Is It Love or Is It Addiction, Brenda Schaeffer
Is It Love or Is It Addiction, Brenda Schaeffer
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Is It Love or Is It Addiction
The Book That Changed the Way We Think About Romance and Intimacy

Author: Brenda Schaeffer

Narrator: Jo Anna Perrin

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/16/2021

Synopsis

A fresh, updated, and expanded edition of the book that changed the way we think about romance and intimacy.

Many of us confuse longing and obsession with true love. Through two previous editions, Is It Love or Is It Addiction? has helped countless people find their way from the trials and confusion of addictive love to the fulfillment of whole and healthy relationships. As the author reveals, we can begin to work through relationship difficulties with compassion and lasting effect by increasing our awareness of the ways that we express love.

In this expanded third edition, Brenda Schaeffer draws on years of feedback and new developments to foster an understanding of love addiction: what it is and what it is not, how to identify it, and, even more important, how to break free of it. Stories of real people struggling to develop sound relationships illustrate the characteristics of healthy love and help readers to free themselves to find real intimacy. Included is the most up-to-date information about the biological basis of addictive behaviors and the impact of technology on intimate relationships. The author also explores the influence of past abuse and trauma on the predisposition to love addiction.

About Brenda Schaeffer

Brenda Schaeffer is a licensed psychologist, a certified addiction specialist, and holds a doctorate in spiritual psychology. She has extensive training and experience in a number of psychologies, including (but not limited to) child development, sexual addiction, and trauma. She has had further training in hypnosis, trauma, developmental psychology, transactional analysis, gestalt, sexual addiction, soul-centered, existential and transpersonal psychology. Dr. Schaeffer has appeared on a variety of national television and radio shows in the US and Canada. She has been featured in magazines such as Elle, Fitness, and Lotus. She is the author of Love's Way: The Union of Body, Ego, Soul and Spirit; the bestseller, Is It Love or Is It Addiction?; Loving Me Loving You; Signs of Healthy Love; Signs of Addictive Love; Power Plays; and Helping Yourself Out of Love Addiction. She is also the former host of the talk radio show It's All About Love. She is the founder of Healthy Relationships, a private practice in the Minneapolis area where she conducts therapy, training, and workshops.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sean

Problems arise from the fear that originates in a violation of trust. Such violations make it difficult to be vulnerable to love again. In the wake of such violations we become guarded. The result is relationships that have more drama than intimacy. Love is doing everything with a joyful heart and wi......more

Goodreads review by Mindaugas

I think the title of the book is a bit too dramatic. It's a good book about relationships and unhealthy relationships. While this book focuses on couples, a lot of advice applies to friendships and family. At least in my case. Sometimes it was hard to read, but that just means it was working on me.......more

Goodreads review by Carlie

Whew! This is good. And scary. Wish I'd read this when I was 19 and in college. Since I'm now 32 and married for 10 years it's a little harder to take in but still extremely important. Stuff I needed to hear. Lots of work ahead but yes, knowledge is power! The truth shall set us free.......more

Goodreads review by Wil

This book tells you the difference between true love and addicted love. True love has healthy tendencies and both partners allow themselves be vunerable to each other. Addicted love is more like a drug, where you NEED it. It's that negative comsuming feeling you get when you're in an unhealthy relat......more

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