Communication Miracles for Couples: Easy and Effective Tools to Create More Love and Less Conflict

by Jonathan Robinson

Overview

Restore Your Relationship, Enhance Your Marriage

New York Times Bestseller
#1 Bestseller in Marriage & Family, Family Relationships, and Divorce

Cultivate effective communication and a lasting relationship. Communication Miracles for Couples by psychotherapist, popular professional speaker, and bestselling author Jonathan Robinson has helped hundreds of thousands of couples repair their relationships and their marriages. Continuously in print since 1997, Communication Miracles for Couples has sold over 100,000 copies. Whether you are looking to enhance your relationship or want to resolve existing conflict, successful techniques taught by Jonathan Robinson can help you develop effective communication and a lasting relationship with a spouse or partner.

Honeymoon gift, anniversary gift, or just a gift for him or her. Create lasting harmony and keep love alive with Jonathan Robinson's powerful and effective methods for relationship communication. He has reached over 250 million people around the world with his practical methods, and his work has been translated into 47 languages. Learn how to enhance your relationship by learning to communicate with less blame and more understanding.

Find a deeper happiness in your relationship:

• Feel totally loved
• Never argue again
• Have your partner really hear you
• Repair broken trust

If you have read books such as 4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work─Anywhere; The 5 Love Languages; Mindful Relationship Habits; Communication in Marriage; or Couple Skills; you will love what Jonathan Robinson’s Communication Miracles for Couples does for your relationship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781573245838
Publisher:	Mango Media
Publication date:	08/23/2012
Pages:	176
Sales rank:	106,729
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Jonathan Robinson is a psychotherapist, best-selling author and a professional speaker from Northern California. He has reached over 250 million people around the world with his practical methods, and his work has been translated into 47 languages. Articles about Jonathan have appeared in USA TODAY, Newsweek, and the Los Angeles Times, as well as dozens of other publications. In addition, Mr. Robinson has made numerous appearances on the Oprah show and CNN, as well as other national TV talk shows. He has spent over 35 years studying the most practical and powerful methods for personal and professional development.

Mr. Robinson's first book, The Experience of God, included interviews with such notable people as the late Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Deepak Chopra, Scott Peck, and over 30 other well-known seekers. Jonathan's second book, Life's Big Questions, became a New York Times bestseller, as did his book Communication Miracles for Couples. Mr. Robinson's other books include: Instant Insight; Real Wealth; Shortcuts to Bliss; Shortcuts to Success, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Awakening Your Spirituality, and Terror Proof Your Mind and Money.

As a professional speaker, Mr. Robinson has spoken to many of the Fortune 500 companies. He is known for providing his audiences with immediately useful and powerful information, presented in an entertaining and motivating manner.

 

Read an Excerpt

When couples come to me for psychotherapy, they are often at their wits’ end. It’s not unusual for them to be screaming at each other while they sit in my office. Secretly, both people in the relationship are hoping I will act as an allpowerful judge and, after listening to the “evidence” against their partner, proclaim them to be totally innocent and their partner 100 percent guilty. I disappoint them. Instead, I tell them they’re both doing things that are making intimacy impossible. I ask them if they would be willing to spend a short time trying a totally different but highly effective approach to relationship communication. I ask the same thing of you. You may not agree with everything I say in this book. That’s okay. Take what feels like it will work for you, and leave the rest. However, I encourage you to test my methods in your own life. If you do, I think you’ll see something quite amazing—these methods can create miracles in your relationship!

I have a unique job. I’m a psychotherapist who promises to help couples in three sessions or less. Therefore, I’ve focused on how to quickly turn things around for couples deeply mired in problems. Sound impossible? It isn’t. All that’s needed is the right theory about what really makes human beings tick and the right techniques to effectively bring out the best in yourself and others. I’m excited to present these ideas to you because I know they work. Unfortunately, I’ve seen that a lot of the information that exists about communication is not truly helpful. In my own life, I’ve seen that the ideas I was taught in college or read in books simply didn’t work in the real world of relationships. Yet, the information in this book has withstood the most difficult test possible: It even works with people who are deeply hurt, enraged, and ready to give up all hope. No one needs a book on how to communicate when they feel good, loving, and peaceful. What we all need is a book on how to communicate effectively when we’re fearful, frustrated, or want to punch someone in the nose! The theory and methods in this book are so simple, and yet so powerful they will even work in the most challenging reallife situations.

Of course, you need not be deeply mired in problems to find these ideas and tools of great value to you. The same methods that can make a conflicted relationship peaceful can help make a good partnership become truly fantastic. Even if you’ve been happily married for many years, I’m confident these tools will help you create more intimacy than ever before. In addition, although this book is aimed at helping couples, you’ll find these same ideas will also help you communicate more effectively with your boss, coworkers, children, family, and friends.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

What Is a Communication Miracle? 8

Part 1 Creating Intimacy 12

1 What We All Want (But Never Ask For) 14

2 Charming Your Partner s Heart 29

3 Creating Love Beyond Words 38

Part 2 Avoiding Fights 48

4 Would You Rather Be Right or Be Loved? 50

5 How to Never Argue Again 63

6 Speaking Your Vulnerable Truth 76

7 The Best Way to Create Lasting Harmony 86

Part 3 Solving Problems Without Bruising Egos 96

8 How to Get Your Partner to Really Hear You 98

9 How to Get Your Partner to Really Change 113

10 Negotiating Your Way Past Any Problem 132

11 Repairing Broken Trust 144

12 Keeping Love Alive Long-Term 155

13 Exercises for Communication Mastery 162

14 Reminder Cards 166

Acknowledgments 171

Editorial Reviews

Read this book to guide you to creating your desired, loving relationship.” —Bernie Siegel, MD, author of Love, Medicine & Miracles


“Excellent advice for those seeking a spiritual partnership as opposed to a conflicted relationship.” —Dr. Wayne Dyer, author of Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life: Living the Wisdom of the Tao and The Power of Intention

"The simplest, most practical and effective communication book for couples." —Betty Eadie, author of Embraced by the Light

From the Publisher

"Excellent advice for those seeking a spiritual partnership." —Dr. Wayne Dyer

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