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A powerful and transformative guide made for two - a reminder that in love, every wound, every mistake and every missed opportunity is an occasion to heal, to grow and to learn. Getting together with a partner may be easy, but staying together is anything but. So how do you keep a loving relationship alive and your sexual intensity fully charged? How do you grow as a partnership rather than grow apart? How Two Love sets out with a bold ambition: to offer the tools and guidance you need to solve these problems.

Dan Savage’s mother wants him to get married. His boyfriend, Terry, says “no thanks” because he doesn’t want to act like a straight person. Their six-year-old son, D.J., says his two dads aren’t “allowed” to get married but that he’d like to come to the reception and eat cake. Throw into the mix Dan’s straight siblings, whose varied choices form a microcosm of how Americans are approaching marriage these days, and you get a rollicking family memoir that will have everyone - gay or straight, right or left, single or married - howling with laughter.

Look beyond the fantasies of whip-cracking dominatrixes and cowering slaveboys, and you'll find real women and men in caring, consensual female-dominant relationships. Yet, given that social norms grant the majority of power to men, how do these relationships work? TammyJo and Fox have been building their female-dominant relationship for many years, and have gathered their most important discoveries and theories into this important manual.

If you find yourself sick of the traditional male-led relationships and the subservient roles they put you in, you may want to try being in a female-led relationship. In an FLR, you'll have the power to make your own decisions and be in control of your life. Not to mention, you'll have a doting man willing to meet your every need. What could be better? Warning: The subject matter of this audiobook is for adults only.

Keep Love is your relationship bible combining cutting-edge research, case studies and self-help tools. Paul outlines all the key myths, issues and challenges that couples will likely experience in their partnerships and arms you with the simple tools, know-how and emotional intelligence to manage them.

A few years into her marriage and under pressure to surrender to domesticity, Joanna Biggs found herself longing for a different kind of existence. The relationship was calm and her husband was a good man, but was this all there was? She divorced without knowing what would come next. Newly untethered, Joanna returned to the free-spirited writers of her youth and was soon reading in a fever - desperately searching for evidence of lives that looked more like her own, for the messiness and freedom, for a possible blueprint for intellectual fulfilment.

The D Word is the definitive yet accessible guide for everyone who wants to take control of their lives, either by ending or repairing their marriage. Written in Kate Anthony's signature straight-talking, empowering style, The D Word is more than a practical handbook for those considering divorce. It also reveals how cultural and societal influences negatively affect our relationships and expectations, stacking the odds against women.

Women: you're not alone in your marriage. You never have been, and you never will be. While it may not always feel like it, God desires for you to have a relationally healthy, emotionally engaged, and spiritually mature husband with whom you can share your days. In Loving Him Well, Gary Thomas builds on concepts from his best-selling book Sacred Marriage to reveal the inner workings of a man's heart and mind. He delves into Scriptures that help women gain biblical insight to influence their husbands.

Sometimes it seems we just can't get what we want. Circumstances thwart our best-laid plans. We struggle to live a heartfelt life. Worst of all, says Eldredge, the modern church mistakenly teaches its people to kill desire (calling it sin) and replace it with duty or obligation (calling it sanctification).

When it comes to building a better relationship with your partner, touch and connection matter so much more than the words that you say. And author and therapist John Howard is here to tell us why. More than Words shows you how to deepen love and connection in any relationship based on the latest cutting-edge research in interpersonal neurobiology, trauma-informed healing, attachment theory, and many more scientific fields.

Walking away allows you to prioritize yourself, giving you the opportunity to rediscover what fulfills you outside the relationship, ensuring that your needs are met regardless of his response. Prioritizing your own happiness and emotional well-being is essential, and sometimes that means shifting your focus away from the relationship and toward the things in life that bring you joy, fulfillment, and personal growth.

Wife and mother Cindy Beall's world was shattered when her beloved husband of nine years confessed his pornography addiction, numerous affairs, and the stunning news that another woman was pregnant with his child. What could have been the end of a marriage instead became a testament to God's miraculous ability to restore broken hearts and damaged bonds. With the wisdom and healing she's gained in the twenty years that have passed since her husband's devastating revelation, Cindy shares her own experience as well as those of couples she's counselled.

Your feminine majesty has the power to heal almost everything in your entire life–and this book will teach you how. When you heal your feminine energy, everything else in your life falls into place.

A companion to the popular website APracticalWedding.com and A Practical Wedding Planner, A Practical Wedding helps you sort through the basics to create the wedding you want - without going broke or crazy in the process. After all, what really matters on your wedding day is not so much how it looked, as how it felt. In this refreshing guide, expert Meg Keene shares her secrets to planning a beautiful celebration that reflects your taste and your relationship.

Embarking on a married life is something that can feel daunting, stressful, even alien if you don’t know how to fit it in with your faith and current way of life. There are so many things you need to talk about, negotiate, and come to terms with as a couple that it feels like no matter how much work you do, so much remains unsaid.

An easy-to-digest, inspiring, and transformational resource for the most crucial project of your life, this blueprint is designed to meet the needs of all relationships, from those that are cruising, complacent, or merely dissatisfied through to those that are highly conflicted.

Do you find yourself wondering how to spice up or rekindle your sex life? Want to make sex more exciting, express your inner desires comfortably, or remove that awkward silence? Or simply want to find a clever way to connect with your partner intimately when you're apart? Regardless of what level of dirty talking you and/or your partner are at, this book can help to increase understanding of the role dirty talk plays, get into the basics, and improvise from examples.

Are your fears and insecurities driving your partner away? In Trust Issues in Relationships, you can help yourself get over your trust issues. Inside, you will discover how to stop sabotaging your relationship with negative energy by following these helpful tips to improve your self-esteem and banish your cynical thoughts; the must-have ingredient in any relationship that is guaranteed to earn your trust and ease your mind; why you still feel jealous and insecure in your relationship, even though your partner has been loyal, consistent, and honest with you; and more.

It's time to stop leaving love to chance. Time to stop being too shy to meet someone, wondering why a promising first date wound up going nowhere, or realizing too late that it happened with the wrong person anyway. Nicholas Boothman has a much better way. Drawing on his expertise in Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Boothman charts a three-step plan that will help anyone find the love of his or her life.

Most singles unconsciously make the same mistakes over and over again in love, regardless of age, work success, or the type of man they are dating. Using her unique four-pronged approach, Dr. Diana pulls no punches. She outlines a program that gets women on the path to smash through their self-sabotage and forge a healthy love relationship.