This is NOT a Second Honeymoon: Helping Couples Survive Spending A Lot of Time Together: Prepared in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Christopher L Smith

During the COVID-19 Pandemic, many couples are finding themselves under "Stay at Home Orders", having to shelter in place. On the surface, this could seem like an ideal opportunity for the fun and romance for which there is not normally the time and energy. But then the reality sets in - your partner and you will be sharing the same space day after day, hour after hour, minute after minute. Conflicts arise. New problems develop between you. There is nowhere to go to get away from the old problems that can seem even bigger now.Some people have said that couples will get through these times in different ways but that this will result in creating a child, filing for a divorce, or both. However, the choices are greater than these. This time could help your relationship to not only survive but to thrive. There are lots of things to look out for and different strategies to help you through the minefield that these times create. This book provides you with ways fo you and your partner to be strategic.If you are finding yourself in a situation where you are spending all your time around your partner and are feeling its impact on your relationship, this book is the right place for you. The explorations on its pages will help you with things you are already experiencing as well as help you be prepared for things that may still come.While the pandemic "quarantines" or "isolations" were a unique situation that prompted the preparation of this book, there are other situations that share the same dynamics. People who find themselves in these situations will also benefit from this book's wisdom. Examples of these times would be both partners entering into retirement (especially the early adjustment portion when you might spend more time at home), one partner losing their job when the other one customarily stayed home, or extended travels (especially if they are more of an obligation than a vacation).As you move through the pages of this book, not every suggestion will be good for you and your partner. However, among the suggestions, you should find some new ideas that are promising for you as well as reminders of some things you used to do that would be helpful if you brought them back into your relationship. Throughout your journey, you will be guided by the author who has worked with couples for decades. As a marriage and family therapist, he has seen the depths of how bad relationships can become as well as how effective both relatively simple techniques and guided explorations of where both partners are can be. He has also worked with couples as a pastor and as a chaplain, seeing couples in a wide variety of states. Those states include times full of hope, promise, joy, and love as couples prepare to make commitments to spend their lives together, "for better or for worse." Just because you may have made that promise does not mean that you are obligated to make the worse be as bad as it can be - work through challenges and make the worse not as bad as it could otherwise be. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a lot of talk about "flattening the curve", now is your chance to flatten the curve of the problems not being apart can create in your relationship. Work with things in manageable pieces. For each challenge raised, we will explore strategies that you can use to address it and find relief. Are you ready for this journey?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B088B59PTW
• ISBN13: 9798640595451
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"