An End to Arguing – review (AD)
I was kindly given and electronic copy of An End to Arguing by Linda and Charlie Bloom in exchange for an honest review*.
An End to Arguing book blurb
Now more than ever, couples need guidance for navigating conflict wisely and skillfully.
Drawing on insights from their work with couples since 1975, the Blooms offer practical tools and strategies that apply to all relationships.
An End to Arguing convincingly shows how destructive conflicts can be avoided, and provides stimulus for individual and interpersonal growth.
They use compelling examples from their clinical work and their own fifty-year marriage, which has had its share of challenges.
An End to Arguing doesn’t just provide a way of preventing differences from turning into painful conflict; it gives the reader an insight into what qualities are inherent in argument-free relationships. T
he way of getting there may be simpler than you think!
Publisher: Koehler Books
ISBN-10: 1646638085
ISBN-13: 978-1646638086
Print length: 306 pages
You can purchase a copy of the book on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Bookshop.org. You can also add it to your GoodReads reading list.
My overall thoughts on An End to Arguing
An End to Arguing is a book that actually offers real, practical help to couples in a way that can be put into action.
Linda and Charlie look at what triggers arguments and how each individual of a couple can take accountability for their own actions, stop blaming, and get busy doing the things that will actually change the arguing dynamic in a relationship.
The layout of the book is very attractive in that the tips and tools are presented in short chapters that can be easily digested in a few minutes each.
You can open it to any page and get immediate help.
Linda and Charlie generously share how they have managed to sustain a healthy, dynamic and loving relationship spanning more than 50 years.
They are authentic and compassionate and I really liked the real-life examples that are littered throughout the pages that provide context and clarity.
Probably most importantly, they offer hope that you can too have a healthy and happy relationship despite the every day ups and downs of married life!
This is the type of book that is useful to have to hand to dip in and out of as different challenges arise so you can help navigate the storms better together.
I will absolutely be referring back to it.
About the authors
Linda Bloom, LCSW and Charlie Bloom, MSW have been married since 1972.
Trained as psychotherapists and relationship counselors, they have worked with individuals, couples, groups, and organizations since 1975 and have lectured and taught at learning institutes throughout the USA and internationally, including the Esalen Institute, the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Northern California Mindfulness Institute, The California Institute for Integral Studies, and the World Health Organization.
They have authored five books, including the bestseller, 101 Things I Wish I Knew When I Got Married: Simple Lessons to Make Love Last (over 100,000 sold), Secrets of Great Marriages, Happily Ever After… and 39 Other Myths about Love, That Which Doesn’t Kill Us: How One Couple Became Stronger at the Broken Places, and An End to Arguing: 101 Valuable Lessons for All Relationships.
And they are founders and co-directors of Bloomwork, based in Santa Cruz, California.
Visit them online:
- Website: https://bloomwork.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bloomwork
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindacbloom/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linda_charlie_bloom/
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