We bring good qualities and personal flaws into our relationships. We bring health and a hurtful past. Quickly, we realize how much work a relationship demands. Each of us can invest good things for great results. It helps to understand: The different dynamics that cause unhealthy, hurtful relationships and those qualities that help grow healthy, inspiring ones; The art of building meaningful skills in communication, listening, conflict resolution, and identifying the values you are seeking in another; How to identify a healthy relationship, how to discern unhealthy ones, tools for discovering God's will, and how to bring healing and growth to your past dynamics and wounds. The journey always begins with the first step. Risk discovering. Risk relating. Risk loving again. Embrace the journey of life-rejoice in its warmth and joys Let Dating Doesn't Have to be Disastrous Anymore be one of your first steps toward a loving and healthy relationship. Face any hurtful past; learn why you choose the kind of relationships you do; discover what God meant you to be. Put yourself on the path to find and build the relationship you've always wanted. Start now "Rev. Earl Hocquard has offered the bulk of practical understanding and suggestions anyone could need for seeking a healthy relationship. Men and women alike will find this book a quick, easy, and useful read. Those who have never been married, or those are single through divorce or widowhood will find this book chock-full of concrete examples and tools, and written in a relating narrative style. Readers who've had any struggles at all in building or maintaining healthy romantic relationships will benefit from what Hocquard offers." -Jodi Niemi Brown, M.A., Certified Family Life Educator, Spring Arbor University "Inthe28yearsIhaveknownEarl, hispassionforimprovingrelationshipshas alwaysbeen strong. I know of nobody more qualified to teach on this issue. Earl is someone with a rare combination of qualifications. Not only has he lived through childhood and adult trauma, but he has the educational and professional credentials as well as the ministry experience of a pastor and a chaplain who has dealt with life and death realities. He matches an unwavering faith and integrity with the authentic honesty and compassion of one who has been through life's worst. I recommend his ministry." -Carl Hamper Pastor of Volunteers, Robinwood Church, Huntington Beach, California"