Conscious Dating: Finding the Love of Your Life & the Life That You Love

by David Steele

If you are single and seeking the love of your life, this is the only book you need.

Today there are more single people than ever in history. Over 40 percent of our adult population is single and most of them want to meet their perfect mate.

But dating has its drawbacks and really doesn't work anymore as a way to find relationship happiness, says David Steele, marriage and family therapist, founder of the Relationship Coaching Institute (the first and largest relationship coach training organization) and author of Conscious Dating .

We want to be happy in relationships, but don't know how. The old way of dating and mating simply doesn't work anymore, says Steele, the rules have changed and most of us don'’t know what the new rules are. In searching for love, most singles are using trial and error, flying by the seat of their pants, or following bad advice.

This is not just another dating book filled with tired ideas about how to get a man or woman. Conscious Dating provides relationship information and strategies proven and tested with thousands of singles worldwide from a pioneering leader in the field of relationships. It does not offer manipulative or deceptive practices that compromise who you are, in fact it helps singles celebrate who they are and see being single as an opportunity and not a disease .

This groundbreaking book starts by looking at fourteen dating traps and why dating doesn't work. Then author David Steele delves into the ten principles for conscious dating and how any single can go from dating disaster to dating success! Conscious Dating is destined to change the way you view dating, relationships and, most importantly, yourself. Who are you? What do you want? How can you get what you really want in your life and relationships?

Packed with tips, quizzes, personal stories and real world advice, David Steele shows you how to take a proactive role, perhaps for the first time in your life, so that you can find the love of your life and the life that you love.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Relationships

Paperback

First published February 14, 2006

About the author

Relationship Coaching Institute Founder, Author, Relationship Coaching Pioneer, and Global Authority on Growing a Profitable Private Practice

David Steele is making a profound impact for coaches, therapists, the media, clients and those seeking to make conscious life partner choices around the world. As a subject matter expert and author, the cornerstones that are the foundation David's worldwide contributions include:

Serving as chief ambassador and member support officer for members and clients of the Relationship Coaching Institute;

Guiding coaches, therapists, and those aspiring to careers in either arena as a sought-after speaker, trainer, and workshop leader on practice building, honoring three decades of thought leadership in the field in his book From Therapist to Coach: Leveraging Your Clinical Expertise to Build a Thriving Coaching Practice - published in 2011 by John Wiley & Sons Inc.;

Unabashed advocate of helping professionals earning six and seven figures while making a significant difference in the world as a popular speaker, coach and consultant on innovative marketing and practice building, and with his latest book The Million Dollar Private Practice: How to Build a Highly Successful Business That Makes a Difference- published September 2012 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Offering relationship expertise and perspectives to the media, based on lessons shared in his book and related programs Conscious Dating: Finding the Love of Your Life in Today's World

David welcomes speaking invitations, media interviews, quantity book purchases, and other opportunities that allow him to fulfill his life mission to vastly improve the success rate of committed relationships worldwide.

Reviews

[Douglas Larson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Practical and down to earth, the author clearly understands humane nature and how that nature plays out in the dating world. There wasn't anything particularly new for me here, since I had already come to most of these ideas during my years of therapy. But the concepts are well presented and the overall message useful.

[Jaclyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book, and I got a lot out of the first half or so. The problem for me is that it was a time consuming book, and I got distracted and never got back to it before it was due back to the library. This is really more of a workbook, than just simply a book, so every chapter has little assignements that you do at the end, before you move on to the next chapter. The assignments that I did seemed very insightful, and I still refer back to my discoveries when I go out on dates, and I talk about the chapters/exercises with my friends who are struggling through the dating world as well. I will probably check this book out from the library again this winter when I have a bit more time, and try to finish it. But even if I never get all the way through to the end, even just the little I did read was very good, and quite helpful. I recommend this book, but make sure you are seriously interested in doing some soul-searching, and have the time for it - this book could take months to get through if you're really approaching it properly.

[Ana · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are single and wondering, "why the heck am I still single?" This is the place to start. The author David Steele is who I did my Relationship Coaching training with. This is great stuff and will help anyone begin to look at their challenges in finding their true love

[Cgevirtz]

Learning to be more selective about dating and to understand my needs. I am still reading it and do not agree with everything the author says, but it gets me thinking.

[Sharon Hwang]

Interesting book and an easy read if you are single

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Trying to learn a lot.