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Stepcoupling: Creating & Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today's Blended
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Book Notes
In "Stepcoupling: Creating and Sustaining a Strong Marriage in Today's
Blended Family," Susan Wisdom and Jennifer Green focus on strengthening
the bond between spouses after the newlywed reverie has worn off and they
wake up after the honeymoon to find themselves in a stepfamily. They
encourage newly-married couples to focus on their relationship and carve
out couple time. They also urge couples to draw boundaries and find
one-on-one time to spend with the kids. Real stepfamily situations are
considered and discussed by the authors and provide practical advice to
thorny situations. Unlike a lot of self-help books, the authors realize
that one standard answer doesn't always work in every situation and they
recommend a variety of options for some situations. Questions guide the
reader to ponder his/her own situation but without forcing you to stop
turning pages for too long. |
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Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts |
Saving Your Second Marriage Before It Starts Workbook for Women |
Making Your Second Marriage a First Class Success |
The Second Wives Club: Secrets for Becoming Lovers for Life |
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Stepfamily Courtship. Make Three Right Re/Marriage Choices
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Books You Can Use: Stepfamily Courtship.
Reviewed by Dawn Miller
In “Stepfamily
Courtship. Make Three Right Re/Marriage Choices,”
stepfamily
therapist Peter Gerlach helps courting couples considering leaping into
stepfamily life explore the underlying issues that can sabotage their
relationship. According to Gerlach, there are five re/marriage hazards
facing stepfamilies: (1) co-parents mixes of psychological wounds, (2)
blocked grief, (3) widespread unawareness, (4) neediness and romantic love
idealism and (5) little practical and informed help available to support
stepfamilies. Weighing in at 552 pages, this book can be intimidating to
the reader seeking only light advice – yet it is packs quite a punch. It
is loaded with information to consider and discuss with your spouse or
potential spouse – Gerlach outlines assignments as “projects” for
discussion – helping readers examine how they communicate with each other
and the underlying expectations each carries into a marital relationship.
However – the text is slow-going as one often stops to ponder various
points –it is not a book for the non-persistent. The wounds that each of
us carries that influence our choices and reactions to each other are also
important to Gerlach. He focuses on helping people realize what truly
motivates them.
Many
sections of the book relate to Gerlach’s website which offers more
information, although the text layout can be clunky occasionally. The
image that Gerlach paints of stepfamilies – is both sobering and joyous at
the same time – helping people squarely and honestly face the stresses
encountered when remarrying or marrying someone who is divorced
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Build a High Nurturance Stepfamily |
The Remarriage Book: Master Common Stressors Together |
Build a Co-Parenting Team: After Divorce or Remarriage |
The Blended Family Sourcebook. A Guide to Negotiating Change |
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How to Marry a Divorced Man |
Preparing to Marry Again |
The Five Love Languages |
The Blended Family: Achieving Peace and Harmony in the Christian Home |
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Before You Remarry |
Crazy Time: Surviving Divorce and Building a New Life |
Devotions for the Blended Family: Living & Loving as a New Family |
The Second Time Around: Everything You Need to Know to Make Your
Remarriage Happy |
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Healthy Divorce: For parents and children - an original clinically proven
program for working through the 14 stages of separation, divorce and
remarriage |
One Family, Two Family, New Family: Stories and Advice for Stepfamilies |
Money Advice for Your Successful Remarriage: Handling Delicate Financial
Issues Intelligently and Lovingly |
Love Extravagantly: Making the Modern Marriage Work |
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Making a New Vow: A Christian's Guide to Remarrying After Divorce |
A New Marriage, a New Life: Making Your Second Marriage a Success |
Stepfamilies: Love Marriage and Parenting After the First Decade |
Divorce & Second Marriage: Facing the Challenge |
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