No More Fighting: The Relationship Book for Couples: 20 Minutes a Week to a Stronger Relationship

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"Creating a safe and loving relationship requires structure, skill, and a commitment that helps couples grow into the relationship they want. It does not happen naturally. In No More Fighting, Alicia Muñoz provides couples with just that. Step-by-step, she helps you and your partner structure time and space to work on your relationship. She guides you through using a conversational process that keeps you safe by regulating each person's thoughts and feelings. Every couple will experience growth if they follow Alicia's wisdom." --Harville Hendrix, PhD and Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD, authors of Getting the Love You Want and Making Marriage Simple

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"If you are looking to improve your relationship, I recommend this book! Alicia does an incredible job describing and narrating the fundamental issues that couples face, and she provides valuable exercises that help you understand each other better." Rachel Hoffman, LCSW, M.Ed, author of Dating and Mating in a Techno-Driven World: Understanding How Technology is Helping and Hurting Relationships

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"Between the first chapter, 'The Oxygen Mask, ' and the final chapters, 'Loving Imperfectly' and 'Celebrating Life Together, ' Muñoz takes readers on an intimate journey through the lives of relatable couples who are learning to enjoy their own messy imperfections, embrace being human together, and overcome the common challenges couples face. It can be done, and she shows us how."-- Tammy Nelson, PhD, author of The New Monogamy, from No More Fighting's foreword

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" No More Fighting is that rare self-help book that honors the complexity of couple relationships whilst being accessible, engaging, and profoundly practical. Muñoz's writing style is intelligent, nuanced, down-to-earth, and frequently humorous. She's particularly inventive in her use of similes and metaphors in ways that frequently surprised me and made me chuckle. Which is important, because the process of improving a relationship should be fun, not just "hard work"! In 52 succinct chapters, she addresses every domain of difficulty couples encounter with illuminating vignettes of a diverse set of couples, drawn from her therapy practice, and with powerful exercises and general advice to strengthen and enlarge couples' repertoire of skills. In short, this is a smart and useful guide--a kind of "one stop shop" of a book--for meeting the many challenges of sharing an intimate life with another person. Muñoz demonstrates how the inevitable struggles of couplehood can promote mutual emotional growth, enhanced understanding, equity and respect, joy, and love. I will recommend this book to all the couples I work with, as well as to my students and trainees, both in the U.S. and internationally."-- Peter Fraenkel, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, The City College of New York, as well as former director, Center of Work and Family, Ackerman Institute for the Family, and author of Sync Your Relationship, Save Your Marriage

Publisher Marketing:

Build a stronger bond with your partner in only 20 minutes a week

Get the guidance you need to tackle the fundamental issues that act as the triggers for conflict in your relationship. This title has everything you could want from relationship books, featuring straightforward anecdotes and simple exercises designed to help you work through 52 of the most common challenges faced by couples, and work towards a life with no more fighting.

This standout among relationship books for couples takes a sympathetic and understanding approach to navigating difficult relationship issues. Not only will you learn how to approach specific obstacles but you'll also develop a communication toolbox that will help you maintain a happy and healthy relationship

Go beyond other relationship books with:

• 52 Relationship challenges--From communication to sex, each weekly chapter focuses on an individual concern faced by many couples.
• 20-minute exercises--Make it easy to work on your relationship no matter how busy you both are with short and simple exercises that help improve communication.
• Real case studies--Better understand these challenges with the help of case studies that demonstrate how they can present, how you can identify blind spots, and more.

Whether it's marriage or any other committed relationship, develop the tools to stop fights before they start.

Contributor Bio:Muñoz, Alicia

Alicia Muñoz, LPC, is a relationship counselor and the author of No More Fighting: 20 Minutes A Week to a Stronger Relationship. Passionate about couplehood, Alicia shares her views on the power of committed love-partnerships on her blog as well as in Psychotherapy Networker, Counseling Today, and The Good Men Project. You can follow her on Instagram @aliciamunozcouples or sign up for her newsletter at www.aliciamunoz.com.