Why Talking Is Not Enough: Eight Loving Actions That Will Transform Your Marriage

ISBN-13: 9780787995294 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 304 str.

Susan Page

Opis

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

Spis treści

Introduction 1

PART ONE

What Is Spiritual Partnership?

1. Introducing Spiritual Partnership 11

2. Loving Action 1: Adopt a Spirit of Good Will 47

3. Loving Action 2: Give Up Problem Solving 55

4. Loving Action 3: Act as If 71

5. Loving Action 4: Practice Restraint 89

6. Loving Action 5: Balance Giving and Taking 115

7. Loving Action 6: Act on Your Own 129

8. Loving Action 7: Practice Acceptance 157

9. Loving Action 8: Practice Compassion 183

PART TWO

Putting Spiritual Partnership to Work in Your Relationship

10. Exactly How to Use the Eight Loving Actions 209

11. Frequently Asked Questions 221

12. Communication Within Spiritual Partnership 231

13. Making Mature Judgments 241

PART THREE

Seeing Spiritual Partnership in a Broader Context

14. Defining the Spiritual in Spiritual Partnership 249

15. The Future of Spiritual Partnership 279

References and Further Reading 291

About the Author 295

O autorze

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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Praise for Why Talking Is Not Enough

"Susan Page has done it again brilliantly! Never before have I been so convinced that actions speak louder than words. Think about this irony a spiritual partnership that requires only one person to make it work."
Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

"Clearly, a cutting–edge book! Page offers a new paradigm for couples that she calls Spiritual Partnership. Taking issue with much marital therapy based on communication, conflict resolution, and problem solving, she encourages partners to view their relationship as a spiritual practice. A fresh and challenging approach! I recommend this book to all couples."
Harville Hendrix, author, Getting the Love You Want and coauthor (with Helen LaKelly Hunt), Receiving Love

"This book is simply wonderful."
Christiane Northrup, M.D., author, Mother–Daughter Wisdom, The Wisdom of Menopause, and Women′s Bodies, Women′s Wisdom

"If you′ve ever said, ′I talk until I′m blue in the face,′ or ′If I′ve told you once, I′ve told you a million times,′ it′s time to quit reciting the same old thing and read this book! It offers fail–proof, loving, action–oriented methods for getting through to your spouse and creating more connection and intimacy. With Page′s down–to–earth, simple–to–implement tools, you will quickly see that when it comes to relationship change, it′s easier done than said!"
Michele Weiner–Davis, author, Divorce Busting

"Susan Page presents a strong case that actions speak louder than words. Far from being hard to do, Susan Page′s ideas are hard not to do, once you have been introduced to them. I highly recommend this book!"
Anthony Robbins, author, Awaken the Giant Within and Unlimited Power

"A fresh and challenging approach! I recommend this book to all couples."
Harville Hendrix