Relationships Matter

The Fairy Goddess Mentor of New York City strikes again with another innovative fresh breath of self-help insights.

Author, talk-show host, columnist, radio and TV personality Karen Salmansohn has been writing advice and mentoring young women for years, encouraging an end to the cycle of less-than-healthy relationship choices that are easy to start, but oh so difficult to break.

Salmansohn’s personal overcoming of difficult relationship traps has become Prince Harming Syndrome a brand new self-help book that mixes Karen’s life experience and the philosophy of Aristotle to create an intimately witty and personal account for women of all ages looking to break their bad habits for good! Karen will teach you how to seek out the 5 essentials for true love NONE OF THEM being what you'd normally think about looking for! For example, one essential is to seek a guy who "values growing." If your man doesn’t value growing, then your relationship won’t survive because a relationship is only as strong as its weakest moments. If your man values growing, he will be open to discussing problems, meeting your needs and evolving so as to make sure problems don’t keep repeating.

Prince Harming Syndrome is a call to action for knowing how to recognize the important difference between Prince Harmings and Prince Charmings by understanding the important difference between "pleasure" and "happiness."

This book is for you if-

You feel like your love life should be renamed your angst life

You’re now absolutely ready to break your bad love patterns for good!

Praise for Karen Salmansohn's Previous Books


Karen Salmansohn’s writing is bold, playful, insightful with powerful metaphors that provoke and inspire...her kinetic images amplify her message and take the book to a new level of literary experience. - Deepak Chopra

Salmansohn has the soul of a stand-up comic. The battle of the sexes has a brave new gladiator. - Jon Stewart


Salmansohn’s advice for regaining your footing after a life set back is smart, do-able and even fun. - Lucy S. Danziger, Editor-in-Chief, SELF Magazine

User Reviews about Prince Harming Syndrome: Break Bad Relationship Patterns for Good—5 Essentials for Finding True Love (and they're not what you think)

The book was recommended by one of the ladies in my date coaching and group support organization, The Journey (Lynx Dating Solutions). We go over questions that you need to know the answers to while you are dating someone and before you advance with them into the Courtship phase of a relationship. The recommending member thought this book's questions would be a great source for all our members. I don't think the book is good enough academically to warrant recommendation to my group, but if they have an afternoon to kill then maybe they should read the book for fun. I give it a C at best.

I wouldn't go completely out on a limb and say this book sucked. Some of information in the book is very good but it's all standard date coaching fair that you can get in other, better written books. There are no surprises or new information, just a reiteration of good solid dating practices. I will say that the "Questions to Pop' was a good selection.

The problem with the book was all the 'buddy-buddy' wording and elaborate back-stories intertwined with Aristotle philosophy. Really made the book hard to follow. I wasn't sure if I was reading a self-help book or another Pray Laugh Love book. I would be happy with either, but not mixed. I felt like the author was trying to overcome her lack of formal training in this area by using Aristotle's teachings rather than an enhancement to her message. The chapters were way too chatty for a self-help book to be taken seriously. Pick up the book second-hand and save yourself a few bucks if you must have it. The title is very cute.
-- More Fluff than Substance

I was so surprised by this book. I am always open to new self help books but this one wasn't like others I have read. I discovered this author on [...] when reading an excerpt of the book and wanted to check out the whole thing. It looks at your past relationships and how you can use them to heal and be ready for your great love (plan B!) It also uses ancient philosophy as back-up and lots of research from respected psychologists (ex. John Gottman). She sometimes goes overboard with the puns and silly phrases, but that was very easy to overlook given the message of the book - how to attract your soulmate (using law of attracting and also some concrete advice) and what to look for in a potential mate, but also making sure you are ready to give in the relationship. -- Great book! Not your typical self-help tome

I really like reading these kinds of books. This one, Prince Harming Syndrome, is dead-on. It's about recognizing your past relationship patterns, and most importantly, it's about undoing past damage. If you are looking for a long term relationship and want to figure some of this emotional stuff out--why you're stuck in bad relationship patterns to begin with--then this is the book for you. It was insightful, intelligent and helped me to get unstuck. A must, must read as well as Man Magnet: How to Be the Best Woman You Can Be in Order to Get the Best Man-A Guide To Dating (Revised Edition). -- Well said.

Who's NOT looking for true love? And not the fairy tale kind but the kind that lasts long after the credits roll.
The Prince Harming Syndrome has hurt, crushed and disappointed one too many of my beautiful, vivacious, intelligent friends. As an antidote, Karen Salmonsohn's book belongs on your shelf whether you've witnessed it or experienced it.
Although the book is a quick read, I would encourage you, dear reader, to underline, highlight and dog-ear those pages and passages that speak to you. I liken this to a reference book. Especially when a new man comes into your life. Use this as a reference guide to keep you on your path -- a beacon, if you will -- towards a happier, healthier relationship than you've had in the past.
And in the process of following her advice, you may just *become* the person you'd want to date/mate. In fact, I'd say that's whole whole point of the book. -- Laughing all the way to your next relationship

This book is going to become part of my outfit. Everything in it is insightful and right on. I will be referring back to this book so often it might as well become part of my outfit. Thank you for putting it all in writing. -- Outfit