
- 248 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Flourishing Love is a secular defence of marriage and long-term intimate partnership. It rejects a moral–religious code to govern love lives and instead puts its faith in the human potential for couples to be benevolent, loyal, and forgiving to preserve and enhance their romantic union.
Dr Gnaulati draws on a variety of sources to present the joint emotional upkeep necessary to make an intimate relationship not just satisfactory, but vital, and to illustrate what these lasting bonds look like. The latest science, anecdotes from his own 30-year marriage as well as from his psychotherapy practice, the musings of ancient and contemporary philosophers, and real-life interviews from partners in long-term happy marriages and intimate unions are all used to reveal the secrets to a successful romantic partnership.
The result is a how-to of engaging in attentive and sensitive communication; employing a fairness habit of mind around household chores, childrearing responsibilities, and finances; optimally moving through and beyond conflict;using humor to enhance closeness; keeping an erotic spark alive; and ethically handling urges to stray outside the couple. A must-read for all those who crave meaning, happiness, and fulfilment in life and need their romantic partnerships to help, not hinder, in this endeavour.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title
- Full Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- About the author
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Aspiring to flourishing love
- Chapter 2: Surviving domesticity
- Chapter 3: Doing conflict well
- Chapter 4: Humor me
- Chapter 5: Lust is a must
- Chapter 6: Wrangling with roving desires
- Chapter 7: Getting the right sort of help
- Notes
- Index