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Scary close : dropping the act and finding true intimacy
Title:
Scary close : dropping the act and finding true intimacy
Author:
Miller, Donald, 1971- , author.
Publication Information:
Nashville, Tennessee : Nelson Books, [2014]

©2014
Physical Description:
xvi, 231 pages ; 22 cm
Summary:
When fling after fling led to lots of drama and a long series of heartaches, Donald Miller decided he'd had enough. There must be a better way to soothe loneliness without jumping on a roller coaster, to feel affirmation without putting on a show, to find true love. It wasn't just about finding the right girl, though that helped. Once he found her, he had to know what to do or "who to be." A manipulative control freak? A successful workaholic? His usual methods had drawbacks. But the alternatives were not just hard to do; they were hard to imagine. Nevertheless, at forty years old he made a scary decision: to be himself no matter what it cost.
Language:
English
Contents:
Foreword / by Bob Goff -- The distracting noises of insecurity -- You are good at relationships -- Everybody's got a story and it's not the one they're telling -- Why some animals make themselves look bigger than they are -- Three things I learned about relationships from swimming in a pond -- Performance anxiety in real life -- The people we choose to love -- Control freak -- Five kinds of manipulators -- Lucy in the kitchen -- The risk of being careful -- Great parents do this well -- The stuff of a meaningful life -- Do men do intimacy differently? -- You will not complete me -- The place we left our ghosts.
ISBN:
9780785213185
Format :
Book