- Genre:family & relationships
- Sub-genre:Marriage & Long-Term Relationships
- Language:English
- Pages:232
- eBook ISBN:9798317806989
- Paperback ISBN:9798317806972
Book details
Overview
Chris's experience and words came at the right moment in my life. It was during a Guitar Craft course in Tepoztlán, Mexico, at a personal meeting where we were discussing various aspects and experiences about the Act of Marriage. A year later, I met Chris again at a Guitar Craft course in Argentina. This time, it was a group meeting with my wife, and Chris's words brought plenty of light to the moment we were going through. Right after the course, he sent us a draft copy of his book, the email was titled "Many Words and Pictures".
Turning into Each Other is Love in motion; it is love as a verb. This book shatters the conception of love as a noun, as a thing, or as something that belongs to someone. The clichés that are so deeply ingrained in our culture, where "…they lived happily ever after," make no sense when the relationship is understood as a process that is constantly evolving. This applies to personal relationships of any kind and, by extension, to groups. The possibility to observe and understand relationships as a process in action, and to identify where we are in it, is a gift that anyone who reads this book can receive.
Luciano Pietrafesa
Mendoza, Argentina
March 2025
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As the poet once asked: "What is Love?"
Interestingly, this book is not so much about Love as about loving, with emphasis on the "ing" part——so, it is an action, a process. Turning into Each Other explores the evolving nature of love and relationships, emphasizing that real Love is a process rather than a feeling. This process is that of relationships, and, from my experience, it works equally well as a guide for couple relationships and group relationships (I've used the book as a guide for both). Many people believe that commitment to a partner or a project will naturally lead to happiness, but the book argues that love requires effort, self-awareness, and adaptation.
The book asserts that lasting love requires transcending personal limitations, embracing change, and recognizing love as a shared journey rather than a fixed state. Through challenges, couples and/or work groups can transform their relationship into something more profound, moving beyond romantic idealism or functional efficiency and "spiritual" self-deception into a partnership built on mutual understanding and continuous evolution.
Reading this book to me felt like having a conversation with a wise friend—one who's been around the block a few times and wants to help you navigate your own path. The insights here aren't sugar-coated, but they're real, grown from personal experience and work, and that's very much the point.
Leonardo Requejo, Ph.D.
Cuernavaca, México
March 2025
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