Loving without Limits

Beyond Seduction: Loving Without Limits is a book about building and maintaining a vibrant relationship with your spouse, and cultivating life-long respect and admiration for your partner.  Written in a casual conversational style, this book offers perspectives on successful relationships as well as recipes for relationship success.

In the words of the Author,

Within the pages of this book, you will uncover more than just an intellectual perspective on love, marriage, and relationships. I will de- scribe what I believe to be the essential elements of a relationship that can strengthen and deepen the bond between you and your spouse.

I have offered some tried and true methods that will add some spice to your relationship – or perhaps remind you of the love that you once had, but that has grown elusive over time and that you wish to rekindle. The writing of this book has been a genuine test of my willingness to set aside my naturally shy disposition in search of my goal of sharing what I have learned about love and lasting relationships.

It is my hope that the result of my efforts will spark your interest and draw you closer to your spouse. This book is based on an accumulation of my own life experiences, bolstered by my reading of uncounted books devoted to relationships.

In my search for the truth about love in marriage, I discovered that most of the available material is either highly clinical in nature, or overly dependent upon vague and obscure platitudes. In my experience, the clinical approach is not as effective as a more personal approach, because the former tends to be problem-based, as opposed to solution-based. My personal feeling is that when the focus is on closely studying and analyzing the problems within a relationship, the natural progression is toward the assignment of blame rather than toward seeking alternative solutions that will help establish a more accepting and loving environment.

I have researched the topic of love and marriage (some might say obsessively!) for over twenty years. I believe that writing from a layman’s perspective may be beneficial because the focus is not upon finding what is wrong within the relationship, but rather upon searching for ideas to strengthen the love and deepen the existing bond between spouses. This is not accomplished through dissection and detailed analysis, but rather through trust, communication, respect, and unconditional love. Even since my husband’s death, I continue to seek new ideas, suggestions, and thoughtful advice that will strengthen my relationship skills and enhance any future marriage – something that could deepen the bond between my future spouse and me. I have attempted to convey some of those thoughts and ideas, and the best of that advice, within the pages of this book.