Breathing Room –
Creating Space to Be a Couple

Relationships are a balancing act – leaving us confused about our yearning for closeness and our needs for distance. Hurt feelings and misunderstandings result – before you know it, anger and resentment build up leaving little room for respect and connection.

Breathing Room takes the notion of space to new heights. You'll recognize what space struggles in relationships are really about – how cultural, generational and gender style differences, expectations and disappointments, and hidden agendas, lead to relationship "hot spots." Space is not a simple subject, it is pervasive: different needs for space complicate our work and relationships every day.

You'll come away with a better understanding of space, needs, and the insight to give relationships room to grow:

• how cultural and generational style differences can result
  in misperceptions, hurt feelings and misunderstandings
• how misunderstandings lead to anger, resentment, and alienation
• 25 space-filling barriers to relationships
• ways to create breathing room – balancing expectations and needs

Breathing Room serves as a translator for those who confuse the need for space with rejection.

This book isn't just for couples – it's for anyone who yearns to be in a successful relationship but keeps bumping into those disconcerting space issues and wonders why things never seem to work out.

What people are saying about Breathing Room

"In Breathing Room, Elayne Savage reminds us that intimacy requires both closeness and space. This book is a refreshing read for couples who seek to deepen their bond."
- Susan Page, author of How One of You Can Bring the Two of You Together

"Must reading for anyone interested in the root causes of miscommunication and misunderstanding, Breathing Room tackles many of the most important dimensions of the space issue."
- Harry Edwards, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

"No two people have the same need for togetherness or the same style of relating. Breathing Room explores these differences and offers excellent solutions-I recommend it for anyone who wants to be in a successful relationship."
- Elizabeth Wagele, author of The Enneagram Made Easy and Are You My Type, Am I Yours?

Table of Contents

Sample Chapter

The publisher...
New Harbinger Publications

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