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‘I Put My Own Life on Hold’: The Pain and Joy of Caring for Parents

By Aidan Gardiner — 2019

After The Times published a pair of articles on elder care—one about a Connecticut home health aide and another about women forgoing careers to care for older relatives—hundreds of our readers shared their own experiences with the hardships of trying to make the final years of a loved one’s life comfortable.

Read on www.nytimes.com

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Gary Chapman - The Five Languages of Apology (11/13/2013)

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Gary Chapman
2015
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Loving in the Grown Zone: A No-Nonsense Guide to Making Healthy Decisions in the Quest for Loving, Romantic Relationships of Honor, Esteem, and Respect

Too many people have surrendered to the belief that dissatisfaction, neglect, infidelity, abuse, disrespect, conflict, exploitation and betrayal are natural, normal, and unavoidable characteristics of romantic relationships and even marriage.

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Zara D. Green, Alfred A. Edmond Jr.
2014
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Creating Love: The Next Great Stage of Growth

John Bradshaw’s bestselling books and compelling PBS series have touched and changed millions of lives.

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John Bradshaw
1994
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Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages and Becoming Stepfamily Smart

Blended families face unique challenges, and sadly, good intentions aren’t always enough. With so many complex relationships involved, all the normal rules for family life change, even how you apply something as simple as the five love languages.

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Gary Chapman, Ron L. Deal
2020
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Family Relationship Advice: How to Deal with Negative Family Members

Family relationship advice: Learn how to deal with negative family members! In this video: I’ll be teaching you to know that you have a choice.

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Chalene Johnson
2017
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Couples Married for 0-65 Years Answer: What Marriage Advice Do You Wish You Had Gotten? | Brides

We asked married couples at various stages: What marriage advice do you wish you had gotten as newlyweds? From being married for 5 hours to 65 years, take a look at what these couples have to say.

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2018
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Loving Your Spouse When You Feel Like Walking Away: Real Help for Desperate Hearts in Difficult Marriages

When you said, “I do,” you entered marriage with high hopes, dreaming it would be supremely happy. You never intended it to be miserable. Millions of couples are struggling in desperate marriages. But the story doesn’t have to end there. Dr.

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Gary Chapman
2018
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Toxic In-Laws: Loving Strategies for Protecting Your Marriage

Toxic in-laws are in-laws who create genuine chaos through various assaults—aggressive or subtle—on you and your marriage.

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Susan Forward
2002
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The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient African Teachings in the Ways of Relationships

Somi generously applies the subtle knowledge from her West African culture to this one. Simply and beautifully, she reveals the role of spirit in every marriage, friendship, relationship, and community.

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Sobonfu Some
2000
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The Seven Levels of Intimacy: The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved

We all yearn for intimacy, but we avoid it. We want it badly, but we often run from it. At some deep level we sense that we have a profound need for intimacy, but we are afraid to go there. Why? We avoid intimacy because having intimacy means exposing our secrets.

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Matthew Kelly
2015
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