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Matters of the heart : healing your relationship with yourself and those you love / Thema Bryant, PhD.

Bryant, Thema, 1973- (author.).

Summary:

"As a psychologist and minister with more than twenty years of experience, Dr. Thema understands how challenging it can be to create and cultivate healthy relationships--and how critical it is for our well-being. Matters of the Heart draws on the wisdom of science, sacredness, and lived experience to help readers tend to the garden of their hearts and build their best relational lives. Dr. Thema shares evidence-informed practices, traits, and skills that can enhance your relationships overall, as well as solutions to challenges within common relationship dynamics. Whether you are trying to level up a happy relationship or rebuild trust after an unhappy one, Matters of the Heart will empower you to connect to yourself and to others, heal your heart, and thrive in all areas of your life." --Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780593719145
ISBN: 059371914X
Physical Description: xix, 230 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York : TarcherPerigee, [2025]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-228).

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction: Why your heart matters -- I: Your relationship with yourself. Enhancing self-compassion -- Healing self-abandonment, self-neglect, and people-pleasing -- Healing insecurity and unworthiness -- II: Foundations of healthy relationships. Building healthy friendships and romantic relationships -- Keys to a healthy relationship -- Being more emotionally available -- Moving from passive to assertive -- Gentleness: Healing harshness and releasing warrior mode -- Relationship beliefs: Shifting your mindset -- III: Healing relationship wounds. Healing parental wounds and attachment issues -- Loneliness -- Healing from infidelity -- Repairing broken friendships -- Healing without an apology -- Releasing someone who doesn't love you -- Healing control issues -- IV: Conclusion. Nourish your heart: Upgrade your life -- Additional resources -- Acknowledgments.