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That Loving Feeling

A Couples Guide to Transform Hurt & Criticism into Kindness & Gratitude
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That Loving Feeling follows the journey of diverse couples attending a communication workshop led by Jessica and Carlos. Through the experiences of Sarah and Gene, Gina and Doris, Amir and Mei, and Angela and Dave, readers explore challenges like long-term relationship strains, different living habits, infidelity recovery, and parenting pressures. The book offers insight into transforming communication patterns by fostering self-compassion and mutual understanding.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This book is ideal for couples seeking to deepen their emotional connection and improve everyday conversations. It suits partners wanting to express their needs openly and listening without offence, as well as those aiming to cultivate mutual acceptance and generosity within their relationship.

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That Loving Feeling is a guide for relationships, presented through a fictional account of a couples' communication workshop and the couples who participate in it. The narrators of the book are Sarah and Gene, a retired couple whose long relationship has hit a rough patch. Other couples include Gina and Doris, whose different living habits are a strain on their relationship; Amir and Mei, who are navigating recovery from an infidelity; and Angela and Dave, a couple with young children on the verge of breaking up. The leaders of the class are Jessica and Carlos, who are balancing professional lives and having a family. The couples learn to change their habits of thinking, starting with compassion towards themselves.

This is a book for couples who want to experience more closeness, making everyday conversations more satisfying. It's a book for partners who want to speak up for their needs in a way that their partner can hear them without taking offence. It's a book for couples who want to experience the enjoyment of mutual acceptance and giving to each other.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9798350912814

Publisher: BookBaby

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 October 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: BookBaby

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 399g

Pages: 250

About the Author

Rick Longinotti is a licensed marriage and family therapist. He and his wife have led couples communication workshops for nearly 20 years, using Marshall Rosenberg's Nonviolent Communication. Participants enjoy the real issues that they bring from their long relationship, including some of the classic conflicts that couples experience. They have two adult children. Rick has a BA from Stanford University and a MA in psychology from the Western Institute for Social Research.

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