Stronger Relationships

Building stronger relationships can enhance our sense of belonging and promote emotional well-being. It also fosters trust, respect, and effective communication, which can lead to better teamwork, problem-solving, and conflict resolution. Stronger relationships can also provide support during challenging times, increase resilience, and contribute to a more fulfilling and meaningful life.

 

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts

Gary Chapman  

Marriage should be based on love, right? But does it seem as though you and your spouse are speaking two different languages? New York Times bestselling author Dr. Gary Chapman guides couples in identifying, understanding, and speaking their spouse's primary love language-quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, or physical touch. By learning the five love languages, you and your spouse will discover your unique love languages and learn practical steps in truly loving each other.

 

 

Hold Me Tight

Sue Johnson

Developed by Dr Sue Johnson over 20 years ago and practised all over the world, EFT has been heralded by Time magazine and the New York Times as the couple therapy with the highest rate of success. Couples who use EFT see a 75 per cent success rate. The therapy programme focuses on the emotional connection of every relationship by de-escalating conflict, creating a safe emotional connection, and strengthening bonds between partners. 

 

 

The Relationship Cure

John Gottman

The Relationship Cure is a revolutionary five-step program for repairing troubled relationships — with spouses and lovers, family members, friends, and even your boss or colleagues at work. Drawing on a host of powerful new studies, Dr. John Gottman offers new tools and insights for making your relationships thrive. Gottman’s simple yet life-transforming five-step program, packed with helpful questionnaires and exercises, show readers how to become master bidders by effectively ‘turning toward’ others. Presenting dozens of examples, he teaches readers how to assess their strengths and weaknesses in bidding, as well as those of the important people in their lives, and how to improve where necessary.

 

 

Nonviolent Communication

Marshall Rosenberg

What is Nonviolent Communication? Nonviolent Communication is the integration of 4 things:

  • Consciousness: a set of principles that support living a life of empathy, care, courage, and authenticity
  • Language: understanding how words contribute to connection or distance
  • Communication: knowing how to ask for what we want, how to hear others even in disagreement, and how to move toward solutions that work for all
  • Means of influence: sharing "power with others" rather than using power over others

    Nonviolent Communication serves our desire to do three things:

    • Increase our ability to live with choice, meaning, and connection
    • Connect empathically with self and others to have more satisfying relationships
    • Sharing of resources so everyone is able to benefit

       

      The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship

      Don Miguel Ruiz In The Mastery of Love, don Miguel Ruiz illuminates the fear-based beliefs and assumptions that undermine love and lead to suffering and drama in our relationships. Using insightful stories to bring his message to life, Ruiz shows us how to heal our emotional wounds, recover the freedom and joy that are our birthright, and restore the spirit of playfulness that is vital to loving relationships. 

       

       

      Getting the Love You Want

      Harville Hendrix

      Originally published in 1988, GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT has helped thousands of couples attain more loving, supportive and deeply satisfying relationships. In this groundbreaking book, Dr Harville Hendrix shares with you what he has learned about the psychology of love during more than thirty years of working as a therapist and helps you transform your relationship into a lasting source of love and companionship. For this edition of his classic book, Dr Hendrix and his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, have added a new introduction describing the powerful influence this book has had on so many people over the years. With its step-by-step programme, GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT will help you create a loving, supportive and revitalized partnership.

       

       

      Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus

      John Gray

      ‘A treasure’, ‘a bible’ and ‘an heirloom’ are some of the words used to describe the book that has saved countless relationships and improved innumerable others. Now repackaged to relate to a new generation of readers, this phenomenal book continues to carry its legacy of understanding and trust into the world. Gray’s insights into how to allow your other half to “pull away” like an elastic band, prevent your emotional baggage from polluting your current relationship, and translate the phrases of the opposite sex are as relevant now as when they were first published. With straightforward, honest writing from that precious male perspective, Gray unlocks the secrets hidden in your partner’s words and actions to enable you both to reach true mutual understanding and a lifetime of love. Discover for yourself why thousands believe that Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus should be mandatory reading for everyone.

       

       

      The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

      John Gottman

      In this book, you will be given a map to effective communication in your relationships. You will be shown that Love is more than just a feeling, but a committed choice to stay with someone and face all the obstacles in the world. In this knowledgeable guide, you'll discover:

      • Why this one crucial mistake could hurt your chances with ever-lasting Love and how to avoid it
      • How to use these 3 easy to understand principles to better your relationships and create passionate intimacy
      • Why working on you is more important than fixing your partner - and how to better yourself
      • How this little known fact is good for Love and how you can use it to your advantage
      • The absolute 4 worst things that you could be doing right now that could escalate a fight - and maybe destroy your relationship
      • How this one process, if not noticed, can make you ignore your partners love without realizing - and how it can kill your relationship
      • What it takes for healthy couples to strengthen their Love and communication - and what struggling couples don't have
      • How you can better your connection with your partner using this one golden rule... and much, much more!. By relying on expert advice from therapists, this guide will show you how to communicate effectively, understand what true Love is, and lead you to better relationships.

        Nonviolent Communication shows us a way of being very honest, without any criticism, insults, or put-downs, and without any intellectual diagnosis implying wrongness.

         

         

        Attached

        Amir Levine and Rachel Heller

        Is there a science to love? In this groundbreaking book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Amir Levine and psychologist Rachel S. F. Heller reveal how an understanding of attachment theory can help us find and sustain love.

        Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment explains that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways: Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back. Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness. Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving.