Real Love, Right Now

July 1, 2013
A relationship coach and Oprah-certified “Love Ambassador,” Rosenberg presents a 30-day plan for finding your soul mate through faith in God, self-awareness, and healing wounds from one’s childhood and failed relationships. Before you can find a perfect match, she explains, you must embrace self-respect, reject the ego, take accountability for your actions, and commit to God’s plan. “Love Life Blueprints” will help you self-assess as well as pinpoint the qualities you seek in a potential mate. In working towards the former goal, Rosenberg encourages readers to explore “past relationship patterns” and change the “broken love scripts” that cause dysfunction. For those “still mourning a lost love” or afraid to seek a new relationship, Rosenberg’s theories on “love teachers” are illuminating. She also provides practical tips to improve your look and instructions for making your home a more nurturing environment, and each chapter concludes with a homework assignment (e.g., meditating, journaling, etc.). Liberal readers might balk at some of Rosenberg’s traditional views (such as waiting till marriage to have sex), but for the most part her advice is astute and well articulated. 2 b&w images. Agent: Brandi Bowles, Foundry Literary + Media.