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Empowered loveSteven Stosny

Empowered love

2017226 pages
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"Ever wonder why your self-control, rationality, and compassion seem to go out the window when dealing with your partner? Couples therapist and psychiatrist Steven Stosny explains it all in this revelatory book about the divide between our adult and our toddler brains. Too often, conflict in our intimate relationships reactivates our least-regulated "toddler" side, bringing out an instinctive desire to assert our own way and make everything a zero-sum game. Dr. Stosny shows the way toward overcoming these destructive impulses and nurturing our more loving and clear-eyed inclinations. Drawing…

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2 editions
  • Other · English · 2018
    Ixia Press · 226 pages · 9780486819402
  • Other · English · 2017
    Dover Publications, Incorporated · 9780486825663
Interpersonal relationsMotivation (Psychology)LoveMan-woman relationshipsMotivation (psychology)