Publisher's Synopsis
Everything you need to know whether you are recently divorced, dating, committing to a new beginning or dealing with the myriad of challenging second unions bring.
Second Chance for a love to last takes you on a journey, It starts with marriage and relationships in general and takes you through to practical steps needed to reduce the stresses and challenges most couples under estimate when marrying or partnering again. You will learn:
✧ Why the institution of marriage has survived for at least 5,000 years
✧ How to recognise and strengthen all areas of your life
✧ Why it is important to understand the impact that 21st century changes are having on our relationships
✧ Why there has never been a time when the perfect family unit existed
✧ Why no marriage is a failure
✧ What drives us and why it is important to identify our highest needs, values, love language and personality type
✧ What does love look like to us, and how that may change as we age
✧ What to ask so we understand our partner and our compatibility
✧ The seven most common heartbreakers of second marriages and how to turn them into love-makers
✧ How to nurture and grow love, passion and intimacy
✧ Why it is important to build a strong foundation and master the art of communication
✧ The impact that families and friends can have on relationships and how to combat this
✧ When children are part of the package, how to see the impact from their viewpoint
✧ How to address the issues of finances, inheritance and legal matters that might affect you.
✧ Effective strategies for merging homes and lifestyles and so much more
Gillian realises that most readers will be very time poor. They are likely to be juggling families (often blended), careers, wider family, busy households, community commitments etc. She has therefore pulled together the best material and teachings into one place, so you don't have to spend hours researching subjects and comparing answers.
Chapter 1 to 5 focuses on the institution of marriage and the past baggage that you may not have quite let go of, or been able to deal with.
Chapters 6 - 10 are designed to help you understand yourself first, then your partner, your children and the wider family dynamics. Gillian believes this will give you one of the greatest returns in the short term. These chapters introduce you to understanding the six human needs that we all have, knowing our highest values, love language and how we fit into a finite number of personality types. Understanding these are fundamental to communication, love, and acceptance of why we do and think as we do.
Chapters 11 to 15 are about planning your new life together. Ensuring you and your partner consciously take actions to create a strong foundation that will create an ever deepening and fulfilling love to last a lifetime. Within these chapters are the seven heartbreakers of second relationships, and how to create love makers instead. These potential heartbreakers can wear away at the strongest relationships, no matter whether you believe you have found your soul-mate and nothing will rear you apart. Addressing the seven heartbreakers is so fundamental that it is the basis of the 'Love2Last Method' the coaching system employed to help couples to build and maintain an awesome life together.
Chapters 16 to 21 address the practical challenges couples are likely to face in their life together. This includes parenting and child issues, impact of the wider family, money matters, legal and inheritance dilemmas, daily household matters and lastly, announcing to the world your new love.
