Wabi Sabi Love: The Ancient Art of Finding Perfect Love in Imperfect Relationships

by Arielle Ford

Overview

Following the success of her international bestseller The Soulmate Secret, Arielle Ford reveals how to make love last forever once you've found something worth hanging onto. Debbie Ford, the New York Times bestselling author of The 21-Day Consciousness Cleanse, calls Wabi Sabi Love "[a] fool-proof guide to sustaining relationships beyond 'I do' . . . . Wabi Sabi Love is a must-read that I highly recommend to every couple in search of happily ever after." Whether newly engaged, just celebrating your paper anniversary, or well into your golden years, Arielle's sensitive, insightful, resonant wisdom, in the words of Deepak Chopra, "weds ancient wisdom and modern concerns to create the formula for a sustainable, loving relationship for years to come."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062003751
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	01/03/2012
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Arielle Ford is one of the founding partners of the Spiritual Cinema Circle. Prior to January 2004, Arielle ran her own public relations firm and was integral in launching the careers of Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, and Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. She has also handled publicity for Wayne Dyer, Debbie Ford, Gary Zukav, Marianne Williamson, Louise Hay, don Miguel Ruiz, and many other notable authors, eleven of whom had books that reached number one on the New York Times bestseller lists.

Table of Contents

Foreword Gay Hendricks ix

Introduction 1

1 Growing a Generous Heart 13

2 From Annoyed to Enjoyed 39

3 Wabi Sabi Choices 61

4 Humor and Humility 75

5 The Yin and Yang of Deeper Love 91

6 It's Never Too Late 119

7 Intimacy as Into Me See 159

8 Wabi Sabi Oneness 175

9 The Personal Art of Happiness 209

Afterword: Behind the Scenes with Brian Hilliard and Arielle Ford 231

Contributors 237

Acknowledgments 242

About the Author 244

What People are Saying About This

Christiane Northrup

“Wabi Sabi Love is uplifting and full of the truth about what it takes to keep love alive.”

Deepak Chopra

“Arielle Ford’s Wabi Sabi Love weds ancient wisdom and modern concerns to create the formula for a sustainable, loving relationship for years to come.”

Marci Shimoff

“Wabi Sabi Love shows you how to have a completely fulfilling love relationship. Arielle is a master teacher in guiding others to create deep and lasting love. Listen to her, follow her sage advice, and you’ll experience relationship bliss.”

Debbie Ford

“My sister, Arielle, is a master of everlasting love. With this foolproof guide to sustaining relationships beyond ‘I do,’ she shares her hard-won wisdom of keeping love alive and thriving! Wabi Sabi Love is a must read for every couple in search of a happily ever after.”

Gloria Loring

“Arielle Ford’s Wabi Sabi Love is a compassionate and inspired guide to creating more loving relationships. It’s a book I plan to read again and again, and keep close by for a long time!”

Peggy McColl

“Wabi Sabi Love really works. My husband and I follow Arielle’s wisdom and enjoy a deeply meaningful, totally fulfilling and loving marriage.”

Gay Hendricks

This book is a treasure trove of inspiration that offers an abundance of great ideas and information. I highly recommend it.

Editorial Reviews

Ford (The Soulmate Secret) develops the Japanese aesthetic, known as wabi sabi, of finding beauty in imperfection into a relationship model where couples are taught to focus on what's right with the other person and not what's wrong. Ford argues that though all couples have irreconcilable differences, they can use the wabi sabi method to embrace rather than try to eliminate the tastes, opinions, and unique viewpoints of their partner. In other words, vive la différence! This is certainly easier to say than to do, but Ford provides numerous examples of couples who have accomplished this ideal. It's a worthwhile read for anyone in a relationship.

Library Journal

The stories Ford uses to illustrate the Wabi Sabi principles, both from her own relationship and those of other couples, will make you laugh and nod your head and decide to give the ideas a try.

Retailing Insight

This book is a revelation. With the Wabi Sabi mind-shift, your relationship will change forever, and you’ll discover that the love, acceptance, and passion you’d always hoped for was there all along. This truly is a portrait of how to develop love that lasts a lifetime.

Jack Canfield

Wabi Sabi Love is uplifting and full of the truth about what it takes to keep love alive.

Christiane Northrup

Arielle Ford’s Wabi Sabi Love weds ancient wisdom and modern concerns to create the formula for a sustainable, loving relationship for years to come.

Deepak Chopra

My sister, Arielle, is a master of everlasting love. With this foolproof guide to sustaining relationships beyond ‘I do,’ she shares her hard-won wisdom of keeping love alive and thriving! Wabi Sabi Love is a must read for every couple in search of a happily ever after.

Debbie Ford

Wabi Sabi Love really works. My husband and I follow Arielle’s wisdom and enjoy a deeply meaningful, totally fulfilling and loving marriage.

Peggy McColl

Wabi Sabi Love shows you how to have a completely fulfilling love relationship. Arielle is a master teacher in guiding others to create deep and lasting love. Listen to her, follow her sage advice, and you’ll experience relationship bliss.

Marci Shimoff

This book is a treasure trove of inspiration that offers an abundance of great ideas and information. I highly recommend it.

Gay Hendricks

Arielle Ford’s Wabi Sabi Love is a compassionate and inspired guide to creating more loving relationships. It’s a book I plan to read again and again, and keep close by for a long time!

Gloria Loring