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We don’t have all the answers—but we can help you choose a partner. Choosing a romantic partner is one of contemporary life’s biggest adventures. But other aspects of modern living—being globally more mobile, a fall in religious belief, social liberalization, and more job opportunities (but longer working hours)—mean relationships have rarely been so challenging, and so important. In How to Choose a Partner, Susan Quilliam guides us through the process of finding the right partner for us as individuals. The real challenge is that we grow. Drawing upon rich cultural material, psychology, and her background in relationship therapy, Susan presents partner choice as a journey toward self-development, driving us to learn more about ourselves, about other people, and about life and the way we want to live.
Packed with relationship advice from Relate, the marriage guidance experts, Staying Together offers guidelines to help couples survive and grow through their relationship problems so that they need not separate and may maintain their commitment to each other. Case histories, quizzes and questionnaires show how this is possible and even how to make a partnership stronger. The book covers how to: --confront difficulties --understand your partner --re-negotiate an improved relationship --develop skills to make improvements last --assess when problems first appeared and how they developed --face changes --communicate and meet a partner's needs --create good times --build on commitment and happiness.
For some people, an argument with a loved one is a catastrophe, a sign that a relationship must surely be over, for others a heated discussion is a way of letting off steam, a way of ensuring that passion is kept alive. But what is 'normal' communication for couples? How can you get past the raised voices or silent disapproval, to listen and understand what is really being said by your partner? Relationships change over time, and the way we communicate does too. This practical, readable and sometimes humorous book, based on over 60 years of cumulative experience from Relate, the marriage guidance experts, will help couples to break free of old patterns of behaviour and avoid using words as weapons when the going gets tough. It will help encourage upfront discussion rather than resorting to nagging, and will give you the skills you need to understand what your partner is really trying to say to you - to bring discussion rather than confrontation back into your relationships.
Find out how to be positive, optimistic and live a confident and fulfilled life following expert tips, techniques and checklists. Make sure the glass is always half-full as you learn to think positively both in personal and professional situations. Find out how to handle fear, anger and disappointment by assessing thinking patterns and changing negative perceptions and improve your life. Explore different options for making positive changes and put them into action with the aid of helpful flow charts, diagrams and useful examples. Follow as a complete course, or dip in and out of topics for quick reference. Life-enhancing tips in a handy format - take it wherever life takes you!
An elegant and intelligent gift book for those looking to add an element of adventure to their physical relationships from the world's most trusted sex-information brand,The Joy of Sex. Every act of sex is an adventure, but beyond the willingness it takes to take on the basic adventure of sex, there is another level of possible exploration, one that takes you deeper into the recesses of your partner's desires.With thought-provoking text by relationship psychologist Susan Quilliam, The Adventurous Lover will help readers to explore their own and their partner's desires and add an extra dimension to their intimate lives. This book is the perfect companion for those times when you need ideas for what to do and guidelines for how to do it, for when you need arousing inspiration to kick-start your adrenalin, and for when you need confidence to push the boundaries, and then push them a little further.
The intimate history of love, marriage, and emotional revolution in twentieth century Britain
After 30 years--with more than eight million copies sold--"The Joy of Sex" is still considered the quintessential sex manual by millions of readers. Featuring an exuberant combination of newly updated text and illustrations, this classic sex manual tells readers everything they want--and need--to know about sex in the 21st century. 20 full-color photos. 80 line illustrations.
Why do some relationships give us great joy and others become toxic? What role do we play in our relationships? Are our relationship skills weakening in the age of social media? From the moment we are born we rely on others for our survival. But as we get older, we can sometimes find relationships upsetting and frustrating. In this insightful, warmly written book, psychotherapist and Psychologies agony aunt Lucy Beresford cuts to the chase of how to have harmonious, fulfilling relationships. Whether it's with our partner, our kids, our boss or our mother-in-law, or perhaps most importantly ourselves, all our relationships require - at some stage in our lives - a little bit of tender loving c...
Provides women explicit techniques designed to enhance pleasure, suggestions for dealing with various sexual problems, and information on safe sex.
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