Real Love: The Truth about Finding Unconditional Love & Fulfilling Relationships

by Greg Baer

Overview

"He rocked my foundation! Greg Baer touched me deeply. He's got the answer to finding happiness in life."—Tony Trupiano, Talk America

Why do most of us search our entire lives for loving and happy relationships but rarely find them? What is the "secret something" that all relationships need in order to thrive? Dr. Greg Baer found the answers to these questions while working with thousands of individuals and couples. In Real Love, he shares his enlightening and practical blueprint for creating successful relationships and reveals the secret to finding and keeping what he calls "Real Love."

In Real Love, you'll discover:

·         The difference between Imitation Love and Real Love
·         How to eliminate conflicts with spouses, children, parents, friends and colleagues
·         How to put an end to destructive “Getting” and “Protecting” behaviors
·         How Real Love can eliminate anger, resentment, and fear
·         The four steps to finding Real Love

With Real Love as your guide you can begin to heal the wounds of your past and create rewarding and fulfilling relationships in every area of your life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781440626760
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/19/2004
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	979,998
File size:	513 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

For twenty years, Greg Baer, M.D. was a highly successful surgeon, teacher, civic leader, and entrepreneur. But despite all his accomplishments, wealth, and respect, he felt empty and unhappy. He became a drug addict and nearly committed suicide. In his subsequent search for genuine happiness, he learned some principles that have changed the lives of hundreds of thousands. After Dr. Baer retired from one of the busiest solo eye surgery practices in the United States, he began a new career of writing, teaching, and speaking. He has so far written 17 books about relationships, marriage, and parenting, which have been translated into multiple languages, and published worldwide; produced the three-CD audio series, The Truth About Love and Lies; produced the six-DVD set (with Workbook) The Essentials of Real Love; produced the PBS television special, Real Answers, viewed nationwide; appeared on over 1500 radio and television programs from coast to coast in the United States; counseled personally with thousands of individuals and couples, profoundly changing their lives with the principles and power of Real Love; written thousands of blogs; conducted over 300 seminars and corporate trainings and delivered speeches to audiences around the world where he has taught the principles of Real Love; and developed a comprehensive website that offers Real Love education through video coaching, thousands of blogs, weekly video chats, support forums, and much more. An extensive Master Index is conveniently available to help you navigate through these resources. Dr. Baer and his wife, Donna, are the parents of seven children and live in Rome, Georgia.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	xi
1	The Missing Ingredient: What Relationships Really Need	1
	The Missing Ingredient
	Real Love and Genuine Happiness
	The Destructive Legacy of Conditional Love
	Drowning for Lack of Love
2	Getting and Protecting: The Many Faces of Imitation Love	18
	The Many Faces of Imitation Love
	The Cost of Imitation Love
	Getting and Protecting Behaviors
	Getting and Protecting (Why Do We Do That?)
	I Love You Because...
	Making Choices
	Changing Our Choices
3	Being Seen and Getting Loved: The Tale of the Wart King and the Wise Man	41
	The Tale of the Wart King and the Wise Man
	How to Recognize and Find Real Love: Truth to Senn to Accepted to Loved
	The Truth About Relationships and Individual Choices
	The Difference Between Asking and Expecting
4	Taking the Leap of Faith: Everyday Wise Men and How to Find Them	63
	Remember the Wart King
	Being Patient: Don't Expect Brass Bands
	Having a Desire to Change
	Exercising Faith
	Telling the Truth About Yourself
	Giving Up the Getting and Protecting Behaviors
5	The Effect of Real Love: Like Money in the Bank	117
	Real Love Is Like Money in the Bank
	The Effect of Real Love on the Past and the Present
	Real Love: The Answer to All Our Relationship "Problems"
	The Need for Consistent Real Love
	Magnifying the Effect of Real Love with Gratitude
6	Sharing Your Fortune: The Power of Loving Others	136
	Loved: We Can't Give What We Don't Have
	Seeing: The Elimination of Our Own Blindness
	Accepting: The Natural, Peaceful Result of Seeing
	Loving: Caring About the Happiness of Other People
7	Playing a Beautiful Duet: The Joys of Mutually Loving Relationships	170
	Telling the Truth About Ourselves
	Telling the Truth About Our Partner
	Telling the Truth All the Time
	Making Requests
	Working Things Out
	Faith in Mutual Love
	Becoming One
8	Real Love in All Our Relationships: Spouses, Children, Friends, and Co-workers	188
	The Truth About Marriage
	Exclusive Relationships
	Sex in Relationships
	The Truth About Parenting
	Family, Friends, Co-workers, and Everyone Else
	Our Relationship with God
9	Dealing With Obstacles on the Path to Real Love: Disappointment, Anger, and Getting and Protecting Behaviors	227
	Eliminating Conflict
	Dealing with Getting and Protecting Behaviors
	Ending a Relationship (Including Divorce)

Editorial Reviews

"He rocked my foundation! Greg Baer touched me deeply. He's got the answer to finding happiness in life."
Tony Trupiano, Talk America
 
"I've read all the books and heard all the great speakers, but Greg just blew me away! Real Love is the missing piece. What a seminar, what a presenter! This has changed my life. Thank you."
A. Smith, Georgia
 
"Dr. Baer is a leader and visionary in our time. He explains relationships in a way everyone can understand. He's doing benchmark work in relationships."
Al Hunkin, author, speaker, and radio host

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