Carla Marie Manly

The Joy of Imperfect Love (eBook, ePUB)

The Art of Creating Healthy, Securely Attached Relationships

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Embracing the messiness of real love, The Joy of Imperfect Loveexplores attachment issues and personal growth, uncovering the secrets to lasting, joy-filled connections. Stuck in unhealthy relationship dynamics? Yearning to find (or be) that perfect someone? Can you accept someone while also wanting them to grow? The key to healthy relationships is accepting that real love is messy, imperfect, and a work in progress! Clinical psychologist Dr. Carla Marie Manly's The Joy of Imperfect Love guides readers on a transformative journey of compassionate, healthy love. With research-backed insights, captivating case studies, and empowering exercises, readers explore how attachment issues and unresolved personal issues negatively impact both self-love and the quality of our relationships. Dr. Manly offers sound solutions for creating the awareness and healthy habits that promote lasting love. Readers will breathe a sigh of deep relief as they discover the doable, real-life secrets to creating joy-filled relationships and genuine, imperfect love.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abrams
• Seitenzahl: 392
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781641708593
• Artikelnr.: 70292383

Autorenporträt

Dr. Carla Marie Manly, a practicing clinical psychologist, author, and speaker, uses a mindfulness-based approach that is rooted in neurobiology. Dr. Manly's passion is helping others discover joy, balance, and optimal wellness from the inside out.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction
PART ONE: Imperfect Self-Love
Chapter 1: The Science of Imperfect Love
Chapter 2: The Complexity of Imperfect Love
Chapter 3: Knowing and Embracing Your Imperfect Self
Chapter 4: Imperfectly Loving Yourself from the Inside Out
Chapter 5: The Gifts of Imperfect Love
Chapter 6: The Negative Scripts That Divide Us
PART TWO: Bringing Imperfect Love into Your Relationships
Chapter 7: The Power of Genuine Friendship
Chapter 8: The Power of Clear and Honest Relationship Ethics
Chapter 9: The Power of Emotional Intelligence
Chapter 10: The Power of Connective Communication and Healthy Conflict
Chapter 11: Sexual Intimacy: The Physical and Emotional Conversation of
Love
Chapter 12: The Care and Feeding of Imperfect Love
Postscript: The Stone of You, the Stone of Me
Exercise Appendix
About the Author
About Familius