It Takes One to Tango: How I Rescued My Marriage with (Almost) No Help from My Spouse―and How You Can, Too
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“It Takes One To Tango” is a relationship guide combining psychological theory, practical advice, and personal narrative to show how one determined partner can act alone and create long-term, significant change in a marriage.
Winifred M. Reilly encourages struggling partners to take the lead and reflects upon her own story of reclaiming her marriage. The book also includes anecdotes from many of her clients.
Some of the areas covered:
- Manage your reactions in the face of your spouse’s provocations
- Develop strength and stamina to become the sole agent of change
- How to take a stand for what really matters to you, without aggression
- Identify the “big picture” issues that fuel your repetitive fights, and how to eliminate them
- Focus on and change your own behaviors so you feel good about yourself and your marriage
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If you have a question or problem, ask us:Table of Contents/ List of Topics Covered:
Author’s Note
Introduction
PART ONE
For Better or Worse: How to Identify the Real Problem in Your Relationship
1. What in The World Did “I Do”?
Marriage may be challenging, but it isn’t impossible
2. Why Marriage Can Be So Hard
We’re playing a game, and we don’t even understand the rules
3. Don’t Be Afraid To Change First
How to become the front-runner for change in your marriage
PART TWO
Now What Do I Do: How to Implement Change by Yourself
4. It Gets a Lot Easier Once You Know What to Fix
If what you’re doing isn’t working, try something new
5. Keep Your Anxiety From Running the Show
Strengthen your tolerance for the things that push your buttons
6. What Happens Once You Calm Down?
Growing separately, together
7. The Big Picture
How to recognize what your’re really fighting about
8. We All Play a Part
You have more power than you think
9. Marriage Is a Choice
Making peace with the little (and even big) things that drive us nuts
10. Hidden in Plain Sight
How we unhooked from our big-picture issues
PART THREE
Welcome to Your Stronger, More Loving Relationship:
How to keep Learning and Growing -- Separately and Together
11. 360 Degrees and Sunny
The surprising truth about what makes happy couples happy
12. It Takes One to Tango
A pep talk for your journey
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Typical and Normal Ways People Avoid Differentiation
Notes
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- Hardcover $14.45
- Kindle $22.29
- Audio CD $23.10
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