Make Up, Don't Break Up

by Weil, Bonnie Eaker

• ISBN13: 9781605503608
• ISBN10: 1605503606
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-18
• Publisher: Adams Media Corp

Summary

Falling in love is easy; staying in love is hard. If you've ever yearned for a connection, wanted more intimacy in your relationship, or worried that you and your partner are falling out of love, internationally acclaimed therapist Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil is here to help.In her new edition of Make Up, Don't Break Up, love expert Dr. Bonnie offers her cutting-edge yet heartfelt advice on how relationships work, and how yours can work better. She walks you through the many stages of a relationship's connections and disconnections so that you will be able to reconnect and solidify your relationship.With new chapters on male intimacy and long-distance relationships, Make Up, Don't Break Up teaches you how to find the love you've been seeking and make the commitment last. Her groundbreaking communication skills will have men listening and talking rather than shutting down and walking away. It'll show you how to fix your relationship so you can make it, not break it.Dr. Bonnie knows how to make a relationship last. Her valuable Smart Heart Skills have helped a phenomenal 98 percent of the couples she's worked with to stay together. And with this new edition and companion DVD, you will receive that same guidance and opportunity for lasting love.Visit her website at www.doctorbonnie.com.

Author Biography

Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil is one of America's best-known relationship experts. She has appeared on the Today show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The View, and Good Morning America. Dr. Bonnie's work has been featured in USA Today, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, and the New York Times. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
What Makes a Relationship Last? Wake Up, Don't Break Up
Challenges to a Lasting Relationship	p. 3
Are You a Pursuer or a Distancer?	p. 9
The Male Dilemma of Intimacy: How Not to (S)mother Your Man	p. 23
Developmental Stages and Relationship Patterns	p. 27
The Eight Stages of Relationships	p. 39
Connection, Disconnection, and Reconnection	p. 57
The Distancer/Pursuer Dance	p. 63
Dancing with Your Crucible	p. 81
Why Intimacy Is Hard to Achieve	p. 89
Smart Heart Skills Shake Up to Make Up
Why Relationships Stop Before They Start	p. 111
Shifting Gears	p. 135
Fighting Fair	p. 141
Reconnecting with Your Family: Going Home Again	p. 159
Getting Past the Third Date Shake It, Don't Break It
Potholes on the Road to Love	p. 185
Connecting on the First Date	p. 195
How to Reconnect for the Second Date	p. 213
Getting Past the Third Date	p. 229
Long-Distance Relationships: How the Phone Disconnects You	p. 245
Break Up to Make Up
Why Break Up?	p. 251
How to Give Your Relationship a Brush with Death	p. 259
How to Decide If It's Time to Go Back	p. 289
Repairing the Damage	p. 301
Restoring the Magic	p. 317
Relationships at Risk Shake Up to Wake Up
Understanding Adultery	p. 331
Suspecting, Admitting, and Forgiving Adultery	p. 337
Conclusion: I Did It, So Can You!	p. 347
Bibliography	p. 355
Index	p. 357
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