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| Learning to Love: From Conflict to Lasting Harmony | 
 enlarge | Authors: Don Rosenthal, Martha Rosenthal
Publisher: Sterling
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 166413
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 1402745273
Dewey Decimal Number: 306
EAN: 9781402745270
ASIN: 1402745273
Publication Date: March 1, 2007
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What holds a couple together? Why are we afraid of intimacy? How can we keep our hearts open to one another in the midst of hurt and resentment? Based on nearly two decades of highly successful couples workshops, as well as the Rosenthals’ own 35 years as committed partners, this provocative book is a rare combination of timeless wisdom and practical guidance. Written in clear, accessible language, it offers workable strategies for listening to your partner with an open heart; asking for change; giving and receiving; dealing with anger; and releasing one’s own guilt, fear, and defensiveness. Yet it does all this with a spiritual depth that is both rare and compelling: Learning to Love is a spiritual guide to relationships that truly works. Its unique strength lies in showing partners how to use their inevitable conflicts as the means to a deeper intimacy. By directly addressing our human imperfections and messy, complex feelings, it shows how we can create an atmosphere of emotional safety and learn from one another. The fruits of this process, to those willing to cultivate them, are the tools and resources that make the sharing of unconditional love a daily reality.
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Don and Martha Risk Their Relationship So You Can See How It's Done April 29, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you're like me, you've read so-called Self-Help books for a long time. Usually they're told in the third person -- the author tells you how things should be. Sometimes they're written as an expose -- it's always easier to tell on someone else, especially the other sex. But Don and Martha let you see inside their heads, inside the skin of their relationship. They put themselves at risk and bring themselves to the edge of their relationship where they live the lessons they demonstrate for the reader -- how to let go of ego and "being right" until all that is left is an open-hearted acceptance of themselves individually and of each other. Once you've read their book you'll want to do their course. We did. Don and Martha gave us the tools to take our long-term relationship -- which had been going pretty well -- to a new level of appreciation and skill so we could get past the stops faster, with a sense of humor about it all. Go for it. If you're wondering, Don and I are not related. We grew up together fifty years ago and haven't known each other's whereabouts since. What a pleasure -- what a contribution -- to have met this way.
A self-help book that really helps! May 2, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Our world would be a better place if everyone could read this book! Don and Martha's insight into working together goes far beyond intimate relationships. Their understanding of what makes us tick helps you in dealing with your spouse, lover, children, family, friends, and all those you share a relationship. I especially appreciate the easy to follow exercises; they truly have made an impact on my life. It is with much love and appreciation that I recommend Don and Martha's work to all.
Practical and life changing May 16, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The work of Don and Martha Rosenthal has changed my life -- and pointed me in the direction of deep, meaningful love, wholeness and peace. And as lofty as that sounds, they present their lessons with sincerity, gentleness, and a genuine understanding of the difficulties regular people face in their daily lives. This book shows the reader the language and practice that has helped couples all around the world. Accessible and pleasant to read, these stories and direction are a must for all people interested in moving toward having wonderful relationships.
Buy this book May 1, 2006
I have never read a book on relationships that has impacted me and my marriage so profoundly. The book persuasively and sagely illustrates how self knowledge and compassion are critical components toward wisely and lovingly navigating the many challenges of intimacy and in growing in emotional maturity. "Learning to Love" offers a myriad of teachings and exercises which demonstrate how relationship can be consciously employed as an accelerant to achieving self knowledge as a more enduring relational purpose. The authors have masterfully mixed western and eastern phychology and spirituality in a manner that is highly readable and free of psychobabble and spiritual chiches. This book is a must for anyone who realizes that learing to love is the only life endeavor that truly has the potential to make one happy.
ML
 A practical, inspirational guide to love and intimacy December 6, 2007
Many self-help books concentrate on how to handle conflict and eliminate pain from your relationships. Authors Don and Martha Rosenthal take a different approach. They don't deny that darker emotions, such as anger, pain and fear, create conflict in a relationship, but they encourage you to use these feelings as gateways to learning about yourself while creating deeper intimacy with your partner. They teach you how to view a problem as an opportunity to change the dynamics of your relationship. For those whose mental alarms start ringing at phrases like "spiritual path" and "connecting with your deepest truth," don't worry. The Rosenthals' guidance is both practical and workable. We warmly recommend this inspirational book to those who want to build greater intimacy with their partners by opening up their hearts and minds.
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