The Nature Of Love And Relationships: Generally Acceptable Relationship Principles For The New Era

Over the last few decades, we have developed wrong perceptions about the nature of love and the purpose of relationships. With drastic changes in social values and lifestyles, our expectations from relationships have skyrocketed in line with our escalating personal aspirations. However, all these idealistic needs have only led to more distress for everybody. The rising divorce rate and endless family conflicts reflect the hectic environment of relationships. These facts also reveal that our present methods of dealing with relationship hurdles have failed. While focusing on the symptoms of relationship failures, we have ignored the roots of the problems as a social pandemic. Thus, it is time now to recognize the complexity of relationships in new societies and analyze the real sources of family conflicts. It appears that we need radical solutions compatible with our new social values and expanding personal needs. A main goal of this book is to help couples review their men-talities about the capacity and purpose of relationships. Another objective is to suggest a framework that can assist couples assess their relationships more realistically. It is time to appreciate the need for viewing relationships in a new light consistent with the characteristics of new lifestyles. Instead of searching all our lives for a soul mate and an ideal relationship, we must find a way to relate more effectively, while strengthening our identity and individualism too.

• | Author: Tom Omidi, Ph.d.|Tom Omidi Ph D
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Apr 30, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 542 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1533030456
• | ISBN-13: 9781533030450