Loving Him without Losing You: How to Stop Disappearing and Start Being Yourself
This book clearly explains why so many women find themselves in fantasy marriages and romances with real men.  Beverly Engel urges women to think, evaluate, and risk rejection before they repeatedly jump into the same trap. In a gentle voice, she offers commonsense guidelines for telling the truth, learning to trust perceptions, and using solitude. --(Evelyn Streit Cohen, M.S., M.A., marriage and family therapist and coauthor of Couple Fits: How to Live with the Person You Love)A terrific book, written with authority and sensitivity to men as well as women--(.full of useful, fresh information.--(Bradley Gerstman, Esq., Christopher Pizzo, CPA, and Rich Seldes, M.D., authors of What Men Want and Marry Me!)"Groundbreaking, provocative, and substantial, this book will light the fire of every woman who seeks true intimacy and strength."--(Salli Rasberry, coauthor of Living Your Life Out Loud)An abundant supply of useful strategies .  Unique for its readers--(Sheila A. Rogovin, Ph.D., psychotherapist and coauthor of Couple Fits: How to Live with the Person You Love)Again, Beverly Engel has identified a widespread problem and provided womenwith wise guidelines for bursting through it.  She writes with compassion and insight.  If you think you are a 'disappearing woman, you will drink in this book as if it were a health-giving elixir.  It is!--(Susan Page, author of How One of You Can Bring the Two of You Together and If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single?)"Loving Him without Losing You is a powerful and practical guide to relationships that every woman should read!"--(Barbara De Angelis, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of Secrets About Life Every Woman Should Know and Are You the One for Me?)"This is a book of depth and power. I highly recommend it not only to women who lose themselves in their relationships with men but to the parents of adolescent girls who need to be taught how to view themselves as valuable beings separate from their relationships with men and boys."--(Michael Gurian, author ofThe Good Son and A Fine Young Man)"When I was in college, we were all Disappearing Women.  We didn't even think about it; that's just the way things were.  Some of us grew out of it; some didn't.  If we all had had this book, our lives might have turned out much differently.  Buy this book so you can become your authentic self."--(Randi Kreger, coauthor ofStop Walking on Eggshells)"InLoving Him Without Losing YouBeverly Engel offers powerful wisdom and insight concerning the age-old problem of women losing themselves in their relationships with men. Unlike so many others, Beverly doesn't take the easy way out by blaming men but instead explores the phenomenon from a biological, cultural, and psychological perspective and offers women empowering suggestions about how to take responsibility for changing their situations."--(Patti McDermott, author ofHow to Talk to Your Husband; How  to Talk to Your Wife)"Loving Him Without Losing Youis a wonderful resource and guide to finding oneself and tapping into creativity as a part of one's foundation for a life well lived. I recommend it highly."--(Lucia Capacchione, Ph.D.,author ofVisioning: Ten Steps to  Designing the Life of Your Dreams andThe Creative Journal)--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.