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<title><![CDATA[The Indie Love (Nonfiction) Bestseller List]]></title>

<description><![CDATA[In recognition of Valentine’s Day, we present the Indie Love and Romance Bestseller Lists. Based on sales in independent bookstores nationwide for the eight-week period ending February 9, 2010.]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[The Five Love Languages]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781881273158</link>
<description><![CDATA[Are you and your spouse speaking the same language? While love is a many splendored thing, it is sometimes a very confusing thing, too. And as people come in all varieties, shapes, and sizes, so do their choices of personal expressions of love. But more often than not, the giver and the receiver express love in two different ways. This can lead to misunderstanding, quarrels, and even divorce. Quality Time Words of Affirmation Gifts Acts of Service Physical TouchDr. Gary Chapman identifies five basic languages of love and then guides couples towards a better understanding of their unique languages of love. Learn to speak and understand your mate's love language, and in no time you will be able to effectively love and truly feel loved in return.Skillful communication is within your grasp!Click here for the Study Guide for Spouse and Group Discussion]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Five Love Languages]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[1]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gary Chapman]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Moody]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781881273158]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Are you and your spouse speaking the same language? While love is a many splendored thing, it is sometimes a very confusing thing, too. And as people come in all varieties, shapes, and sizes, so do their choices of personal expressions of love. But more often than not, the giver and the receiver express love in two different ways. This can lead to misunderstanding, quarrels, and even divorce. Quality Time Words of Affirmation Gifts Acts of Service Physical TouchDr. Gary Chapman identifies five basic languages of love and then guides couples towards a better understanding of their unique languages of love. Learn to speak and understand your mate's love language, and in no time you will be able to effectively love and truly feel loved in return.Skillful communication is within your grasp!Click here for the Study Guide for Spouse and Group Discussion]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780061728976</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Steve Harvey, the host of the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show, can't count the number of impressive women he's met over the years, whether it's through the "Strawberry Letters" segment of his program or while on tour for his comedy shows. These are women who can run a small business, keep a household with three kids in tiptop shape, and chair a church group all at the same time. Yet when it comes to relationships, they can't figure out what makes men tick. Why? According to Steve it's because they're asking other women for advice when no one but another man can tell them how to find and keep a man. In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve lets women inside the mindset of a man and sheds lights on concepts and questions such as:    The Ninety Day Rule: Ford requires it of its employees. Should you require it of your man?   How to spot a mama's boy and what if anything you can do about it.   When to introduce the kids. And what to read into the first interaction between your date and your kids.   The five questions every woman should ask a man to determine how serious he is.    And more...    Sometimes funny, sometimes direct, but always truthful, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is a book you must read if you want to understand how men think when it comes to relationships. ]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[2]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Harvey]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Amistad]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780061728976]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[ Steve Harvey, the host of the nationally syndicated Steve Harvey Morning Show, can't count the number of impressive women he's met over the years, whether it's through the "Strawberry Letters" segment of his program or while on tour for his comedy shows. These are women who can run a small business, keep a household with three kids in tiptop shape, and chair a church group all at the same time. Yet when it comes to relationships, they can't figure out what makes men tick. Why? According to Steve it's because they're asking other women for advice when no one but another man can tell them how to find and keep a man. In Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man, Steve lets women inside the mindset of a man and sheds lights on concepts and questions such as:    The Ninety Day Rule: Ford requires it of its employees. Should you require it of your man?   How to spot a mama's boy and what if anything you can do about it.   When to introduce the kids. And what to read into the first interaction between your date and your kids.   The five questions every woman should ask a man to determine how serious he is.    And more...    Sometimes funny, sometimes direct, but always truthful, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is a book you must read if you want to understand how men think when it comes to relationships. ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-01-07T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781878424426</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[3]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Miguel Ruiz]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Amber-Allen]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781878424426]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paper Textbook]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1999-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780805087000</link>
