Does your relationship feel stuck? Going through the same patterns over and over? Bored? Read Passionate Marriage. My husband and I just finished reading this life-changing book. I’m serious – life-changing, however – not for the faint of heart. This book is blunt with a capital “B.”
Schnarch believes the dynamics of your relationships, for better or worse, are displayed in your sexual behaviors (i.e. who wants what, frequency, satisfaction…) Thus what’s happening or not happening in the bedroom, is just another stage for the “real issues” of your relationship – trust, deserving, respect, etc.
Maybe you think you and your partner “can’t communicate anymore,” Schnarch explains how you are in fact very much communicating and how, why, when…There are about 4 or 5 couples he follows through their “time in the crucible.” The whole concept of emotional fusion and self-soothing was keenly beneficial to not only my relationship with my husband but with everyone else in my life.
This is a must read!
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July 27th, 2008 at 6:22 am
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September 12th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
If The Naughty Bride were not already married, she would devote her life to studying with Dr. Schnarch and his own naughty bride Dr. Morehouse. Schnarch’s books (The Passionate Marriage, Resurrecting Sex and Constructing the Sexual Crucible) should be on the quiz required for a marriage license. If that were not enough, the silly grin on his wife’s face in their promo pictures suffices for a recommendation.
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November 10th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Howdy, what made you want to write on Passionate Marriage by David Schnarch? I was wondering, because I have been thinking about this since last Monday.
November 11th, 2008 at 11:55 am
This past summer I read The Passionate Marriage with my husband and found it to be a powerful tool for relationship transformation. Finally, my husband and I had the same language to discuss issues and resolve long held conflicts. Hope you find the book equally helpful.