Why Are There So Many Spring Breakups?

There are so many couples breaking up in Hollywood in April alone these 4 couples called it quits. Jennie Garth‘s & David Abrams, Brook Burke & David Charvet, Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan and Kendra Wilkinson & Hank Baskett… Spring is the time of year that turns a man’s fancy to love not break up.

It does not have to be that way – I have a 98 percent success rate of couples who stay together. That is why I say most relationships can be saved. When the “honeymoan” ends and the inevitable power struggle occurs, embrace it instead of running as it leads to the rainbow of real-life love.

We are meant to have challenges with the love of our life, that’s when we “feel out of love,” but we are numb when the power struggle feels foreign after the blissful honeymoon. Yes, you heard me, we unknowingly pick a person that gives us the most trouble, a composite image of the positive and negative traits familiar in our childhood that propels us to think getting rid of a person gets rid of a problem.

This is the reason second marriages are higher in adultery and divorce than first marriages. The dialogue I teach my patients so they can do it without me provides the safety to navigate the power struggle, so it leads to real life love. The journey is worth it and love wins out if you hang in there when the going gets rough. I provide a manual for you in my book Make Up, Don’t Break Up: Finding and Keeping Love for Singles and Couples with the skills and tools for staying in love. You will also see how my patients, my family, and my husband and I did it. The video that accompanies the book shows real-life couples learning how to make up, not break up. Both the video and the book will help you how to find love and how to stay in love.

Therefore, instead of going for divorce you hang in there and have faith in the power of love like my patients, my parents did it and so did I during the courtship with my husband.

Since most relationships can be saved  there are instances when you need to leave that person. Next week I’ll be sharing with you some questions for you to take a look at to decide whether you should stay or go.

Once you’ve taken a look at the questions and you’ve tried everything and still want to leave, in my book Adultery: The Forgivable Sin  Chapter: “Not for lovers only” –  I show couples 30 ways to leave their lover.

I am here to support you with any questions you may have on how to make up, not break up.  Please do not hesitate to call me directly at 212-606-3787 with your relationship questions.

Here is to finding and keeping real love!

Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil, Ph.D. – Love and Relationship Therapist, Mentor & Coach

The best-selling author of:

Can We Cure and Forgive Adultery

Make Up, Don’t Break Up: Finding and Keeping Love for Singles and Couples

Adultery: The Forgivable Sin – Turned into a movie  Unfaithful: Discovery Health

Financial Infidelity; The #1 Relationship Wrecker

When cheating happens in a relationship

In a recent interview with David Letterman, Jay Z opened up cheating on his wife Beyoncé and showed remorse. When cheating happens in a relationship, I tell my patients showing remorse, stopping the affair and getting help, so it does not reoccur is essential to making up, not breaking up and staying together after adultery.

Often the relationship gets better as it did with my parents after an affair since it can be a catalyst to work through the real issues finally that were disguised before.  An affair makes the couple take seriously the real issues camouflaged by the affair.

It’s necessary to learn the best way to confess an affair and how to confront an affair if you want to save the relationship.

Most relationships can be saved even after an affair, as long as you know tips like this These tips are taken from my book Adultery: The Forgivable Sin – How to confess an affair – Chapter 9 and for the deceived how to confront AND GET ANSWERS !!!)

The things I recommend not to do are: Do not ask are you having an affair, no open-ended questions if you want the truth!!!, Don’t beat around the bush,  and don’t threaten if you want the truth.  If you confess –  timing is everything, but not if your partner is heavily stressed that day!!

When you answer these questions, remember sometimes honesty can be cruelty, so no gruesome details, so your partner does not leave, due to words he/she will never forget.

For more tips check out my book  Adultery: The Forgivable Sin – Turned into a movie  Unfaithful: Discovery Health that goes over my new groundbreaking theory for the cure and treatment of adultery.

If your relationship is at risk because of an affair, I am here to help you.  Your relationship can be saved despite an affair.  I have a 98% success rate with my patients staying together after the betrayal of an affair.  You can reach me directly at  212-606-3787 with your relationship questions.

Here is to finding and keeping real love!

Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil, Ph.D. – Love and Relationship Therapist, Mentor & Coach

The best-selling author of:

Can We Cure and Forgive Adultery

Make Up, Don’t Break Up: Finding and Keeping Love for Singles and Couples

Financial Infidelity; The #1 Relationship Wrecker

Alcoholism Awareness and Sugar Cravings

As we acknowledge April is Alcohol Awareness Month.  I am so proud of my patients who have followed the program to curb alcoholism and adultery that I developed — “biochemical craving for connection.” They follow a no sugar diet, exercise, and take supplements to curb sugar cravings, balancing their blood sugar and brain chemicals, and with family therapy and them attending Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), they have an easier time with alcohol awareness and alcohol abuse prevention.
I have asked patients who attend AA meetings to bring their own snacks like walnuts, and an apple with a protein like almond butter, NO sugar, because doughnuts or coffee with sugar or lollipops understandably replacing alcohol can cause cravings later for alcohol and sweets. I learned this from one of my patients who would crave sweets and alcohol after the meetings. He now has no cravings for alcohol after the very important AA meetings he needs to attend and has just completed his year anniversary, and I am so proud of him and his family who see me weekly to learn how to help him with this disease, which can destroy families without treatment.
My own family had alcoholism in it, and I’m so proud of my family members who worked hard at recovery and conquered and managed the disease. I saw firsthand the devastation to the family when this disease strikes and the amazing possibilities of change, when the biochemical craving for connection protocol I use consisting of a diet of no sugar,  taking supplements, and exercise is followed with AA and the family’s support.
For more information of the role of sugar and its elimination with exercise and supplements in addictions like alcoholism and adultery, which is increased with alcohol (lowering inhibitions) check out the book I Wrote:Can We Cure and Forgive Adultery, your biochemical craving for connection where I share examples of some of the patients I’ve worked with and my family’s struggles with addiction and how with family support and love by their side they conquered their addictions.
You can do this too like my patients and my family, even if the addiction is alcohol, adultery, workaholism, drugs or financial infidelity – check out Financial Infidelity; The #1 Relationship Wrecker to learn how the  elimination of sugar in the diet (which typically alcohol abusers do not know about or follow !) and a special supplement stopping sugar cravings for food or drink, and exercising instead of eating or drinking sugar (alcohol) whenever tempted.

I am here to support you with any questions you may have from how to make up to how to deal with an affair or any other addiction.  Please do not hesitate to call me directly at 212-606-3787 with your relationship questions.

 

Here is to finding and keeping real love!

Dr. Bonnie Eaker Weil, Ph.D. – Love and Relationship Therapist, Mentor & Coach

The best-selling author of:

Can We Cure and Forgive Adultery

Make Up, Don’t Break Up: Finding and Keeping Love for Singles and Couples

Adultery: The Forgivable Sin – Turned into a movie  Unfaithful: Discovery Health

Financial Infidelity; The #1 Relationship Wrecker