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Mind Over Marriage: Transforming Your Relationship Using Centering Prayer and Neuroscience
Author(s): P. Gregg Blanton (Author)
- Publisher: Lantern Books,US
- Publication Date: 15 Jan. 2014
- Language: English
- Print length: 216 pages
- ISBN-10: 9781590563755
- ISBN-13: 9781590563755
Book Description
In this innovative book, Dr. Blanton presents an entirely new model for exploring the interconnections between minds and marriages by using a synthesis of scientific research and Christian contemplative thought. Through actual examples, we come to understand how the mind ordinarily works and how these mental functions affect our marital relationships, from unions that are just starting out to those suffering from the strain of work and other responsibilities. But there is hope: we can retrain our minds through contemplative thought, namely centering prayer and the six skills and abilities stillness, attention, openness, letting go, union and love that grow out of its practice. Using case histories along with exercises at the end of each chapter, MIND OVER MARRIAGE offers practical application of these skills, leading to the development of desirable behaviour traits such as calmness, attunement and trustworthiness. This novel approach for helping couples restore balance to both their minds and marriages shows us how to use our brains to their fullest capacities and how to return love to the centre of our relationships.
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About the Author
P. Gregg Blanton is a professor of Psychology & Human Services at Montreat College and an adjunct professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. As a licensed marriage and family therapist, he maintains a private practice, provides supervision, offers training programmes and conducts retreats for couples. He lives in Asheville, NC, with his wife and two children.
