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Book Cover of Jayson Gaddis - Getting to Zero: How to Work Through Conflict in Your High-Stakes Relationships

By Jayson Gaddis – Founder of The Relationship School 

4.98
| 2021 | 320 Pages
Recommended for: 
Individuals seeking relationship improvement. Ages 12 to Adults.
You will:
  • Learn how to navigate conflicts in relationships effectively and compassionately.
  • Discover practical tools for resolving interpersonal conflicts in everyday situations.
  • Understand the dynamics of conflict and how to approach difficult conversations.
  • Gain insights into personal triggers and how to manage them during conflicts.
  • Explore methods to transform disconnection into meaningful connection with others.
Reviews:
Practical Tools
Easy to Read
Insightful Strategies
Real-Life Examples
Transformative
Repetitive
Overly Simplistic
  • The Wall Street Journal Bestseller
  • Editors' pick Best Nonfiction
Recommended by Stan Tatkin, Coach Mike Bayer, Alexandra Solomon and 6 others
Stan TatkinJayson Gaddis’ excellent new book, Getting to Zero, is a fabulous couple guide to conflict solutions interspersed with inspirational self-disclosures of Jayson's own life and relationship experiences. He provides valuable conceptual framing and techniques for managing conflict. His detailed insights will be of great value to readers interested in effective loving relationships
Coach Mike BayerGetting to Zero is an excellent guidebook for anyone looking to improve their conflict management skills. Jayson’s storytelling is impactful, his insights are wise, and his message is clear and heartfelt
Alexandra SolomonAs a couples therapist, professor, and relationship educator, I am excited to recommend Getting to Zero to my clients and students. Jayson Gaddis is a magnificent teacher--thoughtful, warm, nerdy, practical, and wise. The approach he offers on these pages is one that serves our bodies, our minds, our hearts, and our souls. Dive in! You are going to be so glad you did... and the people you love will be so glad too!
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Book Cover of Jackson MacKenzie, Shannon Thomas - Whole Again: Healing Your Heart and Rediscovering Your True Self After Toxic Relationships and Emotional Abuse

By Jackson MacKenzie – Co-founder of PsychopathFree.com and 1 more 

4.89
| 2019 | 304 Pages
Recommended for: 
Survivors of toxic relationships. Ages 12 to Adults.
You will:
  • Learn to identify and understand the symptoms of trauma after toxic relationships.
  • Discover effective strategies for healing and self-acceptance after emotional abuse.
  • Understand the importance of setting healthy boundaries in relationships.
  • Learn mindfulness techniques to process and release emotional pain.
  • Discover how to cultivate unconditional self-love and compassion for oneself.
  • My feelings are my own responsibility. The feelings of others are their own responsibility.
  • The more comfortable you become with discomfort, the more the discomfort will reveal itself to you.
  • Radical Acceptance and True Refuge by Tara Brach; and The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer.
Reviews:
Insightful
Compassionate
Well-Written
Life-Changing
Relatable
Author's Credentials
Over-Generalizations
  • #22 Best Seller in Personality Disorders on Amazon
  • New York Times Bestseller
  • Rated Amazon Best Book of the Year
Recommended by Stan Tatkin, Jillian Pransky, Bill Eddy and 5 others
Stan TatkinIn Whole Again, Jackson MacKenzie has synthesized the important basic principles and tools of healing and writes in a style that is both warm and articulate. Whole Again offers a good starting point for those not yet ready for therapy or in conjunction with therapy. It is almost impossible to deal effectively on your own with the effects of trauma and abuse, but having a supportive community and using the simple tools in this book can help you begin the journey toward healing
Jillian PranskyAccessible, profound, and inspiring, the wisdom of Whole Again guides us inward to uncover deeply buried feelings and undigested pain that, left unaddressed, prevent us from experiencing our wholeness. Through consistent and cumulative practices, Jackson offers us a powerful, heart-centered, program that helps us heal, inhabit our lives more fully, and remember our wholeness
Bill EddyThis is a great book for recovering from any trauma or difficult relationship, including relationships with Cluster B personalities. As Jackson MacKenzie says, it’s not what you think—it’s what you feel. To thoroughly understand what that means, read this book. With this powerful information, anyone can become whole again
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Book Cover of Annie Chen LMFT - The Attachment Theory Workbook: Powerful Tools to Promote Understanding, Increase Stability, and Build Lasting Relationships

By Annie Chen LMFT – Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a private practice focused on working with couples 

4.72
| 2019 | 192 Pages
Recommended for: 
Couples, individuals seeking to understand attachment styles and improve relationships. Beginner to Intermediate readers.
You will:
  • Understand your own attachment style through self-assessments and exercises.
  • Explore the Anxious, Avoidant, and Secure attachment styles comprehensively.
  • Develop relationship skills by listing positive aspects about others and reflecting on hypothetical scenarios.
  • Identify and understand your attachment style and that of others for improved relationships.
  • Enhance honesty, intimacy, and communication with partners, family, or friends through actionable exercises.
  • When we get close to someone and come to depend on them, in stressful moments we show our true attachment style.
  • Your attachment style is essentially a blueprint of your basic assumptions about safety and trust.
  • You’re driven by your desire to connect, which often means you overfocus on the other person, always putting them first, while feeling unhappy about your own needs not being met. You want to give and receive, with maximum connection.
Reviews:
Insightful Exercises
Comprehensive Overview
Active Strategies
Expert Advice
Self-Assessments
Not for Avoidant Types
Requires Another Person for Some Exercises
  • #6 Best Seller in Popular Psychology Counseling on Amazon
Recommended by Stan Tatkin, Cheryl Cohen Greene, Shalini Dayal and 3 others
Stan TatkinThe Attachment Theory Workbook will be helpful to individuals and couples interested in learning more about how attachment theory can be applied in their lives. Its simple exercises can be done quickly, and should give readers a better sense of their preferred style of relating to others, as well as suggest what self-improvement path they may wish to embark upon
Cheryl Cohen GreeneThe Attachment Theory Workbook is fabulous! It drills down on everything you need to know about attachment theory in order to use it in your own life. Finally, a useful set of exercises for old and young alike! I highly recommend this workbook for anyone who has questions about why their relationships are the way they are
Shalini DayalThe Attachment Theory Workbook is much needed for all kinds of significant relationships, romantic and otherwise, offering practical exercises for insights and actions for improving all relationships
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