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“most adult children of divorce share two dominant traits - the feelings of abandonment and feeling not good enough to be loved.”
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
“Focus on loving yourself and find someone who doesn’t need changing. No more fixer-uppers!”
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
“The two dominant traits in most children of divorce are fear of abandonment and fear of not being good enough to be loved.”
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
“but we are not destined to end up divorced just because our parents did. We can change our destiny by changing our awareness.”
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
“1. People Pleaser/Doormat Fear of abandonment and feeling not good enough to be loved will cause many adult children of divorce to become people pleasers. We believe if we are really nice and go out of our way to please our partner, they will love us.”
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
“How can this be prevented? And as importantly, why do so many marriages continue to fail? The answer is very simple: We have difficulty recognizing what love looks like, and without this knowledge, we make poor partner choices. We choose a partner based upon the experiences we encountered growing up. If we didn’t see a healthy example of love between our parents, we missed the lesson of what love looks like.”
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
“This book will empower you to make better partner choices and increase your chances for a happy, fulfilling marriage. It will help you raise your level of conscious awareness, understand your vulnerabilities and avoid the destructive behaviors which often lead to divorce.”
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
“How will I know if it’s love or just a poor choice based upon my childhood experiences? These are common fears, but don’t despair. With an open mind and spirit, you can learn what love looks like and you can have a happy marriage. The characteristics of what love looks like and what it doesn’t look like are listed on the following pages. They are not listed in order of importance as they are all equally important.”
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
“You deserve certainty of your partner’s feelings for you. Anything less is not love.”
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
“If we don’t become more aware, our subconscious will select a mate based upon the experiences we saw growing up and that’s the exact problem we need to avoid!”
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
― If Your Parents Divorced, Will You Too?
