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How to Be an Adult in Relationships

The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
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How to Be an Adult in Relationships by David Richo explores how to maintain healthy, mature relationships by focusing on five key concepts: attention, acceptance, appreciation, affection, and allowing. It offers practical advice and insights into building deeper emotional connections and ensuring personal growth within the context of relationships.
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This book may appeal to you if you're looking to deepen your understanding of love, intimacy, and healthy relationships. It offers practical advice and insights for fostering growth, authenticity, and genuine connection with your partner.

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How to Be an Adult in Relationships

Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships--one that focuses not on finding an ideal mate, but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness, he explores five hallmarks of mindful loving and how they play a key role in relationships throughout life.

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Celebrating twenty years of insight, How to Be an Adult in Relationships by psychotherapist David Richo continues to illuminate the path to mindful, mature love with updated content for today's readers. This treasured guide has profoundly impacted hundreds of thousands of lives by furnishing actionable, deeply resonant advice on cultivating healthier relationships.

Richo brings a fresh lens to this edition, incorporating a new preface that shares his reflections over the past two decades and highlights significant updates. These revisions address contemporary challenges such as online dating and the evolution of communication styles, offering newfound perspectives on managing anger and gracefully ending relationships.

How to Be an Adult in Relationships delves into the essence of love beyond fleeting emotions, presenting it as a mindful presence that navigates and nurtures connections. At its heart, the book explores Richo's concept of the "five A's": attention, acceptance, appreciation, affection, and allowing—cornerstones for fostering mutual adult love.

Through an array of practical exercises designed for both singles and couples, Richo provides essential tools for a lifelong journey of love. Among the many enlightening topics discussed, readers will discover:

  • How to become aware of patterns in relationships and their ties to childhood experiences
  • Ways to recognize and attract partners capable of mature love
  • Understanding and navigating the natural phases of relationships
  • Strategies for establishing and maintaining healthy boundaries
  • Overcoming fears of abandonment and emotional engulfment
  • Methods for expressing anger and other emotions in constructive, loving ways
  • Approaches to surviving break-ups while preserving self-esteem
  • Embracing love as a profound spiritual journey

Brimming with heartening insights and practical exercises, How to Be an Adult in Relationships is not just a book but a companion for anyone seeking to deepen their understanding of love and enhance their romantic relationships through conscious effort and compassionate presence.

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How to Be an Adult in Relationships by David Richo is praised as a well-constructed and thought-provoking book, offering an inspiring and highly practical guide to building effective relationships.

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Book Details

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ISBN: 9781611809541

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 November 2021

Country: United States

Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc

Audience: General / adult

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Width: 140.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 352

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About the Author

DAVID RICHO, PhD, MFT, is a psychotherapist, teacher, writer, and workshop leader whose work emphasizes the benefits of mindfulness and loving-kindness in personal growth and emotional well-being. He is the author of numerous books, including Triggers and The Five Things We Cannot Change. His website is davericho.com.

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