Following a unique format perfect for today’s world, the renowned author of The Dance of Anger gives us more than one hundred rules that cover all the hot spots in long-term relationships. It’s a go-to guide brimming with Lerner’s signature clarity, wit, and warmth. Couples today operate in a time famine. One or both parties are likely to be hit by one stress after another, and marriage is the first thing to suffer. Here are memorable, easy-to-grasp rules to remind readers of their own good common sense — or to help them get off automatic pilot and do something different. Marriage Rules offers new solutions to age-old problems (“He won’t talk” or “She doesn’t want sex”) as well as modern ones (your partner’s relationship with technology). You’ll also learn how to: Calm things down and warm them up Talk straight and fight fair Listen well as a spiritual practice Get a grip on intensity and “over talking” Connect with a distant partner Survive the unique challenges of children, stepchildren, and difficult in-laws Follow a twelve-step program to overcome defensiveness Know how and when to draw the line Take back your marriage when things fall apart So here it is — a treasure chest of lively, practical advice to help you navigate your relationship with clarity, courage, and joyous conviction.

Product Description: Following a unique format perfect for today’s world, the renowned author of The Dance of Anger gives us more than one hundred rules that cover all the hot spots in long-term relationships. It’s a go-to guide brimming with Lerner’s signature clarity, wit, and warmth...read more

Covering such issues as work and creativity, anger and intimacy, friendship and marriage, loss and betrayal, and sexuality and health, an inspirational guide offers readers the tools they need to solve problems and create joy, meaning, and integrity in their lives

Focuses on the anxiety that is born of unhappy relationships--with a loved one, best friend, or family member--and offers advice on how to improve relations

Product Description: Perhaps nothing is more important in our lives than enhancing relationships with our friends, lovers, and family. Yet at some point, it seems that even the healthiest relationships get stuck and resist our efforts to "fix" them. In this revealing and provocative session, psychologist Harriet Lerner confronts cherished myths about women and intimacy, and breaks new ground for every listener seeking the deeper truth about intimate relationships...read more

Based on the author's clinical experience and workshops she has introduced, this guide helps women understand the causes and patterns of their anger while providing specific alternatives for forging more powerful relationships

The best-selling author of The Dance of Anger looks at how fear--and other such uncomfortable emotions as shame and anxiety--becomes a key factor in shaping our lives in a negative fashion and explains how to overcome fear to accomplish our best in love, work, and life. Originally published as Fear and Other Uninvited Guests. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

Product Description: La ansiedad, una de las tres emociones básicas que, según la conocida escritora Harriet Lerner, alimentan la infelicidad, puede estar acechando solapadamente bajo la superficie de nuestra vida diaria. Junto con el miedo y la vergüenza, constituyen las tres emociones indeseables de nuestra vida, que pueden acompañarnos continuamente cuando surgen las dificultades...read more

Franny B. Kranny refuses to cut her wild hair, despite her family's insistence, and wears a bird in her hair to a family reunion.

The best-selling author of The Dance of Anger looks at how fear--and other such uncomfortable emotions as shame and anxiety--becomes a key factor in shaping our lives in a negative fashion and explains how to overcome fear to accomplish our best in love, work, and life. Simultaneous.

Based on the author's clinical experience and workshops she has introduced, this guide helps women understand the causes and patterns of their anger while providing specific alternatives for forging more powerful relationships. Book available.

The best-selling author of The Dance of Anger looks at how fear--and other such uncomfortable emotions as shame and anxiety--becomes a key factor in shaping our lives in a negative fashion and explains how to overcome fear to accomplish our best in love, work, and life. Simultaneous.

The best-selling author of Women in Therapy explores the role of pretending and truth-telling in women's lives, revealing how the struggle toward truth-telling is at the center of women's longings for intimacy, authenticity, and self-regard. Book available.

Franny B. Kranny refuses to cut her wild hair, despite her family's insistence, and wears a bird in her hair to a family reunion.

The author reveals how to communicate effectively using what she terms 'voice lessons' that enable readers to convey clearer meanings and strengthen positive emotions and integrity in the face of adversity.

When Rosie swallows an appleseed, her sister Katie tells her that an apple tree will grow out of her ears.

The author of The Dance of Anger reveals how to develop a more 'authentic voice' in the face of adversity by showing how to speak with accuracy, honor, and compassion, even when the other person behaves badly.

Personal anecdotes and fascinating case studies mark an analysis of how becoming a mother changes a woman, offering practical advice on coping with these changes and discussing the wisdom and self-discovery possible within the mother/child relationship. Reprint. Tour.