Rebuilding
When Your Relationship Ends
Published on 1. November 2016
330 pages
978-1-62625-825-9 (ISBN)
Description
Divorce is rarely easy, often painful, and can even chip away at our sense of self. Rebuilding is the number one trusted resource on divorce recovery. In print for over thirty-five years, this classic self-help book is now available in an updated fourth edition, featuring a new introduction by coauthor Robert Alberti. Inside, readers will find time-tested tools to help "rebuild" their lives after divorce.
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Introduction to the Fourth Edition
- 1. The Rebuilding Blocks
- 2. Denial
- "I Can't Believe This Is Happening to Me!"
- 3. Fear
- "I Have Lots of It!"
- 4. Adaptation
- "But It Worked When I Was a Kid!"
- 5. Loneliness
- "I've Never Felt So Alone"
- 6. Friendship
- "Where Has Everybody Gone?"
- 7. Guild/Rejection
- Dumpers: 1
- Dumpees: 0
- 8. Grief
- "There's This Terrible Feeling of Loss"
- 9. Anger
- "Damn the S.O.B.!"
- 10. Letting Go
- Disentangling Is Hard to Do
- 11. Self-Worth
- "Maybe I'm Not So Bad After All!"
- 12. Transition
- "I'm Waking Up and Putting Away My Leftovers"
- 13. Openness
- "I've Been Hiding Behind a Mask"
- 14. Love
- "Could Somebody Really Care for Me?"
- 15. Trust
- "My Love Wound Is Beginning to Heal"
- 16. Relatedness
- "Growing Relationships Help Me Rebuild"
- 17. Sexuality
- "I'm Interested, but I'm Scared"
- 18. Singleness
- "You Mean It's Okay?'
- 19. Purpose
- "I Have Goals for the Future Now"
- 20. Freedom
- From Chrysalis to Butterfly
- Appendix A: Kids Are Tougher Than You Think
- The Rebuilding Blocks Process for Children
- Appendix B: The Healing Separation
- An Alternative to Divorce
- Appendix C: Contract for a Healing Separation
- Appendix D: Rebuilding Blocks for Widows and Widowers
- Rebuilding Blocks for Widows and Widowers
- Resources
