Five Good Minutes with the One You Love: 100 Mindful Practices to Deepen and Renew Your Love Everyday (The Five Good Minutes Series) [Paperback]

Jeffrey Brantley (Author), Wendy Millstine NC (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2008 | Series: The Five Good Minutes Series

When you first fall in love, every moment you spend with that special someone feels like a lifetime. Even a glance and a smile can seem to last for hours. But as time goes by, let’s face it, relationships change. You have places to go and people to see, children to raise and careers to manage. The rest of the world can start to slip in between you and the one you love. It takes practice to remain deeply connected and truly intimate with someone—but it doesn’t need to take up all of your free time. With the simple practices in this book, you’ll be able to really connect with your special someone in just five minutes a day.

Using simple techniques drawn from mindfulness practice, each of these intimate and fun activities will help you feel closer, more connected, and more deeply in love with your partner. The meditations, affirmations, and observations you’ll find here will foster gratitude, trust, empathy, and loving kindness. Use them to get closer to the one you love, and watch as the benefits of mindfulness grow to fill your relationship with renewed romance, harmony, and joy.

(Five Good Minutes is a trademark of New Harbinger Publications, Inc.)

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These 100 simple and fun practices will help couples find quality time for each other no matter how crazy their schedules. In only five minutes, these simple activities will help them become more mindful and focused on another, leading to more a intimate, connected, and loving relationship.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 264 pages
• Publisher: New Harbinger Publications; 1 edition (January 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572245123
• ISBN-13: 978-1572245129
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 6.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #453,004 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not at all what I was looking for, February 16, 2008

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This review is from: Five Good Minutes with the One You Love: 100 Mindful Practices to Deepen and Renew Your Love Everyday (The Five Good Minutes Series) (Paperback)

I have two other books in the "five good minutes" series, including "evening" and "morning." Both are good for short, thought-filled breaks to make me more mindful of little pleasures, calm moments, or just to take a deep breath in a hectic life. I had hoped for similar material in this book, but designed for two people. I was very, very disappointed!

The book is broken out much like the others in the series, with short two -page mindfulness exercises. The ideas do, indeed, take just five minutes, but there are few exercises designed for two people. For example, there's "stars of compassion," that asks you to reflect on the concept of compassion, and think about a time when someone was compassionate toward you. Another exercise, "Look inside," has you think about what good or trouble you've caused today. Where's the "with the one you love" part come in??

There are a few exercises for two -- "hand in hand" has you compliment your partner, "work together" has you do just that - work together (dust, do yard work, make a bed". For the former, I already do that pretty much all the time, and for the latter -- if your partner hates housework (as mine does), this will NOT be quality time unless they always do this work and you're helping them get it done.

All in all, this book seems ideally suited for someone who is in a tumultuous relationship or who wants to bring a sense of gratitude, peace, and mutual respect to their interactions with their partner. It's geared toward letting go of grievances, focusing on the positive, and acknowledging daily gifts. This is not, however, a book to use WITH your partner, to enrich your communication and appreciation for each other.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not What I Expected, July 2, 2011

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This review is from: Five Good Minutes with the One You Love: 100 Mindful Practices to Deepen and Renew Your Love Everyday (The Five Good Minutes Series) (Paperback)

I have a couple of the Five Good Minutes books and think they are good, but this one was not what I expected. I thought this would provide 5 min. activities that I could do with the one I love. At least that is what the title indicates, but that is not really what the book is about, rather there are several 5 min. activities I am to do myself and some have nothing to do with my spouse or loved ones. Some of the activities are insightful or relaxing, so it is a useful book, but not what the title leads you to believe.