The ABC Newsletter, 6th December 2018 – Updated on 27th February 2020
Top Secrets for Building a Successful Relationship
HOW TO HAVE A WONDERFUL, HAPPY RELATIONSHIP – GUIDANCE FOR COUPLES
By Jim Byrne, Doctor of Counselling
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Hello,

It’s been some time since I sent out a newsletter about our writing and publishing activities at ABC Coaching and Counselling Services. Renata is at an advanced stage in the writing of her book on Sleep Science and the benefits of adequate sleep.
And I have just published my new book on How to Build a Successful Relationship. Here is a flavour of the content of that book.
What is love?

According to one popular view, to create love, you have to exert yourself in pursuit of the happiness of another person. We show our love through appropriate actions. And inappropriate actions tend to destroy love.
When we have worked successfully to create a loving relationship, we know intimately that love is sweeter than honey; warmer than the warmest blanket; and more sustaining than the most enjoyable food. For more, please go to this web page: https://abc-counselling.org/happy-marriage-or-couple-relationships/
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This book has now been superseded by the following title:
How to Have a Wonderful, Loving Relationship:
Helpful insights for couples and lovers
By Jim Byrne (with Renata Taylor-Byrne)
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Originally published with the title, Top secrets for Building a Successful Relationship, in 2018. Reissued with a new title and minor changes in November 2019.
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Do you sometimes feel that you are just reliving your parents’ relationship? The unworkable, misery-inducing pattern that you witnessed in childhood? If so, you are probably right. That is most often how relationships turn out, unless you wake up and begin to change your unconscious pattern of relating.
Most human beings long to be engaged in a loving relationship with another person who they like and admire, and who likes, admires, loves and respects them in turn.
But most people have no idea how to bring this about.
A few lucky people will automatically ‘know’ what to do, non-consciously, because they had parents who openly demonstrated their love for each other.
If your parents did not love, like, respect and/or care for each other; or they failed to demonstrate active love for you; then you are going to have to learn from scratch. But do not despair. The answers to your problem can be found in this book…
PAPERBACK and eBOOK ON RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS…
Find out how to reprogram yourself for a loving, joyful, peaceful relationship that enriches your life, instead of making you miserable and disappointed. To find out some more about this process, please click this link.***
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The need for love
Love is actually an essential requirement for a fulfilling life. It is not an optional extra. Love is food for the soul, from the soul! Without it, we wither and die inside. A loveless life is a curse; a strain; a barren journey through a valueless vacuum.
Love warms the coldest night, and brightens the dullest day. It warms the heart, and drives the blues away. Love makes us glad to be alive, and to be connected to the one we love. For more, please go to this web page: https://abc-counselling.org/happy-marriage-or-couple-relationships/
Learning how to love
But if you come from a family background in which love was in short supply, how do you then learn to love? How can you succeed in becoming a loving partner in a loving relationship? The answer is to read this book, by Dr Jim Byrne, based on his experience of:
– Being a couple’s therapist for more than twenty years;
– Completing his own marriage guidance in 1984, and co-creating a thirty-four-year relationship of great happiness, love and joy with his wife, Renata; And:
– Studying love and relationship and communication skills for about thirty-five years.
For more, please go to this web page: https://abc-counselling.org/happy-marriage-or-couple-relationships/
The content of this book
In this book, you will learn:
– Some guidelines for building a successful relationship;
– Some insights into how to manage your emotions for more effective regulation of your side of a sex-love relationship;
– How to love, actively and sensitively; Plus:
– How to communicate about anything that comes up in your relationship. Also:
– How to avoid getting into the wrong kind of relationship, or for the wrong reasons; And/or:
– How to avoid holding unrealistic expectations of a sex-love relationship. Plus:
– Insights into your conflict-management style, and how to improve it;
– Strategies for changing any of your unhelpful relationship habits.
You will also get:

– A very interesting introduction to the theory that our marriage partnership is shaped, for better or worse, in our family of origin; and how to reshape your ‘route map’ for finding a suitable partner; Or:
– How to change the way you relate to your current partner; Plus:
– Insights into how to manage boundaries in relationships; And:
– Some illuminating case studies of couple relationships that have gone wrong; and what you can learn from those mistakes.
For more, please go to this web page: https://abc-counselling.org/happy-marriage-or-couple-relationships/
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This book has now been superseded by the following title:
How to Have a Wonderful, Loving Relationship:
Helpful insights for couples and lovers
By Jim Byrne (with Renata Taylor-Byrne)
~~~
Originally published with the title, Top secrets for Building a Successful Relationship, in 2018. Reissued with a new title and minor changes in November 2019.
~~~
Do you sometimes feel that you are just reliving your parents’ relationship? The unworkable, misery-inducing pattern that you witnessed in childhood? If so, you are probably right. That is most often how relationships turn out, unless you wake up and begin to change your unconscious pattern of relating.
Most human beings long to be engaged in a loving relationship with another person who they like and admire, and who likes, admires, loves and respects them in turn.
But most people have no idea how to bring this about.
A few lucky people will automatically ‘know’ what to do, non-consciously, because they had parents who openly demonstrated their love for each other.
If your parents did not love, like, respect and/or care for each other; or they failed to demonstrate active love for you; then you are going to have to learn from scratch. But do not despair. The answers to your problem can be found in this book…
PAPERBACK and eBOOK ON RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS…
Find out how to reprogram yourself for a loving, joyful, peaceful relationship that enriches your life, instead of making you miserable and disappointed. To find out some more about this process, please click this link.***
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What you can gain from studying this book:
This book is packed with useful information, presented in a ‘training manual’ form. If you follow this study program, you will gain:
– A greater capacity to love;
– Skills to help you to communicate more effectively with your partner;
– Insights into your conflict management style, and how to change it;
– Helpful strategies for changing your relationship habits; And, ultimately:
– Greater happiness in love and relationship, resulting from the fact that the love you create will be returned by your partner; and you will have lots more peace and harmony in your family life.
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This book is available in paperback and eBook formats, via Amazon. For more on how to get it, please go to this web page: https://abc-counselling.org/happy-marriage-or-couple-relationships/
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I hope you found this newsletter interesting.
Best wishes,
Jim
Dr Jim Byrne, Doctor of Counselling, Hebden Bridge
Email: jim.byrne@abc-counselling.com
Telephone: 44 01422 843 629
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This book has now been superseded by the following title:
How to Have a Wonderful, Loving Relationship:
Helpful insights for couples and lovers
By Jim Byrne (with Renata Taylor-Byrne)
~~~
Originally published with the title, Top secrets for Building a Successful Relationship, in 2018. Reissued with a new title and minor changes in November 2019.
~~~
Do you sometimes feel that you are just reliving your parents’ relationship? The unworkable, misery-inducing pattern that you witnessed in childhood? If so, you are probably right. That is most often how relationships turn out, unless you wake up and begin to change your unconscious pattern of relating.
Most human beings long to be engaged in a loving relationship with another person who they like and admire, and who likes, admires, loves and respects them in turn.
But most people have no idea how to bring this about.
A few lucky people will automatically ‘know’ what to do, non-consciously, because they had parents who openly demonstrated their love for each other.
If your parents did not love, like, respect and/or care for each other; or they failed to demonstrate active love for you; then you are going to have to learn from scratch. But do not despair. The answers to your problem can be found in this book…
PAPERBACK and eBOOK ON RELATIONSHIP AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS…
Find out how to reprogram yourself for a loving, joyful, peaceful relationship that enriches your life, instead of making you miserable and disappointed. To find out some more about this process, please click this link.***
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