Adult Children as Husbands, Wives, and Lovers

Do you go out of your way to avoid conflict in your primary relationship? Do you feel that your partner is emotionally closed off from you? Does the fear of abandonment overwhelm you and make you cling to your partner?

Dr. Steven Farmer is a world-renowned author, Soul Healer, shamanic practitioner, and spiritual teacher. He is the author of the recently released Healing Ancestral Karma as well as other bestsellers, including Earth Magic®, Earth Magic® Oracle Cards, Animal Spirit Guides, Pocket Guide to Spirit Animals, Sacred Ceremony, and many other publications, including Children’s Spirit Animal Cards, Children’s Spirit Animal Stories CD Volumes I & II. He conducts workshops and trainings on a variety of topics related to Earth Magic®, Soul Healing, shamanism, and Earth-centered spirituality, and offers private consultations face to face or by phone for Earth Magic intuitive readings and shamanic and psychospiritual healing.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Love, Sweat, and Tears	p. 1
Emotions	p. 5
Your Family's Rules: Don't Feel and Don't Talk	p. 7
Shutting Down to Stay Alive	p. 9
Childhood Trauma = Shell-shocked Adult	p. 10
Laugh and Play and Cry: Awakening Your Inner Child	p. 14
How Do Men and Women Really Feel?	p. 20
Solutions: How to Feel Better	p. 20
Control	p. 33
Your Family: Lessons in Control	p. 35
"Now That I'm Grown Up ..."	p. 38
Solutions: Letting Go of Control	p. 48
Boundaries	p. 63
You, Your Limits, and Your Family	p. 65
Now That We're Adults	p. 69
Solutions: Setting and Maintaining Boundaries	p. 77
Intimacy	p. 91
The Five Ingredients for Intimacy	p. 93
Your Family: Training Ground for Avoiding Intimacy	p. 98
Past Decisions, Present Barriers	p. 99
The Truth About Intimacy	p. 107
Solutions: How to Do This Thing Called Intimacy	p. 112
Conflict	p. 129
Back to the Family	p. 131
Adult Child Strategies for Dealing with Conflict	p. 132
Why Does It Have to Be This Way? The Cause of Conflict	p. 135
Solutions: We Can Work It Out	p. 138
Commitment	p. 157
'Til Death Do Us Part: Family Ties	p. 160
Growing Up Uncertain: Commitment as an Adult	p. 162
Solutions: Making Commitments That Work	p. 168
Suggested Readings	p. 183
Index	p. 185
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