Book excerpt: This book is for those who have come out of a long-term relationship or marriage (divorce, separation or death) and want to get back into the dating world. Whether you are seeking a long-term relationship or a casual one, you will find this book helpful for the emotional and practical advice, tips and examples that will guide you toward the relationships and love you desire, while protecting yourself, your children and your assets. Those of you who have not had traumatic experiences in past relationships will find this information very useful to help avoid the difficulties others have experienced.This book will help you move past your fear of relationships. In addition, it can prevent you from repeating mistakes. Next, it will guide you toward attracting the love and security you desire.Written by a relationship counselor and a financial planner, the authors have seen many people who have gone through extremely difficult divorces and break-ups. Often such circumstances leave people emotionally, physically and financially devastated. We all know someone who has gone through this-people who have suffered things like psychological or physical abuse. Maybe you're aware of children who are used by one parent against another, or theft of a family member's money. The emotional and financial pain can linger far longer than the time it takes to get out of a bad situation. The long-term effects can be devastating to children who may absorb the pain and abuse drugs as a coping mechanism, or develop other addictive and destructive habits. They may become just like their abusive parent, or embody a "victim mentality" for life. It can become an endless cycle from one generation to the next.This book is an attempt to break that cycle and help people become more aware of problems before they occur. The combination of these two seemingly separate concepts- emotional and financial-may seem unusual, but they often go hand-in-hand, especially when it comes to relationships.This book will help you: -Gain clarity of the dating process after coming out ofa divorce or a break-up.-Identify who is seriously looking for a relationship so you do not waste your time.-Understand your prior relationship patterns, so you can avoid making the same mistakes.-Protect yourself from online predators.-Learn how to tell if your date is emotionally healthy.-Identify your relationship blind spots.-Protect your sexual health.-Protect your children in the dating process.-Be more aware during he dating process.-Overcome dating-related anxiety.-Know when you're revealing too much, too soon.-Attract a loving healthy relationship by knowing what questions to ask.-Be more perceptive during the dating process.-Ensure that your needs are met in a relationship.-Know why you have been attracting the partners you have been attracting.-Protect your assets in future relationships.-Learn how to leave money to your children/grandchildren without that money being wasted.-Learn how to financially provide for yourself and your children when getting into a new relationship.-Merge money when getting into a long-term relationship or marriage.-Know when it's okay to let your significant-other assist you with aspects of your finances.-Avoid mistakes investors commonly make.-Determine if you should have a prenuptial agreement.-Help you decide if you should sign a prenuptial agreement.-Get comfortable discussing prenuptial agreements.-Protect yourself from a financially irresponsible partner.-Protect your assets, reduce taxes, and provide for the members of a blended family.-Reduce the risk of long-term care expenses that can deplete your assets and place a heavy burden on your family.-Protect your children's college money.-Protect your adult children's money from themselves.-Reduce your liability from your children's mistakes.-Reduce the chances your child will need expensive rehab.