Good Relations
Cracking the Code of How to Get on Better
1st Edition
Published on 19. January 2023
272 pages
978-1-4729-9236-9 (ISBN)
Description
'Brilliantly empowering and truly life-changing ... a must-read for improving relationships.' - Gwyneth Paltrow
'Utterly fantastic. Read immediately' - Claudia Winkleman
We all want to get on with people better. Consider this your personal toolkit to developing more productive and satisfying relationships in every aspect of your life.
Do you long to have deeper, more meaningful connections with your loved ones? Do you want to resolve conflicts with friends and work effectively with colleagues?
Having good relationships - from partners and family to your friends or colleagues - is the key to thriving. Research shows it impacts your health, well-being, financial security and happiness. But how do you get there?
Leading psychologist Janet Reibstein shows you step by step how to 'learn' relationships, so you can make even the most difficult interaction a positive one.
With case studies, practical advice and centred around four essential skills, Good Relations shows you how to harness healthy, successful relationships. You'll master how to communicate clearly, develop empathy and make crucial repairs when things go wrong.
'Utterly fantastic. Read immediately' - Claudia Winkleman
We all want to get on with people better. Consider this your personal toolkit to developing more productive and satisfying relationships in every aspect of your life.
Do you long to have deeper, more meaningful connections with your loved ones? Do you want to resolve conflicts with friends and work effectively with colleagues?
Having good relationships - from partners and family to your friends or colleagues - is the key to thriving. Research shows it impacts your health, well-being, financial security and happiness. But how do you get there?
Leading psychologist Janet Reibstein shows you step by step how to 'learn' relationships, so you can make even the most difficult interaction a positive one.
With case studies, practical advice and centred around four essential skills, Good Relations shows you how to harness healthy, successful relationships. You'll master how to communicate clearly, develop empathy and make crucial repairs when things go wrong.
More details
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-4729-9236-9 (9781472992369)
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02/2024
Green Tree
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Person
Janet Reibstein is a US-born, UK-based psychologist, therapist, coach and broadcaster. She wrote the UK Parenting Plan - a guide given to all divorcing couples on how to manage their relationship - and is Professor Emerita at the University of Exeter. Janet is also the author of the Bloomsbury books, The Best Kept Secret and Staying Alive.
Content
1. Introduction: Better relating
2. Skills: Learning to interact
3. Foundations: Building blocks of success
4. Parents and children: Generation games
5. Siblings: Shared values and rivalry
6. Couples: Love and war
7. Friendship: Shifting loyalties
8. Work relationships: Setting boundaries
9. Transactions: When there is no relationship
10. Virutal relationships: The move online
11. Future relationships: Habit-forming
Resources
Acknowledgements
2. Skills: Learning to interact
3. Foundations: Building blocks of success
4. Parents and children: Generation games
5. Siblings: Shared values and rivalry
6. Couples: Love and war
7. Friendship: Shifting loyalties
8. Work relationships: Setting boundaries
9. Transactions: When there is no relationship
10. Virutal relationships: The move online
11. Future relationships: Habit-forming
Resources
Acknowledgements
