Appreciation for
Succulent Wild Love
What if love isnt about losing yourself or compromising what matters to you? What if, instead of the you complete me model of romantic attachment, we approach love from I complete me and you complete you wholeness? In Succulent Wild Love , SARK and Dr. John Waddell offer up tools for coming into a relationship as a nourishing, growth-enhancing, joyfull spiritual practice. Definitely medicine for the soul, as well as the heart.
~ Lissa Rankin, MD
New York Timesbestselling author
Mind Over Medicine and The Fear Cure
Tired of looking for love in all the wrong places? Succulent Wild Love is the best self-help book you could possibly read. Trust me, its PERFECT! Youre perfect too!
~ Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
bestselling author
Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfathers Blessings
Succulent Wild Love offers a new philosophy of love that provides a more enlightened way of experiencing all your relationships. Its brimming with innovative tools you can use to make any relationship more vibrant.
~ Marci Shimoff
#1 New York Timesbestselling author
Happy for No Reason and Love for No Reason
Co-editor of Chicken Soup for the Womans Soul
If your soul is ready for loveself-love and soulmate loveread this book. Its filled with wise and wonderful advice and really useful (and easy) exercises.
~ Arielle Ford
bestselling author
The Soulmate Secret and Wabi Sabi Love
The wonderfully whimsical appearance of Succulent Wild Love is only the beginning. The book is profound! Based on SARK and Dr. John Waddells personal experiences, it reveals the principles that make love flourish and presents them in ways you can immediately apply to bring greater wonder, joy, and love into your life. We love this book!
Donna Eden and David Feinstein
New York Timesbestselling coauthors
The Energies of Love
Succulent. Wild. Love . When I first saw the title, it made me want to rip my jammies right off. Then I read it, and WOW. It really is a whole new philosophy of love and relationships in a whole new way!
Joan Borysenko, PhD
bestselling author
Inner Peace for Busy People
From the queen of self-love and her wise and thoughtful fianc, Dr. John Waddell, comes a sweet and insightful book with practical how-tos on fostering and nurturing love with another soul on this lifes journey. Very beautiful.
Tosha Silver
bestselling author
Outrageous Openness and Change Me Prayers
SARK and Dr. John Waddell have written the new bible for creating soulful, conscious, loving relationships. Their genius, guidance, and practical tools are sure to transform any relationship in your life into a succulent wild one. The blend of personal stories, transformational teachings, and step-by-step processes is nothing short of amazing. I highly recommend this book for anyone ready to receive more love!
Amy Ahlers
bestselling author
Big Fat Lies Women Tell Themselves and
co-author of Reform Your Inner Mean Girl
The whole is greater than the sum of two hearts! SARK has written about love before, but never quite like this. It is rare for a coauthored book to so effectively deliver a single message through two distinct voices. But Mr. and Mrs. Wonderfull are meant to write books together, and the combination of their voices is glistening, potent, unforgettable.
Marney K. Makridakis
bestselling author
Creating Time and Hop, Skip, Jump
SARKs books have been a guiding force in my life since I was eighteen, and this book is no exception except for the fact that the fun and playfulness and advice and truth are all doubled. John Waddell and SARK together are exactly what a relationship should be: independent but together. Not always agreeing but coming back to the center. Thank you for helping us redefine and rewrite our own love story so we see only possibility.
Suzanne Evans
New York Times bestselling author
The Way You Do Anything Is the Way You Do Everything
Inc. 500 honoree
I love this book! Succulent Wild Love is not only a powerful guide for bringing more love into our relationships and lives, it is also written by two amazing people who practice what they teach. Allow the wisdom, creativity, and authenticity of this book to inspire you.
Mike Robbins
bestselling author
Nothing Changes Until You Do
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Copyright 2015 by SARK and John Waddell, PhD
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Succulent wild love : six powerful habits for feeling more love more often / SARK & John Waddell.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Man-woman relationships. 2. Intimacy (Psychology) 3. Mate selection.
4.Couples. 5. Interpersonal attraction. 6. Love.
II. Title. HQ801.S43373 2015
306.7dc23 2015016974
Photo credits: photo of Virginia Bell by Irene Young; photo of Valerie Tate by Tracy Maxwell-Ashley; photo of Leslie Lewis by Paul Buceta; photo of Arielle Ford and Brian Hilliard by Carl Studna; photo of Sam Bennett by Erin Clendinin; photo of Clark Tate by Valerie Tate; photo of Andrea Scher by In Her Image Photography; photo of David and Cliff Swain-Solomon by Donna Hackney.
First printing, November 2015
ISBN Kindle Direct Publishing: 978-0-692-56757-9
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Heart of Dedication
Susan
To my prior fur husbandmy cat Jupiterand now to John, who said to me, Im your Jupiter nownot to replace him, but to join him in loving you. I love you, John.
John
To Jeanie for starting me on this path & now Susan, whom I love and adore, for uplifting me further.
Table of Contents
(for content relationships)
Your content relationship guides
5. Longing for a Great Love:
SARKs Covert Love Operation
7. Your Relationship Mentor Inside:
You and Your Inner Wise Self
8. Tending to and Transforming Your Feelings so You Can Feel More Love:
Your Inner Feelings Care System
9. The Critics in Your Head Are Not You or Your Partner:
You Inner Critic Care System
11. The No Compromise Relationship:
Creating Joyfull Solutions With Everyone
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