LOVE, MAINTAINED
A Woman's Guide to Building, Healing, and Sustaining Healthy Relationships
Most relationship books teach you how to find love.This book teaches you what to do after you've found it.
Because real relationships don't fall apart over toothpaste caps, dirty dishes, or forgotten anniversaries.
They unravel from emotional distance.Unspoken resentment.Unhealed childhood wounds.Broken trust.
Mismatched expectations.Low libido.Poor communication.
And two people slowly becoming strangers while sleeping in the same bed.
In Love, Maintained, Certified Life Coach and relationship educator Coach Kimberly D. L. Pittman, BMSc, takes readers beyond surface-level relationship advice and into the real conversations many couples avoid.
Inside these pages, you'll learn how to:
Identify whether you're showing up as your authentic self—or a version of yourself created to keep the peace
Get to the root causes of emotional disconnection, resentment, and intimacy struggles
Understand how childhood wounds and attachment patterns silently influence adult relationships
Rebuild trust and intimacy after betrayal and infidelity
Navigate difficult conversations about monogamy, open relationships, polyamory, and relationship structure without shame or judgment
Create intentional relationship agreements and expectations before problems arise
Address common intimacy challenges, including low libido, erectile dysfunction, vaginal dryness, emotional withdrawal, and mismatched desire
Learn why intimacy is about far more than sex—and how emotional safety impacts physical connection
Stop repeating unhealthy relationship patterns and begin choosing love from a place of healing rather than survival
Build a relationship vision that supports both connection and individuality
This is not a book about pretending relationships are easy.
It's a book about understanding why they become difficult.
It's about learning how to repair what has been neglected, reconnect when distance has formed, and recognize when love requires healing rather than abandoning.
Whether you're dating, married, rebuilding after betrayal, questioning your relationship, navigating a nontraditional partnership, or simply determined not to lose yourself in love, Love, Maintained provides the tools, exercises, insights, and uncomfortable truths necessary to create healthier, more intentional relationships.
Because healthy relationships don't happen by accident.
They are maintained.
And the strongest relationships aren't the ones that never break.
They're the ones that learn how to heal.
