Part 1. The Home We Leave --
The Power of Mindfulness --
A Positive Spin on How It Was and Is --
The Five A's: The Keys that Open Us --
Unconditional Presence versus the Five Mindsets of Ego --
Practices: Our Skillful Means --
When We Deny We Were Deprived --
What Hurts Us Comforts Us --
How Good for Me Was My Family? --
Part 2. Struggles Along the Way --
3.. Choosing a Partner --
Am I Cut Out for Relationship? --
4.. Romance: The First Phase of Relationship --
When Romance Is Addictive --
The Past in the Present --
Introvert or Extrovert? --
6.. Fears Rush In--and Dangers, Too --
Engulfment and Abandonment --
Learning from Our Fears --
Dealing with Disappointment --
Anatomy of the Arrogant Ego --
Anatomy of the Impoverished Ego --
The Riches of Ego and How to Find Them --
A Yes to the Things We Cannot Change --
8.. When Relationships End --
Ending with Grace and Moving On --
When Somebody Leaves You --
Part 3. Returning the Blessing --
9.. Our Commitment and How It Deepens --
The Virtues of Intimate Love --
Appendix. The Steps and Shifts of Mindful Grief.
