THE NEW PARADISE:
Making Intimacy Real
(Red Nolan and Double Storey, 2004)

By Hanlie Raath

This book takes you on a personal pilgrimage to create the relationships you have always wanted, through the characters in the therapy group.

Instead of yearning for a perfect relationship, each of us can create our own unique formula for happiness, and so enter a world of more gratifying relationships. In this: the New Paradise, intimacy becomes real instead of ideal.

Using a novel approach in her book, author Hanlie Raath re-creates a series of group sessions in which eight fictitious characters embark on a journey of personal discovery and fulfillment.

As we identify with each person’s the story, we discover how we can use the raw material in our existing relationships to transform them into something valuable and rewarding.

As we weave intricate tapestries out of our agonies and ecstasies, we create our own brand of relating, where intimacy becomes more effortless, and refreshing.