Be Your Own Dating Coach : Treat Yourself to the Ultimate Relationship Makeover

by Hemmings, Jo

• ISBN13: 9781841126609
• ISBN10: 1841126608
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-24
• Publisher: WILEY JOHN & SONS INC

Summary

A relationship coach in a bookEver wondered why you make the same dating mistakes time after time? What seemed so promising at first simply dwindled into yet another disappointment. Or do you rarely get beyond the first or second date? Do you yearn for a long-term relationship but find yourself drifting from relationship to relationship? Or do you feel trapped when you really just want to have fun?Taking a step back from your busy life while taking a good yet honest and dispassionate look at yourself is never easy. Be Your Own Dating Coach is an upbeat, positive and humorous look at understanding yourself better, increasing your self-esteem, having more fun and getting the relationships you want and deserve. In short, it will show you how to coach yourself to a better love life. Written in two halves, one for men and one for women.

Author Biography

Jo Hemmings is a trained psychologist and relationships consultant for women’s magazines including Glamour and Cosmopolitan.  Her work has also appeared in the Daily Mail and other national press.  She has appeared on a number of TV programmes, including BBC’s Kilory, and on numerous radio shows; she is a regular contributor on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.  She is the author of three books The Dating Game (Oct 03), The Little Black Book (May 04) and Women and Shoes (September 04).  All published by New Holland. `The Dating Game’ was extracted in The Sun and The Mirror

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Introduction	1	(4)
Girls	5	(176)
Dating Versus Relationships	7	(28)
Breathing Space	35	(14)
Recognizing What You Really Want	49	(14)
Self-Esteem And Self-Confidence	63	(12)
Your Dating Makeover	75	(14)
Communication	89	(22)
Chemistry, Compatibility and Sex	111	(36)
Dating Language To Suit You	147	(16)
Other Ways To Find Your Date	163	(18)
Guys	181	(178)
Dating Versus Relationships	183	(30)
Breathing Space	213	(14)
Recognizing What You Really Want	227	(16)
Self-Esteem And Self-Confidence	243	(14)
Your Dating Makeover	257	(18)
Communication	275	(22)
Chemistry, Compatibility And Sex	297	(30)
Dating Language To Suit You	327	(14)
Other Ways To Find Your Date	341	(18)
Further Reading	359	(2)
Index	361