The New York Times bestselling author and a central figure in the field of meditation, Sharon Salzberg, uses ancient Buddhist wisdom to redefine love and experience it in a more profound way. You are a person worthy of love. You don’t have to do anything to deserve all the love in the world. Real Love is a creative tool kit of mindfulness exercises and meditation techniques that help you to truly engage with your present experience and create deeper love relationships with yourself, your partner, friends and family, and with life itself. Sharon Salzberg, a leading expert in Lovingkindness meditation, encourages us to strip away layers of negative habits and obstacles, helping us to experience authentic love based on direct experience, rather than preconceptions. Across three sections, Sharon explains how to dispel cultural and emotional habits, and direct focused care and attention to recapture the essence of what it is to love and be loved. With positive reflections and practices, Sharon teaches us how to shift the responsibilities of the love that we give and receive to rekindle the powerful healing force of true connection. By challenging myths perpetuated by popular culture, we can undo the limited definitions that reduce love to simply romance or passion, and give the heart a much needed tune-up to connect ourselves to the truest experience of love in our daily lives.

Do you often worry about your relationship and wonder what your partner is thinking? Do you find yourself overanalyzing every detail and imagining worst-case scenarios? Do you wish you could stop overthinking and enjoy a more fulfilling and satisfying connection with your partner? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this book is for you. In this book, you will learn how to overcome the habit of overthinking and cultivate mindful love in your relationship. In this book You will discover: · The root causes of overthinking and how to identify them · The negative effects of overthinking on your relationship and your well-being · The benefits of mindful love and how to practice it daily · The strategies to communicate effectively, build trust, and resolve conflicts with your partner · The tips to cope with anxiety, stress, and uncertainty in your relationship This book is not just a collection of theories and advice. It is a practical guide that will help you apply the principles of mindful love to your own situation and transform your relationship for the better. You will learn how to stop overthinking and start living in the present moment with your partner. You will also learn how to appreciate the beauty and joy of love, and how to nurture it every day. Don’t let overthinking ruin your relationship. You deserve to have a happy and healthy relationship with your partner, and this book will show you how. Whether you are dating, engaged, married, or in a long-term relationship, this book will help you improve your communication, intimacy, and satisfaction with your partner. So what are you waiting for? Start your journey to mindful love!

Have you ever noticed how some people have a fulfilling love life with someone who genuinely cares about them while others struggle with their relationships? We often think that’s just luck or genetics. “It’s just the way things are...” But what if “bad luck” were actually due to our upbringing, self-beliefs, and ways of communicating? What if we could learn and change if we were given the right tools and paths to self-discovery? We can. This is specifically why I wrote Mindful Love. This book is perfect for you if you: - Are seeking a long-term relationship - Have experienced heart-breaking breakups before and find it hard to get past the resulting trauma - Always end up with the wrong person - Have difficulties handling conflicts within a relationship - Easily overreact to relationship issues with anger or anxiety I have experienced severe breakups before. I have dated the wrong person for the wrong reasons. I studied techniques from pickup artists because I was terribly insecure, and I made a lot of mistakes in my romantic relationships. Fortunately, since then, I have met someone special and I have learned how genuine, loving, long-term relationships work. I decided to pack all of what I’ve learned into this book so that you can avoid my mistakes. Here are just a few of the things this book can help you with: - Identifying traumas and limiting beliefs that are holding you back from having a healthy relationship - Displaying your personality in an authentic and attractive way during first dates - Using the right lens to find the right person to start a relationship with - Understanding your partner on a much deeper level right from the beginning of the relationship - Learning simple yet powerful communication techniques that will help you effectively resolve conflicts with your partner - Handling breakups with the kind of mindset and methods that will minimize any traumatic effects And so much more. This book is really close to my heart—I truly believe what you’ll find here will help you experience love in its fullest and purest form. If you don’t enjoy the book, I will refund you any time, no questions asked. If you have any questions about the book or anything involving relationships, feel free to email me at [email protected]. Let’s start your journey.

In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Henry Grayson shares his breakthrough techniques for creating deeper and more lasting connections with our loved ones. Henry Grayson, a psychologist, relationship counselor, psychoanalyst, and former minister who has been working with couples and individuals to improve their relationships for over thirty years, has found that most people are actually more unhappy after marriage counseling or couples therapy. In Mindful Loving he sets aside the traditional methods of therapy to show you how to look at your relationships from a completely different perspective. By getting to the root of our relationship problems, which stem from our thoughts and beliefs and mistaken ideas about our own identities, Grayson creates a whole new framework—one where psychology, spirituality, and science meet—in which to view intimacy.