<description><![CDATA[REVISED AND WITH A NEW FOREWORDARE YOU GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT?Originally published in 1988, Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of couples attain more loving, supportive, and deeply satisfying relationships. The 20th anniversary edition contains extensive revisions to this groundbreaking book, with a new chapter, new exercises, and a foreword detailing Dr. Hendrix’s updated philosophy for eliminating all negativity from couples’ daily interactions, allowing readers of the 2008 edition to benefit from his ongoing discoveries during his last two decades of work.Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., in partnership with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD., originated Imago Relationship Therapy, a unique healing process for couples, prospective couples, and parents. Together they have more than thirty years’ experience as educators and therapists and their work has been translated into more than 50 languages, with Imago practiced by two thousand therapists worldwide. Harville and Helen have six children and live in New York and New Mexico.       Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., has more than thirty years of experience as an educator, public lecturer, and therapist. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages and Imago Therapy is practiced in thirty countries. Hendrix and his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, are the co-creators of Imago Relationship Therapy—a unique healing process for couples, prospective couples, and parents—which is practiced by two thousand therapists worldwide. They have six children and live in New Jersey and New Mexico.                          Originally published in 1988, Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of couples attain more loving, supportive, and deeply satisfying relationships. The 20th anniversary edition contains extensive revisions to this groundbreaking book, with a new chapter, new exercises, and a foreword detailing Dr. Hendrix’s updated philosophy for eliminating all negativity from couples’ daily interactions, allowing readers of the 2008 edition to benefit from his ongoing discoveries during his last two decades of work.Getting the Love You Want is also available on CD as an unabridged audiobook.  Please email academic@macmillan.com for more information.                            "Hendrix provides much insight into how spouses can mature through one another."—Booklist"Harville Hendrix offers the best program I've seen for using the love/hate energy in marriage to help a couple heal one another and to become whole together."—T. George Harris, Editor-in-Chief, American Health"I know of no better guide for couples who genuinely desire a maturing relationship."—M. Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled "Getting the Love You Want is a remarkable book—the most incisive and persuasive I have ever read on the knotty problems of marriage relationships."—Ann Roberts, former president, Rockefeller Family Fund"Getting the Love You Want provides a road map for partners seeking a path to intimacy and passionate friendship."—Marion Solomon, Ph.D."This book will help any couple find the love they want hidden under all the concealing confusion of a close and intimate relationship. I have seen these principles in application and they work!"—James A. Hall, M.D.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[4]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Harville Hendrix]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Holt]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780805087000]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[REVISED AND WITH A NEW FOREWORDARE YOU GETTING THE LOVE YOU WANT?Originally published in 1988, Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of couples attain more loving, supportive, and deeply satisfying relationships. The 20th anniversary edition contains extensive revisions to this groundbreaking book, with a new chapter, new exercises, and a foreword detailing Dr. Hendrix’s updated philosophy for eliminating all negativity from couples’ daily interactions, allowing readers of the 2008 edition to benefit from his ongoing discoveries during his last two decades of work.Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., in partnership with his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, PhD., originated Imago Relationship Therapy, a unique healing process for couples, prospective couples, and parents. Together they have more than thirty years’ experience as educators and therapists and their work has been translated into more than 50 languages, with Imago practiced by two thousand therapists worldwide. Harville and Helen have six children and live in New York and New Mexico.       Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., has more than thirty years of experience as an educator, public lecturer, and therapist. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages and Imago Therapy is practiced in thirty countries. Hendrix and his wife, Helen LaKelly Hunt, are the co-creators of Imago Relationship Therapy—a unique healing process for couples, prospective couples, and parents—which is practiced by two thousand therapists worldwide. They have six children and live in New Jersey and New Mexico.                          Originally published in 1988, Getting the Love You Want has helped millions of couples attain more loving, supportive, and deeply satisfying relationships. The 20th anniversary edition contains extensive revisions to this groundbreaking book, with a new chapter, new exercises, and a foreword detailing Dr. Hendrix’s updated philosophy for eliminating all negativity from couples’ daily interactions, allowing readers of the 2008 edition to benefit from his ongoing discoveries during his last two decades of work.Getting the Love You Want is also available on CD as an unabridged audiobook.  Please email academic@macmillan.com for more information.                            "Hendrix provides much insight into how spouses can mature through one another."—Booklist"Harville Hendrix offers the best program I've seen for using the love/hate energy in marriage to help a couple heal one another and to become whole together."—T. George Harris, Editor-in-Chief, American Health"I know of no better guide for couples who genuinely desire a maturing relationship."—M. Scott Peck, author of The Road Less Traveled "Getting the Love You Want is a remarkable book—the most incisive and persuasive I have ever read on the knotty problems of marriage relationships."—Ann Roberts, former president, Rockefeller Family Fund"Getting the Love You Want provides a road map for partners seeking a path to intimacy and passionate friendship."—Marion Solomon, Ph.D."This book will help any couple find the love they want hidden under all the concealing confusion of a close and intimate relationship. I have seen these principles in application and they work!"—James A. Hall, M.D.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-12-26T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Dear Old Love: Anonymous Notes to Former Crushes, Sweethearts, Husbands, Wives & Ones That Got Away]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780761156055</link>
