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Why Talking Is Not Enough
Eight Loving Actions That Will Transform Your Marriage
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This book is ideal for readers interested in parenting, family relationships, and personal growth within partnerships. It suits those looking for spiritual and practical guidance to foster deeper connections without relying solely on communication.
AIt's really not so much what we say to each other, reveals relationship expert Susan Page, but what we do. In this book she offers a stunningly simple approach to improving our marital relationships and relationships with others whom we care about.
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Why Talking Is Not Enough, written by Susan Page, author of the acclaimed bestseller If I’m So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single?, presents a novel relationship strategy based on subtle, powerful changes in your own actions. This method shows you the magic of “Keep your mouth out of it!”
Page’s pioneering eight-step program invites you to give up problem solving and move directly to a warmer, more loving, and fun relationship, based on universal spiritual principles.
In this book, you will learn how to transform your relationship into a Spiritual Partnership by adopting these Eight Loving Actions:
- Adopt a Spirit of Good Will
- Give Up Problem Solving
- Act as If
- Practice Restraint
- Balance Giving and Taking
- Act on Your Own
- Practice Acceptance
- Practice Compassion
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ISBN: 9780787995294
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 April 2007
Country: United States
Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 226.0mm
Weight: 386g
Pages: 304
About the Author
SUSAN PAGE has been conducting workshops for both singles and couples, nationally and internationally, since 1980. Her international speaking and media career has taken her to twenty-six states, Canada, Korea, Australia, and Mexico. She has appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and CNBC, and her work has appeared in People magazine, USA Today, Cosmopolitan, Redbook, Glamour, and McCall’s.
Susan began her career as a Protestant campus minister at Washington University in St. Louis and at Columbia University in New York. She was director of women’s programs at the University of California, Berkeley, where she helped found the nation’s first university-based human sexuality program.
Her previous books include How One of You Can Bring the Two of You Together; The Eight Essential Traits of Couples Who Thrive; If I’m So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single? and The Shortest Distance Between You and a Published Book.
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