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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
From the Publisher
Interested in How to Be an Adult in Relationships? Check out David Richo‘s latest book.
In By Your Side, David Richo offers powerful tools and insights to help you find and work with the assisting forces in your life.
The “assisting force” archetype is a necessary character on our human journey. After all, in every heroic story, the hero or heroine requires a trustworthy companion to fulfill their destiny. The assisting force can take many forms, but is often depicted as a sidekick, an aide, a wise advisor, or a spirit guide. In stories, an assisting force can also be an elixir, a magic form of help, an animal, or a wish-fulfilling gem.
In this fascinating inquiry, Richo posits that the archetype of the ally is necessary if we are ever to be fully who we are. He shows us how assisting forces are in and around us, and how we can be one to others. Richo offers a compelling and accessible view—and time-tested practices including meditation, self-inquiry, journaling, and affirmations—that help us recognize and access the allies in our lives.
Publisher : Shambhala; Anniversary edition (November 2, 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 1611809541
ISBN-13 : 978-1611809541
Item Weight : 14.2 ounces
Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book well-written and thought-provoking. They find it insightful and helpful in re-viewing their lives and relationships from a new perspective. The author is described as compassionate, heartfelt, and caring. Many readers consider the book worth the money and reasonably priced. They also mention that it’s life-changing and a must-read for adults of all ages.
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