Love Talk is like no other communication book you’ve ever read. The fruit of years of research by two foremost relationship experts (who also happen to be husband and wife), this book forges a new path to the heart of loving conversation. You’ll begin by identifying your security need and determining your personal communication style. Then you’ll put together everything you discover to learn how the two of you can speak each other’s language like never before.
This very day, you can begin an adventure in communication that will draw the two of you closer, and closer, and closer…consistently, in a way that creates the depth and connection you long for in your relationship.
Love Talk includes:
- The all-new Better Love Assessment
- The secret to emotional connection
- When not to talk
- A Communications 101 primer
- Practical help for the “silent partner”
Designed for use with the companion men’s and women’s Love Talk workbooks (sold separately).
Love Talk, by relationship experts Les and Leslie Parrott, is a deep yet simple plan full of new insights that will revolutionize communication in love relationships. Includes the Deep Love Assessment, a personalized online assessment that will help you understand your two unique personalities and how they fit together.
| Prologue: Charting Your Conversational Course |
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PART ONE LET'S TALK ABOUT TALKING |
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1 Can We Talk? Why We Wrote This Book |
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2 Relational Lifeblood: Why Communication Is Vital to Your Love Life |
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3 Communication 101: Brushing Up on the Basics |
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4 The Foundation of Every Great Conversation: Uncovering Your Fear Factor |
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PART TWO HOW YOU SAY THE THINGS YOU DO |
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5 How Do You Tackle Problems? Aggressively or Reflectively |
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6 How Do You Influence Each Other? With Feelings or Facts |
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7 How Do You React to Change? With Resistance or Acceptance |
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8 How Do You Make Decisions? Cautiously or Spontaneously |
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9 Your Unique Talk Style: Taking the Better Love Assessment |
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PART THREE ENJOYING LOVE TALK |
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10 Talking a Fine Line: The Secret to Emotional Connection |
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11 Men Analyze, Women Sympathize: Now It Makes Sense |
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12 Listening with the Third Ear: Can You Hear Me Now? |
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13 When Not to Talk: The Paradox of Every Relationship |
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14 Let's Talk Love: The Most Important Conversation You'll Ever Have |
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| Epilogue: The Ultimate Message of Love Talk |
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| Appendix: Practical Help for the Silent Partner |
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| Acknowledgments |
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| Notes |
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| About the Authors |
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Number-one New York Times bestselling author and psychologist Dr. Les Parrott has been featured on Oprah, CBS This Morning, the Today Show, CNN, and The View, as well as in USA Today and The New York Times. His books, which include Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts and many others, have sold over five million copies. Les and his wife, Leslie, a marriage therapist, are the creators of BetterLove.com, a resource for couples. Les and Leslie live in Seattle, Washington.
Dr. Leslie Parrott is a marriage and family therapist and codirector with her husband, Dr. Les Parrott, of the Center for Relationship Development at Seattle Pacific University. She is the author of First Drop of Rain and God Made You Nose to Toes, and coauthor with her husband of several bestselling books, including the Gold Medallion Awardwinner Saving Your Marriage Before It Starts. Leslie is a columnist for Todays Christian Woman and has been featured on Oprah, CBS This Morning, CNN, and The View, and in USA Today and the New York Times. Leslie lives in Seattle with her husband and their two sons. Visit LesandLeslie.com
