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ACT with Love: Stop Struggling, Reconcile Differences, and Strengthen Your Relationship with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Popular myths about love set us up for a struggle with real life. The inconvenient truth is there's no such thing as a perfect partner, all couples fight, and feelings of love come and go like the weather. But that doesn't mean you can't have a joyful and romantic relationship. Through a simple program based on the revolutionary new mindfulness-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), you can learn to handle painful thoughts and feelings more effectively and engage fully in the process of living and loving together.

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With your partner or alone, ACT with Lovewill teach you how to:

Let go of conflict, open up, and live fully in the present

Use mindfulness to increase intimacy, connection, and understanding

Resolve painful conflicts and reconcile long-standing differences

Act on your values to build a rich and meaningful relationship

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 224 pages

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