Couples consistently name 'improved communication' as the greatest need in their relationships. Love Talk, by relationship experts and bestselling authors Les and Leslie Parrott, is a deep yet simple plan full of new insights that will revolutionize communication in love relationships. Features insights from the all-new Better Love Assessment.
We set off to crack the code for meaningful conversation . . . a plan that would move our communication from good to great. And we found it. A deep and simple plan for everything a loving conversation has to offer. We call it Love Talk. —Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott
This men's workbook will help you personalize the concepts you encounter in the Parrotts' book Love Talk and put them to work in your relationships. Inside, you'll find exercises, assessments, self-tests, tips, applications . . . all the tools and guidance you need to
- Identify your personal communication style
- Understand how it interacts with that of your partner
- Talk your way to a healthier, stronger relationship
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.
| A Letter to Our Readers |
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1 Getting Where You Want to Go |
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2 Assessing Your Communication IQ |
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3 Your Current Couple-Communication Strengths |
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5 Finding the Time to Talk |
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6 Your Three Levels of Communication |
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7 Avoiding Unwanted Advice |
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8 Identifying Your Personal Fear Factor |
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9 Identifying Your Talk Style |
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10 The Head/Heart Self-Test |
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13 Do You Hear What She Hears? |
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14 Reading Your Partner's Body Language |
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15 I Want to Read Your Mind |
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16 Is It Time to Clam Up? |
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17 Enough Advice Already! |
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18 Tuning In to Your Self-Talk |
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19 Testing Your Respect Levels |
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20 Talking from Your Strengths |
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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
