Recommended Books

Food for Thought…

Below is a list of books that I have read or have been recommended to me which cover a variety of topics from relationship advice to sex and intimacy issues to personal growth. I do not agree with everything that is mentioned in these books but believes that everyone can find value of some kind in each of the following books. Enjoy!

Strengthen and deepen your love with a fun, ingenious program of eight life-changing conversations - on essential topics such as money, sex, and trust - from two of the world’s leading marriage researchers and clinicians, Drs. John and Julie Gottman.

Real love starts with you. In order to attract a life partner and build a healthy intimate relationship, you must first become a good partner to yourself. This book offers twenty invaluable lessons that will help you explore and commit to your own emotional and psychological well-being so you can be ready, resilient, and confident in love.

Falling in love is easy. Staying in love - that’s the challenge. The 5 Love Languages is as practical as it is insightful. Whether your relationship is flourishing or failing, D. Gary Chapman’s proven approach to showing and receiving love will help you experience deeper and richer levels of intimacy with your partner - starting today.

An affair: it can rob a couple of their relationship, their happiness, their very identity. And yet, this extremely common human experience is so poorly understood. For the past ten years, Esther Perel has traveled the globe and worked with hundreds of couples who have grappled with infidelity. Betrayal hurts, she writes, but it can be healed. With the right approach, couples can grow and learn from these tumultuous experiences, together or apart.

With their trademark sense of humor and complete vulnerability, Penn and Kim Holderness share their ten most common Fight Fails and how to combat them. Throughout the book, they offer scripts for how to start, continue, and wrap up hard conversations. Couples will emerge equipped to engage and understand, not to do battle - and maybe laugh a little more along the way.

Unconditional love is eagerly promised at weddings, but rarely practiced in real life. As a result, romantic hopes are often replaced with disappointment in the home. But it doesn’t have to stay that way. The Love Dare is a 40-day challenge for husbands and wives to understand and practice unconditional love. Whether your marriage is hanging by a thread or healthy and strong, The Love Dare is a journey you need to take. It’s time to learn the keys to finding true intimacy and developing a dynamic marriage.