That Which Doesn't Kill Us: How One Couple Became Stronger at the Broken Places - Softcover

Bloom, Charlie; Bloom, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996578552 ISBN 13: 9780996578554

Publisher: Sacred Life Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

Sometimes a relationship can feel hopelessly broken but can be resuscitated and even strengthened. Here's how one couple came back from the edge and how you can too!This is the story of a couple's ten-year journey that took them through a series of ordeals that crippled their family and nearly destroyed their marriage. Trained as psychotherapists and practicing relationship counselors, both Charlie and Linda found that their professional training wasn't enough to free them from the challenges they encountered during a profoundly difficult time in which their marriage was broken, and hanging by threads.

This book explicitly address the increasingly prevalent problem of dealing with the challenge of balancing the work/family equation and provides examples of the kinds of marriage-threatening ordeals that are becoming increasingly familiar to couples and families throughout America and much of the rest of the developed world. It is written in alternating chapters which provide the reader with details of the both Linda's and Charlie's inner struggles as well as the interpersonal turmoil that they endured, learned from and ultimately overcame. The book provides the deep wisdom  that has come to inform The Blooms' work with couples and gives the reader an understanding of the process of developing the traits, practices and skills that are necessary to navigate the often treacherous waters that  committed partnerships must contend with in the 21st century.

 In the end, Charlie and Linda were able to not only salvage their marriage; they also managed to establish a connection that brought their relationship a depth of intimacy, trust, and integrity far beyond what they had ever previously experienced.

The process of their miraculous recovery is presented in vivid detail and reads like a riveting novel. The Blooms' unfolding story illuminates the essential practices necessary to breathe life back into a failing marriage and move into a deep, loving connection that surpasses even the dreams that each partner had dared to hope to fulfill.

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Review

"The Blooms have found the solution to learning from and becoming stronger due to life's difficulties. Let them become your coach through this book."
-- Bernie Siegel, MD author of Love, Medicine, & Miracles

"This is the nitty-gritty work of conscious relationship. It is brimming with life: confusion and clarity, cancer and healing, depression and joy - the struggle to stay afloat and the healing that comes with the deep exploration of the heart. This is a life lesson for the heart that wishes to transform the mind, a model for balancing wounded relationships, a book of co-creation."
-- Stephen and Ondrea Levine-co-authors of Embraced by the Beloved

"'Love' and 'relationships' are two of the most misunderstood and abused concepts in modern life, the stuff of fantasies and hopes that have filled a thousand novels and a million dreams. Suggestion: If you are working to craft a fulfilling relationship with a partner, cut to the chase and read Linda and Charlie Bloom's That Which Doesn't Kill Us.  This is a 'report from the front' -- the actual cauldron that purifies those who are willing to bring honesty, integrity and courage to the noble work of crafting a loving relationship that works."
-- Larry Dossey, M.D., Author of One Mind:  How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Greater Consciousness Consciousness and Why It Matters

"The memoir-duet you hold in your hands is a rare gift. It is a relationship book that does not offer easy formulas for happily ever after. Instead, it shares the raw and honest learning of marriage and its inevitable crises.  Charlie and Linda Bloom are two of the most profound observers and teachers of love and commitment.  Here they share their own intimate secrets and suffering and joys and redemption in a way that allows us to feel less alone in our own struggles and to learn from their wise and hard-earned love. The beautiful and aching discord and harmony presented in these pages could only be created by two lives strung together so skillfully."
--Doug Abrams, co-author of The Book of Joy

"With vulnerability, transparency and courage, Linda and Charlie Bloom invite us to watch the movie of their marriage, day by day, from reel to real. A touching and authentic collaboration, this book will inspire you to go the distance with your own relationship--until you receive the full abundance of its emotional and spiritual gifts!"
--Daphne Rose Kingma, author of The Future of Love: The Power of the Soul In Intimate Relationships

The Blooms' memoir addresses some of the most prevalent challenges that are present in nearly all committed relationships. That Which Doesn't Kill Us is destined to become a classic in the genre of relationship literature. It's a real page-turner and hard to put down. Charlie and Linda reveal through their ruthless honesty, the details of what caused them to sink so low and how they were able to salvage what appeared to be a "dead on arrival" marriage. This book is gripping, compelling, and inspiring. Ignore its teachings at your peril!
--Gerald Jampolsky, M.D. and Diane Cirincione-Jampolsky, Ph.D. Co-authors of Aging With Attitude

"Linda and Charlie Bloom's honest account of their heart-wrenching and redemptive journey moved me deeply. It left me with hope and encouragement that when I come to places in my marriage that seem dead-ends, if I'm willing to keep opening up to what's possible--I just might find myself in a relationship so beautiful -it was simply unimaginable.  This book will stay with you for years to come. A gem-thank you!"
--Renee Trudeau, author of The Mother's Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life and Nurturing the Soul of Your Family

About this edition

• Publisher: Sacred Life Publishers
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0996578552
• ISBN 13: 9780996578554
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252