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The Real Thirteenth Step is a powerful exercise and information-packed manual to accompany the journey of people in recovery. Readers will learn how to develop the three central skills of true autonomy—risk taking, problem solving, and coping with failure—and how to apply them to every aspect of their lives: relationships, work, decision-making, stress, and the temptations of addiction.
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The first, and still the best, major book on Gay and Lesbian relationships —it takes you step-by-step through your relationship, making it better, making a commitment, and sharing a long life together. Reassuring and supportive.
This book examines not just the statistics that show that children of
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alcoholics gravitate to dysfunctional partners, but why people have these
problems, how they come to be, and, most importantly, what they can do to fix them. Dr. Tessina
“Being a couple yet free is our next challenge on the evolutionary ladder. This book successfully helps us unravel the myths that block that achievement. It does it with warmth, with readability, and with balance. It recreates everyday problems and paints the path to their solution”—Warren Farrell, Ph.D. Author of “Why Men Are the Way They Are”
For two decades, the established handbook on relationships between equals.
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The Commuter Marriage: Keep Your Relationship Close While You're Far Apart (Paperback)
by Tina B. Tessina (Author)
Adams Media • Available in April, 2008
ISBN-10: 1598694324 • ISBN-13: 978-1598694321
Finally, much needed relationship help for geographically challenged couples! THE COMMUTER MARRIAGE: Keep Your Relationship Close While You’re Far Apart (Adams Media; May13, 2008; Trade Paperback Original) by respected Ph.D., Tina Tessina speaks directly to the more than 4 million U.S. couples juggling the unique struggles only long-distance marriages face.
As society becomes more mobile and as jobs move or involve travel more than ever, couples must create ways to stay connected while physically separated— for days, weeks, months, or years. Even working different shifts or managing long commutes may mean couples living in the same house never see each other during waking hours. Keeping a connection—both physically and mentally—is no easy feat.
According to Dr. Tessina, “Spending time apart is both a blessing and a problem. When you have time apart, it can freshen your relationship and remind you what you love most about your partner. On the other hand, if you begin to resent the separation, and don’t communicate well while you’re apart, your marriage has the potential to quickly unravel.”
With a specific program designed to help couples maneuver this terrain, Dr. Tessina helps readers through everyday situations, such as:
• Managing two homes, financially and physically
• Raising kids when one parent is distant
• Holiday and visiting schedules
• Overcoming jealousy and suspicions
• Maintaining a healthy sex life
• Reintegrating when two homes become one again
With quizzes, exercises, and studies from Dr. Tessina’s practice, readers will see what works—and what doesn’t. So whether the decision to commute is voluntary or mandatory, couples can not only keep their marriages intact but make their unions stronger.
