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May 24, 2000
in Print
By Chuck Spezzano, Ph.D.
Marlowe & Company; 1998
I f It Hurts, It Is n 't L o ve's razor-
sharp principles are guaranteed to
stop you in your treks: W hat 1 think
I need is w hat I am called to give.
Depression is the fearthat something
new will leave me. If my partner
loses, I will end up paying the bill.
T he longer I hold on, the m ore I
lose. Every pow er struggle is a
rem inder o f place w here I have
been hurt. Jealousy is a birthing
place. C huck Spezzano, the author
o f these and the 360 other daily
principles in this book, is a true
original. A student and teacher o f
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Focus
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If It Hurts, It Isn’t Love
human psychology for thirty years,
S pezzano brings to this volum e
deep-seated w isdom and dow n-to-
earth insights into the human heart
and m ind, and a bedrock b elief that
our relationships are “unabashedly
s p i r i t u a l .”
As
few
o th e r
Making Peace
with Your Past
r e la tio n s h ip s e x p e r ts d o , h e
encourages us to dispel the pain and
hurt that often characterize our most
significant relationships, and urges
us to transform ourselves - and
thereby our relationships with those
w hom w e m ust love.
M a k in g
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• TO HEAL AND TRANSFORM
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RELATIONSHIPS
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By Harlod Bloomfield, M.D.
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Do y o u ...
• H arbor guilt, gripes, o r g rudges from past
relationships?
Feel plagued by thoughts like “ If only I h ad . . . ” or
“ 1 w ish 1 d id n ’t . . . ”?
• T hink “O h, no, not again !” w hen personal
problem s arise?
• Feel asham ed o f things y o u ’ve done?
• W ish you could apologize to som eone y o u ’ve
w ronged and be forgiven?
• F e e l v ic tim iz e d b y p a s t
experiences?
• W ish you could set the record
s tr a i g h t - a n d f in a lly be
vindicated?
• W onder w hy life h asn ’t turned
out the w ay you w anted?
Feel anxious o r depressed about
your future?
• Seem to be less happy as tim e
goes by?
If you answ ered yeas to even one
o f these questions, y o u 'v e com e
to the right
place. It’s tim e to m ake peace
w ith your past.
T he past lives on in everything
you th in k , feel, say, and do.
M edical studies show that adults
w h o ’ve had adverse childhood
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