Making Intimate Connections

Making Intimate Connections
Author: Albert Ellis
Publisher: Impact Publishers
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2000
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 9781886230330

This is the first book to apply Dr. Ellis's famous Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy principles to intimate relationships. The seven guidelines for better couple communication offered in this user-friendly guide emphasize non-blaming acceptance, integrity, mutual support, appreciation, replacing irrational ideas and expectations with realistic attitudes. An effective resource for couples seeking greater closeness, intimate partners who are willing to make "unilateral" changes, marriage and family therapists -- a breakthrough relationship guide from the father of rational therapy."

Intimate Connections

Intimate Connections
Author: David D. Burns
Publisher: William Morrow
Total Pages: 346
Release: 1985
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Intimate Connections

Intimate Connections
Author: Anna-Maria Walter
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2021-12-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1978820488

Intimate Connections dissects changing ideas, feelings, and practices around love, marriage, and respectability in the remote high mountains of northern Pakistan. It offers deep insights into the affective lives of local Shia women, gender practices, and young couples' mobile phone relationships in South Asia as well as in the wider Muslim world.

The Intimate Connection

The Intimate Connection
Author: Dr. Kevin Leman
Publisher: Revell
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2019-04-30
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1493416561

Creating a happy, lifelong marriage is about much more than physical compatibility. It's about a lifestyle of 24-7 intimacy that bonds couples in a mutually satisfying relationship. In The Intimate Connection, bestselling marriage expert Dr. Kevin Leman explores key secrets to the love life couples crave. He helps readers - understand each other's needs, backgrounds, and personalities (and how those factors influence every marital interaction) - talk so their spouse really listens - turn negative game-playing into positive behaviors that help couples grow closer - create deep, long-lasting intimacy that's divorce-proof Whether couples are new to marriage or have been married a long time, Dr. Leman's time-tested strategies will create the kind of exciting intimacy, mutual respect, and fulfilling communication that will keep husbands and wives in each other's arms for a lifetime.

New Netherland Connections

New Netherland Connections
Author: Susanah Shaw Romney
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2014-04-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 146961426X

Susanah Shaw Romney locates the foundations of the early modern Dutch empire in interpersonal transactions among women and men. As West India Company ships began sailing westward in the early seventeenth century, soldiers, sailors, and settlers drew on kin and social relationships to function within an Atlantic economy and the nascent colony of New Netherland. In the greater Hudson Valley, Dutch newcomers, Native American residents, and enslaved Africans wove a series of intimate networks that reached from the West India Company slave house on Manhattan, to the Haudenosaunee longhouses along the Mohawk River, to the inns and alleys of maritime Amsterdam. Using vivid stories culled from Dutch-language archives, Romney brings to the fore the essential role of women in forming and securing these relationships, and she reveals how a dense web of these intimate networks created imperial structures from the ground up. These structures were equally dependent on male and female labor and rested on small- and large-scale economic exchanges between people from all backgrounds. This work pioneers a new understanding of the development of early modern empire as arising out of personal ties.

Between Earth and Sky

Between Earth and Sky
Author: Nalini Nadkarni
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2008
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0520261658

In Between Earth and Sky, a rich tapestry of personal stories, information, and illustrations, world-renowned canopy biologist Nalini M. Nadkarni becomes our captivating guide to the leafy wilderness above our heads. Through her luminous narrative, we embark on a multifaceted exploration of trees that reveals the profound connections we have with them, the dazzling array of things they can provide us, and the powerful lessons they teach us.

Attached

Attached
Author: Amir Levine
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2010-12-30
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1101475161

“Over a decade after its publication, one book on dating has people firmly in its grip.” —The New York Times We already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller scientifically explain why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle. Discover how an understanding of adult attachment—the most advanced relationship science in existence today—can help us find and sustain love. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment posits that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways: • Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back. • Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness. • Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving. Attached guides readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate (or potential mate) follow, offering a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people they love.

