Stuck in unhealthy relationship dynamics? Yearning to find (or be) that perfect someone? Can you accept someone while also wanting them to grow? The key to healthy relationships is accepting that real love is messy, imperfect, and a work in progress! Clinical psychologist Dr. Carla Marie Manly's The Joy of Imperfect Love guides readers on a transformative journey of compassionate, healthy love. With research-backed insights, captivating case studies, and empowering exercises, readers explore how attachment issues and unresolved personal issues negatively impact both self-love and the quality of our relationships. Dr. Manly offers sound solutions for creating awareness and healthy habits that promote lasting love. Readers will breathe a sigh of deep relief as they discover the doable, real-life secrets to creating joy-filled relationships and genuine, imperfect love.

How does a woman embrace her maturity with joy and strength when her body changes year to year? Psychologist Dr. Carla Marie Manly provides an important and meaningful window into womanhood for those approaching fifty and beyond. A must-read book for any woman approaching the age of fifty, Aging Joyfully touches the sensitive reality of the transition from a life filled with new beginnings to a graceful process filled with freedom, beauty, and joy. Includes chapters on: ·Loving Your Changing, Maturing Body; ·Your Health: What to Expect with Menopause, Memory Changes, and More; ·Shifting Relationships: Understanding and Adapting to Natural Changes in Relationship Dynamics; ·The Worlds of Work and Retirement: Facing Ageism and Retirement with Awareness; ·Aging Parents, Caregiving, and Loss: Gracefully Caring for Others and Letting Go; and ·Slowing Down as the Time Speeds Up: The Art of Transitioning into a New Life Role.