Digging below the surface to take you to a whole new level.
Offering expert advice and practical tools for improving the most important aspect of human life, this workbook is integral to getting the most out of Real Relationships--Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott's updated and expanded edition of their classic and bestselling book, Relationships.
Containing dozens of self-tests and assessments, this workbook will help you determine: your relational readiness, the health of the home you grew up in, your understanding of gender differences, and much more.
Used in conjunction with the Real Relationships book, the Real Relationships Workbook digs below the surface to the depths of human interactions, helping you make your bad relationships better and your good relationships great, taking your life to a whole new level.
The Real Relationships book--which includes a FREE interactive online assessment and vital information on virtual friendships and online dating--and Real Relationships Workbook reveal the secrets for healthy, authentic, and meaningful connections.
Your relationships will never be the same.
This workbook helps you to get the most out of Real Relationships. With dozens of self-tests and assessments, readers will determine relational readiness, their understanding of gender differences, and more. Real Relationships and its workbook provide an honest guide to forming the relationships that are life's greatest treasure.
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Chapter 1 The Compulsion for Completion Exercises |
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1 Your Relational Readiness |
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2 Healing Your Primal Pain |
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Chapter 2 Keeping Family Ties from Pulling Strings Exercises |
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5 How Healthy Is Your Home? |
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6 Uncovering Unspoken Rules |
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7 Lessons Learned from Mom and Dad |
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8 If Your Parents Got Divorced |
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Chapter 3 Bridging the Gender Gap Exercises |
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9 What's Your Gender I.Q.? |
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10 What If You Were the Opposite Sex? |
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11 A Self-Test for Women Only |
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12 A Self-Test for Men Only |
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Chapter 4 Friends to Die For Exercises |
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13 The Friendship Assessment |
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14 Are You a "Growth Promoting" Listener? |
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15 Are You a Fair-Weather Friend? |
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16 Determining Your Dedication Quotient |
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17 You've Got a Virtual Friend in Me |
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Chapter 5 What to Do When Friends Fail Exercises |
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18 What You Expect from Friends |
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19 Learning from Your Own Failed Friendships |
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20 Can This Friendship Be Saved? |
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Chapter 6 Falling in Love without Losing Your Mind Exercises |
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22 What's Your Love I.Q.? |
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24 The True You Self-Test |
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25 Determining Your Bottom Line |
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Chapter 7 Sex, Lies, and the Great Escape Exercises |
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26 Your Most Important Sex Organ |
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29 Healing the Hurt of Sexual Regret |
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Chapter 8 Breaking Up without Falling Apart Exercises |
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30 Is It Time to Break Up? |
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32 Avoiding the Blame Game |
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Chapter 9 Relating to God without Feeling Phony Exercises |
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34 Honest-to-Goodness Doubt |
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35 Will the Real God Please Stand Up? |
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36 Does God Really Love Me? |
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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
