Relationship Rescue: A Seven-Step Strategy for Reconnecting with Your Partner
Phillip C. McGraw
Language: English
Pages: 320
ISBN: 078688598X
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Now in paperback! "The #1 self-help book for 2000" (USA Today) and the #1 New York Times bestseller, with 1 million copies in print.
After successfully helping hundreds of thousands of people take responsibility for their own actions, Dr. Phil McGraw now turns his expertise to the primary area of concern troubling most people: their relationships. In his tell-it-like-it-is style that already has influenced millions of Oprah viewers, "Dr. Phil" blows the whistle on the rhetoric of traditional "couples therapy" and instead tells you that--no matter what state your relationship is in--not only are you responsible for it, you are responsible for getting it back on track. By doing this, he offers readers the chance for further happiness through meaningful, fulfilling relationships that work.
Dr. Phil McGraw sets the record straight on the most popular myths about what a good relationship is supposed to be, such as:
- Myth #1: A great relationship depends on a great meeting of the minds
- Myth #6: A great relationship lets you vent all your feelings
- Myth #7: A great relationship has nothing to do with sex
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chores completed. • You make sure your partner never gets the upper hand and never gets by with a “freebie.” • You bank “points” which are held over your partner’s head for leverage. • You make concessions in a negotiating fashion rather than offering them as a gift of support. • You seldom if ever do something in support of your partner without making sure that he or she knows it, including a detailed explanation of the imposition it created for you. • In any type of dispute or
the quality of its existence. That is precisely the condition which many of you are in when it comes to your relationship. You have shut down. At least when you were “inert” or “insecure,” you thought about the relationship and knew there had to be a better way. But in this condition you have stopped entertaining the notion that improvements can be made to whatever has happened between you and your partner. You have stopped learning or gathering new information. Most significant, because you’ve
So have the courage to be both thorough and honest in your answers. Treat this profile as an opportunity to reexamine what you think you know about your partner. Use the profile to root out and discard whatever fixed assumptions you have about your partner, and replace them with genuine insights. Again, the more thorough this Partner Profile is, the more effective you’re going to be in finding new connections with your partner. A final note before we get started: Some questions have to do with
share, and I promise to weigh it carefully.” PARTNER B: “My greatest fear in opening up to you has been …” Three minutes PARTNER A: “Thank you for caring enough to share, and I promise to weigh it carefully.” Topic 3 PARTNER A: “What I hope to gain by opening up to you is …” Three minutes PARTNER B: “Thank you for caring enough to share, and I promise to weigh it carefully.” PARTNER B: “What I hope to gain by opening up to you is …” Three minutes PARTNER B: “Thank you for caring
challenges of two merged lives.” ADMIRATION MANAGEMENT This might seem like an odd topic to you. What is managing your admiration? How do you do something like that? The reality is that just as you can forget to build on the strengths of your relationship, so too can you forget to work at rediscovering, finding, and focusing on the qualities in your partner which you can and should admire. Remember, couples who deal only with their problems have a problem relationship. Even in strong