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To understand and be understood : a practical guide to successful relationships / Erik Blumenthal.

By: Blumenthal, Erik [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Minnesota : Hazelden, 1998Copyright date: ©1998Description: vii, 143 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1568382294 (paperback); 9781568382296 (paperback).Subject(s): Interpersonal relations | Marriage | FamiliesDDC classification: 646.78
Contents:
Decide more consciously -- Decide for purer motives -- Believe more strongly -- Act, do not react -- Look beneath the surface -- Leave the past behind -- Neither quarrel nor give in, but understand and want to help -- Distinguish between the doer and the deed -- Talk to each other -- Agree despite your differences -- Respect each other -- Do not compare yourself -- Cooperate -- Look for the positive -- Put yourself in neutral -- Turn big mistakes into little ones -- Do not expect a reward for good deeds -- Do instead of try -- Welcome difficulties -- "May" instead of "must" -- Believe instead of hope -- Understand young people -- Understand sex -- Come to grips with life's tasks -- Live more consciously -- Become more spiritual -- The new principles of education for successful relationships -- The principles mentioned in the book.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The resources here will guide you along a pathway of self-assessment, discovery, and fulfillment.

A down-to-earth guide with a refreshingly original approach -- practical, uncluttered with psychological terminology -- one that provides solid advice for creating successful, loving relationships.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-142).

Decide more consciously -- Decide for purer motives -- Believe more strongly -- Act, do not react -- Look beneath the surface -- Leave the past behind -- Neither quarrel nor give in, but understand and want to help -- Distinguish between the doer and the deed -- Talk to each other -- Agree despite your differences -- Respect each other -- Do not compare yourself -- Cooperate -- Look for the positive -- Put yourself in neutral -- Turn big mistakes into little ones -- Do not expect a reward for good deeds -- Do instead of try -- Welcome difficulties -- "May" instead of "must" -- Believe instead of hope -- Understand young people -- Understand sex -- Come to grips with life's tasks -- Live more consciously -- Become more spiritual -- The new principles of education for successful relationships -- The principles mentioned in the book.