| Breaking up is hard to do. For days, weeks, | | | | recuperating from a break up is "The Breakup |
| months and even years, the pain of a failed | | | | Repair Kit: How to Heal Your Broken Heart." |
| relationship will plague you. Consciously or not, the | | | | Written by Marni Kamins and Janice MacLeod, the |
| tendency is to do a post-mortem of | | | | book can be best summed up as a breakup |
| what-has-been as well as pining for | | | | encyclopedia. It details eight stages of healing |
| what-could-still-be. And while the pain lingers, you | | | | after the breakup and how we can survive all |
| need to understand that you can survive a break | | | | these stages. And because depression is a |
| up. All you need is the right perspective to get | | | | common stage after breakups, the book also |
| over it, move on and move forward. | | | | provides ways on how to detect and overcome |
| If you are looking for the latest relationship advice | | | | it. |
| on how to get through such painful break ups, | | | | One of the more famous books about breakups |
| here is a (partial) list of books that might interest | | | | is the one involving Bridget Jones. In this novel by |
| you. These books - written by noted | | | | Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones - a thirty-something |
| psychologists and authors and the so-called 'bad | | | | singe working woman living in London - writes |
| boys-come celebrities - can help lighten your love | | | | about her career, self-image, vices, family, friends |
| burden and inspire you to take another chance at | | | | and romantic relationships. She writes about her |
| love and romance. | | | | painful breakup with her boss and how she was |
| One of the books that can help you improve your | | | | able to find the relationship she needs in the |
| outlook about the L word is Dr. Phil McGraw's | | | | person of Mark Darcy. |
| "Love Smart: Find The One You Want - Fix The | | | | If you are the business-minded type who prefers |
| One You Got." In this book, Dr. Phil provides tips | | | | to talk about relationships as deals, then Deal |
| on how to keep your relationship out of a rut. | | | | Breakers may just be the book you need. The |
| True to his direct, in-your-face, style, Dr. Phil tells | | | | author, Dr. Bethany Marshall, explains that the |
| is as it - no mincing of words, no sugar-coated | | | | term deal breaker is the "one non-negotiable term |
| promises of better days ahead. | | | | that, if agreed to, means the deal is off." In the |
| In the book, Dr. Phil encourages women to set | | | | world of relationships, Dr. Marshall opines that |
| the bar or a profile of what they think is the ideal | | | | identifying your deal breaker has a lot of |
| guy. And once we have that in mind, he tells us | | | | advantages as it holds out the promise of helping |
| to look for that quality in the persons we date | | | | you understand why the relationship ended, where |
| and not to settle for anything else. More | | | | it went wrong and what you need to do to avoid |
| importantly, Dr. Phil reminds us that if we want to | | | | making the same mistakes. |
| find the right one, we first need to know what it | | | | There are many more books to choose from but |
| is we want. Easier said than done, right? Well, | | | | when reading through them, you have to |
| sure. But once we have done that, then finding | | | | understand the importance of putting all you have |
| the right one may not be that hard a task. | | | | learned into action. It will be hard in the beginning |
| Another interesting book to read while | | | | but the rewards are promising. |