Women who love too much : when you keep wishing and hoping he'll change

The relationship classic hailed by Erica Jong as "life- changing" -- now updated with a new introduction and resource section! The #1 New York Times bestseller that asks ARE YOU A WOMAN WHO LOVES TOO MUCH? Do you find yourself attracted again and again to troubled, distant, moody men -- while "nice guys" seem boring? Do you obsess over men who are emotionally unavailable, addicted to work, hobbies, alcohol, or other women? Do you neglect your friends and your own interests to be immediately available to him? Do you feel empty without him, even though being with him is torment? Robin Norwood's groundbreaking work will enable you to recognize the roots of your destructive patterns of relating and provide you with a step-by-step guide to a more rewarding way of living and loving. If being in love means being in pain, you need to read Women Who Love Too Much. LA Times Robin Norwood has written an extraordinary self-help book that reads like a thrilling page-turner....This beautifully written, intelligent book can help women break the pattern of foolish love. The relationship classic hailed by Erica Jong as “life-changing”—now updated with a new introduction and resource section!The #1__New York Times__bestseller that asks: are you a woman who loves too much?-Do you find yourself attracted again and again to troubled, distant, moody men—while “nice guys” seem boring?-Do you obsess over men who are emotionally unavailable, addicted to work, hobbies, alcohol, or other women?-Do you neglect your friends and your own interests to be immediately available to him?-Do you feel empty without him, even though being with him is torment?Robin Norwood's groundbreaking work will enable you to recognize the roots of your destructive patterns of relating and provide you with a step-by-step guide to a more rewarding way of living and loving.If being in love means being in pain, you need to read__Women Who Love Too Much.__ Is having 'somebody to love' the most important thing in your life? Do you constantly believe that with 'the right man' you would no longer feel depressed or lonely? Are you bored with 'nice guys' who are open, honest and dependable? If being in love means being in pain, this book was written for you. Therapist Robin Norwood describes loving too much as a pattern of thoughts and behavior, which certain women develop as a response to problems from childhood. Many women find themselves repeatedly drawn into unhappy and destructive relationships with men. They then struggle to make these doomed relationships work. This bestselling book takes a hard look at how powerfully addictive these unhealthy relationships are鈥攂ut also gives a very specific program for recovery from the disease of loving too much. Why do so many women become obsessed with the wrong men -- men who are emotionally unavailable, addicted to work, alcohol, or other women -- men who cannot love them back? Robin Norwood helps these women recognize, understand, and change the way they love through a series of intimate, revealing case histories Discusses "loving too much" as a pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors which certain women develop as a reponse to various problems in their family backgrounds. IT WAS JILL'S FIRST SESSION, AND SHE LOOKED DOUBTFUL.