Parasocial Romantic Relationships

Parasocial Romantic Relationships
Author: Riva Tukachinsky Forster
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2021-05-05
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1793609594

Parasocial Romantic Relationships: Falling in Love with Media Figures explores how, why, and to what effect individuals develop romantic feelings toward people they “know” from the media. These imaginary, one-sided relationships, dubbed parasocial romantic relationships, are both profound and pervasive, Riva Tukachinsky Forster argues. These relationships can take many forms, including adolescents who develop celebrity crushes on popular music artist, anime enthusiasts who “marry” their favorite characters, and fanfiction authors who insert themselves into narratives as romantic interests of the protagonist. Through analysis of surveys, in-depth interviews, and historical examples, this book advances our understanding of parasocial romantic relationships on both a sociocultural and a psychological level. The data and theories analyzed offer insights into how individuals can become romantically engaged with people they do not actually know, some of whom may not even exist in reality. Ultimately, Tukachinsky Forster argues that although these relationships exist only in the mind of consumers, they serve important psychological functions across different stages of life and can lead to significant consequences for individuals’ nonmediated relationships. Scholars of media studies, communication, psychology, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

Intimate Connections

Intimate Connections
Author: R. Winn Henderson M. D.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-06-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781436301572

In our modern society we live isolated lives among crowds of people and with most of us rushing from here to there. All the while, many people make demands on our time and our talents. We search for someone with whom we can share an intimate connection, yet it seems to elude many of us. How can we find the intimacy we crave when we and everyone else always seem to be rushing and coping with so many competing schedules and agenda? Wouldn't it be great if you could identify whether you and another person have enough in common to build a truly intimate relationship that holds the love potential that might enable you to have a healthy, loving relationship for years to come? If you're already in a loving relationship, are you looking to improve or strengthen your bond with each other in a way that will withstand the stresses of living in our modern, increasingly busy, and sometimes isolating society? Are you living with the fear that you and your relationship partner are growing farther apart and that although you both want to fix what's wrong, you just can't seem to get there? Have you found someone with whom you feel mutual attraction and want to quickly determine whether there's a potential future for the two of you before one or both become too emotionally connected? Is your relationship somewhere in between the scenarios presented above or a combination or something else altogether, but you want to grow the relationship into something better or more than it is today? Are you single and without a relationship partner on the horizon, but you want to learn more about positive and healthy relationships so you know how to approach future romantic relationships? Intimate Connections--Romantic Relationships provides the answer.

Objects of Our Desire

Objects of Our Desire
Author: Salman Akhtar
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0307421368

What makes something sexy? Why are some things regarded as sacred and others profane? Why do mourners face such difficulty in parting with their beloved’s possessions? Why do we often feel distraught when we lose something, even when the object has little real value? We spend our lives in a meaningful dialogue with things around us. Sometimes the conversation is loud, as in a collector’s passion for coins or art. More often, the exchange is subtle and muted, even imperceptible. We are surrounded by things, and they affect our emotions and impact our thoughts. The arrival of a dozen flowers from a lover or a letter from a grandchild makes our day; an old photo album or an afghan knitted by a favorite aunt offers comfort when we are troubled. From exploring what makes something “beautiful” to why we place such value on antiques and artifacts from the past, Objects of Our Desire offers insights, both deep and delightful, into the ways we invest things with meaning and the powerful roles they play in our lives. Notice the inviting contours of that sofa, the glint of a knife’s edge, the sparkle of a diamond ring. Feel the softness of the pashmina around that woman’s milky shoulders. Look at the majesty of a large jet plane. Take in the somberness of a gravestone. Put on an old pair of shoes. Clutch a warm mug of freshly brewed coffee. Sit on a rocking chair. Feel the sumptuous leather seats of a new car. We are surrounded by things. We are involved with them, indebted to them. We speak to things and things speak to us. To say that we are interdependent is banal. Let us be courageous. Let us admit it: we are lovers. —From Objects of Our Desire