Why Talking Is Not Enough
Eight Loving Actions That Will Transform Your Marriage
Published on 26. July 2006
224 pages
978-0-7879-8483-0 (ISBN)
Description
Why Talking Is Not Enough, written by Susan Page, author ofthe acclaimed bestseller If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am IStill Single? presents a novel relationship strategy based onsubtle, powerful changes in your own actions. This methodshows you the magic of "Keep your mouth out of it!"Page's pioneering eight-step program invites you to give upproblem solving and move directly to a warmer, more loving and funrelationship, based on universal spiritual principles.
In this book you will learn how to transform your relationshipinto a Spiritual Partnership by adopting these Eight LovingActions:
* 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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"Page has the rare ability to bring the spiritual down to earth and apply it to everyday situations. Her writing is clear, and her suggestions are easy to follow." (Library Journal, July 15, 2006)More details
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SUSAN PAGE has been conducting workshops for both singlesand couples, nationally and internationally, since 1980. Herinternational speaking and media career has taken her to twenty-sixstates, Canada, Korea, Australia, and Mexico. She has appeared onthe 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 atWashington University in St. Louis and at Columbia University inNew York. She was director of women's programs at theUniversity of California, Berkeley, where she helped found thenation's first university-based human sexualityprogram.
Her previous books include How One of You Can Bring the Two ofYou Together; The Eight Essential Traits of Couples Who Thrive; IfI'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single? and TheShortest Distance Between You and a Published Book.
Content
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 YourRelationship
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 SpiritualPartnership 249
15. The Future of Spiritual Partnership 279
References and Further Reading 291
About the Author 295