We are now experiencing what is being called ‘the mindfulness revolution’, as increasingly people become aware of the benefits of mindfulness in all aspects of daily life. This book focuses on individuals, couples, families, groups and businesses to provide a practical guide for using mindfulness to enrich relationships and more effectively manage the stresses associated with dispute resolution and conflict. The authors clearly and engagingly explore how we can use mindfulness to: • develop a more compassionate, friendly relationship with ourselves and others • increase awareness of our own and others’ relational patterns • calm and soothe our emotions and be there for others • communicate more effectively • enhance connection and empathy • reduce defensive patterns, allowing for more authenticity, and • work effectively within families and larger systems such as workplaces. Case studies are included throughout to highlight key principles, as well as practical exercises to enable the reader to develop their mindfulness skills.

Thich Nhat Hanh shares timeless wisdom and mindfulness meditation practices in this pocket-sized, illustrated guide about cherishing the many ways love manifests in our lives. How to Love is the third title in Thich Nhat Hanh’s series of mindfulness books for beginners and seasoned practitioners. This time, he brings his signature clarity, compassion, and humor to the thorny question of how to love. He distills one of our strongest emotions down to 4 essentials: • You can only love another when you feel true love for yourself • Love is understanding • Understanding brings compassion • Deep listening and loving speech are key ways of showing our love How to Love shows that when we feel closer to our loved ones, we are also more connected to the world as a whole. Thich Nhat Hanh applies this timeless wisdom to the core areas and relationships of our lives, including: • Love vs. Need • Being in Love • Reverence • Intimacy • Children and Family • Reconciling with Parents With meditations you can do alone or with your partner, How to Love is a unique gift for those who want a comprehensive yet simple guide to understanding the many different kinds of love, perfect for those practicing in any spiritual tradition, whether seasoned practitioners or new to meditation.

This beloved book has touched hundreds of thousands of lives with its profound and actionable advice. Retaining the core message of becoming more mindful in our relationships, this edition includes new and revised material that addresses how we live and love today. A new preface touches on David Richo’s experience with the book over time and outlines the key updates, including attention to online dating and modern communication styles as well as new perspectives on anger and ending relationships. “Most people think of love as a feeling,” says Richo, “but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present.” How to Be an Adult in Relationships explores five hallmarks of mindful loving and how they play a key role in our relationships. Adult love is based on a mutual commitment to what Richo calls the “five A’s”: attention, acceptance, appreciation, affection, and allowing. Brimming with practical exercises for couples and singles, How to Be an Adult in Relationships offers heartening insights into a lifelong journey of love. Topics include: • Becoming conscious of our relationship patterns and how they relate to childhood • Recognizing and attracting someone who can show adult love • Understanding the phases relationships go through • Creating and maintaining healthy boundaries • Overcoming fears of abandonment and engulfment • Expressing anger and other emotions in adult and loving ways • Surviving break-ups with our self-esteem intact • Understanding love as a spiritual journey

It’s easy to fall in love. The challenging part is keeping that spark alive while you and your partner deal with “the real world”. Your relationship can often seem less urgent than the day-to-day emergencies that you deal with—your job, finances, children, and that to-do list full of chores. They all demand your immediate attention. What often gets lost in the shuffle is the love you share with your partner. If you want to build a deeper connection with your spouse or partner, then one solution is to build mindful relationship habits. In a mindful relationship, you are intentional about all your choices and interactions with your partner. You become more proactive in responding to each other’s needs and less reactive to the challenges that often arise. You evolve to a higher level of interaction with one another. The Wall Street Journal bestselling authors S.J. Scott and Barrie Davenport show you how to have a better relationship by applying 25 specific practices. These habits will help you be more present with one another, communicate better, avoid divisive arguments, and understand how to respond to one another’s needs in a more loving, empathic, and conscious way.

A nonfiction investigation into masculinity, For The Love of Men provides actionable steps for how to be a man in the modern world, while also exploring how being a man in the world has evolved. In 2019, traditional masculinity is both rewarded and sanctioned. Men grow up being told that boys don’t cry and dolls are for girls (a newer phenomenon than you might realize—gendered toys came back in vogue as recently as the 80s). They learn they must hide their feelings and anxieties, that their masculinity must constantly be proven. They must be the breadwinners, they must be the romantic pursuers. This hasn’t been good for the culture at large: 99% of school shooters are male; men in fraternities are 300% (!) more likely to commit rape; a woman serving in uniform has a higher likelihood of being assaulted by a fellow soldier than to be killed by enemy fire. In For the Love of Men, Liz offers a smart, insightful, and deeply-researched guide for what we're all going to do about toxic masculinity. For both women looking to guide the men in their lives and men who want to do better and just don’t know how, For the Love of Men will lead the conversation on men's issues in a society where so much is changing, but gender roles have remained strangely stagnant. What are we going to do about men? Liz Plank has the answer. And it has the possibility to change the world for men and women alike.

Grandparenting is a sacred, challenging, and sometimes bewildering calling. As educators, writers, and grandmothers with twelve grandchildren between them, Marilyn McEntyre and Shirley Showalter team up to share practices, tips, and ideas for grandparenting with intention and grace.