Staying Together offers guidelines to help couples survive & grow th rough their relationship problems so that they need not separate & m ay maintain their commitment to each other. Case histories, quizzes an d questionnaires show how this is possible & even how to make a part nership stronger. The book covers how to: --confront difficulties --understand your partner --re-negotiate an enhanced relationship --develop skills to make improvements last --assess when problems first appeared & how they developed --face changes --communicate & meet a partner's needs --create good times --build on commitment & happiness. ...

According to statistics, one in three people in the UK today is likely to be involved in a step-family at some point in their life. In Step-Families, Suzie Hayman looks at the problems that may arise as a result of this life-change & offers strategies for coping with them.

It is common for a 'new' parent to suffer from feelings of isolation, guilt & anxiety while the established parent is concerned with balancing his or her needs with those of their partner, their children & possibly step-children. How do you also manage a sexual relationship if you are a single parent? Or accept the on-going role of the partner's 'ex' & the involvement of grandparents?

Suzie Hayman uses personal stories to suggest ways in which you can come to terms with feelings, resolve problems & anticipate trouble before it starts. She takes a candid look at family politics
- from an adult's point of view as well as a child's
- & also addresses the relationship issues which arise if you & your partner decide to have children of your own.





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Are you thinking about marriage, but afraid of ending up in the divorce statistics? Are you wondering if you're ready & able to make a public, lifelong commitment? Before You Say 'I Do' recognises that marriage takes courage, energy & self-knowledge, & leads you through a series of key questions about your relationship to help you discover if you have what it takes to make your marriage a lifelong success. These include:--What are your expectations of marriage?--What does commitment mean to you?--Can you be sexually compatible for a lifetime?--Do you both want children?--How will you cope with in-laws? Drawing on the expertise of Relate counsellors, & supported by checklists, questionnaires & case histories, this book will help you to examine your hopes & fears about marriage. It will lead you to a deeper understanding of how your relationship works & ultimately give you the insight to build the bedrock of a marriage with real staying power. ...

In this remarkable book, Jane Miller writes about the experience of being a daughter & a sister, about the intensities of family life & the illuminations that come from the last days & death of parents. Relations offers a portrait of a record-keeping, middle-class kinship, beginning with her parents' long marriage, its mysteries & incompatibilities. Here are the tensions of belonging & yet not belonging to an English middle-class at once hospitable to difference & internally divided. More than two hundred years of English history are present in these portraits, which show the gradual emancipation of women, the effects of empire on family life & the importance to it of religion, education & money. It is the story of an evolution, of a move out of trade towards public service & the professions, & towards the dramas & family romance of recent times. ...

In his bestselling book, Life Strategies, Phil Mc Graw gave powerful, straightforward advice on shaping ...

Jo Bell is a feisty journalist with just one weakness
- her boss, Jerome. When he sends her on a features assignment to a stately
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Saturday afternoon: you're with the kids in the garden when the phone rings.

It's your best friend from school. Someone

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