Reigniting The Spark: Why Stable Relationships Lose Intimacy and How to Get It Back

Create a Relationship That Lasts

Dr. Bruce Chalmer’s Reigniting the Spark shows couples how to build a lasting relationship full of passion and fulfillment. You’ll learn how to improve your communication, have better sex, and avoid pointless arguments.

Dr. Chalmer combines his expertise in science with thirty years of experience as a couples therapist to show how you can restore intimacy and overcome any relationship problem to create and maintain a lively, loving, lasting relationship. He offers a unique perspective on the role of faith—not necessarily religious—in relationships.

Whatever your faith background, religious or secular, Dr. Chalmer’s approach to faith as a key to unlocking intimacy will inform and inspire you.

This book explores the most common issues that sap the happiness out of a relationship and shows you exactly what to do to turn it around. Written in a relatable and easy-to-understand style, Reigniting the Spark will help you better understand yourself and your partner so you can both be more satisfied.

Whether you’re reading alone or with a partner, Reigniting the Spark will teach you:

• How to build and restore intimacy, trust, and a deep connection in your relationship
• How to identify triggering issues like trauma that could be sapping the joy out of your relationship, and exactly what to do about it
• A list of bad reasons people get married—and one good one
• How to go from plain old sex, to good sex, to sacred sex
• How to be your best self when your partner has been unfaithful
• How to know when to break up, and when to work through the inevitable growing pains in your relationship

Reigniting the Spark is for any couple who’s ready to create a stronger, more fulfilling relationship.

You’ll love this book if you like these books:

• The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by Jon Gottman and Nan Silver
• Kosher Sex by Shmuley Boteach
• Mating in Captivity by Esther Perel
• The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman
• Getting the Love You Want by Harville Hendricks and Helen Hunt

Dr. Bruce Chalmer has been a psychologist working with couples for over thirty years. Through his teaching, consulting, and Youtube videos about relationships, his ideas have helped thousands of couples and their therapists.

He has also served in leadership positions in Jewish communities in Vermont, and is a musician and composer. He lives in South Burlington, Vermont with his wife Judy Alexander.