<description><![CDATA["Dear Old Love" is a funny collection of anonymous notes to the ones who got away--or were left behind. Entries include gems such as A current snapshot of you erased 25 years of fantasizing about what could have been.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Dear Old Love: Anonymous Notes to Former Crushes, Sweethearts, Husbands, Wives & Ones That Got Away]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[5]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy Selsberg (Ed.)]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Workman]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780761156055]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Dear Old Love" is a funny collection of anonymous notes to the ones who got away--or were left behind. Entries include gems such as A current snapshot of you erased 25 years of fantasizing about what could have been.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-11-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[What French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780399155628</link>
<description><![CDATA[A primer on the ineffable, je ne sais quoi appeal of the French woman. I t's not the shoes, the scarves, or the lipstick that gives French women their allure. It's this: French women don't give a damn. They don't expect men to understand them. They don't care about being liked or being like everyone else. They generally reject notions of packaged beauty. They accept the passage of time, celebrate the immediacy of pleasure, like to break rules, embrace ambiguity and imperfection, and prefer having a life to making a living. They are, in other words, completely unlike us. Ollivier goes beyond familiar ooh-la-la stereotypes about French women, challenging cherished notions about sex, love, dating, marriage, motherhood, raising children, body politics, seduction, and flirtation. Less a how-to and more a how-not-to, What French Women Know offers a refreshing counterpoint to the stale love dogma of our times. Peppered with anecdotes from its Franco-American author and filled with provocative ideas from French sexperts, mistresses and maidens alike, it debunks longstanding myths, presenting savvy new thinking from an old sexy culture and more realistic, life-affirming alternatives from the land that knows how to love.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[What French Women Know: About Love, Sex, and Other Matters of the Heart and Mind]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[6]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Debra Ollivier]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Putnam]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780399155628]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A primer on the ineffable, je ne sais quoi appeal of the French woman. I t's not the shoes, the scarves, or the lipstick that gives French women their allure. It's this: French women don't give a damn. They don't expect men to understand them. They don't care about being liked or being like everyone else. They generally reject notions of packaged beauty. They accept the passage of time, celebrate the immediacy of pleasure, like to break rules, embrace ambiguity and imperfection, and prefer having a life to making a living. They are, in other words, completely unlike us. Ollivier goes beyond familiar ooh-la-la stereotypes about French women, challenging cherished notions about sex, love, dating, marriage, motherhood, raising children, body politics, seduction, and flirtation. Less a how-to and more a how-not-to, What French Women Know offers a refreshing counterpoint to the stale love dogma of our times. Peppered with anecdotes from its Franco-American author and filled with provocative ideas from French sexperts, mistresses and maidens alike, it debunks longstanding myths, presenting savvy new thinking from an old sexy culture and more realistic, life-affirming alternatives from the land that knows how to love.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781101131220]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-09-03T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780060574215</link>
<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets. Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has helped millions of couples transform their relationships. Now viewed as a modern classic, this phenomenal book has helped men and women realize how different they really are and how to communicate their needs in such a way that conflict doesn't arise and intimacy is given every chance to grow.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[7]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Gray]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Quill]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780060574215]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets. Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has helped millions of couples transform their relationships. Now viewed as a modern classic, this phenomenal book has helped men and women realize how different they really are and how to communicate their needs in such a way that conflict doesn't arise and intimacy is given every chance to grow.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-12-13T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Us: Americans Talk about Love]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780865479296</link>
<description><![CDATA[From the wards of New Orleans to the cornfields of Iowa to the slopes of Colorado, from the raves of Los Angeles to the hollows of Appalachia and the canyons of Wall Street, Americans talk about love. Tortured teenagers, free-spirited octogenarians, anxious Navy wives, blue-blooded bohemians, horny-but-chaste pastors, and multiply-partnered cosmopolitans tell extraordinary tales of broken hearts; sexual infidelities; improbable reconciliations; hidden, forbidden, preposterous love; and endurance against all odds. These are America’s real love stories—wise and foolish, comic and tragic, full of surprises and straight from the heart.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Us: Americans Talk about Love]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[8]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Bowe (Ed.)]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Faber & Faber]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780865479296]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[From the wards of New Orleans to the cornfields of Iowa to the slopes of Colorado, from the raves of Los Angeles to the hollows of Appalachia and the canyons of Wall Street, Americans talk about love. Tortured teenagers, free-spirited octogenarians, anxious Navy wives, blue-blooded bohemians, horny-but-chaste pastors, and multiply-partnered cosmopolitans tell extraordinary tales of broken hearts; sexual infidelities; improbable reconciliations; hidden, forbidden, preposterous love; and endurance against all odds. These are America’s real love stories—wise and foolish, comic and tragic, full of surprises and straight from the heart.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2010-01-05T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Brain in Love: 12 Lessons to Enhance Your Love Life]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307587893</link>
