The Art of Staying Together: Embracing Love, Intimacy, and Spirit in Relationships (New Consciousness Reader)

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Summary: Mixed bag
Review: A mixed bag of philosophies. There are many other books more practical and useful than this (examples Gottman, Parrott).

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Summary: A remarkable collection of essays - a must read!
Review: Here is a relationship cuisine that is bound to nourish and awaken interest within and between people desiring lives together. This is a book of hope and heart, a collection of works that would be enhanced by being r3ead aloud, idscussed and shered in depth with at least one other person. Waldman makes very good points about our wanting love, togetherness with significant others, and wanting to endure with one another as long as there is meaning, and our needs, values, and directions are being shared and fulfilled. Provocative, thoughtful, and helpful - a superior gathering of nourishing articles. (Reviewed in New Perspectives Journal)

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Summary: saved my marriage
Review: This is not another how-to book. Instead, it describes the elements essential to making relationships work, and saving those that are in trouble. I found many excellent essays that helped me think more deeply about what I wanted in relationship, and it helped to burst some bubbles as well -- fantasies I had that made my goals seem too idealistic to achieve. In Waldman's introduction, he lists 25 criteria that American women demand from their mates -- 20 more than anyone else asks for in other parts of the world. We seem to want it all; no wonder we're so angry and disappointed when reality sets in! Thanks to this book, I was able to approach love more realistically. Today I'm in a wonderful, mutually caring relationship. Finally!