Magically Transforms Relationships with Wisdom and Empathy

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	• Toxic In-Laws: Loving Strategies for Protecting Your Marriage Donna Frazier, Susan, Ph.D. Forward, 2001 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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Magically Transforms Relationships with Wisdom and Empathy

Susan Forward is a master - any anger, hurt and frustration can be resolved with her revolutionary ways at looking at things with a very different and unique perspective. It will help any daughter-in-law move through the tough spots in her relationships with both her husband and their parents with both ease and clarity. This book is a must-read for anyone who would like to transform their own reactions and reclaim their sense of independence. Bravo to a mentor who has the magic ability to transform thousands of relationships with her words of wisdom, empathy and insights.

Sally Shields, TheDILRules.com

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Stuck With Toxic In-Laws? You're Not Alone

Susan Forward is not a brilliant writer but the spirit of her writing is so sincere I'm inclined to forgive the lack of sparkling prose. The strength of this book is in the many stories of marriages threatened by in-laws who don't know their job is to BACK OFF. In my own experience and in my practice, I've seen a lot of different examples of toxic in-laws but it's still validating to see these stories in black and white. Sadly spouses often do need reminding that their first allegiance is to their wife/husband. That realization may need time (and relationship counsleing) to evolve, but what Susan Forward confirms is that unless and until this shift of priorities happens you're not married, you're just playing house.

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Helpful information about the in-law predicament

Despite the title this book offers good information about this potentially difficult relationship. Most helpful is her definition of "toxic in-laws" as those who create "genuine chaos" rather than are just not what one has in mind as the kind of in-laws they want to have. Initially I was turned off by the title thinking it would be just another book spewing venom about the ills of in-laws. What I found was a thoughtful and thought-provoking book about how to deal with in-laws rather than write them off. Bravo to Susan Forward!

A Must for every newly married couple!

Marriage is difficult enough without someone trying to undermine it. This book helps you identify those things that can be out there to trip you up. It makes the playing field level again.

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A marriage & mind saver!

Being married to a man who is an only child & very spoiled, with parents who have NO clue how much of a pain in the [...] they are, this book was a savior for me. I was really angry at all 3 of them, for so long. My husbands mother is bipolar on top of being extremely selfish, manipulative & controlling. And his father is the enabler. Both of them have never understood boundaries within our marriage. Now I am able to keep my distance and my sanity by learning some tools from this book. It's nice to hear im not the only person out there involved with a man who is married to his parents before me!

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Susan Forward's practical and powerful book will help couples cope with terrible and toxic in?laws.

Toxic in?laws are in?laws who create genuine chaos through various assaults??aggressive or subtle??on you and your marriage. Toxic?in laws come in a wide variety of guises, " The Critics.; ", who tell you what you're doing wrong, "The Controllers.;", who try to run you and your partner's life, " The Engulfers.;", who make incessant demands on your time, " The Masters of Chaos.;", who drain you and your partner with their problems, and, " The Rejecters.;", who let you know they don't want you as part of their family.

Susan Forward draws on real?life voices and stories of both women and men struggling to free themselves from the frustrating, hurtful and infuriating relationships with their toxic in?laws. Dr. Forward offers you highly effective communication and behavioral techniques for getting through to partners who won't or can't stand up to their parents. Next, she lays out accessible and practical ways to reclaim you marriage from your in?laws. She shows you what to say, what to do and what limits to set. If you follow these strategies, you may not turn toxic in?laws into the in?laws of your dreams, but you will find some peace in your relationship with them.

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