<description><![CDATA[You hold the key to stronger relationships, deeper connections, and heightened intimacy.Everyone wants to know how to improve his or her love life, but so few of us understand the integral role the brain plays in attraction, keeping us excited about our partner, and helping us feel a strong connection. Based on Dr. Daniel Amen’s cutting-edge neuroscience research, The Brain in Love shares twelve lessons that help you enhance your love life through understanding and improving brain function. Filled with practical suggestions and information on how to have lasting and more fulfilling relationships, The Brain in Love reveals:• How emotional and physical intimacy can help prevent heart disease, improve memory, stave off cancer, and boost your immune system• How the differences between men’s and women’s brains affect our perceptions and interest in sex • The science behind why breakups hurt so much, and what you can do to ease the pain• Surefire techniques to fix common problems–depression, PMS, ADD–that contribute to conflicts• How to make yourself unforgettable to your partnerThe Brain in Love explains everything there is to know about the brain in love and lust, guiding you to the emotional and physical intimacy you need.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Brain in Love: 12 Lessons to Enhance Your Love Life]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[9]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel G. Amen]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Three Rivers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307587893]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[You hold the key to stronger relationships, deeper connections, and heightened intimacy.Everyone wants to know how to improve his or her love life, but so few of us understand the integral role the brain plays in attraction, keeping us excited about our partner, and helping us feel a strong connection. Based on Dr. Daniel Amen’s cutting-edge neuroscience research, The Brain in Love shares twelve lessons that help you enhance your love life through understanding and improving brain function. Filled with practical suggestions and information on how to have lasting and more fulfilling relationships, The Brain in Love reveals:• How emotional and physical intimacy can help prevent heart disease, improve memory, stave off cancer, and boost your immune system• How the differences between men’s and women’s brains affect our perceptions and interest in sex • The science behind why breakups hurt so much, and what you can do to ease the pain• Surefire techniques to fix common problems–depression, PMS, ADD–that contribute to conflicts• How to make yourself unforgettable to your partnerThe Brain in Love explains everything there is to know about the brain in love and lust, guiding you to the emotional and physical intimacy you need.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-07-14T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781570628122</link>
<description><![CDATA["Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." In this book, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships—one that focuses not on finding an ideal mate, but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness,  How to Be an Adult in Relationships  explores five hallmarks of mindful loving and how they play a key role in our relationships throughout life:     Attention to the present moment; observing, listening, and noticing all the feelings at play in our relationships.   Acceptance of ourselves and others just as we are.   Appreciation of all our gifts, our limits, our longings, and our poignant human predicament.   Affection shown through holding and touching in respectful ways.   Allowing life and love to be just as they are, with all their ecstasy and ache, without trying to take control.  When deeply understood and applied, these five simple concepts—what Richo calls the five A's—form the basis of mature love. They help us to move away from judgment, fear, and blame to a position of openness, compassion, and realism about life and relationships. By giving and receiving these five A's, relationships become deeper and more meaningful, and they become a ground for personal transformation.]]></description>
<ttl>360</ttl>
<dc:title><![CDATA[How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving]]></dc:title>
<bsbl:rank><![CDATA[10]]></bsbl:rank>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Richo]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Shambhala]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781570628122]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Most people think of love as a feeling," says David Richo, "but love is not so much a feeling as a way of being present." In this book, Richo offers a fresh perspective on love and relationships—one that focuses not on finding an ideal mate, but on becoming a more loving and realistic person. Drawing on the Buddhist concept of mindfulness,  How to Be an Adult in Relationships  explores five hallmarks of mindful loving and how they play a key role in our relationships throughout life:     Attention to the present moment; observing, listening, and noticing all the feelings at play in our relationships.   Acceptance of ourselves and others just as we are.   Appreciation of all our gifts, our limits, our longings, and our poignant human predicament.   Affection shown through holding and touching in respectful ways.   Allowing life and love to be just as they are, with all their ecstasy and ache, without trying to take control.  When deeply understood and applied, these five simple concepts—what Richo calls the five A's—form the basis of mature love. They help us to move away from judgment, fear, and blame to a position of openness, compassion, and realism about life and relationships. By giving and receiving these five A's, relationships become deeper and more meaningful, and they become a ground for personal transformation.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-06-18T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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