[OldPilot]

Just finished Women In MLC by Sally Conway.(and Jim too)

Book wasn't too bad, I thought men in MLC was better.

There is one story I am going to give you that is good for everyone.
I am going to paraphrase to make it a little shorter to type.
From page 300 and 301 in the book.

"What is the difference between a transition and a crisis?
Imagine standing on a dock waiting to get into a canoe on a lake.
As you step into the canoe you try to keep your weight in the center of the boat.
One foot is in, one foot still on the dock, the canoe starts to move away from the dock.
Your legs start to be spread even wider.
You try to reach back to the dock but your legs are spread too wide.
In the water you go!
The canoe also tips over.
YOU ARE NOW IN A CRISIS.

Instead of moving from one stable position on the dock to another stable position in the boat.
This would be a transition."

Anyway I enjoyed reading that little story!

Edit  This is the book that DGU says contains the four pllars of a MLC - Body, Spouse, Job, and God

Actually the Four Enemies are listed in the chapter called "Her Husband's Own Crisis"

[NinjaGirl]

Hey.  Cool thread.  Not sure why I didn't see this earlier.

I liked:
The seven principles for making marriage work by john gottman
Why marriages succeed or fail by john gottman
men are from mars women are from venus

How to survive your husband's midlife crisis by Gay Courter and Pat Gaudette is ok.  Wouldn't rush to the stores for it, but ok.

Then I have a bunch of anger books... somehow I don't think that applies here though. LOL.

[rediscover]

I picked up a great book at the library this week. It's really beneficial in helping GAL.
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

[In this for ME]

Had to go out of town today didn't want to.
 Wound up in a books store with my girls and started looking for The Journey from Abandonment to Healing By Susan Anderson that has been mentioned here- and there was one copy left..must have been waiting for me.

Discovering a lot about me. Abandoment issues and why I've suffered so much, so hard, and so fast in this MLC thing come from Alcholic upbringing and failed first eary marriage at 19 when that husband left me for ow also.

Helping me a lot to realize what I left unresolved. I have already done a lot of work with the alchohol issues and suspected about two weeks ago my agony that I suffering might come from that first marriage and lo and behold found myself in the pages of this book

I've foun, with me anyway, if I can read something and identify I don't feel like so much of a freak. This book is working for me. 

[OldPilot]

The Journey from Abandonment to Healing By Susan Anderson that has been mentioned here- and there was one copy left..must have been waiting for me.

Go to her website and check that out too especially the inner/outer child page on the website.


http://www.abandonment.net/professionalTrainingFrame.html

[In this for ME]

Although thsi book isn't about MLC. I find myself hunting for comforting books.

I don't have the mental ability to follow a story like a novel etc. I find myself having to read sometimes whole chapters over again due to the disquiet in my head.

But in my closet tonight I found a book that once gave me a lot of comfort and started reading it again.
It's The Book of Positive Quotations complied and arranged by John Cook. Many many quotes from the famous, infamous, and everyone in between. 543 pages of short thoughts which I can apply to my life now.
The quotes are arranged in subchapters like change, instincts, fear, worry,  taking one step at a time, self-pity and a lot of other things.

And the other thing I found and I'd wondered where it went..I found my bible 

[Trustandlove]

Hi,

This isn't an MLC book, but it's one I've been reading and it has been speaking to me. 

It's "Have a Little Faith", by Mitch Albom. 

It's an easy read; I haven't read his others but they were on the bestseller lists, so maybe others have heard of him.  It deals with a heavy topic in a very light way.  It's non-fiction, but tells a story. 

Just thought I'd add that here....

[xyzcf]

My H actually sent me that book last february and I thought, what a strange gift??? But, everything he does is strange so I try not to question anymore.

[Purple stain]

I'm currently reading "let go now embracing detachment" by Karen Casey. I like it. It talks about the things we talk on the forum. 200 meditations/prayers. You read about one per day and reflect on it. It's about God and detachment.

Check it out!

[rediscover]

Ok, I didn't get this book at the bookstore today, so I'm not recommending BUT it sure had a great title...

My Husband Said He Needed More Space, So I Locked Him Outside

But I did get this one.

Calling In "The One"
It's a seven week (49 day) guide to attracting the love of your life using the Law of Attraction.