Transformation Through Intimacy Revised Edition

Author : Robert Augustus Masters, Ph.D.
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1583943889
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transformation through Intimacy, Revised Edition written by Robert Augustus Masters, Ph.D. and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to intimacy through greater self-awareness—for those who want more loving, passionate, and liberating monogamous relationships Intimate relationship has long been viewed and lived as a lesser alternative to spiritual life. More recently, the need to integrate our spiritual and intimate lives, rather than maintaining separate spheres and relationships on autopilot, has become increasingly apparent. Given the high rates of infidelity and divorce, it would seem that the possibilities of freedom through intimacy have not been explored in much depth. Too often we pull away when relationships become difficult, missing out on the rewards of connecting more profoundly. The passage from immature to mature monogamy is not only a journey of ripening intimacy with a partner, but also a journey into and through zones of ourselves that may be very difficult to accept and integrate with the rest of our being. Transformation through Intimacy explores intimate relationships through a four-stage lens: me-centered, we-centered codependent, we-centered coindependent, and being-centered. Bringing his many years of experience as a psychotherapist and spiritual practitioner to the subject, relationship expert and integral psychoterhapist Robert Augustus Masters shows readers not only how to navigate the thickets of reactivity, conflict, shame, anger, fear, and doubt, but how to understand them in a new light so that a deeper level of relating to oneself and one’s partner becomes possible, opening new levels of trust, commitment, and love.

Author : Robert Augustus Masters
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant
ISBN 13 : 9781459640900
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transformation Through Intimacy: The Journey Toward Awakened Monogamy (Large Print 16pt) written by Robert Augustus Masters and published by ReadHowYouWant. This book was released on 2012-06-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intimate relationship has long been viewed and lived as a lesser alternative to spiritual life. More recently, the need to integrate our spiritual and intimate lives, rather than maintaining separate spheres and relationships on autopilot, has become increasingly apparent. Given the high rates of infidelity and divorce, it would seem that the possibilities of freedom through intimacy have not been explored in much depth. Too often we pull away when relationships become difficult, missing out on the rewards of connecting more profoundly. The passage from immature to mature monogamy is not only a journey of ripening intimacy with a partner, but also a journey into and through zones of ourselves that may be very difficult to accept and integrate with the rest of our being. Transformation through Intimacy explores intimate relationships through a four-stage lens: me-centered, we-centered codependent, we-centered coindependent, and being-centered. Bringing his many years of experience as a psychotherapist and spiritual practitioner to the subject, Masters shows readers not only how to navigate the thickets of reactivity, conflict, shame, anger, fear, and doubt, but how to understand them in a new light so that a deeper level of relating to oneself and one s partner becomes possible, opening new levels of trust, commitment, and love.

Author : Robert Augustus Masters
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780973752656
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Transformation Through Intimacy written by Robert Augustus Masters and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stella Resnick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317301358
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Body-to-Body Intimacy written by Stella Resnick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an integrative, growth-oriented approach to therapy with couples that demonstrates the dynamic interplay between partners’ emotional issues and their sexual difficulties. It offers a model for relational and sexual enhancement that focuses as much on partners’ present, nonverbal body-to-body communications as on their words. Dr. Stella Resnick draws on research from interpersonal neurobiology, sexology, positive psychology, and Gestalt therapy, and shares a rich assortment of therapy vignettes to demonstrate the transformative power of pleasure and how a focus on body-to-body intimacy can heal emotional wounds from the past and encourage greater presence, empathy, authenticity, playfulness, and sexual pleasure between intimate partners. The therapeutic process is explored in four related spectrums: the Problem-Transformation Spectrum, the Attachment-Sexuality Spectrum, the Pain-Pleasure Spectrum, and the Cognitive-Somatic-Experiential-Behavioral-Spectrum. Part I lays the theoretical foundation for the work. Part II examines the early attachment bond between parent and child and its effects on adult capacity for emotional closeness and sexual pleasure. Part III offers methods for resolving painful emotional issues underlying many sexual difficulties. Finally, Part IV describes the procedure for moving from a cognitive reframing of the problem to a somatic focus on the body and tracking present-moment emotional interactions to the repair of relational injuries that nurture transformational change. Also included is a series of process-oriented exercises and a handout that therapists can use in their own practice. Body-to-Body Intimacy will enable couples and sex therapists to expand their practices and enrich their clients’ sexual and relational dynamics. This book also contains valuable information that will be appreciated by anyone interested in a greater understanding of a growth-oriented therapeutic process for couples and what can be achieved together by gaining a deeply loving and sexually fulfilling intimate love relationship.

