty on the outside, but empty on the inside.

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Ramani S. Durvasula
2017
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Foolproof Advice on How to Have a Great Marriage

Marriage isn’t easy. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell you something. But it can be fun. And fulfilling. And, more than anything, it can be a strong foundation on which you construct a meaningful and rewarding life.

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Helen LaKelly Hunt
2015
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Can One Person Save a Marriage? Absolutely.

Oftentimes one person in a relationship is more interested in improving a relationship than the other. Is it possible for one partner to save a relationship on his or her own? Harville Hendrix and our panel of experts discuss.

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Helen LaKelly Hunt
2015
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The Ten-Second Miracle: Creating Relationship Breakthroughs

This guide to improving relationships shows the reader how to understand the nature of each conflict and address it directly. The author offers a simple practical system that should counteract misunderstanding and conflict, in order to turn moments of difficulty into zones of possibility.

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Gay Hendricks
1998
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Spiritual Psychology: Trusting the Divine Within Us

In this University of Santa Monica video from a Special Evening on "Forgiveness", Drs. Ron and Mary Hulnick use the principles and practices of Spiritual Psychology to answer the question "Can trust ever be repaired?"

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2010
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Getting Relationships Right: How to Build Resilience and Thrive in Life, Love, and Work

In this one-stop guide to building relational literacy--the understanding of and ability to practice healthy ways of relating--bestselling author, psychologist, and relationship coach Melanie Joy shares the principles and tools that can make any relationship, from personal to professional,...

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Melanie Joy
2020
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