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What if the problem isnt your partnerits stress? This relatable and empowering guide offers indispensable tools to stress-proof your relationship.
Full of clear strategies for overcoming the overwhelm. A must-read!Eve Rodsky, New York Times bestselling author of Fair Play
Every week, couples come into Elizabeth Earnshaws therapy room claiming their relationship issues are stressing them out. The reality is just the opposite, she says. The unprecedented collective stress we all face today is the cause of many relationship challenges couples are experiencing. With Til Stress Do Us Part, this trusted expert shares the tools you need to protect yourself and your relationship from distressand restore harmony, understanding, and love.
Beginning with an overview of many kinds of stress we facefrom acute to chronic stress and even positive stressEarnshaw uses client stories and personal experiences to reveal the visible and invisible strains on ourselves and our relationships. With warmth and humor, she shares research-backed practices to help you detect signs of overwhelm and take proactive measures to protect, refresh, and heal yourselves. Youll discover journaling prompts, body-based exercises, scripts, boundary-setting guidelines and more for letting go of pressures and restoring intimacy.
Over the course of the book, youll learn how to:
Set effective boundaries
Self-soothe and self-regulate when life gets rough
Take responsibility for what makes you happy
Communicate with compassion rather than resentment
Identify and cope with whats in your control and whats not
Reduce conflict and find more connection in your relationship
When we become partners, we commit to taking on lifes troubles together, says Earnshaw. Here is an essential resource for helping you return your relationship to what it should bea refuge from stress in a turbulent and demanding world in which we always have each others backs.
Author Information
Elizabeth Earnshaw, LMFT, CGT, is a licensed family and marriage therapist, Certified Gottman Therapist, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, cofounder of the Serena-Williams-backed relationship health company OURS, and founder of A Better Life Therapy. She’s the therapist behind the popular Instagram account @lizlistens. She’s been featured in the New York Times, Today, O, The Oprah Magazine online, USA Today, Well+Good, and mindbodygreen and has been interviewed by CBS News. She lives in Philadelphia.
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