Concepts
- Nine Hard Truths
- Turecki's framework of direct, often uncomfortable realities about love—covering self-worth, lust vs. love, the impossibility of convincing someone to stay—each paired with practices for doing something different.
- The Mind Is a Battlefield
- The way internal narratives, fears, and self-limiting beliefs actively sabotage relationships before external circumstances even enter the picture.
- You Cannot Convince Someone to Love You
- The painful but liberating truth that romantic effort and strategy cannot manufacture genuine desire in another person, and that chasing it damages self-worth.
- Making Peace with Your Parents
- Turecki's argument that unresolved emotional contracts with parental figures are the hidden root of most recurring relationship problems in adult life.
Chapters
- Introduction. The Death of a Relationship
- Truth 1. It Begins with You
- Truth 2. The Mind Is a Battlefield
- Truth 3. Lust Is Not the Same Thing as Love
- Truth 4. You Have to Love Yourself
- Truth 5. You Must Speak Up and Tell the Truth
- Truth 6. You Need to Be Your Best Self (Even After the Honeymoon)
- Truth 7. You Cannot Convince Someone to Love You
- Truth 8. No One Is Coming to Save You
- Truth 9. You Must Make Peace with Your Parents
- Conclusion. It's Never Too Late to Choose Yourself
- Acknowledgments
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Published
- January 14, 2025
Publisher
- Harperone Large Print