How to Be an Adult in Relationships The Five Keys to Mindful Loving

Name: How to Be an Adult in Relationships The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
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ISBN: 9781570628122

ISBN-10: 1570628122

ISBN-13: 9781570628122

Edition: 2002

Authors: David Richo

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This guide offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships, one that focuses not on finding an ideal mate, but on becoming a more loving and realistic person.

Book details

List price: $17.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/18/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

DAVID RICHO, PhD, is a psychotherapist, teacher, writer, and workshop leader whose work emphasizes the benefits of mindfulness and loving-kindness in personal growth and emotional well-being. He is the author of numerous books, including the best-selling How to Be an Adult in Relationships and The Five Things We Cannot Change.



Foreword


Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Home We Leave



How It All Began


The Power of Mindfulness


A Positive Spin on How It Was and Is


The Five A's: The Keys that Open Us


Unconditional Presence versus the Five Mindsets of Ego


Practices: Our Skillful Means



Love and Less


Mirroring Love


When We Deny We Were Deprived


What Hurts Us Comforts Us


How Good for Me Was My Family?


Light on the Hurt


A Heroic Journey


Practices



Struggles Along the Way



Choosing a Partner


Am I Cut Out for Relationship?


Qualified Candidates


What Are We Up To?


Full Disclosure


Sexualizing Our Needs


Such Longings


Destiny Plays a Part


Practices



Romance: The First Phase of Relationship


Rising in Love


When Romance Is Addictive


What Love Feels Like


Practices



Conflicts


Working Things Out


The Past in the Present


Men and Women


Introvert or Extrovert?


Practices



Fears Rush In--and Dangers, Too


Engulfment and Abandonment


Learning from Our Fears


Jealousy


Infidelity


Dealing with Disappointment


Practices



Letting Go of Ego


Anatomy of the Arrogant Ego


Anatomy of the Impoverished Ego


The Riches of Ego and How to Find Them


A Yes to the Things We Cannot Change


Practices



When Relationships End


Ending with Grace and Moving On


When Somebody Leaves You



Returning the Blessing



Our Commitment and How It Deepens


The Virtues of Intimate Love


Commitment


Soul Mates


Practices


Epilogue



The Steps and Shifts of Mindful Grief