Real Love in Marriage: The Truth About Finding Genuine Happiness Now and Forever

by Greg Baer

Book Overview

"With marriage down and divorce up, it's tough to get and stay married these days. But therapist Greg Baer says you can have a happy marriage by learning to love your partner unconditionally. .... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592403107
• ISBN13: 9781592403103
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A Life Changing Book

This is a great book with life changing implications and the methodology to bring them about. Do yourself a favor and apply the principles in this book to all areas of your life. It will save you a lot of grief!

Everyone should read this book!

This book is amazing!!!! Everyone whether married or single would benefit from it inmensely. I felt like it spoke to me on so many levels! I love to read-and I do a lot of it-this is a definite must read and must apply!

Real Love in Marriage: The Truth About Finding Genuine Happiness Now and Forever

This information is long over due. With the understanding of Unconditional Love marriage takes on a completely different purpose.

Life-changing attitude readjuster. Marriage tune up included. ;)

still reading it but already had my change of heart. Profound. Positive Psychology at it's best!!! Totally worth reading. Probably even over and over again. I have lots of red flags (markings) in there.

Real Love saved my husband's life

I discovered Real Love about a year ago, and after reading Real Love, The Truth about Finding Unconditional Love and Fulfilling Relationships, I immediately ordered the marriage book and parenting book. After 15 years of marriage, and dealing with the beginnings of the teen-age years with our children, I was searching for something better. I'd already been through many of the parenting and relationship books (and programs), with some success, but when I started reading the Real Love books, I knew I'd found something different. I was incredibly intrigued by the idea that I could ELIMINATE anger from my life, and conflict from my marriage. Fast forward to today, and while I haven't totally eliminated anger from my life, I feel transformed into a happy and more peaceful person. I realize now that I didn't even really know what happiness was before. My relationships with my children and my husband are much more joyful, genuine, and just... easier. And, during a recent medical crisis, this new way of being helped me through the stress and turmoil, made it possible for me to effectively communicate with the doctors, and enabled me to make better decisions - all of which helped save my husband's life. Maybe that seems kind of extreme, and I sure don't want to minimize the personal effort I put into practicing these principles, but I truly believe without the knowledge of Real Love, the past few months would have happened very differently, and it's likely my husband wouldn't have survived. The principles of Real Love are not really new principles, but are simple time-honored truths. So, I'd already come across similar ideas in other books (The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Families, The Road Less Traveled, and Love and Logic), but this was the first time I'd seen practical suggestions on how to eliminate anger (not just manage or control it). Additionally, the way the information is presented really made it easy for me to apply the ideas in my life. Greg Baer combines a backbone of philosophical/spiritual truths with a practical, step-by-step process to improving relationships. Through the use of memorable stories like "The Wart King" he explains the principles in a way that is easy to understand and recall. He puts control squarely in each individual's court, and gives you the power and freedom to change your life. In this amazing process, your relationships naturally transform to become more genuine, more loving, and best of all, more fun. I always prided myself on my personal integrity and character in dealing with other people. I would sometimes get angry and yell, but "only" at my husband or children, so most people saw me as a kind, helpful, responsible and cheerful person. I didn't even realize it until things started to change, but I really wasn't even happy before. I spent most of my time doing things to earn other people's love and approval. I guess I was fooled into thinking my husband and I had a good relationshi