Sacred Relationships: The Psychospiritual Path to Love, Intimacy and Happiness

by R. Michael McDonald, Donna L. Boone

"SACRED The Psychospiritual Path to Love, Intimacy and Happiness" show us how to love -- and to open ourselves to be loved. In our frustration at not finding a love that fills our inner void, many of us search "outside" ourselves for someone or something to make us happy. Yet, we never seem to find Mr. or Ms. "Right," so we either give up or numb out in our depression, work, TV, sports, alcohol or drugs. What many of us thought in our youth was love turned out to be merely a reflection of our own damaged selves -- a reflection of our neediness. We thought love meant security from being alone, someone to take care of us, someone whose strengths would complement our weaknesses, someone to make us happy, to keep us safe -- to make us whole. And, we were wrong. SACRED The Psychospiritual Path to Love, Intimacy and Happiness (book and workbook) is not for those seeking simple answers or quick fixes. Building upon their own personal experiences, and those of their clients and relationship workshop participants, Dr. Donna Boone and Dr. Michael McDonald guide and assist us through the five transformative stages of personal growth preparing us initiate, build, and maintain truthful, deeply intimate, satisfying connections. By completing the personal and relationship assessment instruments and exercises in the companion SACRED RELATIONSHIPS WORKBOOK, individuals (and their therapists) and relationship partners receive detailed feedback on critical issues that may be blocking or impeding relationship efforts. SACRED RELATIONSHIPS is an easy read that holds your interest with true stories of spiritual, emotional, and intellectual unfoldment. There is also an aura of mysticism in the book with the many precognitive and symbolic dreams experienced by the authors and their clients. Woven throughout is the spiritual message that meaning and purpose are infused in everyday life events. If we consider and accept these events as opportunities for growth, we are eventually guided to a place of internal peace and fulfillment. It is here that we are ready for the deepest connection of all -- the Sacred Relationship.

327 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1997