Lasting Love: The 5 Secrets of Growing a Vital, Conscious Relationship - Hardcover

"I think of Kathlyn and Gay Hendricks as America's model couple. In Lasting Love, they model courage as they demonstrate how to remove the barriers that keep us from lasting love. More than any other self-help book I've seen, this one clearly points the way to satisfying relationships."--Jon Carlson, Psy.D., Ed.D., ABPP, Distinguished Professor, Governors State University, Editor of The Intimate Couple

Looking at our families, friends, and communities, it's hard to find very many people in long-term relationships who are both thriving as creative individuals and growing closer as lovers at the same time. That's because the norm in these relationships tends toward comfort and compromise.

Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks want to dispel that norm. In addition to their work with thousands of couples, they are first and foremost their own best clients. Many of their breakthroughs were created "the hard way," by many trials and many errors, so they know their techniques work.

Lasting Love is their most comprehensive program, and at the same time their simplest. It employs communication tools that anyone can use to transform their relationships. Even if the surface conflict concerns sex or money, the real source of the problem is usually rooted in one or more deeper issues. If we address these issues with five simple techniques, we can generate passion and harmony, even if these qualities have been absent in our relationship for years.

In addition to action plans, the Hendricks have included creative activities they've employed in their seminars to help put the Lasting Love program to work in daily interactions. As a bonus, they've added Relationship E.R., drawn from the front lines of real life. This collection of urgent, on-the-spot information will help you:

* Spot when your partner is lying
* Know when it's time to leave a troubled relationship
* Tell difficult truths so that people thank you afterwards
* Eliminate jealousy from close relationships
* Identify the single most important move to attract a healthy relationship
* Grow a conscious relationship

li0If both partners are willing to practice the simple techniques in Lasting Love, an immediate payoff will ensue. You and your partner will experience a measurable, bountiful shift in the level of harmony and creative energy, both in yourselves and in your relationship.