Description
With a focus on self-empowerment and resilience, this refreshing and witty relationship guide has a reassuring counterintuitive message for unhappy you only need one partner to initiate far-reaching positive change in a marriage.Conventional wisdom says that โit takes twoโ to turn a troubled marriage around and that both partners must have a shared commitment to change. So when couples canโt agree on howโor whetherโto make their marriage better, many give up or settle for a less-than-satisfying marriage (or think the only way out is divorce).
Fortunately, there is an alternative.
It Takes One to Tango is a groundbreaking guide that shows how one determined partnerโacting aloneโcan spark lasting, significant change in a marriage, often accomplishing change that cannot be made any other way. It doesnโt matter how short-fused, argumentative, or seemingly impossible your partner can beโor how long youโve been stuck.
Marriage and family therapist Winifred Reilly has this message for struggling Take the lead . Doing so is effectiveโand powerful. Through Reillyโs own story of reclaiming her now nearly forty-year marriage, along with anecdotes from many clients sheโs worked with, youโll learn how
-Focus on your own behaviors and change them in ways that make you feel good about yourself and your marriage
-Take a firm stand for what truly matters to you without arguing, cajoling, or resorting to threats
-Identify the โbig pictureโ issues at the basis of your repetitive fightsโand learn how to unhook from them
-Be less reactive, especially in the face of your spouseโs provocations
-Develop the strength and stamina to be the sole agent of change
Combining psychological theory, practical advice, and personal narrative, It Takes One to Tango is a fresh and engaging guide that will empower those who choose to take a bold, proactive approach to creating a loving and lasting marriage. ISBN:9781501125829
