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The Intentional Relationship: Stop Collecting Matches and Start Building Love That Actually Lasts
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Publisher Price: $19.99
Publisher: Jessica Hintz
Published: May 13 2026
Pages: 222
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.51 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
You have done everything right - and somehow you are still here, exhausted by modern dating and no closer to the love you actually want. The problem was never you. The problem was that nobody gave you a blueprint.
The Intentional Relationship is the clear, practical, and deeply human guide that a generation of frustrated daters has been waiting for. Drawing on behavioral psychology and attachment theory, Jessica Hintz shows you why dating apps and emotional burnout are the same problem - one rooted in a system designed to keep you searching rather than finding.
At the heart of the book is the three-stage compatibility test - a structured framework for evaluating a potential partner across values, behavior under pressure, and long-term vision before your emotional investment outpaces your actual knowledge of who they are. Compatibility is not a feeling you either have or do not have. It is something measurable, testable, and entirely within your control to evaluate clearly.
From there, the book moves into territory almost no other dating guide addresses: what happens after you find someone worth keeping. Building emotional safety, navigating the first ninety days, understanding attachment styles, and having the honest conversations most people avoid - this is where The Intentional Relationship goes further than anything else on the shelf.
Every chapter closes with a concrete exercise you can use immediately, making this as much a workbook as a book to be read and felt.
If you are tired of situationships, first dates that lead nowhere, and advice that changes nothing, this book was written for you.
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