***Its cover testimonial proclaims its "pioneering" nature. The first of many secular perspectives. But much is to be learned if you can wade through some individualistic and other eastern philosophies. It is surprising how much christian truth is "hiding" behind the secular rationalism. I can't say that this book has as of yet impacted my sex life (see title word: "Passionate"). But it has given me a lot of food for thought in other areas of the interpersonal relationship we call marriage. Maybe that will translate over to the "passion" someday. The main thrust of the book (no pun intended) is the "differentiation" (basically being emotionally independent without God/god) and how that will result in your being able to be good, relational, intimate etc. While I agree that being interdependent, emotionally fused etc. can definitely lead to various "non-good" actions and decrease the likelihood of relational intimacy, I am yet to be convinced it is the one-stop elixir for passion's shortcoming (again no pun intended). While certain more "practical" chapters may eventually merit a re-read, large portions were personal (patient file) anecdotes and traditional psychobabble. Moral of the story: One book, even a 400+ pager, is not going to solve this problem anytime soon.
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