#308: How Life's Difficulties Can Help Couples Become Much Stronger




Last First Date Radio show

Summary: Trained as psychotherapists and relationship counselors, Charlie Bloom M.S.W. and Linda Bloom L.C.S.W. have worked with individuals, couples, groups, and organizations since 1975. Join as we discuss their newest book, That Which Doesn't Kill Us: HowOne Couple Became Stronger at the Broken Places. The book chronicles a ten-year period of time in their relationship in which they experienced a series of grueling ordeals that brought their marriage to the brink of divorce on more than one occasion. Their story is both intimately personal and simultaneously universal in that their challenges are frequently experienced in a variety of forms by many couples. Yet unlike couples whose marriages do not survive these ordeals, Charlie and Linda’s did. Their story is illuminating, instructive, and deeply inspiring. It has been described as being as compelling and engaging as a page-turning novel. The book contains powerful messages that are embedded in its pages that can serve any couple that desires valuable wisdom which can serve them in facing the inevitable challenges that frequently confront many committed partnerships.