Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships
A practical guide designed to help you better understand yourself and how you communicate with others so you can strengthen bonds, nurture trust, and create extraordinary relationships with the people who matter most.

Healthy connections with others don't happen on their own. They take practice, time, and knowledge of yourself and others. That's why everyone can benefit from Discovering Your Communication Type—whether you feel good about your relationships and just want to improve, or you're floundering and desperate for help.

Using the acronym PATHS, Jason Van Ruler—a highly sought-after expert on relationships, attachment, and dating—introduces five different communication types and the weaknesses and strengths that go with each one. Through deep reflections and research-based tips and tricks, this book will help you:

  • Discover your communication type: Peacemaker, Advocate, Thinker, Harbor, or Spark
  • Determine how your attachment style influences the way you communicate
  • Identify whether you're a high-frequency or low-frequency communicator
  • Learn about communication off-ramps (secrets, denial, guardedness, lies, and more) and how to avoid them
  • Learn about communication on-ramps (empathy, vulnerability, authenticity, and more) and how to take them

The road to better connections and stronger relationships starts here, with Discovering Your Communication Type.

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Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships
A practical guide designed to help you better understand yourself and how you communicate with others so you can strengthen bonds, nurture trust, and create extraordinary relationships with the people who matter most.

Healthy connections with others don't happen on their own. They take practice, time, and knowledge of yourself and others. That's why everyone can benefit from Discovering Your Communication Type—whether you feel good about your relationships and just want to improve, or you're floundering and desperate for help.

Using the acronym PATHS, Jason Van Ruler—a highly sought-after expert on relationships, attachment, and dating—introduces five different communication types and the weaknesses and strengths that go with each one. Through deep reflections and research-based tips and tricks, this book will help you:

  • Discover your communication type: Peacemaker, Advocate, Thinker, Harbor, or Spark
  • Determine how your attachment style influences the way you communicate
  • Identify whether you're a high-frequency or low-frequency communicator
  • Learn about communication off-ramps (secrets, denial, guardedness, lies, and more) and how to avoid them
  • Learn about communication on-ramps (empathy, vulnerability, authenticity, and more) and how to take them

The road to better connections and stronger relationships starts here, with Discovering Your Communication Type.

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Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships

Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships

by Jason VanRuler
Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships

Discovering Your Communication Type: The 5 Paths to Deeper Connections and Stronger Relationships

by Jason VanRuler

Overview

A practical guide designed to help you better understand yourself and how you communicate with others so you can strengthen bonds, nurture trust, and create extraordinary relationships with the people who matter most.

Healthy connections with others don't happen on their own. They take practice, time, and knowledge of yourself and others. That's why everyone can benefit from Discovering Your Communication Type—whether you feel good about your relationships and just want to improve, or you're floundering and desperate for help.

Using the acronym PATHS, Jason Van Ruler—a highly sought-after expert on relationships, attachment, and dating—introduces five different communication types and the weaknesses and strengths that go with each one. Through deep reflections and research-based tips and tricks, this book will help you:

  • Discover your communication type: Peacemaker, Advocate, Thinker, Harbor, or Spark
  • Determine how your attachment style influences the way you communicate
  • Identify whether you're a high-frequency or low-frequency communicator
  • Learn about communication off-ramps (secrets, denial, guardedness, lies, and more) and how to avoid them
  • Learn about communication on-ramps (empathy, vulnerability, authenticity, and more) and how to take them

The road to better connections and stronger relationships starts here, with Discovering Your Communication Type.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780310370420
Publisher: Zondervan
Publication date: 04/14/2026
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.38(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jason Van Ruler, MA, CSAT, is a psychotherapist, author, and nationally recognized speaker specializing in communication, attachment, and relationships. He’s the author of Get Past Your Past (Zondervan, 2023) and founder of a thriving private practice. Known for blending insight, story, and strategy, Jason leads workshops, retreats, and intensives that explore the patterns shaping how we connect, lead, and thrive. His work creates space for clarity, growth, and lasting change. He lives with his wife and three children and enjoys travel, cycling, and fly fishing.

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