Five Good Minutes with the One You Love

Jeffrey Brantley, Wendy Millstine

Description

When you first fall in love, every moment you spend with that special someone feels like a lifetime. Even a glance and a smile can seem to last for hours. But as time goes by, let’s face it, relationships change. You have places to go and people to see, children to raise and careers to manage. The rest of the world can start to slip in between you and the one you love. It takes practice to remain deeply connected and truly intimate with someone—but it doesn’t need to take up all of your free time. With the simple practices in this book, you’ll be able to really connect with your special someone in just five minutes a day.

Using simple techniques drawn from mindfulness practice, each of these intimate and fun activities will help you feel closer, more connected, and more deeply in love with your partner. The meditations, affirmations, and observations you’ll find here will foster gratitude, trust, empathy, and loving kindness. Use them to get closer to the one you love, and watch as the benefits of mindfulness grow to fill your relationship with renewed romance, harmony, and joy.

Five Good Minutes is a trademark of New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Sujets

• Dating
• Mind

Informations

• Publié par: New Harbinger Publications
• Date de parution: 15 janvier 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781572247277
• Langue: English

Extrait

Five Good Minutes with the One You Love

Jeffrey Brantley & Wendy Millstine

New Harbinger Publications

Publisher’s Note

This publication is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information in regard to the subject matter covered. It is sold with the understanding that the publisher is not engaged in rendering psychological, financial, legal, or other professional services. If expert assistance or counseling is needed, the services of a competent professional should be sought.

Distributed in Canada by Raincoast Books

Copyright © 2007 by Jeffrey Brantley and Wendy Millstine New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 5674 Shattuck Avenue Oakland, CA 94609 www.newharbinger.com

Cover design by Amy Shoup; text design by Amy Shoup and Michele WatersKermes; acquired by Tesilya Hanauer; edited by Carole Honeychurch

All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America.

Fourth in the Five Good Minutes™ series

Five Good Minutes is a trademark of New Harbinger Publications, Inc.

Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data TK

This book is dedicated to all those who have graced my life with their presence and love, and most especially to my dear wife, Mary. May your blessings be multiplied and benefit many others. —J.B.

In the beginning, there was just life. And then there was life with the love of my best friend, Adrienne Melanie Droogas, whose heartfelt loyalty and sacred love held no boundaries. She is my greatest teacher and inspiration. —W.M.

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contents

introduction 1 1 PART the foundation 11 2 PART the practices 43

opening your heart 45 1 open the door for love 16 silent renewal 2 glad to be alive 17 circle of love 3 write from the heart 18 deepest desires 4 make room for love 19 your own best friend 5 elredaxd,mnielra,ycbdo 20 count your blessings open heart 21 activist of the heart 6 cultivate curiosity 22 may peace find you 7 silent harmony 23 dump the grudge 8 breathe mindfully 24 may I be free from pain 9 free your heart 10 rest in beauty 11 give it away 12 feel the joy 13 soft belly 14 your good works 15 blessings to you

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wise love 95 25 joy is us together 39 honor your commitments 26 forgiveness walk 40 how can I help? 27 looking at you 41 take the good with the bad 28 acknowledge every gift 42 your blessings on me 29 may you be well 43 patience on the journey 30 look inside 44 holding you 31 holding hands 45 stars of compassion 32 gthanivetrofskdraheh 46 extraordinary love songs times 47 be an ally 33 laugh out loud 48 appreciate the differences 34 take a bow 49 a spoonful of reassurance 35 affectionate listening 50 here for you 36 ’sertnarnoyrupaimeli 51 appreciate the little things shoes 37 love without return 38 share some silence

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love in action 151 52 no pain, no blame 68 to each his own style 53 take a “shakeit” break 69 fighting for control 54 offer forgiveness 70 end the tugofwar 55 greeting ritual 71 mindful listener 56 ask forgiveness 72 impatience is not you 57 anchor of love 73 time spent apart 58 turn off the autopilot 74 bedtime blessing 59 forgive yourself 60 work together 61 safe with me 62 waves of serenity 63 free from it all 64 what is really going on? 65 warming the cold silences 66 fishing for feelings 67 anger and fear

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cherishing life 199 75 invitation for love  91 too much work, not enough play 76 dear stranger  92 say yes to life 77 bed magic  93 stairway of dreams 78 elemental truth  94 dear mother and father 79 miracles of life  95 harmonize with reality 80 flames of romance  96 it takes a village 81 no ill will  97 memory game 82 hand in hand  98 the way of not knowing 83 thankful for you  99 find the ocean in a seashell 84 altar of love 100 entering the mystery 85 abundant love 86 your family circle 87 embrace your differences 88 may you always be happy 89 be vulnerable 90 prayers for animals

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