Author : Robert Augustus Masters, Ph.D.
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1556439059
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Bypassing written by Robert Augustus Masters, Ph.D. and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2010-07-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A wonderfully significant and important book.” —Ken Wilber, The Integral Vision “A timely and penetrating analysis of spirituality’s shadow.” —Stephen Batchelor, Buddhism without Beliefs A spiritual teacher and integral psychotherapist offers a first-of-its-kind study on how we use—and abuse—spiritual beliefs and practices, revealing how to identify and move beyond what holds us back from living life fully. Spiritual bypassing—the use of spiritual beliefs to avoid dealing with painful feelings, unresolved wounds, and developmental needs—is so pervasive that it goes largely unnoticed. The spiritual ideals of any tradition, whether Christian commandments or Buddhist precepts, can provide easy justification for practitioners to duck uncomfortable feelings in favor of more seemingly enlightened activity. When split off from fundamental psychological needs, such actions often do much more harm than good. While other authors have touched on the subject, this is the first book fully devoted to spiritual bypassing. In the lineage of Chögyam Trungpa’s landmark Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism, Spiritual Bypassing provides an in-depth look at the unresolved or ignored psychological issues often masked as spirituality, including self-judgment, excessive niceness, and emotional dissociation. A longtime psychotherapist with an engaging writing style, Masters furthers the body of psychological insight into how we use (and abuse) religion in often unconscious ways. This book will hold particular appeal for those who grew up with an unstructured new-age spirituality now looking for a more mature spiritual practice, and for anyone seeking increased self-awareness and a more robust relationship with themselves and others.

Author : Glenn E. Myers
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830835512
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seeking Spiritual Intimacy written by Glenn E. Myers and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Seeking Spiritual Intimacy Glenn Myers introduces us to the Beguines, a network of faith communities in Medieval Europe, where women organized their world around a simple life with Christ at the center. Learn from the insights of wise women of faith who, from their modest homes and communities, revitalized the faith of a continent.

Author : Corneau Guy
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780805063974
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lessons In Love written by Corneau Guy and published by Holt Paperbacks. This book was released on 2000-02-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tradition of Thomas Moore, Jungian analyst and lecturer Guy Corneau delivers a hopeful message that will help us move beyond the gender wars to a new era of personal fulfillment. With engaging anecdotes and mythical references, he instructs us to look into ourselves and create our own guiding principles. He then suggests how we can achieve our aspirations through meaningful relationships with those who challenge us to test and fulfill them.

Author : Julie Orlov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982976814
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pathway to Love Workbook and Guide written by Julie Orlov and published by . This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This workbook and guide takes you step-by-step through the four phases of your developing relationship. Through the various exercises, you will gain insights that create openings for growth and transformation. Each section allows you to practice and implement the skills and tasks that each phase presents. You will be able to create new ways of relating to yourself and others. Whether you are in, out, or in-between relationships, this workbook is your personal guide to creating relationships that work.

Author : Ronald J. Reynolds
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1425198821
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Art of Relationship written by Ronald J. Reynolds and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2007-02-16 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art of Relationship: The New Perspective transforms traditional marriage. This book reveals how to enhance your relationship by turning it into a Spiritual Partnership. An inner sense of well-being awaits everyone willing to practice conscious awareness in a relationship. This book shares insights from five decades of marriage and reveals the struggles, discoveries, and lessons learned in a life shared in trust and truth. Come walk with us into your own awakening as you recognize that the events of your life unfold perfectly for the growth of your soul. There is a blessing in every aspect of every relationship you'll ever haveespecially the ones that trouble you the most.

Author : Robert Augustus Masters
Publisher : Sounds True
ISBN 13 : 9781622032297
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Be a Man written by Robert Augustus Masters and published by Sounds True. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychotherapist and spiritual teacher Robert Augustus Masters offers this new and insightful guide to masculine power and fulfillment. "I've got it all-so why am I so dissatisfied with my life? Why am I never happy in my romantic relationships? How do I become more courageous and powerful, without becoming that jerk everyone hates?" Masters has helped thousands of men address these issues. And for nearly all of them, he's found that one solution is clear: we must face our early wounds and the shame that holds us back-and then bring our "head, heart, and guts into full-blooded alignment". To Be a Man" shows readers how, as they explore: emotional mastery, awakening courage and strength, sexuality and intimacy, outgrowing pornography and other addictions, the power of vulnerability, deepening relationships, and more.