Meeting Your Half-Orange : An Utterly Upbeat Guide to Using Dating Optimism to Find Your Perfect Match

by Spencer, Amy

• ISBN13: 9780762437740
• ISBN10: 076243774X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-01-12
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

The notions of "If you believe it . . . it will come!" or "Whatever you think you attract" are familiar to fans ofThe Secret, Norman Vincent Peale, and Napoleon Hill. Now relationship guru Amy Spencer utilizes these concepts and brings them to the mainstream relationship aisle, writing a practical, step-by-step guide on harnessing "Dating Optimism" to find one's perfect match."Half-Orange" refers to the Spanish termmi media naranja, which describes one's beautiful, sweet, and perfect other half. Spencer's program shows women how to grow one's "half-orange" from seed to "fruit-ion." Rather than admonishing readers to make themselves more available, or turn dating into a full-time job,Meeting Your Half-Orangeteaches how to focus on the relationship you want with such intensity, the right person will come along within a short period of time. "Dating Optimism" is a fun, results-oriented way to meet one's matchand early readers have already manifested their Half-oranges after adopting the program!

Author Biography

Amy Spencer is a relationship expert who writes for Glamour, Harper’s Bazaar, Page Six Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Match.com, and others, and the former host of the relationship call-in advice show Sex Files on Sirius Satellite Radio’s Maxim channel. She lives in Venice, CA, with her own “half-orange.”

Table of Contents

Preface: One Thing, Before You Plant-Are You Being Too Picky?	p. 8
Introduction: What is Your Half-Orange?	p. 10
Get Your Soil Ready: Believe You Can Have It	p. 20
Hit the Garden Shop: Admit You Want It	p. 43
How to Choose Your Seed: What Do You Want?	p. 67
How to Plant the Seed: Focus and Imagine Feeling It	p. 84
Nurture Your Sapling to Bloom: Live a Happy Life	p. 129
Know When to Pluck: How to Recognize Your Half-Orange	p. 196
Dating Strategies of Operation Optimism	p. 219
The OrangeAid Handbook	p. 226
Acknowledgments	p. 234
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