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Contents Cover Series Title Page Copyright Dedication A Note to Readers Acknowledgments What Readers Are Saying Preface Introduction Sandcastles for Adults Part 1: Adults Who Were Children of Divorce Chapter 1: You Are Normal My Research How You Managed as a Child Chapter 2: You Can Re—Right Your Past Getting Ready to Heal You Have the Power The Questionnaire Part 2: The Re-Right Your Past Program Chapter 3: Avoid Obstacles Step 1, Week 1 Meet Reality Journal Time Chapter 4: Find Your Truth Step 2, Week 2 How Your Past Determines Your Truth Today Is Your Life on Autopilot? Writing Down Your Memories Memory Truths Sum Up Your Memories How Truth Unfolds Get Ready to Write Chapter 5: Reflect Clearly on the Past Step 3, Week 3 Flashbacks in the Brain Take Back Your Life How Divorce Affected Tim The Parent Letter A Conversation with Your Child Within Get Ready for Change Chapter 6: Create Change in Your Life Step 4, Weeks 4 and 5 Becoming Change The Beginning of Change Sarah's Steps to Change Tim's Steps to Change Making the Shift Talk Back to Your Autopilot Chapter 7: Going Forward Awareness Is Your Friend Your Maintenance Plan Part 3: Resolving Major Issues Chapter 8: Finding Peace with Your Parents Today Getting to Forgiveness Fair Warning How to Accomplish Your Goal Where to Go from Here Chapter 9: Getting Comfortable with Love Your Opposite—Sex Parent Marrying a Healer Learn How to Fight Calmly The Biggest Mistake of Failed Marriages Chapter 10: Embrace Trust and Honesty Fact Versus Opinion What's on Your Mind, Honey? Let History Be Your Barometer Chapter 11: Infidelity The Best Rules for Avoiding Infidelity Cheating Signs Let's Talk Chapter 12: The Insecure Parent How You Were Told about Your Parents' Divorce Honesty Is Often a Delicate Issue An Ongoing Self—Check Chapter 13: Money Issues A Lesson for Us All Chapter 14: Your Best Self—Help Tools Start Talking Deal with Your Sadness and Depression Consider Therapy Religion Works for Many Epilogue The Worst Part of Divorce The Best Part of Divorce Persistence Pays Index Also by M. Gary Neuman Connect to Love: The Keys to Transforming Your Relationship The Truth about Cheating: Why Men Stray and What You Can Do to Prevent It In Good Times and Bad: Strengthening Your Relationship When the Going Gets Tough How to Make a Miracle: Finding Incredible Spirituality in Times of Struggle and Happiness Emotional Infidelity: How to Affair-Proof Your Marriage and 10 Other Secrets to a Great Relationship Helping Your Kids Cope with Divorce the Sandcastles Way DVD Series Neuman Method: Creating Your Best Marriage Copyright © 2013 by M. Gary Neuman. 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Wiley also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats and by print-on- demand. Some content that appears in standard print versions of this book may not be available in other formats. For more information about Wiley products, visit us at www.wiley.com. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Neuman, M. Gary. The long way home : the powerful 4-step plan for adult children of divorce / M. Gary Neuman. p. cm. Includes index. ISBN 978-0-470-40922-0 (pbk.); ISBN 978-1-118-21923-2 (ebk); ISBN 978-0-470-45027-7 (ebk) — ISBN 978-1-118-21924-9 (ebk) 1. Adult children of divorced parents. 2. Children of divorced parents. I. Title. HQ777.5.N483 2013 306.89–dc23 2012031776
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