Lifeskills
8 Simple Ways to Build Stronger Relationships, Communicate More Clearly, and Improve Your Health
Nonfiction, Family & Relationships, Relationships, Friendship, Health & Well Being, Self Help, Self Improvement, Success
| Author: | Dr. Redford Williams | ISBN: | 9780307557421 |
| Publisher: | Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale | Publication: | June 9, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Harmony | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dr. Redford Williams |
| ISBN: | 9780307557421 |
| Publisher: | Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale |
| Publication: | June 9, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Harmony |
| Language: | English |
Here are the eight skills this book will help you master:
- Identify your thoughts and feelings: how to tap into your feelings, especially the negative ones
- Evaluate your negative feelings, negative thoughts, and options: how to decide when to take action
- Communicate better: how to be a more effective listener and speaker
- Empathize with others to understand their behavior: how to appreciate a situation from someone else's point of view
- Do problem-solving: how to define the problem, generate alternatives, and evaluate the outcomes
- Practice assertion: how to get others to do what you want
- Practice acceptance: how to back off without feeling like a failure
- Emphasize the positive: how to build better relationships using a proven ratio of positive to negative interactions
Lifeskills shows how building better relationships is an essential part of preserving health--and offers eight clear steps anyone can use to make that happen.
Here are the eight skills this book will help you master:
- Identify your thoughts and feelings: how to tap into your feelings, especially the negative ones
- Evaluate your negative feelings, negative thoughts, and options: how to decide when to take action
- Communicate better: how to be a more effective listener and speaker
- Empathize with others to understand their behavior: how to appreciate a situation from someone else's point of view
- Do problem-solving: how to define the problem, generate alternatives, and evaluate the outcomes
- Practice assertion: how to get others to do what you want
- Practice acceptance: how to back off without feeling like a failure
- Emphasize the positive: how to build better relationships using a proven ratio of positive to negative interactions
Lifeskills shows how building better relationships is an essential part of preserving health--and offers eight clear steps anyone can use to make that happen.
