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Toward Commitment

A Dialogue About Marriage

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  • 304pagine
  • 11 ore di lettura

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With extraordinary candor, Diane Rehm, a renowned Public Radio broadcaster, and her lawyer husband, John, share insights from their forty-two-year marriage, highlighting both their deep bond and the conflicts that arise in relationships. Through a series of intense dialogues, they confront their differing backgrounds, attitudes, and expectations, actively working to understand each other and address long-standing issues that have caused pain. The book is structured into twenty-six chapters, each focusing on significant challenges such as expressing or repressing anger, disagreements about money, family dynamics, religion, and parenting. It also delves into their contrasting temperaments—her gregarious nature versus his introversion—as well as the complexities of sexual relationships and the risks posed by external influences. They explore challenges related to professional conflicts, retirement, aging, and illness. What makes this narrative compelling is the couple's willingness to openly analyze their relationship and face their discord. Their remarkable honesty offers valuable insights that will resonate with anyone committed to deeply understanding and resolving their own relationship difficulties, ultimately emerging stronger together.

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Toward Commitment, Diane Rehm, John B. Rehm

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Pubblicato
2002
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Sottotitolo
A Dialogue About Marriage
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Knopf
Pubblicato
2002
Formato
Copertina rigida
Pagine
304
ISBN10
0375414304
ISBN13
9780375414305
Serie
Descrizione
With extraordinary candor, Diane Rehm, a renowned Public Radio broadcaster, and her lawyer husband, John, share insights from their forty-two-year marriage, highlighting both their deep bond and the conflicts that arise in relationships. Through a series of intense dialogues, they confront their differing backgrounds, attitudes, and expectations, actively working to understand each other and address long-standing issues that have caused pain. The book is structured into twenty-six chapters, each focusing on significant challenges such as expressing or repressing anger, disagreements about money, family dynamics, religion, and parenting. It also delves into their contrasting temperaments—her gregarious nature versus his introversion—as well as the complexities of sexual relationships and the risks posed by external influences. They explore challenges related to professional conflicts, retirement, aging, and illness. What makes this narrative compelling is the couple's willingness to openly analyze their relationship and face their discord. Their remarkable honesty offers valuable insights that will resonate with anyone committed to deeply understanding and resolving their own relationship difficulties, ultimately emerging stronger together.